New Changes are coming for the boy....

Well, not sure how Diesel is going to cope in the next few weeks. Diesel has grazed with Chevy basically since he was born. They have the same sire and are VERY close. If Chevy goes somewhere Diesel has to go aswell.

Well, Chevy's mum has brought a new property in Wainui and it has a lovely 6 acres so Chevy will be leaving here to go and live there. In one way I think it will be really good for Diesel and Chevy to be split up (just to try and break that bond a little bit and make them a bit less reliant on each other). But in another way I know that Diesel is really going to miss him alot.

This meant that Diesel was going to be on his own which I was not that keen on so I am going to be leasing a friends beautiful Clyde x mare for a while (she is on the market so I will keep her ticking over until she sells - unless her owner changes her mind and decides to keep her which would not surprise me atall).

So we have some quite big changes for my boy. I am quite interested in seeing how he copes with all this, how he changes (or doesnt) in himself, how he relates to me etc etc. I wonder if it will make him grow up alot quicker without the 'safety blanket' of Chevy always being there........

I am going to really miss having Chevy here as he is such a beautiful character and apart from the off bit of cheek has been an absolute pleasure to have here.

The weather has finally started to pick up so as well as riding Autumn I will also be doing some ground work with Diesel and get him doing a bit more than being a lawn mower......

More Diesel info...

Just some small informative bits about Diesel, (more for myself to look back on than anything else).

Diesel's father was a stallion (now gelded) called Lorcan. He was 1/2 Clyde 1/2 Stationbred and jet black. Stood around the 15.2hh mark and from memory he was about 5 years old. Stood at Foothills Stud in the Waitakere's.




Mother was a black TB mare called Neeva. She was by Grosvener out of Probably. Her grandsire is Sir Tristam. She stood at 16.2hh




When Diesel was in utero his mother contracted Cellulitus. As she was pregnant there was not much the breeders could do until she had foaled. Unfortunately when Diesel was 3 months old the meds were not working and the decision was made to put her to sleep. Diesel was weaned around this time and also gelded. He also had a small hernia which was also fixed.

So there is a bit of background of my boy. Diesel is now 2 years and 7 months old and standing around the 15.2hh mark. He is really starting to fill out and I am really looking forward to doing heaps of groundwork with him this summer.

Old pics of Diesel

Well, seeing as the weather is so crappy and Diesel is not doing much I thought I would find some old photo's I had of him from when he was a youngster...boy, he was cute!!!!

As a newborn foal....





Another baby pic...



The first day that I went to see Diesel with views on buying him....




Diesel with Anna who was the person who first told me about Diesel. Anna was doing the groundwork with him and thought he would be perfect for me as a first time foal owner......

As nothing is going on (apart from alot of rain)......

I thought I would just put some random pictures of Diesel on which were taken this summer while he was smooching with my 5 year old daughter, Makayla.

Nothing much happening.....

Well, now that the weather has turned to custard Diesel is enjoying just lazing in the paddocks, eating till his heart is content. I drag him out about once a week for a brush and wee feed but apart from that not alot is going on with him. He has turned into the fluffiest teddy bear though, his coat is so soft and thick, I just love burying my fingers in it, and it is SO BLACK!!!!!!!!! I will be leaving him be over winter and start doing alot of ground work in the spring.....

DARN ABCESSES!!!!!

Looked out the window the other day to see Diesel on 3 legs......quickly went outside with my heart in my mouth thinking he had broken something. Called out to him, he whinnined back and tried to hobble over and looked like he was going to fall over with every stride. Gave him a thorough check over and could find........NOTHING! Ended up being an abcess in his near-hind...he is such a big sooky-bubba with abcesses, anyone would think that his leg was cut off!!!! Anyway, as soon as it burst he was as right as rain.......charging around like there was no tomorrow! At least I know in future that any limping will most probably mean an abcess, and not a broken leg like I thought this time.......Horses eh??????

Introduction to my fella....

Well, I finally thought it time that I caught up to many in the horse world and start my own blog following the life of my young gelding, Diesel.

At the grand old age of 34 I finally felt ready to look at purchasing my first foal. After considering what I wanted and didnt want I finally put the word out there that of what I was looking for. A friend, Anna, contacted me to tell me about Diesel whom she had been doing some handling work with. He had justed turned 7 months old. I arranged to go and view him and fell in love! He ticked all the right boxes and after his breeder checked out my property the purchase was complete.

Diesel has just turned 2 years old and I will be using this blog to follow our progress of making him into a riding horse.

Just some random pics of my boy....