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Post by horsekrazi on Jun 1, 2006 14:56:52 GMT -5
yay for Basset! Well I guess my friend will look for something else then, she wants a project to train up within the next couple weeks. I am so happy for Basset, she is going to be one well trained horse and so easily adoptable!
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Post by schwung on Jun 9, 2006 11:35:55 GMT -5
Jenny has been keeping tabs on Basset and she is switching jobs right now so hasn't been online. I believe Basset should be in Idaho by now. We are placing her on hold until she has at least another month of training under her, so that she is at least solidly green broke under saddle. You can contact Jenny directly at jennym@safehorses.org
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Post by appylover on Jun 11, 2006 1:00:41 GMT -5
Is Basset's price going to go up after her training
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Post by cardicorgi on Jun 15, 2006 15:10:48 GMT -5
If she improves and goes well under saddle, her price will go up; we will determine her price then. It is costly to put her into full training, which she is in, and any adoption fees for her will go right back into the SAFE kitty for another horse's costs. Recycling at its best...
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Post by horsekrazi on Jun 25, 2006 20:29:14 GMT -5
Any news on Basset? How is training coming along?? Thanks!!!
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Post by cardicorgi on Jun 29, 2006 18:07:39 GMT -5
Word is that Mike has been putting some rides in on our tomboy Basset in Potlatch, and that she is coming along... I'll post more pictures of her from a few weeks ago soon...
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Post by cardicorgi on Jul 10, 2006 13:08:05 GMT -5
UPDATE: She is doing great!! Word is, she is interested and friendly in people, will come to Mike when he calls her name, has been shod and was really good for that, and has been ridden in the roundpen and arena. They are going to ride her on the trails in the next few days. She has not bucked, and no longer has any anxiety about the saddle. He said she does get bored in the arena/roundpen, and thinks that trail riding will be very good for her because it will keep her interest and also reaffirm to her that people aren't bad/mean, yet she can also learn as she goes. He said she has black spots on her flank, and white spots under her tail, and that her feet are much better now. He has not been turning her out on grass because of foundering risk. but she goes out at night with her gelding buddy and comes in to eat/get worked. He said that, of all the horses there, all parties at the ranch agree that Basset has made the most leaps and bounds. I'll report more when I know more. I hope to get some current pictures from them and will post those when/if I do.
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Post by horsekrazi on Jul 10, 2006 13:38:37 GMT -5
Thanks for the update! I am glad she is doing so well! She will make someone an awesome horse .
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Post by cardicorgi on Jul 12, 2006 16:13:59 GMT -5
It is official - Basset gets one more month of training, at Full Circle Ranch in Potlatch, ID - so she will be there until about August 12th or so. We will update as we learn more about her progress...
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Post by cardicorgi on Jul 17, 2006 15:44:00 GMT -5
The latest:
"She continues to come on along for us. We ponied her in the woods yesterday and halfway through the ride I had Mike ride her. We saw lots of cattle , a deer and wild turkeys. Basset was a real trooper and really seemed to enjoy her ride. She crossed water, went through brush, up steep hills and down, a full mountain experience." ---------------------------------------------- If I can swing it, I might road trip out to ID to try to get a grasp on what/how they're doing with her, with their help, and a picture or two. I'm so impressed she didn't fly off the handle at the wild turkey - after all, they ARE horse-eating monsters - and I'm even more impressed that she's crossing water. Good girl, Basset.
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Post by ericpattymartin on Jul 31, 2006 18:18:28 GMT -5
wow this horse sounds to be having a great time with very gentle hands, can't wait to see more pics of her
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Post by cardicorgi on Jul 31, 2006 18:33:52 GMT -5
Mr. CC, me, and our dogs are indeed going to Idaho this weekend to visit Basset - hopefully I'll soon have some photos to rival the clinic photos, but that's a tall order. ;D
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Post by cardicorgi on Aug 9, 2006 13:45:57 GMT -5
As promised: We arrived at the ranch Friday night; Mike got Basset, and Bill worked her in the round pen from the ground, disengaging her hind quarters, doing gait transitions up and down, and backing. She responded to the subtlest cues on the line - I could barely detect them. Bill tacked her up, and she stood quietly for that. I got on - she stood quietly while I mounted (from the ground) with all four feet square. I used virtually no contact with her, as she is trained to be ridden by the seat, and is so green. Upward transition to trot was a slight squeeze from my leg; and she HALF-HALTED when I stopped following her movement with my seat and exhaled! We loaded the horses and drove to a trailhead. Doesn't she look good in tack? This was the place where cattle and a bull had been milling around, as people turn their stock out in the summer in this forest to forage! Basset was quite willing and interested. The terrain varied between steep/mountainous to gently rolling - we bushwhacked off the trail a lot, over logs, through branches, through lots of sticks etc. on the forest floor, past many scary-looking objects. Basset never wavered or even looked. At one point, we all practiced half-passes up a hill! Then, we came down to a creek. The next day, I watched Megan Mike and Bill work with about 5 restarts - a flipper, some rearers, and also a couple babies. It was fascinating - and like HC, these horses were ridden within an hour or two - but they all had a foundation of groundwork beforehand. Bill worked with me with Basset in the roundpen Saturday night. My English background got to me - this is what her neck looks like with mane to the far side. Can you see her black dapples on her flanks?
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Post by cardicorgi on Aug 9, 2006 14:48:23 GMT -5
Sunday morning was trail-ride time - a 3 hour tour! Time to go, Basset! (she loads very easily) We again were going up and down quite steep terrain (sometimes I was glad I had the saddle with the blocks to keep me in position downhill!), bushwhacking off the trail through scary areas, walking over 2' logs, walking over rocks/logs/sticks, with branches brushing all areas of bodies (flanks, bellies, legs, overhead, head, ears). Basset did not hesitate once, and had her ears pricked the whole time! We were all tired after those 3 hours - it was 90ยบ out! Good girl, Basset. THANK YOU, Mike, Megan and Bill! These are the trainers who have been working with Basset for the past 7 weeks; Mike worked with her for two months before that!
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Post by bsnlark on Aug 9, 2006 14:51:20 GMT -5
great pictures !!! she looks sooo much better but still looks shy Maybe its your helmet and it goes to show wat good training shes had, because i kno if your seat exhaled on me, i d jump and run ; :oD ;D ;D (i cudnt resist that one ) ;D
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