02/03/2025
Ellie girl had her first ride the very last day of September. This is how she’s going! Is it perfect? Nope but after all the trauma she’s been thru I am so proud of not only her, but her owner too for sticking it out.
You see, Ellie was a training drop out. They never got to the point of climbing aboard her because after she flipped over for the second time during a hobbling training session, she broke the vertebrae in her neck.
Her owner was warned this horse is “so smart she is dangerous” and between the behavioral troubles and the serious injury she was even urged to euthanize this beautiful 3yr old mare.
During the course of her treatment her behavior continued to decline as she became extremely adverse to the medical interventions, not allowing a paste in her mouth or needle in her neck and growing increasingly impatient. They got thru all that and once medically cleared, they found me.
And I’m so glad they did! I adore Ellie! Yes, she is incredibly smart, very sensitive, and a touch reactive but with some solid guidance keeping her brain and body busy, she’s really turned a new leaf. We also still had some vet work left to do to clear some residual soreness from her body but now she’s on the up and up. Not only can you worm her now, she’s also improving with needles, improving accepting a bit, and riding pretty solidly under saddle. She really wants to be fancy! Elllie’s owner has had numerous very successful rides with her, and even though she does love to give me some sass, she’s never tried to hurt me.
We are hopeful this summer we will be able to start getting her out to some shows for seasoning and maybe if we are lucky even try our hand at some ranch classes or cattle sorting
