Hi all!! From Athol, ID

[northidahocowgirl]

Hello. I am Nichole, 28 years old and living in Athol, but moving up to Blanchard soon.
I have 6 horses, 3 of which are broke, lol. My girls are 8 and 6 and love to ride with me.
If anyone is interested, we also have the GREATEST pony on the planet and he is very happy to let newbies ride him. I love sharing him with kids who are riding the first time, he gives them such a positive experience!
We are a part of the local playday group up here, but have been busy starting to get ready to move. Looking forward to getting to know folks in the general area, we want to have more horse-friends!

[20xsweetcowgirl]

Welcome to the forum Nichole!!! Do you do any trail riding?

[RideHappy]

Hi Nichole. Congrats on getting a horse property!

[FlyingCowgirl]

Hey Nichole,

Glad you joined us!

Alisa

[joanne]

Nice to meet you Nichole... I'm just a few miles from Blanchard (Priest River) so definetely will have to get together to ride

[northidahocowgirl]

Mostly trail riding, just recently been doing some playdaying, but looking forward to exploring the hills out from the new place.

[Tiki]

Hi Nicole nice to meet you.

[StillPlayswithHorses]

Welcome!

[wrightp]

Hi, welcome!
I have a 7 year old who had a bad experience with a pony last year - - she has gotten back on in an arena and been OK but would love to find some horsey kids for her to hang out with. We're all the way in Spokane, but maybe sometime in the summer we can get up there. I would love to go to Priest Lake too. Perhaps if we go camping nearby...

[northidahocowgirl]

Im sure my girls would be tickled pink to share their pony, he really is an angel.

[Mustang~Girl]

Hi! what is your sweet pony's name?

[northidahocowgirl]

He is Lea and Bob's pony Sequoia. That reminds me, I need to send Lea an email! They live over in that area, do you know them? Very awesome people!

[northidahocowgirl]

I looked at some of you other posts and it looks like you might know Lea! Shes the neatest lady. I love reading her blog too, following along with the horses.

[northidahocowgirl]

Here are some pics of my horses..

Peppy, coming 6 yr old Paint. She has amazing bloodlines but was never registered and it doesnt matter. I have had her since she was about 6 months old. She loves to injure herself and has no extensor tendons in her right front. Many vets have recommended that I put her down after certain injuries, but with much hard work and a lot of faith in her desire to live, she is not only NOT a cripple, but she is also sound to ride.

The Pony, Sequoia, with my daughter. She won reserve high point on this guy last summer, and she had only ridden him a few times before starting to compete. He is an angel, and we take him to lessons to let the very young kids ride him.


Brandy, the slaughter-lot rescue. She has a long history of abuse and mistreatment as is proved by her scars, but she is a grand little mare with a big ol heart.

The babies, 2009 1/2 morgan fillies. I got to watch them both take their first steps and imprint them both. They are little nosy buggers and will be really excellent mares as they mature.


I do have one other 3 year old appy mare. She was a semi-rescue and we are still working on getting her healthy. She was neglected and allowed to pretty much fend for herself. She cribs badly, gets bleeding ulcers and has a very sensitive stomach. She has choked and coliced on me more times than I care to think about, as well as going off her feed, getting pneumonia and deciding that she will just stand there are crib rather than eat.
We finally have her ulcers under control, I think, and she is cribbing less, but her weight is still a battle. I wont post a body pic until she looks better, But she does have this neat marking on her side and a very cute face!



So thats the horse-family. We also have 4 dogs, 3 cats, a rabbit and a gecko.

[RideHappy]

Yeah, I remember reading about Sequoia on the old forum. He looks good. Nice horses.

[FlyingCowgirl]

Nichole,

Didn't you have a cremello gelding with some health issues? What happened with him?

[northidahocowgirl]

Yup, that was me. After treating him for severe COPD over the winter as well as doctoring his eye and making sure he got his sight back, I managed to find him a new home up by the border that had hundreds of acres of grass pasture to let him out on. There was just no way I could keep him healthy with my drylots and his severe copd. I miss him so much. I loved that horse like crazy.

[StillPlayswithHorses]

Welcome! Love your pictures! I have a 9 year old daughter, and we've been looking for other kids around her age to ride with. She had a little scare last year and is slowly getting her courage back. The scare wasn't her getting hurt, but she saw once of the older girls , take a nasty fall going off a jump and break her arm. My daughter's mare is a sweetheart. She's a 16 year old pinto and just a dream for trail riding. We live in Spokane, but we have a trailer. I'm hoping to get my daughter out more this year for trail riding and maybe some gymnkana's or other fun stuff to help build her confidence.

[Mustang~Girl]

THAT's OUR OLD PONY!! I was there when you came to look at him!! You have no idea how happy I am right now to see pictures of him!! i miss him so much! im crying tears of joy right now! you have no idea how much i miss this little bugger! he holds a special place in my heart! oh im so glad he is doing good!!!!oh how i MISS Him!!!!!! im so thankful and happy you posted pictures of him!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[northidahocowgirl]

Katie right?
Sequoia is a doll. We love him so very much! He is fat and happy and runs the place. He is patient and loving and hauls my kids around and everyone elses kids. He is so gentle and honest, we just love him!
We have been working with the vet. At first we thought he had cushings, but we now have concluded that he is insulin resistant, just a part of his age. Vet puts him at 28 years old!
Maybe we can get together and ride sometime, or maybe you can come visit him?

[Mustang~Girl]

Ya its Katie! Awe poor Sequoia... but wow! i thought he was in his early 20's not late! lol he sure doesnt act like it! lol I would love to come see him sometime! maybe i can convince lea to come out with me sometime!! or maybe meet up for a ride! im sure he misses his old friends! lol oh im so glad he is doing well and being spoiled! i know he sure does love kids and im sure he is taking great care of your daughters!

[northidahocowgirl]

No, he doesnt act his age at ALL.
Vet said she would have thought he was in his teens if it werent for his teeth. Im getting ready to seperate him now as the rest of the horses are going on alfalfa, but he cant have it. He stays fat and chubby on 2 flakes of grass hay a day! Wish all older guys were as easy as him!

Begging my hubby for a kiss in the mud

I know, she doesnt have her helmet on, I had just taken it off as she got a bee in it. She was only like that for a couple seconds. This was after a bareback class at the playday. She won it

[Mustang~Girl]

Awe so sweet! thank you for the pictures again!!! And yes! im so not surprised she won the bareback playday! he is a champ when it comes to bareback! many memories with him! one time i was troting him bareback and i wanted to go one way around a tree and he decided he wanted to go another so i just bounced off the side of him my way and he went his way!! lol Lea was laughing so hard! she said it was very funny to watch!
Oh yes he has always been a easy keeper.. the lil plump fellow... lol im so glad you guys are loving on him and treating him so well. im sure he is having much more attention and fun there then i could have ever given him at our place!
Thank you sooo much!!! thank you!!