- Skills / Disciplines
- Beginner, Experienced, Finished, Horsemanship, Kid Safe, Lesson, Longe Line, Rescue, Trained, Youth
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Abuela is looking for her final pasture — a soft landing, a gentle hand, and a heart that sees her worth.
When we first met Abuela, she was standing quietly in a pasture, thin as a whisper of what she once was. I walked straight up to her with no halter, no grain, no strings attached — and she chose kindness. She let me run my hands over her fragile body, lift each of her four feet, and even look in her mouth. She didn’t know me.... (read more) But she trusted me.
And that’s Abuela.
We quickly discovered why she looked like a little skeleton. She only had a few teeth left — and even those were painfully sharp, making it nearly impossible for her to eat comfortably. Despite that, she remained gentle. No pinned ears. No resentment. Just quiet patience.
We brought her home that day.
She loaded like a lady, as if she understood this was her second chance. We dewormed her, had her teeth professionally floated to relieve the pain, and started her on a mash diet. She began to bloom.
After a couple of months with her, we’ve come to know her heart. She is safe. She is kind. She is the definition of a “been there, done that” mare. She catches easily, stands sweetly, and carries herself with the dignity of a horse who has done her job in this world.
I have ridden her just to confirm she remembers her training — and she does — but she has earned her retirement. She does not need to carry adults anymore. Her back has carried enough. If anything, she’d be happiest being doted on, brushed for hours, hand-grazed in the sunshine, or gently leading tiny kiddos around for quiet, supervised moments. Her greatest gift now is her softness.
She maintains her weight on a couple scoops of wetted Total Equine daily, but also does well with a palatable senior feed. She happily munches hay and grass, though she does quid due to her limited teeth — so she’ll always need someone mindful of her special diet.
We are asking a modest rehoming fee — simply what we have invested in her care — because her life matters to us. We refuse to see her end up in an auction pipeline. She deserves a couch-cushy retirement, not uncertainty.
We cannot be her forever home — and that’s the hardest part. But we are on a mission to find the person whose heart lights up when they see a grey muzzle and kind eyes. The person who believes that older horses are treasures, not burdens.
Abuela is not a project. She is not a flip. She is not a stepping stone.
She is someone’s once-in-a-lifetime heart horse who just needs her final chapter to be written in love.
If you have a quiet pasture, soft hands, and room in your heart for a deserving old soul, Abuela is waiting.
Horse N Aroun Ranch
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