Part Two of Helping Others With My Horses

We now have our second horse, Un Dun Dee, or Dinah.  She is a Red Dun Paint.Quarter horse.  Dinah is about the same size as Sonny but just a little taller.  She has a bigger behind and the reason for that is her bloodlines is Halter.  Halter showing is using a fancy halter and having a judge look at you and your horse.  Your horse is judged on how the stand, back up, stand still, walk, trot, pivot and stop.  Apparently, years ago, judges preferred horses with big behinds.

We bring Dinah to Woodloch one month before putting Sonny down.  My daughter and I wanted to have two horses for a period of time so that we could ride at the same time.  That did not happen.  By the time Dinah came, Sonny was having problems with his other front foot.  We only could walk him around via the lead rope.

A lady at the stables became our friend.  She was about my age and was leasing someone's horse.  Susie wanted to lease Sonny but when he was diagnosed with arthritis, she decided to wait until we got another one.  As soon as we got Dinah, she started right away.  Dinah was a show horse and K wanted to try showing, so this would be good for Susie also.  Susie had shown the horse she was leasing and did well.

That first summer, Susie took Dinah to two or three shows and did well again.  Dinah was back in her game.  K showed Dinah as well and placed in her events.  Susie did Dinah in English and Western Pleasure.  Kirsten did just Western.  I can't remember if they did any others as that was over five years ago.

At the end of the summer, Susie had to end her lease due to money issues.  Susie is a teacher and runs out of money until a month after the beginning of the school year.  We found two new half time leasers for Dinah.  We stayed at Woodloch for about two years and had about three or four leasers for Dinah during that time.  One of them I had to end the lease due to the fact that the lady became nervous.  The other is a teenage girl who did not know how to ride.  Her parents were divorced and neither one had the time to help her with this.  She needed lessons three days a week, she pulled hard on the reins and she did things that I told her not to do.

At the time of leaving Woodloch and moving to Mel-O-Dee Stables, I found a high school girl who had leased horses before and lived with her Grandma.  She worked at Target also and that was her money to pay for things.  The next post will start with the two year friendship this girl had with Dinah and her background.