- username: Hello there, my user name, is Flurry, and you can call me whatever you would like. I'm attempting
to gain this beauty's trust, as he stood out to me. I ride a horse named Tai, who is also a dapple grey, so they
seem particularily handsome, to me. The name Tai was also similar to this boy's own name. I am a non-owner.
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show name (optional): If I ever gained this beauty's trust to an extent that he would be competition material,
I would call him 'Casmir's Kai'. The beautiful name, means 'welcome to the peaceful sea' which I think is quite
a cool show name for such a handsome dapple grey. He reminds me of the sea greatly, which makes it fit. <3
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name: I'd name this cute Kai, which means 'peaceful sea'. His markings as stated above, remind me of the sea.
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halter color: This handsome boy would be given a soft, greyish-blue, coloured halter. I choose this, apart from
all colours as it has shown stress-relieving signs and is very calming. Since horses only have the blue and green
colour cones, they can only see spectrums of those two colours. This means that the horse, will be able to see
the halter colour, and it may have a slightly stress relieving and calming effect. This is a long shot, but maybe.
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how would you gain his trust: I would brush him, every day, as brushing is shown as a sign of trust, from horses
to riders. Before brushing, I would give him one or two treats, and before I leave, do the same. I would always
bring his halter and hang it up on a peg in the stall, in his view but not in direct view so he doesn't spook. Once
he was comfortable, with the halter, I would often bring it up to him, and, show it to him, in the middle of me
brushing him. Once he was completely laid back with the halter, I would put it on him while brushing, so he is
used to it being on, while something calm is happening, such as brushing, so he associates the halter with calm
things. In my next step I would practice leading him around in a calm environment or arena, careful to go, at a
time in which there would be no cars, or other horses so it would be extremely tranquil. After he was laid back
with leading, I would start lunging him, as it is proven to strengthen a bond between you and your horse. So he
never hurt himself doing it, I would be careful to stretch his legs before and after, and pick his hooves, so that
he never spooks from tripping, and stops wanting to do it. I would continue leading, and lunging him, and start
doing it with a saddle on, and an extra pad, so that it seems lighter and softer, and after he is used to this, I'd
start to take off the third pad, and tighten up the girth slowly, one latch by one latch, until the saddle was on
properly. Next I would start, with the bridle, at first with no bit, so he doesn't immediately hate it, and, once
he was used to that, I would start fully tacking him up, but, only in his stall, always brushing, before and after
so that he would always feel calmed once he was let back into his stall. Once he was used to tacking up, when
we went out on short walks, I would stop walking, and, slowly mount him, getting off, after about ten seconds.
I would do this until he was laid back about it, and then I would start mounting him, and then giving him a tiny
squeeze, a motion he already knew from his previous owners. I would walk him in slow circles around an arena,
and get off after about five minutes. He would slowly go for longer amounts of time. After he was used to this
step, we would start doing extremely slow trots, for short periods of time, about five minutes. By this point he
would be pretty trusting of me, and after being able to trot for ten minutes, we would progress, onto a canter,
and he would, by then, have the temperament of any average horse, perhaps better. That is my new trust plan.
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extra: To help him with befriending other horses, I have found my handsome boy a friend, Tino here. Tino's the
only Tolter, that Kai has been able to befriend, given his nervous state. Tino's gentle nature, helped them bond
together, over about a month. It has slowly helped Kai to lean towards other horses, and, he is slowly managing
to befriend, some of the other, resident Tolters. If one gives off a negative energy, Kai is immediately repelled,
but since most of them are very peaceful, caring figures, Kai is usually fine, and he is becoming a perfect horse.
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username: flurry ♥
name: Casmir's Kai // Kai
gender: stallion
eye color: blue
dam: --
sire: --
