10/10/2024
Due to no fault of his own this Handsome fella Navarre is once again looking for his forever home. I will get new photos and details from his Adoptive Owner and will post everything here. But for now you can see all the information the previous owner supplied.
NAVARRE ❤ Here is Lots of Great Info Provided by the Previous Owner .... I Wish We Could Always be So Lucky to Receive this Much Info ❤❤......
Horse's Nick Name: Navarre (named for Captain Etienne Navarre from the magical movie Ladyhawke, who was a blond man by day and a black wolf by night. Navarre is black gold in colouring)
Date of Birth: January 14, 2012
Sire: Rescue pony from Research Station named Noel (saved at Christmas)
Dam: Cinder (Quarter Horse cross Pintaloosa)
Breed: QH, Arab, Welsh, Shetland, Pintaloosa
Height: 14.1 to 14.2 HH
Age: 7
Gender: Gelding
Colour: Smoky Buckskin with star and two socks, RF and LH, He has one Appy spot on his right hip from his grandmother, who raised him when I sold his mother. He has the most interesting hair coat pattern in the summer, where his hair changes directions all over his body, like maps of countries. I don’t know the name of this fascinating hair pattern.
Health: Excellent
Lameness: None
Most Recent Vaccinations: May long weekend every year: Rabies, West Nile, Tetanus, EEE and WEE
Most Recent Deworming: This week
Most Recent Teeth Floating: Checked in August by Dr. Elfriede Rosskopf, did not need anything
Most Recent Farrier: Last year
Vices: No known vices, does not like being apart from his horse friends, he is aggressive towards dogs. (I have seen him try to kick one of my kid’s dogs).
Personality: Bold and extraverted when confident about environment, if apart from others he can lose confidence and get anxious. He can be a handful to hold if he is really anxious, needs a knowledgeable horseman handler. Friendly, likes people. He is the first to come to me in the field. He is very smart, learns quickly. Likes to be groomed, loves grain and apples. He is super curious and interested in things, very observant and watchful. He has the attitude of a cow horse, following every scary thing once he has a moment to think about it.
History/Training: He ties, leads, has loaded in the trailer a few times and trailered quietly (so far). Ground work consists of PNH friendly game, porcupine game, driving game and circle game mostly.
Future/Suitability: Athletically he could game, or jump, or drive, or anything. He is a strong little horse with ability and lots of go. I always thought he would be great at Extreme Cowboy or Judy Griffith’s mountain trail courses. He is one of these horses that is super coordinated and sure footed naturally, having been raised on different terrains.
Additional Info:
Navarre was born Jan.14th on a starry night. The mare did not come to the barn for grain so we went looking and there he was with her by the fence. As my friend and I watched him, the other 5 horses came and formed this beautiful circle around him and his mother. It felt like a Bethlehem moment! About midnight the temperature dropped to minus 29 from a very warm evening. I went to bring him into the barn and he would not come with his mother. I looped a 20 foot line from her halter around his butt, pointed to the barn and she towed one side and I the other and we got him into the barn 150 feet away. I made him a sheepskin jacket that he wore until he grew out of it in the spring, which kept him cozy and warm. Foals just never get born at that time of year up here, and I had gelded the pony sire the 1st of March the previous year. So it was a bit of a miracle that he arrived.
For two years I worked to convince him he was a horse and not a bull. He pushed into gates and fences and personal spaces. I did get him to see himself differently ☺.
He had his feet done regularly at my old farm. The blacksmith was a big man who hung on tight to his back feet, and for sure he is not mannerly enough about having his feet done. He was always good for needles and deworming, and came in every night for a bit of grain with the other horses and stood in the stall until everyone was done. I did some level one Parelli games with him until I had to move from the farm and he was boarded out.
When he was boarded he did not receive enough food, and when I went to get him in the spring (my horses got scattered around for a time) he was emaciated. I was horrified. The caregiver said he paced continuously, even though he had his horse buddies, but he simply did not get enough food. He quickly got back in good shape once I got him home on the new pasture, but it was his first experience with a survival aspect to it, as he had got more than enough food his whole life. I felt a change in his view of the world after this, and although it was a shame it happened, he did mature and seem to think differently because of the experience. I promised him never again would that be part of his story!
I have always been bold back with him. He likes a good pat versus a gentle rub. He tolerates speed with the rope and lines on his body. I taught him to bend with a halter and lead before I taught him anything else, to bend his nose softly back to his shoulder. I use a Parelli rope halter on him. He has never worn a halter outside.
He needs purpose and he needs training to develop a work ethic. He does need experienced handling, but he is not a bad horse, at worst he can be a worried horse that is very athletic. He can gallop through the woods here, buck and strike the air at the same time in his cavorting. So, I would rather not have to ride that myself ☺.
I really like Navarre and I am disappointed in myself that I am not up to making him the extraordinary horse I know he will be. He has had the very best horse teachers in my herd, and I am sure he has a powerful foundation mentally and socially from them. He is very respectful of my top horse, but my blind horse lost his spot second from the top and Navarre is not as benevolent a leader as my blind horse was with him. He is too bossy and Regalo can’t see him coming now ☹.
His favourite friend is a grey gelding I rescued, who looks a lot like Navarre’s grandmother.
I am very grateful that Navarre can have an opportunity to find purpose and reward in a good home through your organization.
