Started off as a vent...

WickedNag · 10-10-2009, 10:15 PM

I absolutely love big, tank built, bay roans. They are my absolute favorite color, build and I could look at them forever. I was offered what used to be my dream horse today at a pretty decent price. A Two ID Bartender, built like a tank, bay roan, mare!

I can only use one horse, only want to pay board on one horse and I have a paint!

I bought Shunke this summer. He was a very green 9yr old gelding that I should have sold after a very dangerous trailer episode. But he didn't get put up for sale as I wasn't finding anything I wanted to replace him with so I kept riding him, working with him on trailering and of course, all this time we are spending together we are bonding

My vent...
Why did this mare not come along when I was looking this summer? Before I became so attached to my Shunke? To buy her now would mean selling Shunke. So I have now come to realize that my dream horse is a sorrel tobiano gelding, who has left a very large hoof print on my heart and the life time of wanting a bay roan just a fading memory.

Funny how the big ol paint with the soft brown eyes turned a life long dream of owning a beautiful bay roan into a living dream of having found the most wonderful riding partner in a Sorrel Tobiano!

Guess my vent is not really a vent at all. Just a new love story with a different ending.

BarnBum · 10-10-2009, 10:24 PM

Just something about them paint faces that just makes our heart go pitter-patter !!! With a face like that, how could you not fall in love

enigma · 10-11-2009, 07:37 AM

He's CUTE.

klattekm · 10-16-2009, 11:01 AM

aww that second picture he's just like "who me??? how could you ever think of selling me!"

scrapchick · 10-16-2009, 01:54 PM

Ah, how things change. Love the last pic of your handsome lad, is he chomping on his lead rope? Cleo loves standing around chewing on lead ropes. mmmm nom nom nom.

horselady · 10-16-2009, 02:04 PM

Ah a man with looks and a sense of humor, two traits that are hard to resist.

sherriawright · 10-16-2009, 02:19 PM

I know how you feel. I love paints! Especially black and white ones. I HATE palominos, think they are ugly and just don't like them. Wanna guess what I am riding? A palomino! I actually have 3 horses and not a paint in the bunch!

kanoo32 · 10-16-2009, 02:48 PM

Sometimes, you cannot choose love, it finds you.....

shayla · 10-16-2009, 06:54 PM

I agree with Kanoo.

I always dreamed of owning one of the baroque breeds; Lippizzan in particular.

That or "The Black Stallion". (Didn't every little girl?)

What ended up with my heart was a goofy little non-typey Arabian (decidedly NOT black, but bay) and a too-smart-for-his-own-good Paso Fino (black in color).

At least the Paso was the right color.

Just...not the right breed.

Congrats on the love of your life.

Amazing how that 'bonding' thing works. The Arab was to be a project horse for me to sell. I fell in love.

Darn horses!

Horselady44 · 10-16-2009, 06:58 PM

I also agree with Kanoo. God puts speical people and animals in our lives for many different reasons...you were meant to have your Shunke...and that bay roan will come along when the time is right Im sure

You have a beautiful boy! Im sure glad you are decided to keep the handsome guy!

green.willow · 10-16-2009, 07:04 PM

Married the man of my dreams and he turned out to be a nightmare. Kissed a frog and we have been together 24 years, now-- all of them wonderful.

WickedNag · 10-19-2009, 09:00 PM

Thanks for all the responses. I really don't have my heart set on a bay roan anymore. I like the guy who chomps his lead ropes

I liked reading all the others who have won our hearts without being the one of our dreams...even the man in the last thread!

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10-10-2009, 10:15 PM
WickedNag Long Yearling Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Dakota Posts: 1,003	Started off as a vent... I absolutely love big, tank built, bay roans. They are my absolute favorite color, build and I could look at them forever. I was offered what used to be my dream horse today at a pretty decent price. A Two ID Bartender, built like a tank, bay roan, mare! I can only use one horse, only want to pay board on one horse and I have a paint! I bought Shunke this summer. He was a very green 9yr old gelding that I should have sold after a very dangerous trailer episode. But he didn't get put up for sale as I wasn't finding anything I wanted to replace him with so I kept riding him, working with him on trailering and of course, all this time we are spending together we are bonding My vent... Why did this mare not come along when I was looking this summer? Before I became so attached to my Shunke? To buy her now would mean selling Shunke. So I have now come to realize that my dream horse is a sorrel tobiano gelding, who has left a very large hoof print on my heart and the life time of wanting a bay roan just a fading memory. Funny how the big ol paint with the soft brown eyes turned a life long dream of owning a beautiful bay roan into a living dream of having found the most wonderful riding partner in a Sorrel Tobiano! Guess my vent is not really a vent at all. Just a new love story with a different ending. __________________ ~D~ Please feel free to visit my sites and light a candle http://amanda-garner.memory-of.com/ http://samantha-evink.memory-of.com/

10-10-2009, 10:24 PM
BarnBum Kid Safe Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 5,850	Just something about them paint faces that just makes our heart go pitter-patter !!! With a face like that, how could you not fall in love __________________ *Life is a coin, you can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once.* Last edited by BarnBum : 10-11-2009 at 07:49 AM.

10-11-2009, 07:37 AM
enigma Long Yearling Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,266	He's CUTE. __________________ There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. ~ Winston Churchill

10-16-2009, 11:01 AM
klattekm Halter broke Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 136	aww that second picture he's just like "who me??? how could you ever think of selling me!"

10-16-2009, 01:54 PM
scrapchick Kid Safe Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Festus, Missouri Posts: 7,022	Ah, how things change. Love the last pic of your handsome lad, is he chomping on his lead rope? Cleo loves standing around chewing on lead ropes. mmmm nom nom nom. __________________ ....And I will sail my vessel, 'til the river runs dry, like a bird upon the wind , these waters are my sky - I'll never reach my destination if I never try ...So I will sail my vessel ,'til the river runs dry ...

10-16-2009, 02:04 PM
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10-16-2009, 02:19 PM
sherriawright Yearling Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pekin, Illinois Posts: 634	I know how you feel. I love paints! Especially black and white ones. I HATE palominos, think they are ugly and just don't like them. Wanna guess what I am riding? A palomino! I actually have 3 horses and not a paint in the bunch! __________________ Illinois, where our Governors make our license plates!

10-16-2009, 02:48 PM
kanoo32 Seasoned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 4,503	Sometimes, you cannot choose love, it finds you..... __________________ "Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms..." --George Eliot In Loving Memory of Spikey...My Best Friend...I Miss You RIP 1988-2009

10-16-2009, 06:54 PM
shayla Coming two Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 1,783	I agree with Kanoo. I always dreamed of owning one of the baroque breeds; Lippizzan in particular. That or "The Black Stallion". (Didn't every little girl?) What ended up with my heart was a goofy little non-typey Arabian (decidedly NOT black, but bay) and a too-smart-for-his-own-good Paso Fino (black in color). At least the Paso was the right color. Just...not the right breed. Congrats on the love of your life. Amazing how that 'bonding' thing works. The Arab was to be a project horse for me to sell. I fell in love. Darn horses! __________________ "Oftentime, the notion of "Following one's heart" is used as an excuse to avoid doing what is best because it's to hard or to complicated." ~David Hopkins

10-16-2009, 06:58 PM
Horselady44 Started Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Montana Posts: 2,395	I also agree with Kanoo. God puts speical people and animals in our lives for many different reasons...you were meant to have your Shunke...and that bay roan will come along when the time is right Im sure You have a beautiful boy! Im sure glad you are decided to keep the handsome guy! __________________ A happy horse equals a happy rider!

10-16-2009, 07:04 PM
green.willow Halter broke Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: nowhere Posts: 104	Similar to men, I think Married the man of my dreams and he turned out to be a nightmare. Kissed a frog and we have been together 24 years, now-- all of them wonderful.

10-19-2009, 09:00 PM
WickedNag Long Yearling Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Dakota Posts: 1,003	Thanks for all the responses. I really don't have my heart set on a bay roan anymore. I like the guy who chomps his lead ropes I liked reading all the others who have won our hearts without being the one of our dreams...even the man in the last thread! __________________ ~D~ Please feel free to visit my sites and light a candle http://amanda-garner.memory-of.com/ http://samantha-evink.memory-of.com/