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 Click picture for a larger image  Daz11hh Grey Welsh section A type gelding. 4 years old. Daz came to Trallwm last summer/autumn. When he arrived at Trallwm last year he had heaps of character and cheekiness whilst being the ideal child's first pony. It has become clear that all was not well in Daz's mind recently. We will never know exactly what happened to him or how he came to be such a different pony as he came back from a loan home through no fault of his own. He was terrified of being touched under his tummy, would not let you approach with a saddle, would not let the saddle go on his back and would buck round the arena like a rodeo star when the girth was put on. I spent a few sessions getting him used to being touched again, getting his faith back in human nature and reassuring him. It took a few sessions but we eventually got so that you could put a saddle on him as soon as you had caught him in the stable (the first session I ended up putting the saddle over my own head and onto my shoulders to show him it was not going to eat him) and I led him straight out of the stable and worked him. This time we had NO bucking at all! Whereas on previous sessions we'd got it down to half a lap of bucking when the saddle was first put on and he was first asked to trot. The day following this session Daz was to travel to his new home. He is now in very capable hands and the people know exactly what he has done as they witnessed the first couple of sessions. They will continue the gentle approach and he will eventually be a fantastic child's pony once again. |
JoanneJoanne was bred to be a racehorse, she enjoyed a bit of success in her racing life and was then retired as a broodmare. Presumably at some point she was sold to her last owner (when we are unsure of). She has produced some decent offspring and even had one of them owned by Terry Wogan. After enduring 12 foals from 14 years of life, her owner decided that it was best if he gave her, and his other horses to Trallwm.  Upon her arrival she was pitifully thin, covered in lice and generally not well at all. She had a large wound to one of her legs and could hardly stand. after a LOT of TLC and healing vibes, wishes that she would respond to the feed and attention she was getting, Joanne started looking better and a few months down the line she was even shiny and sparkling, although she still had a long way to go.  One day a lady rang to ask if we had any ponies in that needed to go to a companion situation or could otherwise not be ridden etc as she had a brain tumour and needed something to give her purpose in life etc. She was invited to come and see a small pony we had in at the time that we thought might be suitable. However, this lady saw joanne and immediately fell in love. It was definitely a mutual admiration society in the making and the lady asked if it was possible for her to loan this beautiful horse. An agreement was made and then the lady asked what she would need to look after Joanne, so she was sent off with a side of A4 written out as a shopping list for her. Joanne had nothing but the best bought for her and when the day came for her to go, a very smart racehorse transporter turned up to transport her.  When we visited in the late summer, the progress joanne had made was amazing. she is obviously adored and wants for nothing. May the loaner and joanne spend the rest of their days together in happiness.  |
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Amber15.2hh Bay Anglo Arab type Mare. 16 years old. Amber came to me in March 2003 after being sent to trallwm in December 2002. She came to me as the people were frightened of what she was doing under saddle. When she arrived I wanted to see for myself what she was doing so asked a good friend of mine to hop on board. As soon as she was asked to walk on, Amber ran backwards. I walked up to her and led her forward a few steps and she would happily toddle off down the road. This happened twice and it seemed that this was enough for amber to realise that she was on her own and she had to get on with it. We worked on getting her to drop her head carriage as it was very high. Although she was forward going she was in no way strong, so it was just a case of get her chilling out and settling into a new routine. We kept her living out as this seemed to keep her a lot less fizzy than bringing her in at night and she put on so much weight that it was hardly possible it was the same horse. I even think someone swapped the original Amber for a doppelganger as this new one was far more confident and laid back than the one that arrived in March. In July of 2003 a foster home was found. Amber stayed there for 12 months. Amber sustained a horrific wound to her knee that needed a bit more treatment than the foster carer was able to give her. Amber came home to Trallwm in August and, after a short recovery period for her wound, was available for re homing. She has now gone to a superb home where she will be loved and worked for as long as she is able to and the new loaners keep in close contact with us to let us know how fantastic and sweet natured the big girl is. |
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