Time to PONY UP!

 

Pictured here is young Lisa Ponyluck on our new arrival-Babybird a Gotland pony.

 

Meet our newest stable family member ~Baby-bird~!

Like most of our stable animals, Baby is a rescue. She came to us from another stable where she was saved from a kill-pen. She is a little Gotland pony. 

 More information about this breed here:

Cultivated on the Swedish island of Gotland since pre-historic times, the breed is one of the most direct links we have to the ancient wild horses that once covered Europe. Herds of these Skogruss, or ‘little forest horses,’ roamed free on the island for centuries. Even today, a feral herd of these hearty ponies roams protected on the south or the island.

The Gotland Pony is a sturdy breed, adept at living off the land, with a heritage as a steadfast work horse. Famous for its insatiable appetite, these compact companions will move mountains to reach a tiny patch of grass.

With a michevious and lively intellect, the Gotland Pony requires a rider be one step ahead to keep it out of trouble. But the breed is also enormously kind, making it a fine first horse for new riders.

Long celebrated in Sweden, today the Gotland Pony is finding new fans around the world as an ideal training horse. Light on its feet, the breed makes for excellent trotters and jumpers. Source

* Though strong enough to carry adults, they are primarily used for driving and as children's mounts. 

This little horse was tossed away after a family with small children outgrew her usefulness as a riding pony. This, sadly, is a common story. Horses and ponies can be expensive and time consuming pets to keep, and so often a child will be given the choice to either keep their pony as a pet and not get a new bigger horse, or to sell the pony to afford to buy and keep another horse. This is one reason we see so many ponies at auction. 

Our affiliate stable ~Dreamchild Ranch~ Has several breeds of ponies in the pasture. They come into the stable once in awhile for a visit with guests, and this is what Baby Bird likes to do as well here at our little stable!