8 yo 14.2 Paint Bred Buckskin Mare – Smokin Dandi Doc , we call her “Dandi”
(Extended Pedigree can be seen on www.allbreedpedigree.com under her registered name)
- Has been a Cowboy Mounted Shooting horse for 4 years. Would be a super beginning Senior Ladies horse. She is fun and has a very sweet and loveable personality. Anytime we travel, people love her. She is definitely a push style horse.
- She would be good for a beginning kid, but most kids will outgrow her quickly.
- Wears earplugs.
- She is perfect for a beginner. No spook, buck, or go (if you don’t want it). Does not kick, rear, or bite. She is the horse I use to teach kids about picking up and cleaning hooves (front and back). She is very adaptable, and she loves to be loved.
- She has won Overalls, L1, L2 and SM1 classes. She has been in parades, rodeos and drill as a flag horse. You can pony off of her.
- She does not mind being an only horse, and doesn’t mind walking away from the group.
- She travels well. She eats and drinks on the road. Loads and unloads from any trailer, and will back out of a trailer.
- She is a very easy keeper!
- She is not a barrel horse, but was trained like one, and knows that pattern too.
- She rides in a Sheri Cervi 3 piece dog bone short shank gag 95% of the time. But when I need her in something different, she will wear it no problem.
- Can ride bareback, and in a halter.
Her not so positives:
- Can be sensitive about her ears, she’s easily workable; you just have to work with them easily. She will take earplugs easily, as long as you are not pushy about them going in.
- Does not like to walk or trot while shooting. She will, but it creates some head flipping.
- You cannot pony her. We call it the Dandi drag. Your pony horse will hate you.
- When bridling, she lifts her head so you can’t put her bridle on. She wears a tie down, so I put the tie down on and hook it up, then put bridle on. Easy Peasy.
- Can be lazy. We wear spurs with her, and I have the kids carry a bat. She tries her best not to go fast. As an adult, and knowledgeable, I have no problem picking up speed or leads. The kids, it depends on their experience.
- She used to hang back when I got her. For the most part she does not do this, and yes I tie her up. She will if she gets spooked. The only time she has done that in the last couple years was when I came around the end of the trailer and she was asleep tied up.
- ALL of her not so positives are training issues, with time and work; she would not do any of these things. She has always been easy to deal with, so I just let them go by the wayside.
She is located in Twin Falls Idaho. We have an arena, a shooting set up, and anything else you may want to try with her.
(My phone with the videos was killed in a tragic porta-potty accident. I have pictures I can have available immediately, and will get videos as soon as the monsoons quit drenching my arena.)
