Just think, there’s about a million facebook groups that would have spent 50k on vet diagnostics looking for a problem.
Turns out, horses will take the easy way out if given an option. Who knew?
I love Mr. Henry.
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Oh wow, what a bad pony you got. What a shame. Someone should take this problem kid off your hands.
Don’t mind me, just hooking up my trailer… 
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Henry’s pride may be a little bruised right now but it sure doesn’t look like anything else hurts 
He’s not yet four years old. A little hoppity hop here and there is a given, especially since he’s never in his life had a job. And it’s only been two and a half weeks since I turned his world upside down!
I love this comparison:
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Susan
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Love the Hippity Hop story. An oft told tale from the archives of green horses. And thus the MRL (mid-ride lunge) was born. Amazing how that works to get the point across that, “Thou shalt go forward.”
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HAHAHA! I always say it that way, too.
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“Thou shalt go forward” is my new favorite phrase!
In the spirit of that, baby Henry went on his first little trail ride today, and solo. Just a hack through the woods and on the track around the perimeter of my farm, but such a good boy! It’s amazing how getting out of the ring can help that GO button.
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Woohoo!!
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Oh. My. Gosh!!! In only 2 weeks. That is crazy!
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Two weeks and lots of elbow grease and the right kind of riding to help bring his natural balance out. 
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Henry is what I like to call a great ‘using horse’ = use him for everything! A lot of mine could be ridden for everything, most went English and Western. Just like event horses, a change of tack they knew which job it was.
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The horses themselves show us the difference between living feral and “free“ and having consistent human attention and care.
It would seem that being a domestic species suits horses very well.
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Three weeks! I want to thank my COTH enablers because Henry is a treasure and getting more amazing every day. 
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We let you brag and rejoice with you, indeed he is amazing. 
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I can’t handle it. He’s just ridiculous. This is something we all dreamed about when we were young: finding a horse that needed a good scrub, love, the right nutrition and, most of all, a talented and patient owner. The world is so …. tough to navigate … so much of the time. Yet we can still thrill to the age-old tale of a girl and her horse.
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I love this so much. Yes!
Also possibly why we have glommed on to @Heinz_57’s Bo? A forgotten horse buffed to a copper shine?
ETA: not to take away from Henry’s transformation . Two examples of diamonds in the rough!
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I might just be drooling a little at the last HTH pics…oh my what a little hunk.
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I can’t wait to see him all braided up floating around with a competent junior. Looking forward to more updates in the years to come.
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Also: did you say that he was handsome?!
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