Kinetic
This
boy needs a good, loving home where he will not be used for dressage.
He will be available for adoption to an approved, non-dressage
home in southern California.
ALLERGIC:
to neoprene, it will cause third degree burns (professional choice
boots, girth, etc.)
PRONE TO:
thrush even in desert climate (with our little bit of rain). Also
prone to dry tail and rubbing of upper tail. You must earn his
trust through love and consistent attention and then he will take
care of you
Gets nervous on trail with too many horses, dogs
and trotting or cantering. Falls on the forehand if allowed when
cantering. He can rear up coming in from a turnout if excited,
around dinner time or if he has not been turned out in awhile
(he just goes straight up and then down). Also, in turnout he
may rear and do a 180 come down bucking and jumping and then immediately
lay down
LOVES: baths,
brushing, attention, blow in nose, kisses on nose, eyes and ears
rubbed, trail rides, free jumps (sees a 2 ft. jump in the arena
and will go for it) and is a character with turnouts (loves to
play chase with humans), loves dogs and children and being stalled
next to a Mare
GREAT AT:
clipping, sheath cleaning, fly spray (even able to spray on his
face), blanketing, turnout, cross ties, ground tying. He will
come out of the pasture when called and will stand in the pasture
with the gate open and will not run out. On the buckle at the
trot on trail. Does best with just one other horse on the trail.
UNBOTHERED
BY: wind, rain, heat or cold, motorcycles, trucks, plastic bags
(unless he is looking for an excuse to spook). If not sure on
trail of something will turn to look at rider on back. While eating
you can brush, put on blanket, walk in stall, etc.
PERSONALITY:
an alpha teddy bear who is sensitive and gets his feelings hurt
if you get mad and holler at him (he then tries to kiss and make
up). He loves to pick up things in his mouth including whips (which
he will flip up and down in the air), buckets, trash cans, sprayers.
He becomes very attached to humans and knickers when he hears
my voice.
EASY KEEPER:
only fed alfalfa in am, grass in eve and two coffee cans (1 lb.)
of barley. Too much alfalfa or any grain (alfamo, etc.) makes
him very spooky, hard to handle and more alpha behavior.
BUTTONS: getting
in an argument and attempting to force him, aggressive use of
lunge or riding whips, lunging with side reins through the girth
up to and through the bit and side reins (he will accept draw
reins). If afraid will try to sniff arm or hand to make sure O.K.
Horses (more than one) cantering on trail towards him or behind
make him nervous. Best to make him go ahead of leg and moving
forward then you can keep his attention. FOOD TIME cranky if try
to take out and work right before feeding or if he has not eaten
(best to let him eat for ½ hr.) and will be an alpha with
other horses at food time
TRAINED IN:
walk, trot, canter (can become unbalanced if allowed to run into
the canter depart), some leg yielding and shoulder in (just learning)
basics of dressage. Listens to the seat very well in downward
transitions. Listens well to the voice and will tune in if afraid
or unsure. He would do best with lots of trails and maybe some
jumping.
NICKNAME:
Love Bug! Twinkle Toes (stands on his toes to pee with legs behind
and tucks legs under when poops)
Adoption
pending!!!!!!!!!
Kinetic has
found his new mom! Lauren has been coming to TIER to work with
and get to know Kinetic for some time now. They work well together.
Lauren is a sensitive and talented rider who tunes in to Kinetic.
Kinny (Kinetic) is blossoming with the added attention that Lauren
is providing. In fact, he saw no problem with clearing a 3 ft.
jump for her this past Sunday!!! He enjoys showing off and after
each raising of the bar on the standards, successful completion
of clearing the bar, Kinny would almost do the "chicken dance"
as he seemed to think he had made the winning touchdown! HA! You
could almost see him smiling with glee each time as he pranced
and dashed! You could definately see the smile on Lauren's face.
She would take him back to the jump and say "Look what you
did!!" Kinny seemed to say....."That's nothin! What
else can we do?"
Update
2/3/02 - Kinetic has gone to his new home with his young adoptor
Lauren. Lauren has been coming to TIER for the past couple of
months to work with Kinetic in order that TIER, herself and Kinetic
are comfortable with the new partnership! It was obvious from
the beginning that Lauren understood Kinetic's playfulness and
his willingness to work at the task at hand. Lauren and Kinetic
were jumping over 3ft..........considering that "Kinny"
hadn't really jumped before.......we were all surprised at his
ability and the fact that he was actually enjoying himself! This
is a great match and we are looking to hear good things from Lauren
and Kinetic in the days to come! Congrats Kinny & Lauren!!!
Update
2/04/02 - Kinetic, a 16.2 bay TB gelding. He was adopted from
the TIER foundation, an organization I really support and root
for. *VISIT THEM !* I adopted him Feb.3 after having wished for
him since last summer. I won't say much more about him. You can
develop your own opinions after you've read our stories. Just
know this: I'm head over heels for him, and you'll be tempted
to sneak over here and steal him. :)
I think I
have thoroughly disgusted my friends and family with my endless
talk about Kinny. He settled in very nicely, and promtly began
to eat. Then he made his rounds, and sniffed noses with neighbors.
He seems quite fond of the pretty mare to his right, but she's
playing hard to get and remains aloof. After his food, and a bit
of confusion about the ways of the automatic waterer, he stuck
his pretty head out the window, and watched the sunset. (ultimate
pampering:view of sunset from the stall)Well, maybe he was watching
the bicyclists, but I like to think it was the sunset :). I am
busily working on a schedule to get Kinny fit and conditioned.
We'll start out slowly...walking long periods of time w/ about
five-ten minutes of trotting 3-4x a week for about two weeks.
With the aid of my trainer, we'll work up from there when Kinny
gives us the go ahead. Our first official lesson together is on
Thursday !
Today, Kinny got the grand tour of the place. He recieved turn
out for a while, where he impressed everybody with his antics,
and then we went around the barn, sniffing things here and there.
Everybody commented on what a big and handsome boy he was. Linda
said he was a very good match for me and had an "adorable
face" Kinny has figured out the auto waterer and I think
he presses his nose on the lever JUST to hear the whoosh noise.
I hope he is happy here (that is my main focus) and is ready to
be pampered within an inch of his life.
Update
3/14/02 - Kinetic is doing AWESOME !!!! We just had our first
REAL lesson this past Monday, and I'm having another lesson on
Friday. My trainer is in love with him. She treats him like her
baby...she baby talks him and is always petting him and telling
him he's a big, handsome boy. She says he's a gorgeous horse and
a great mover...just needs some tuneup. So we decided to stick
with two, thirty minute lessons a week and a I ride him twice
a week only at the walk and trot for twenty minutes to condition
him a bit. Linda (trainer) says that by the end of summer, we
should be ready to show.
Kinny has
really gotten used to his surroundings now, and is a lot more
responsive and receptive to my signals. I have a pretty strict
schedule that I stick to while with him.....basically, it is:
*turn him out while I go get his tack
*let him run a bit
*On the way from the pasture to the hitching post, work on ground
manners and leading
*groom him, body rub
*put the saddle tightened to the first girth hole on
*let him walk around to adjust the saddle to his back better
*tie him up again and tighten the girth
*untie him and do stretches with him
*put on the bridle
*free lunge him to get the bucks out and his attention on me
*ride five minutes in the roundpen
*ride rest of time in the arena...finish on a good note
*cool off trail
*handwalk him back to the roundpen
*untack him and let him roll while I put tack away
*brush him again and handwalk him to the uper arena and back
*while I put his brushes away, I take his bucket to my feed bin
and then he gets his vitamins and etc.
*he's always done by 6:00, and then there is some food waiting
for him :)
He is a huge lovebug and he knows when he did something right.
He will trot up to my trainer and put his head on her until she
pets him. He's so great. I love the big oaf. Thankyou so much.
Update
4/21/02 - All is going well for the beast and I. He finally
made friends with Sweetie, the gelding next to him. It's so cute.
Sweetie whinnies and whinnies for him when Kinny is gone and vice
versa. I got Kinny a traffic cone to play with and he just goes
to town with it. I need to get some pics scanned of that :). He
is very healthy and shiny and all aroung bee-utiful !
Our training
is progressing wonderfully. We spent the first months going over
the very basics: basically getting to know and trust each other.
Linda told me that once we were able to trot and canter on the
buckle, at a nice and relaxed gait with full attention on me,
we would start doing basic obstacle work and low jumps. Well,
yesterday that is what we did, so Linda started us over ground
poles and a small cross rail. The first few times, he got excited
and played around after clearing the jump. By the end, he was
jumping quietly and happily. He knows when he does a good job.
He will walk up to my trainer Linda, lower his head, and wait
for cuddles
Update
11/3/02 - Kinny continues to be a favorite among the barn
and is currently excersising his telepathic powers in commandind
people to give him treats. Seemingly overnight, he sprouted a
winter coat and is looking more like a chia pet than the sleek
shiny horse he was a month ago. Oh well, he is all the more cuddly.
Due to a mysterious (hip ?) problem, he has been enjoying a semi-retirement
and is just starting to get back into work. He can look forward
to three months of ground driving this winter and hopefully in
the spring, I'll be back on and we can continue as before.
I
usually never punished him for bucking, seeing as it wasnt malicious
and was his way of playing. I had always told him in my own way
that it wasnt appropriate and would he please save such behaviors
for the turnout. He was fine for a while, and then the bucking
came back. Trainer and I assumed it was his old habit starting
back again, and we went through the routine of asking him to do
it at a more apporpraite time than when I was on his back. Then
the bucks started to become a bit more forceful. And occured only
when he was cantering. And he started to cross canter on his right
lead. This was not a behavior problem, it had to be a pain problem.
So three chiropracters, a vet, and a farrier later, we determined
he had a hip problem which was because of his feet wearing unevenly.
Boy did it take a lot of time and tears to figure out what was
wrong with him.
So,
he got new shoes and when I turned him out for the first time
after that, it was as if i had a new horse. He was moving in a
way I hadn't seen him move for months. :) His attitude has changed
for the better as well. His moving is great except for on his
right lead, where he continues to cross canter. The vet and my
trainer said that this was probably due to lack of muscle on that
side and thus lack of balance. So now we are ground driving in
hopes to see improvement. If not, then back comes the chiropractor
and massage therapist. At least we've isolated the problem area.
Kinny
though, is in love with himself even more now that he has been
treated like a king. He firmly believes that the entire barn is
his domain and that his subjects owe him many a treat. He is thorougly
offended when after a body search for a treat, he finds none.
Despite his new found kingly demeanor, I still spy him enjoying
less dignified activities. The other day I spied him running full
speed aroudn the turnout triumphantly holding and shaking a large
tree branch in his mouth.
He
is King, he knows it, and he knows the rest of the world knows
it. I have a horse on an ego trip. Watch out world.
Update
10/14/03 - Kinetic is doing beautifully. He looks so.....professional.
It's easy for me to superimpose his face on the horses you see
in magazines. He is currently in full training and loves it. I
was a bit worried that he would be stressed or burn out with all
the work, but he seems to thrive on it. He needs constant activity
and always needs to be thinking. He really keeps me on my toes
:). I don't think he'll ever be a horse I can just zone out on.
If I become to boring or I'm not paying attention, he'll find
a reason (real or imaginary) to make things more exciting :).
He's such a good teacher. I've learned to become a lot more than
a pretty rider on him. He forces me to be an effective rider.
He's such a great teacher. He doesn't tolerate me being offcentered,
and will scoot out from under me if I'm not paying enough attention
to where my body is. And he's as loveable and quirky as ever.
My trainer loves him. She says he has "character". ;)
It's nice to see her smile when she gets on his back after I know
she's had a long hard day. He LOVES having his ears and face pet.
I can put him to sleep by rubbing his ears and stroking between
his eyes at the same time. He's too cute for words. I'm also looking
forward to doing IEL on him (www.theiel.org) . He looks great
in checkered polo wraps in our school colors. <eg> He'res
a picture of the beast freejumping. Not the cleanest jump in the
world, but there's no denying that horse has scope :). I love
the beast so much :). And he has beeeee-yoo-tiful ground manners.
I work on a one-finger pressure system. I never exert more pressure
on him than I can with one finger. He has to listen to me on his
own accord. Without having to touch him or pull on him, we can
walk forward, halt, walk backwards, turn on the forehand, and
sidepass all based on my body positioning and voice aids. It's
really helped us build a great bond because we have to be sensitive
to one another. Thanks for this absoultely wonderful perfect horse
! :)
Update
9/20/04 - Each ride I have on Kinetic makes me wonder
why I'm not spending every waking minute in the saddle. I luff
the beastie. He makes the cutest little (well....maybe not so
little) western horse. He would have made a great hunter, but
his heart wasn't in it. He's very very very laid back and too
much excitement or stress makes him nervous and unhappy. So now
we're going at a much more relaxed pace and riding has become
so much more fun for the both of us. At times he still thinks
he's a race horse even after ten years, but for the most part
we have good days. We've had our issues, but its so worth it when
after a great ride he lowers his head and leans up against me
so I can scratch behind his ears. Here's a picture of him after
a bath checking out the mares.
Update
9/21/04 - Here are some more pictures. I don't know why
I don't have more pics of me and Kinny together. I'll have to
remedy that. I need to get some pictures of him all decked out
in Western gear :). And yes, we moved him up the road a bit. It's
a lot more low key than where he was, but he enjoys actually getting
to be a horse. He gets to poke noses with other horses a lot more
and enjoys his big coral and turnout. It's absolutely gorgeous
there. I can't believe so much open land actually still exists
up where I live. Stalls get cleaned twice a day, the horses are
fed an alfalfa/timothy blend twice a day, and they have access
to fresh water all the time. They are turned out on a rotating
schedule....usually a few hours every other day. I'm currently
training with Billy Camarillo, who understand Kinny so much more
than the other trainers. Here's his website: http://www.billycamarillocuttinghorses.com/default.htm.
He's a man of few words, but they're always well worth hearing
:). An itsy bitsy part of me misses hunter, but the tradeoff of
having a happy beast is well worth it. There are a few days where
I crave that feeling of nailing a hunter course perfectly, but
I have the rest of my life to be able to do that. Right now I
just want to enjoy my own little beast. He's enough work as it
is. He keeps me on my toes. Many thanks for such a beautiful animal.
10/5/04
- Kinny goes western!
Update
1/30/06
- Well, Kinny is doing great. He is such a big lovable doof. The
woman who owns the property where he lives says he is "adorably
short of brain cells...but the sweetest horse <she's> ever
seen". I forgot to tell you that I moved Kinetic. I moved
him about a month ago to a property that is a lot closer to school
so that I can see him more. He's on a two acre mini ranch with
two other horses. I was afraid he wouldn't acclimate to herd life,
but he took to it great. He and the two other horses (a 5 yo TB
and an older QH) make up a little heard affectionately known as
"The Boys". Kinetic acts like he is attached to the
other TB at the hip. It's impossible to get a picture of him alone.
I'm so happy that he's in a little herd now instead of a stall.
He seems much more content. He's having fun spending his days
romp around with the other horses and going on trails (we braved
a goose farm the other day and he was perfect!). I just wanted
to let you know that he is healthy and happy....and currently
as furry as a woolly mammoth.
Update 12/6/08 - I can't believe that it's been almost seven years since Kinny and I first paired up. Time sure flies. Kinny is just as wonderful as ever. He's one of the sweetest, most honest horses I've ever met. Everyone who meets him thinks he's absolutely adorable. It's hard not to fall in love with those bedroom eyes and tiny ears. Kinetic has perfected the role of laid back trail horse. He loves to amble and galumph on trails; happily popping over fallen logs and doing long lopes through dried up stream beds. He's just such a happy, personable, laid back horse. I luff him.
He loves trail so much that he's going to follow me to Colorado, where I'll be working as a wrangler on a dude ranch. He'll get to be my wrangling horse :) . He'll have access to about 600 acres of pasture. Sure beats the So. California version of "pasture".
Here are some recentish pics of Kinny (this past summer).
Update 2/2/09 - Just wanted to drop you a note and let you know that Kinetic is loving life as a Colorado snow horse. The move was uneventful and he settled into the herd quite nicely. He had a chilly first week but then sprouted a winter coat and is doing fine even in the single digits. He is as happy as I have ever seen him. He loves having REAL acreage instead of southern California acreage and has made buddies with everyone in the herd. Everyone that's met him has commented on how happy he looks, let alone for a socal hothouse horse. Here are some pictures of the furry beast.
Looking for treats
His love and affection are very much motivated by treats
He's a huge photo hog
Kinetic (on left) and his new best friend Brevit
Perfect snowflake, but imperfect focus
Update 2/7/10 - Just wanted to drop you a note and let you know that Kinetic is doing great. I can't tell you how much he loves being a "ranch horse". He has access to 250 acres in the summer and fall and 100 other horses to become best buddies with. It's such a treat to see him interacting with a real herd. He was one of my wrangling horses over the summer and we got to traipse all over the Rockies. He's really hardy for a Thoroughbred! He's getting to rest for the winter and spring and is keeping his weight (also unheard of for a TB in the high country of Colorado!). I'm counting down the days until the snow and mud clear and I can ride again. My goal for the summer is to show him some in the local circuit. I'll have to hunt down some pictures of him from the summer. He looks great. Anyways, just letting you know he's fat, fuzzy, and happy.
Hope things are going well in sunny California!
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