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Our irst time on Contigo.
Notice the introversion.
Me and my daughter Rebekah Drew.
On the trails this summer.
Not a vicious bone in him!
it too! We were very nervous about going in the pen of the Paso Fino breed. The horse was in my farm
with him when it was time to load him into the trailer, and I sincerely do not recommend anybody to try to
but as soon as the gate was opened and the handler ride it, he can be very vicious.This is NOT a RIDING
stepped in, he settled right down. He loaded ine HORSE!”
along with two mares that were already in the trailer.
Another woman who was copied on the email
On the way home we had to drop of the mares, and replied that she remembered the horse as well, and
our horse was left alone for the last 25 miles. He was that its trainer used to have to put a muzzle on the
absolutely frantic the rest of the way home. I had him horse and wear shin guards while riding, to keep
partly igured out by then. He had extreme separa- Contigo from biting his legs! Upon further question-
tion anxiety. When he was alone in the auction ring ing of the former owner (I was trying to ind out his
he panicked, when he was alone in a pen and the registered name and if I could get his papers, which
other horses were leaving he panicked, and when he he refused to give me), he said, “This is not the kind
was on the trailer alone, he panicked. My suspicions of horse you want to keep.This horse likes to bite
were conirmed when I put him in a stall at home and people; my trainer almost got hurt very badly several
once again he panicked. He was running up the walls months back.” And he repeated his warning that
and I thought he was going to try to jump out the top under no circumstances should anyone ever try to
of the stall door. We quickly brought another horse in ride Contigo. I also found out that this guy imported
the barn and he settled right down.
Contigo to Canada from Colombia! Between purchase
As long as he wasn’t conined and he had someone and shipping fees along with training fees, he lost a
(person or horse) with him, he was calm and gentle. huge amount of money on him.
When I rubbed him he would put his head right down Our irst reaction? “Can’t wait to prove this guy
into my chest and just soak up the love.
wrong!”
This horse had a brand on his shoulder, so my Our next step was to decide on a name. We opened
daughter decided to take his picture and send it to it up to suggestions from the students, volunteers and
the Paso Fino Association to see if we could igure supporters of Gateway and we had lots of good sug-
out who he was. We had a reply in a few days from gestions. Someone was looking for Spanish names
his previous owner and this is what the email said:
for him, since he is a Spanish breed, and was looking
“I gave this Paso to somebody because he was a through her Spanish Bible. She came across the word
very very bad apple. He is a cribber, with a really bad “contigo” in the story of Gideon. It means “with you.”
temperament and not necessarily a good ambassador
The verse refers to when God asks Gideon to go into
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