1:  VN>      I really like the rapport that I have gained with my horse 
ince
 2:  VN> I started lessons.  I thought I knew a lot about
 3:  VN> him, but I really needed a third party to teach me -
 4:  VN>  us.  I know that the Tennessee Walkers that I have
 5:  VN> known have been real PEOPLE HORSES, they seem to
 6:  VN> have a good attitude toward working with you and enjoy having a 
"job."
 
          Walker(thats his name) is really friendly. He can be at the far end
of the pasture and will come to me if I call his name. I usually groom him
when he comes (he likes the brushing) and give him some Apple-Asses now
and then. Sure makes it easy to catch him. He acts like he enjoys the
attention.
 
 7:
 8:  VN>      The show I went to weekend before last featured Walkers in a
 9:  VN> half dozen classes - a few of them I am embarrassed
10:  VN> to say were so beautiful they literally brought
11:  VN> tears to my eyes.  It was also nice to see a
12:  VN> pleasure class with them featuring several
13:  VN> different kinds of saddles, proving that you don't
14:  VN> have to have a Plantation saddle to enjoy them.
15:  VN> Now if only someone would do that for the Peruvian
16:  VN> Pasos here they would be a lot more popular!  I
17:  VN> think we owe a debt of gratitude to William Shatner
18:  VN> for popularizing the breed as a Western pleasure
19:  VN> horse.
 
 
       My sister and niece show TWH's. I have gone and watched them
a few times and enjoy seeing them perform. I think my sister uses
an Aussie Saddle for trail riding (kind of a cross between an english
and a Plantation I think). I use a western saddle, standard shoes,
and I don't clip him cause the weather gets very cold sometimes
in the mountains.
       Paso's aren't very numerous up here yet. I see a few advertised
 now and then but it's mostly Arab's, QH's, Appies and TB's around here I
think.
I have only seen pictures of the Paso's in magazines and I saw an interview
of Bo Derick on TV with her Paso's. VERY nice looking horses.(Bo's not
bad either;)
 
 
20:  VN>      What is a 6*12 stock trailer - is that a HUGE one?
 
       It is a Circle-J , 6ft wide and 12ft long. It's kind of an all around
trailer. It's all open on the inside(no tack room or partitions) I can
get 3 horses in it now. If I put in removable partitions and a tack wall
it would be a 2 horse slant. I think I will leave it the way it is for
now. One nice thing about it is I can turn Walker around in it and lead
him out head first. It's still small enough that I can get around
pretty easy on the logging roads in the mountains.
 
 
34:  VN>       I did!  Thanks so much for the reply!  How far are you from
35:  VN> Seattle?    I have an old atlas but can't find
36:  VN> University Place or Pierce County (don't think ANY
37:  VN> counties are listed) in the back...spent some time
38:  VN> in Seattle during the World's Fair  (okay, I was 8
39:  VN> years old!) and some time at Fort Lewis in college
40:  VN> (okay, I was a little more than 8 then!)  I *LOVE*
41:  VN> the way Rainier looks, and the way you can see it
42:  VN> from so many places in the state.
 
      My wife , daughter and I live about 20 miles south of Tacoma
between Graham and Eatoville. We live in a farming area and have
5 acres. Dee ( my wife ) has an Angora goat herd,and Jenny (my daughter)
has a Boxer,a Poodle,and two cats.
      I was about the same age when we went to the World' Fair.Remember
the "Bubblator"?
      We have a great view of Rainier and are pretty close to the Fort.
We can trailer the horses over to Fort Lewis and go trail riding.
There is alot of riding around here but I needed a trailer to get to
it,so that problem is solved now
      Thank's fer the letter, I better get to work now.
                                    Regards,
                              .......Dave......
 
 
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