*Black Walnut
1998 Brown/Bay Curly Pony Gelding
*Seekers Warrior x Grade QH Pony

*Waldo, aka Black Walnut, ABC 463-1/2 ICHO 192-D, was given to us June, 2005. Waldo is now being offered thru the Curly Horse Rescue for adoption. He needs to find a home with love permanant placement only. He is not suitable for riding at this time due to tramatic experience with riding. He should be considered for pasture pal only at this time. If someone had extensive patience and experience with Parelli techniques or simular method he may eventually be suitable, but someone self taught would not be best for getting him over his riding phobia. Waldo had been ridden in the past, he became anxious and would rear to the point that he was said to be nasty when he was brought from his stall for riding. We do not know how he got this way only that from veteranary exam and horse specialist in conformational evaluating, that his riding was very bad for him the way it was done. His back is slightly hollow still, and his underneck is overdeveloped to the point it is obvious that his face was pulled on hard and he had to hollow his back to accomodate his face being wrenched which undoubtedly made him rear to relieve the pressure, somewhere along the line it became habitual for him, and he grew to fear riding. He was in proffessional training for a month and spent another month at the trainers for trust building, he is a very trusting pony and loving, he just takes a bit of time to get to know someone. He is very good in herd situation, or with only one buddy, he is kind to other horses, very easy to work on the ground, stands well for his feet, worming and shots. I was told by the hauler that brought him to me that he was hard to load and it took a few hours to get him loaded, after I had him here a couple weeks and did just ground work with him, he loaded without hesitation for me on several occassions, he has never refused the trailer. I think he just needs to be able to trust someone. If you would like any further information on him please contact the Curly Horse Rescue.

• Gelded.