Hi Everyone!

[Cobra Mist]

This is my first post on this borad but I have been watching and reading from the background for a few weeks now. I hate this bit as I always get stumped at what to say.

Anyway here's a bit of info, my husband and I are Alternative Horse trainers/ listeners and we will shortly be moveing over to Ireland, I'm also a horse breeder, a few people will know me from anathor Irish Forum.

The method we use for starting / training horses comes from the States, but both of us have learn't slightly diffrent versions of it. My husband uses it to start all types of horses but mostly has his back ground in Horse racing, and starts horses for this. As to me well my love is Western Riding and I use my skills in this area. Saying this alot of our work has been with problem / rescue or abused horses.

Currently I have 2 horses here with me, one is my broodmare who is now hopefully in foal, the other is her son who I bred several years ago. I also have a few other horses in Ireland.
That's about it really.

[Elaine]

*waves* hello, you're very welcome.. I think we need some horse pictures.......... Would love to hear more about how you start horses

[Cobra Mist]

Hi Elaine,

Here are a few Pic's, the dark chestnut is my brood mare Shocky, the bay with the Blaze is Wolf her son who I bred a few years ago. The bay horse being ridden is also a horse that I bred who was Half Brother to Wolf. He was sold last year but unfortunatly got injured and due to complications was put down. They are all Quarter horses. Shocky my mare is all being well in foal to and American Paint Horse stallion. There are also a couple of pic's of our horses out in the paddocks.







Hope that they all come out

[Cobra Mist]

Ok so some where missing I will post them later on.

[Elaine]

Wow gorgeous pics what country were they taken in? I love that arena!

[Cobra Mist]

Sorry forgot to say that bit, were currently in Northern France, but were selling up and moveing to Ireland. Beautiful as it is, were heading back to horse country.

We have about 20 acres here mostly pasture and some forest land, a Salmon / Trout stream runns through the lowers paddocks and were on the edge of a mountain range (well small mountains). On this we have an internal stable block, round pen, grass surface arena and a grass canter track.

Further down south Natural horse manship is quiet popular , but up here not really, partly because of the costs involved and partly because people miss understand it and stick to the ways that they know, to be honest though the horses suffer for it.

Hence moveing.

[Elaine]

Looking forward to hearing more about how you find ireland and how you get on I was chatting to an english lady in Tunbridge Wells (uk) last weekand and she said she loved ireland said the people were so friendly. Turns out she had 12 hours in dublin, they flew in early one day an out that night. When they arrived into Dublin airport, they were standing around outside trying to figure out what bus to get into town to the shops. So they asked this guy. He looked at them and smiled, took one lady on each arm and escorted them down to the bus stop personally!!