Drifting Away

[Othello Buskirk]

[Othello Buskirk]

	welcome! This journal will document my work with a mare registered as: Drifting Away, also known as Ziggy. She is a black and white tobiano, American Saddlebred, she is five years old and stands at roughly seventeen hands high.
recent posts, - First Impressions	helpful links and things - Profile

^{BLOG TEMPLATE MADE BY WHAT A FOCKS AT CAUTION 2.0}

[Othello Buskirk]

First Impressions! MOOD: Bemused• LOCATION: Loft• LISTENING TO: Miranda My first impression of the horse in the yard was that they were standing in an interesting stance, but then my attention turned to Dr Carr as she began to tell us (myself and my fellow vet student Miranda) about what had brought the horses to the clinic, and us. Ziggy (and her 'brother', a Tennessee Walking Horse gelding; Drifting Apart, or Zagg) belong to a friend of hers. This friend trained them from the ground up, then on suggestion from another friend sent them to a trainer to get the best out of them. When the woman went to collect her beloved animals, the horses were completely different animals, appeared causious, even of her, and most strangely, started walking as if they were stepping on hot coals. And according to her, they don't like having their feet or legs touched. Miranda discovered that the twins like carrots, and Ziggy happily ate the one I was holding, sling and all, but she shot backwards when I went to touch her. She came back though and at the rest of the carrot before she ambled off again. I just can't work out why the woman would send her horses, who were already doing really well in the show ring; under saddle and in-hand. It just doesn't make sense... unless her friend was jealous and knew the trainer was dirty...  However, right now we're just doing loads of research on the breeds and seeing what we can discover about the methods used to train gaited horses.                                             ~ until next time, leo

^{BLOG TEMPLATE MADE BY WHAT A FOCKS AT CAUTION 2.0}