Tess

 Trainer Notes: Tess is a pretty mare and gets along well in the pasture with others, but is dominant at feeding time.  She is sensitive and can be reactive to ropes and ground exercises in the round pen.  She prefers not to have her back feet trimmed, but with patience and a gentle approach, they get done.  We are working on confidence building and desensitization around her hind legs and hooves.  She is food movitivated, leads easily, will back with light pressure.  She is learning to yield, the head down cue and to calmly stand for all four feet to be picked up.  She does not appear to be saddle trained, but we will continue to work with her on the ground & have introduced the saddle.  Tess has beautiful movement, and could be a lovely cart horse. 

 Health: Good; however, she has swelling in her rear pastern and is low in fetlock.  Xrays indicate an apparent old fracture and arthritic changes in injury area.  She has not shown any sign of lameness, but could be reason for rear trimming sensitivity.  Vet indicated future riding may be limited to light riding with a light rider; she should be eased into normal excersing to evaluate her tolerance, then riding if/when appropriate.  She could also make a great cart horse.

 Issues: Tess has little tolerance for trimming rear hooves.  None others known. 

Adoption Fee: $450.  Has had basic vet check and is current on vaccines, worming, dental and hoof care.