Daisy is a horse that was taken in by my friend, along with another horse in very poor, well, to be honest, starving conditions. From what I've been told, she was purchased 6 years ago as a green 4 year old for a teenager to train and ride. This teen did not know what she was doing, and, while she had some help, was so inconsistant that Daisy learned many bad habits. This teen is now out of the picture, and the two horses got very bad care, until my friend managed to get ownership of them.
One of Daisy's worse habits is that she discovered early on that she could rear on the ground and get away with it. My friend was working on her with that behavior when Daisy reared and managed to pull away, causing my friend to fall sideways and break her leg. Now there is the problem of what to do with Daisy...she needed consistant work and was not going to get in anytime soon unless I took her in.
I felt my arm being twisted! Okay, it didn't take much...
So I plan on daily blogs of Daisy's progress. We've had two training sessions, which I will post about tomorrow. Daisy is very smart, and willing to figure out things. And has already discovered that it is not fun to rear with a rope halter on!
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