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 Jenelle
Breed:
Arabian
Sex: Mare
DOB: 1995
Height:
15 hh
Color: Grey
Markings:
Location:
Dripping Springs, TX
Adoption Fee:
$250
Temperament:
Jenelle is to die for
beautiful, and very
people oriented and
sweet. Jenelle is
friendly, easy to catch,
and loves treats and
likes to have her back
scratched, and is calm
with being handled all
over provided you move
slowly.
Physical problems /
health issues:
None known, she is in
great condition
Interaction with horses:
Middle of herd, not
aggressive or
submissive; easy going.
Interaction with people:
Loves people and wants
to please. Jenelle will
follow you around as if
she’s asking for you to
tell her to do
something.
History:
Training / abilities:
Jenelle is not difficult
to halter even though
she has only been
haltered a few times in
her foster home. But
she is restive with the
halter on, being held in
hand. I put the lead
rope round her neck and
knotted the free end
(turning it into a rein)
and instantly she put
her ears back until the
lead was loosed to the
usual position. Slow and
careful attempt at a
lie-over resulted in
immediate shying away.
We introduced her to a
saddle pad - let her see
it and sniff it, stroke
it down the front of her
neck and breast, move
toward her shoulder -
the moment you get to
the shoulders she's
shying away. The way she
reacts makes it likely
that she’s seen a saddle
pad before, and it was a
bad experience. But she
could be convinced with
regular work that these
things don’t have to be
a bad experience.
She also has never
learned to have respect
for your space - she
stepped and stood on my
foot, not trying to hurt
me, just unconscious.
She will walk out ahead
of you, or jostle into
you, being led. This is
likely due to a lack of
good ground handling in
her past. With some
ground work this
shouldn’t be too hard to
fix, as she is smart.
We led her into a
different pasture, where
the barn is located, and
tied her to a post by
the barn - she did not
like that and set back a
few times, but not
enough to cast herself;
she is smart, wound
herself up but did not
panic and moved back the
other way. She was
restive, but not totally
uncooperative, when
haltered, tied and
groomed out her mane and
tail, but was not happy
being tied and was glad
to get loose.
It is likely that she
has been handled very
little for some time.
She would benefit
greatly from daily
attention and especially
from being tied every
day. Second, she is
somewhat spoilt; has
been let to get away
with things. Third, we
feel that she has been
broken in or at least
started at some time,
but that it was done
badly – it is likely
that she's been bitted,
as she is calm with
fingers stuck into
mouth. Someone would
need to start over with
her, and it needs to be
a professional or very
gifted amateur who
employs slow and patient
methods.
Experience level
required to work with
this horse:
Intermediate to
experienced. Would need
a trainer’s help to be
started under saddle
Has this horse ever:
Bucked? No Reared?
No Kicked?
No Bitten? No Other?
Ground handling:
Catch? Yes
Lead? Yes Tie?
Needs work
Trailer? Yes
Clip? unknown
Trim Feet? Yes
Bathe? Yes
Special needs:
Jenelle could do
amazingly with good
training. She is smart,
and loves people; she
just needs to learn that
training can be
enjoyable. She would do
great with daily
attention. She is
spirited, fit and
beautiful, she just
needs to be started out
with good training.
Other comments:
Jenelle is a lovely gray
mare with superb
conformation. She would
most likely excel in
anything from Endurance
to Dressage or both.
She is a typical Arabian
in that she adores
people and seems to
think she should be part
of the family. The
Bedouins call this the
Arabian “Live in your
tent personality”.
Traditional Bedouins
keep their prize mares
in their houses (tents)
with them at night. The
mare sleeps on a rug
next to their master and
his Saluki dog. With
her temperament Jenelle
could easily be one of
those precious mares.
She is to-die-for
beautiful, and appears
to be entirely sound,
also is in fine high
condition and very
healthy, but she is much
too much horse for us.
And when trying to tie,
lead or actually work
with her, you are in a
danger zone. Gill and I
both feel there is no
vice in her at all, she
has the potential be a
very nice horse indeed,
but someone has months
of work ahead to get her
there.
More pictures:
 
Date updated:
Oct. 2008Adopt: Please contact
us regarding adoptions at adoptions@habitatforhorses.org or call 1.866.HFH.LSER(866.434.5737).
Are you unable to
adopt but would still
like to have Jenelle in
your life? Sponsor
her through our
Virtual Foster program.
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