More Weekend Fun!

We had TWO WEEKENDS IN A ROW of house guests (like 10+ people each weekend) at our place. Both weekend folks played with the horses! This was GREAT exposure for Cearra. She got worked with, loved on and her picture taken quite a bit. Her social side got a work out as she loved on children, new dogs and adults alike! She acted like a champ!

We actually showed her to two potential families as well. Really, we were just testing out her marketability. She performed really well on the ground and under saddle. Whenever we meet potential families it is always…interesting. Some are fun and some are funky and some we just can’t say “no thanks” to fast enough. Highlights of these showings were having a cross beam on our fence destroyed because the humans backed their SUV into it –sigh (don’t think they will be contacting us again). Cearra worked well for the young lady on the ground and under saddle and we could not have been more proud of her. The other folks were on a “scouting mission”, didn’t really engage with the horse (no ground or riding –we did all that and she just watched) at all and wants their “trainer” to come out next time. Seems they want to create a show horse. Cearra has the breeding and the movement for it. Not sure if it would make her “happy” and since we didn’t see real connection/interaction between the human and the horse it is hard to feel good about it. Cearra did well for us again, even though she was cranky about getting taken away from her breakfast.

Needless to say we felt good about Cearra’s program progress up to this point and we know we can get fair market value for her. As she grows and develops we will be raising that price! The families were the fun/funky type to be sure. Thing is we REALLY LIKE this mare so it is going to be hard to want to part with her.

The last two weekends have been fun! Next weekend we have a practice and a workshop to participate in. Going to be VERY horse focused!