The First Week!

Well Zippity has now been with us for one week. It has been fun to watch her with Ginger, Kuma (our dog) and the kids. I have been working on leading her around and backing her up. She is doing great and I am loving spending time with her. Tomorrow we will be changing her bandage, I look forward to see how it is healing up. I will post a new picture of it when I can.
I am so grateful to have Zippity and to learn how to work with a young horse. I know there may be times where I feel like I am getting no where, I will have to read my blog at those times to remind me of how far we have come. I wish I had spent more time with my grandfather and learned more about working with horses. I do recall some stuff he did with them and I will try to become a great horseman like my grandfather. I am very lucky to have great neighbors who are taking the time to help me with my project and I look forward to take in as much knowledge as I can. I am also grateful to my husband for allowing me to full fill my dream, I couldn't have done this without him.

Zippity is home!

What a great day! Zippity arrived around noon, boy was I glad to see her. I had her purple halter ready for her, she is so cute in purple. Ginger got so excited and she started to whinny then I see my neighbors 4 horses pop here heads over the fence to see what was going on.
I put hay in zippitys food bucket, and she started to eat. I was able to get her halter on her, and lead her around a bit. Zippity has a injured leg and it was not looking good. I called my neighbor and she brought over some spray to help the leg, there were a lot of flies around the cut. On Sunday (I will call him trainer one) he came over to take a look at Zippitys leg. He said I needed a vet to come and take a look at it. He helped me get it wrapped up and put some medicine on it. I called the vet and talked to them about Zippitys leg. I made a appointment for the next day to have the vet come and take a look. The vet arrived around 11:00, she said the wound was about 2 or more weeks old and needed treatment. She washed the wound out and put medication on it, she said it will take a few weeks to heal but should be fine. I was so glad to hear that.
Zippity is doing really well, I can lead her around make her stop and back her up. She is such a easy going horse, the vet was really impressed with her and told me I have found me a treasure, I also think that. I hope to do some halter shows with Zippity. I have a lot of work to do, and I look forward to it.

The first time I got to see her

Well I was just looking through the horse ads like I do almost everyday. I then saw her, as cute as can be for 200.00. I called my friend to ask her if she would go with me to see her, but she was busy getting her sheep ready for the county fair. I sent my husband a text to call me asap. I then called the owner and she said I could come see her but not until after 5:00. I was going nuts I didn't want her to go to someone else. I then called my other friend to see if she could go with me and she was more then happy to tag along. I had to feed my kids and get them over to my mothers house before I could see the horse. I was going NUTS, I really wanted to get her. I got to the house around 7:00. I was so excited to see her in the pasture. I fell in love the moment we meet. I was able to get up close to her and pet her. The seller was amazed that I was able to get so close to her. Zippity had been out in a big pasture for the last few months and hasn't had much human contact. I was able to touch her head, ears and legs, which was amazing. I wanted to take her home right away, but I didn't have a trailer with me. I also thought it would be best if they brought her to me with the mom horse so that Zippity wouldn't be so scared. The day I meet her was a Monday, they said they could bring her to my house on Saturday. This week has been long it is only Thursday 2 more days to go. It has given me the time to get ready for her. I wasn't planning on buying a horse this year, but what can you do when you find the right horse for a dream you have been wanting to do.

My first baby horse

I just bought my first baby horse she is 5 months old and is a palomino quarter horse. I think I'm going to name her Zippity. It has always been a dream of mine to learn how to train a horse. Since I can remember I have always wanted a horse. My grandfather had horses and I would spend summers with him ridding. When we passed a horse my grandpa would ask me what color it was, and that's when I my education about horses began. I treasure those memories I have with my grandpa. He is still alive but he has Alzheimer's for about 10 yrs now. I wish that he could have been there with me when I went to go look that this cute little filly.

I got my first horse when I was 18 a neighbor had this cute little Arabian mare that he didn't want any more, so he offered her to me for free. I only had her a short time because I meet the guy of my dreams and married him. I sold my horse to help put my husband through pharmacy school, 8 years later after he graduated we bought our first home with horse property. I then got my next horse a 20 year old buckskin quarter horse. She used to belong to my uncle, so I have know this horse most of her life, and have spent many happy hours ridding her. I got her for free too. Her name is ginger, I still have her and am still making wonderful memories with her. She is getting old and I know sooner then later she will not be ride able. I was looking through some horse ads when I found this cute little filly for 200.00. I went at looked at her and fell in love.

I want to keep a journal about my first time working with a young horse. So as I work with her I will blog and take pictures of our time spent together both growing.