with recent happenings, i've been spending more time with my 3y/o PRE, Nico
"Copernico ROY"
so i figured it's time to start a blog for him
i got Nico at the tender age of 6 months........he was a funny looking thing
(long ears, resembling a baby mule
)
but he showed alot of potential!
more and more, Nico is looking like his father, Dobladillo
and maybe one day we'll have him looking like grandpa, Endrino!
early on i did lots of groundwork - Nico is so easy, has such a wonderful easy-going temperment that he has been a dream! when i first got him, he was 'wild' -- had not been handled at all. but now he accepts everything with grace, curiosity, and intelligence.
my favorite photos of him are in my signature strip
- taken last year. i predict Nico will be totally white in the next few years......he is graying at a very fast pace, and loves to make himself look "coloured" with poo stains!
my plan for him: this winter i will start a regular program of lungeing to build his back muscles, and make him strong enough to begin under saddle work in the spring. i took Nico to visit with Erik Herbermann this past spring......where i received guidance to prepare me for this.
in the meantime, Nico and i are spending quality time together
. grooming, taking long walks in hand, down lanes, thru fields and woods, preparing him for the time when i take him out under saddle.
Nico is a DOLL. loves cuddling, & is the sweetest horse i've ever had! he's so receptive to whatever i ask of him, it's uncanny.
no doubt this blog will have very few updates for now, as we aren't doing much.
but i love this horse dearly
, and feel that he deserves his own journal
.
