Horse Blogger's Meme.

2009-08-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

So we all love horses. First of all give us the name, age, gender, breed, height and markings of one of your horses. This can be a horse you ride, a horse you own or one you owned.

Name: Indigo
Age: about 15
Gender: Gelding
Breed: 3/4 Quarter Horse, 1/4 Arabian
Height: about 15.1 hands
Markings: Star, snip, and three white socks, though the snip is the only thing you can see because he's grey.

We need a visual of that horse. How about a picture standing still and a little description or story to go with it.

This is Indigo modeling his navy blue polo wraps and his fuzzy halter :-)

Now that we have seen a pic how about one of clip clop being ridden. Tell us about the picture.

.OK, so my head is cut off. This is Indigo and I only a stride or two after landing a 2'6 vertical.

Show us a head shot and a short story of a time with your horse. Doesn't have to be related to the picture.

I had quite a hard time finding the perfect bit for Indigo. When I first got him, I used a bridle with a D-ring that I borrowed from Pee Wee, the farm I bought him from. Once I got my own bridle, I bought my own D-ring because he seemed to go well in it. But after a few weeks, he would toss his head like crazy and he wouldn't listen at all. I'm not a fan of harsh bits, but I knew he needed his teeth floated. But I also did learn a lot about Dr. Cook's Bitless Bridle, so I purchased one. It worked for a while, but it still wasn't the result I was looking for. By then, I moved him to Riding Right Farm. oWell, this story is getting boring, but I finally settled with this.

Horse have any bad habits?

Indigo doesn't have any really bad habits, but he is very mouthy, so he always gets his nose into things that he shouldn't. If I leave my grooming box within his reach, he will knock it over and pick up brushes with his mouth and toss them everywhere. Sometimes it's annoying, but it's also really funny.

A picture of your horse in action (ridden or not)
Indigo and I jumping.

Five things your horse likes

1. Grass. But what horse doesn't?
2. Treats. Especially carrots.
3. Jumping. He is a natural umper and he loves it!
4. Galloping. I took him on a beach ride once and he galloped his heart out and won all the races. But he did not want to go in the ocean :-P
5. Rolling. He's a grey horse, so of course he has to roll everyday so I have to brush him for a long time.
Five things your horse dislikes
1. Water. He hates getting wet and it took me like a year to get him to walk through puddles. He used to jump them.
2. His back legs beinghandled too much. He has big scars on both back legs and I think he must have gotten caught in barbed wire when he was younger so he has a fear of me or anyone else picking up his back legs. It's quite entertaining watching the farrier try to pick them up because he dances around.
3. Being fly-sprayed. It most likely goes along with the getting wet thing.
4. BEing cooped up. he doesn't like being stalled or being in a small pen. He tolerates it but he's much rather be in a big field.
5. being on trails. Sometimes. He's not the kind of trail horse who loves being in the woods and exploring. Sometimes he'll be fine on the trails, but other times like if he's last in line, he gets upset. He has actually half-reared with me when he was the last horse in line on the trail.

Random picture of your horse and the story behind it.

I got mTHis is when Indigo was in a small area becuase he was sore and I was petting him over the fence and then I grabbed some grass and this happened. LOL.

A picture of when you first got your horse.

This is a few days after I first got Indigo. The pictures of my first day with him were lost when my computer crashed :-(

Give your horse a kiss and tag a few friends

(This is taken during my first few weeks with him)

If you read this post and you have/had a horse/lease a horse/ride a horse, whatever, feel free to consider yourself tagged and do the Meme! Just let me know you did it so I can read it! And get ready; you need a wide variety of pictures! :)
I got this meme from Mellimaus.

Indigo's photo-shoot!

2009-02-08T07:23:00.000-08:00

Random

2009-02-06T15:57:00.000-08:00

Here's my baby! This picture was taken a few weeks ago. Since then, I got a navy blue and white striped lead rope that matches the halter. I don't really have anything to say so.....

Indigo Bebe

2009-02-05T14:04:00.000-08:00

OK first of all, the URL is Indigo Bebe, because that's what I call him, and I couldn't think of any other name for it. Anyway...this is a blog I made to post pictures of my horse Indigo. I probably won't talk much, put just write an update on him and share photos. Hope you enjoy!

And...just for you to get an idea of what he is like...I will share some information now. Indigo is 3 parts Quarter horse, and one part Arabian. He is 15 years old, even though I thought he was eight before I bought him (long story). He is my passion. i know the picture is of him in a western saddle, but he is actually mainly english. When the photo was taken, I was conveniently using my western saddle for the second time since August. Indigo and I enjoy jumping together, and just plain pleasure riding. We USED to enjoy trail riding, until he decided it would be fun to buck and rear just for the fun of it whenever we go out there. But don't worry, I'm working on that issue with my trainer. And it's gonna start with a harsher bit...but we'll save that for another time. I board Indigo at a small farm that is in ten minutes walking distance from my school! I used to walk there, but only until I convinced by bus-driver to drop me off there. The barn has a website. Click HERE to see it. Well, that's about it for now. SO....please enjoy the website and my blog!