Atticus & Oslo - my boys.

[hytymerescue]

While updating the Hytyme horse up for adoption I thought I would take this time to show off my boys. They are th loves of my life so you know I have lotsa pics!!!

This is Atticus he was rescued off the feedlot 9/05 - he is a Quarter Horse & he is 17 years old now and is the best horse EVER!! My 8 year old son and my hubby ride him, he is pretty much retired since he has an arthritic knee but he does great on Adequan and with our awesome chiropractor that visits him when he needs it. He loves to go horse camping and is the best trail horse, so easy just point him in the direction and he goes.....and goes. He lives at on 5 acres at a friends house who runs a wildlife sanctuary in Portland, he has a donkey friend named Speckles and he is the greeter for the tours at the refuge, he inspects everyone. If you ever want to visit him check out www.macawlanding.org He is very happy that the neighbors adopted 3 sisters from Russia recently (7/ 12 / 15 yrs old ) he is doted on constantly by the girls and is teaching them about the love of a horse! Atticus is every young (and old) girls dream!!!





My other boy is Oslo, he is a Fjord cross & is approx. 9-10 yrs old. He was rescued off the feedlot 4/06. He came off the feedlot with severe trust issues. Basically when we got him at Hytyme he lived on a 70 acre pasture with other horse for over a year and refused to let anyone touch him. One day (after being inspired by a Monte Roberts tape I just bought) I set in in my mind that I was going to catch that horse. I used the Join Up techniques and it took me 2 hours to catch him the first time, the next time 1 hour, the next time 1/2 hour and so on.....I did ground work with him almost daily for the next several months and during that time we went to the SAFE horse show, he placed 2nd in Rescue Horse Halter. Fast forward to now....he is so fun to ride, he ride about 5-6 times a week, he knows alot already and he knew alot that was hidden under his trust issues....trust issues are gone now and he amazes us daily, he is my soul mate. We are like 2 peas in a pod. His 2 year anniversary from being saved from the feedlot is on the 26th this month and I am so thankful he was saved.





(PS: he has lost some weight since he has been working and off 70 acres of pasture, so this is a before tummy pic!)

[cat67]

That's so cool that Oslo is riding!

[fototropic]

I remember both of your boys when they were on the feedlot. I am amazed at Oslo's progress. With his trust issues he would surely have gone to slaughter. You surely saved his life! Thanks so much for the update on them.
Pam

[cardicorgi]

They look great, Ashley - I'm really happy for Oslo and you (and Atticus too of course) - he's lucky to have you. Good job.

[squirrels]

If this is the same Fjord cross that I remember from HyTyme, I think he does have some previous training. I thought that some teenage girl who was volunteering out there was riding him all the time because Jim promised to give him to her for OSET. Is that you or was that someone else? I thought that deal fell through? Sorry, I get confused easily (but in my defense it was a long time ago! LOL). ;D

Thanks for the update on the HyTyme horses! I miss them (er, the ones that were there when I was... I don't know many of them anymore).

[cat67]

Yes, I remember Shelly and I originally thought he had gone to an OHSET kid...we were roaming the barn looking for him during the district meet. Must have fallen through?

[squirrels]

That's funny! Katie and I were looking for him, too! ;D We even asked the Estacada team if they knew him. They all stared back at us with blank looks...... I guess not.

[hytymerescue]

Apr 24, 2008 19:41:37 GMT -5 squirrels said:

If this is the same Fjord cross that I remember from HyTyme, I think he does have some previous training. I thought that some teenage girl who was volunteering out there was riding him all the time because Jim promised to give him to her for OSET. Is that you or was that someone else? I thought that deal fell through? Sorry, I get confused easily (but in my defense it was a long time ago! LOL). ;D

Thanks for the update on the HyTyme horses! I miss them (er, the ones that were there when I was... I don't know many of them anymore).

He had previous training as a cart horse up in Toppenish WA, and as the story goes he got in an accident with the cart and that made him "to spooky" for the public so he got dropped off at the feedlot. So his training from that was underneath all this trust issue stuff. It just had to be worked through, he actually knows quite a bit from his training it just had to be "unearthed" so to say.

Yes, he was to be bought by an OHSET kid that worked for Jim and Sherry but she never paid for him so they ended up keeping him when she moved her other horses elsewhere, so the deal fell through. Oslo's extent of training with the OHSET kid was being lead around, she "got on" him once or twice but he was a nervous wreck and basically it was "sitting on him" for a few and then getting off cause he was like a time bomb, basically it was an accident waiting to happen. Then he was put back out to pasture, where he refused to let anyone touch him. He needed the groundwork to really figure out stuff (which of course most teenagers think is "boring") so he really flourished with the groundwork.

[hytymerescue]

PS: I think we are going to come to the SAFE show in August, so you guys will be able to see him then, he will be there with bells on .