Talk about a difficult task!
He wants ☆color☆! No boring chestnuts, like we already have, and no boring bays or black...
My requirements were decent conformation & a good mind. As well as very young to grow up here & not have unknown training history.
Colt or filly, didn't matter. 13.3-15h, but that soon changed, as 15h was too big. Horses eat a ton, require different feeding & wouldn't be able to live with my others. That has been a huge problem in the past and I didn't want to deal with that mess again.
Found a few QHs, one felt like a scam, one didn't respond, didn't show up. Wtf??
Started searching for types I'm more used to, what you call them is up to you, as they have a ton of names. Indian horses, colonial spanish horses and so on.
All were huge, beefed up, about to be started or already started. Ugh, no. And of course, a ton of people who failed at reading comprehension. Wrong colors, wrong ages, wrong sizes.
Eventually, I found some cute ponies that should grow to the size I need, should have the right mind, but conformation is a bit iffy and currently in a very ugly duckling phase!
Sent pics to DH to choose. One was loud, but front leg issues in updated pic and wouldn't grow tall enough.
Grulla was an acceptable ☆color☆ and added bonus that I've wanted to own one ever seeing the neighbor's grulla. Hah...
After a while of chatting and pics/video clips of a certain one, I bit the bullet & bought DH a 10mo grulla filly!
Gilbert Jones southwest lines, Choctaw & Cherokee of colonial spanish horses.
Many seem to have front pasterns that seem a bit sweepy, but a good trim may help that. Same with the hind legs turning out, but hoping it's not too late to help that out a bit. Looks like a short hip, upright shoulder, low dock and low neck tie-in.
She'll be here end of April/start of May. Hoping to shine her right up!!
Anyway. Gentle critiques allowed, but don't make me hate & regret the horse before it's even here!
Ugly duckling-
Dad & mom-
Dad-
Joined video clips-
He wants ☆color☆! No boring chestnuts, like we already have, and no boring bays or black...
My requirements were decent conformation & a good mind. As well as very young to grow up here & not have unknown training history.
Colt or filly, didn't matter. 13.3-15h, but that soon changed, as 15h was too big. Horses eat a ton, require different feeding & wouldn't be able to live with my others. That has been a huge problem in the past and I didn't want to deal with that mess again.
Found a few QHs, one felt like a scam, one didn't respond, didn't show up. Wtf??
Started searching for types I'm more used to, what you call them is up to you, as they have a ton of names. Indian horses, colonial spanish horses and so on.
All were huge, beefed up, about to be started or already started. Ugh, no. And of course, a ton of people who failed at reading comprehension. Wrong colors, wrong ages, wrong sizes.
Eventually, I found some cute ponies that should grow to the size I need, should have the right mind, but conformation is a bit iffy and currently in a very ugly duckling phase!
Sent pics to DH to choose. One was loud, but front leg issues in updated pic and wouldn't grow tall enough.
Grulla was an acceptable ☆color☆ and added bonus that I've wanted to own one ever seeing the neighbor's grulla. Hah...
After a while of chatting and pics/video clips of a certain one, I bit the bullet & bought DH a 10mo grulla filly!
Gilbert Jones southwest lines, Choctaw & Cherokee of colonial spanish horses.
Many seem to have front pasterns that seem a bit sweepy, but a good trim may help that. Same with the hind legs turning out, but hoping it's not too late to help that out a bit. Looks like a short hip, upright shoulder, low dock and low neck tie-in.
She'll be here end of April/start of May. Hoping to shine her right up!!
Anyway. Gentle critiques allowed, but don't make me hate & regret the horse before it's even here!
Ugly duckling-
Dad & mom-
Dad-
Joined video clips-
