Zippity

Zippity

Sunday, August 22, 2010

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.

Monday, August 16, 2010

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.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

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.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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.