Comments on: How did you meet your horse? https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/how-did-you-meet-your-horse/ Horsemanship and horse training the partnership way Mon, 02 Aug 2021 21:13:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/how-did-you-meet-your-horse/#comments/2250 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=13687#comment-2250 In reply to Sarah.

Sarah, obviously she was doing a trial of her own with the people that came out. And she chose you to be her owner and the match was made. 🙂 I love stories like that. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/how-did-you-meet-your-horse/#comments/2249 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=13687#comment-2249 In reply to Sarah.

He has been and will always be the love of my life.

]]> By: Sarah https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/how-did-you-meet-your-horse/#comments/2246 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=13687#comment-2246 I love this story, Teddie. Very heart warming. What a special horse.

]]> By: Sarah https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/how-did-you-meet-your-horse/#comments/2245 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=13687#comment-2245 Well, I had sold a horse as I couldn't afford to keep him (one of my part time jobs had finished and it took me ages to find another one) so I was riding a friends horse several times a week for a year and a half. I was attending a two weeks Living Wisdom course (life skills) and realised that I was ready to save for another horse. I had decided I would stop riding my friends horse, (was no longer as enjoyable to ride as it once had been), save the money I contributed for it's care and lease a horse in a year's time.

There was a horse across the road from our grazing that I had had my eye on for 4 years but was never in the position to buy it. It was a beautiful buckskin. I discussed with the owner (someone I knew) whether she would allow me to pay her off over a year, and if so, could I trial her. She said yes to both. I trialed her for a few weeks but found her quite forward and realised that other people riding her (friends kids) would struggle with her in the arena, so I gave her back. A few weeks back I had noticed a beautiful chestnut mare on trademe for $5000. When I looked again the price had dropped to $3500. Then it said 'offers" as the owner was moving away for a job, so I rang. We negotiated $2500 on the phone and I went up to see her. What a gorgeous horse. I went up twice over the weekend. The first day I took a friend up. We both enjoyed our ride. The next day I rode her and she was all over the place, shying at everything in sight. I said I wasn't able to buy her based on that ride. Would they allow me to trial her? Initially the answer was no, but by the end of the day, I was given permission to trial her. I had her for two weeks and paid for her on the 23 Dec 2015.

The interesting thing is that other people tried her and chose not to buy her. Even on the Sunday morning apparently someone came to ride her and chose not to buy her (I went back in the afternoon, so she potentially could have been sold before I went back for my second ride). They were all wanting to compete her as she was a great jumper. I just wanted to have fun on her.

I have always been partial to chestnuts as I had already owned two over the years before buying Sahara. She is the horse that has taught me to slow down and smell the roses. She is truly a special horse. Very gentle. She was 7 when I bought her. She is now rising 13. She is my last horse. I hope to have her until she goes to horsey heaven. 🙂

]]> By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/how-did-you-meet-your-horse/#comments/2206 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=13687#comment-2206 ]]> In reply to Jane.

That is a beautiful story. I’m so glad you have figured it out together as partners. ❤️

]]> By: Jane https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/how-did-you-meet-your-horse/#comments/2199 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=13687#comment-2199 I first saw a photo of my horse as a 2 year old in a breed magazine. I wasn’t looking for a youngster as I didn’t have the skills or setup to take one on, however I just kept coming back to the photo. After several weeks I asked a friend if he would help out with a youngster if I went to see the horse and liked him. He agreed to help. The horse was 2150 km away on the other side of the country. I flew up there to check him out and somehow just liked his brain – he was the ugliest 2 year old! I decided to buy him and have been on one heck of a learning journey since. When his paper work came through it turned out we had the same birthday! My friend broke him in after a year and that wasn’t as good an experience for the little horse as it could have been. He is the most sensitive horse I have ever had to deal with and I have spent a lot of time on establishing the relationship and negotiating with him to keep him on side. He resents any request that is made too firmly, and I have had to improve my riding skills considerably. If I don’t ask for something correctly he isn’t going to fill in for me. At times I just have to think something and it will happen. I joke that if he lives long enough I will learn to ride him. The trainer I work with a few times a year said he is one of the most sensitive horses and that he is lucky to have an owner who recognises this and takes it into account. It would be just too easy to “pressure cook” him and no doubt there would be a wreck. It is such a joy when he comes trotting up to me in the paddock and will follow me to the gate without a halter. Owning and having a relationship with such a horse is s self-development course! I often wonder what was really going on when I kept looking at that photo, trying to avoid following up on the advert. The universe has its ways of connecting us.

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