Montag, 28. September 2009

And he is here!





Wow, what a day yesterday! But he is finally here and everything went beautifully. No problems whatsoever. The seller arrived on time, Crispin had loaded without problem and there were no trafic jams on the way.

Even though everything was new to him Crispin did very well. Just a short moment of anxiety when the horsey friend he came with had to leave and we weren't quick enough with a new companion. Once we introduced him to Fly everything was OK for him.

I do know that the next three weeks are going to be hard. Hell for him and for me. But at least this was a good start.

The pictures are from day one (yesterday) and from today (his first day out).

Samstag, 26. September 2009

...ONE!!!

Tomorrow is the big day! Everything is ready for Crispin to arrive. I hope I'll be able to sleep at all tonight!

Freitag, 25. September 2009

...two...

Oh my, not getting much sleep anymore!

Donnerstag, 24. September 2009

...three...

...getting more and more excited by the day...

Mittwoch, 23. September 2009

...four...

Nothing much going on today. So it's just one more day in the countdown...

Dienstag, 22. September 2009

...five...

Today was a buisy day. I picked up Crispins feed at the feedstore and got him a nice new halter.

Montag, 21. September 2009

Take off in Six...

Off into the last week of horselessness.

The breeder just emailed today that the second trailer training went very well. With a second horse already loaded it took less than 5 minutes to get him in and out the trailer. So it looks like he's not going to be trouble on sunday.

Sonntag, 20. September 2009

One more week

For the record:

JUST ONE MORE WEEK!

Samstag, 19. September 2009

The Countdown is on.

To my humongous relive the seller offered to bring Crispin. We agreed on the 27. september.

It's a wonderful offer since this way I don't have to organize a transport and MUCH more important the little guy doesn't have to go on his first journey all by himself.

Freitag, 4. September 2009

Meet "The New Welsh"


I spare you the more tiresome details of my hunt. All in all it took about 4 months to find HIM.

There weren't very many suitable Welsh Cobs around and I did know what I wanted which made the number of available horses even smaller.


I saw nice ones that didn't pass the PPE, even nicer ones that just weren't what I needed and then HE came along.


At first I didn't even want to go an see him.
I found him by contacting his breeder. I send an E-mail with my requirements and she had a single horse for sale that just seemed to fit all of them.

His name is Merit Crispin. A 2 y/o bay gelding with lots of chrome. Did I say that I didn't care what color?! Well, I didn't... ...except BAY! I just don't like bays, its a vulgar color. I did make myself quite clear about that and I'm going to regret it now!


Not only was that gelding bay. He also had just taken a liking to tail and mane rubbing (the breeder was VERY up front about that).
So, long story short. I didn't really want to drive 300 km to see a bald, bay gelding.

Glad I did! He was in his stall when I first saw him and, WOW, that was it! His conformation is good. He is a Welsh Cob after all, so he has some small, breed specific flaws and he's only two (27 months to the day when I first saw him). He's nice and BIG. And his movement is good too (less Welsh, more riding Horse/Pony). And he has some very lovely, soft, big brown eyes.

Just what I wanted.


He did look a bit rough and plucked around the edges and he's a shy little fella and so far he didn't have any traninig to speak of.


I went to see him again a couple of weeks later, like the breeder sugested. Just to make sure that the mane and rubbing really was just a short episode and not sweet itch.


And to be honest, I had made my decision by then anyways. I did see a couple more horses afterwards but that only made it more clear to me. He was the one. He passed the PPE on septermber 3rd and is now "The New Welsh"