That's right, the rescue has an Angel and an Angelo.
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| First time in the arena. |
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| Playing 'ring around the kiddie pool'. It took her a few minutes but she finally decided she could walk over it. |
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Angel did great in the arena with the obstacles, even though she hasn't been back there before and *gasp!* there were no other horses. I then took her on a very short walk off-property to see how she'd handle it. She was a little looky but it was a definite success. I cannot understand why this mare is still at the rescue. I asked Dani if she's had any interest in Angel at all and she said no. It's a conundrum.
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| Angelo, a 4 yo Florida Cracker Horse. Has quite the story. Here he's doing his best Standardbred impression. |
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| And here, he's pretending to be an Arabian. |
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| Finally, we have a hesitant giraffe. |
On Angelo. He came in with his younger brother as a feral, un-gelded 3 yo. He was herded up with his family, then stuck in a round pen and starved. He has had 30 days under saddle training and is apparently a nasty bucker. He is still highly reactive and learning to trust his handler, but he is also extremely curious. He really is beautiful, with an inquisitive personality and wow, can he move! The goal is to do lots and lots (and lots!) of groundwork to give him time to mentally mature and learn to trust people, then reevaluate him under saddle in the future.
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