Hi there my name is Ashlee. I live in Canada. I have always had a passion for horses it started when I was very little, too little to remember but my mother tells me I have always loved horses. Not just horses but all animals, if I could have 10 of each animal I would haha.
Leena is a Tennessee Walker x Quarter Horse. She has 2 blue eyes and seems to have a heart bigger then any other I’ve met.
I found Leena on a Facebook page, I was browsing looking around at what was out there not really sure of what I wanted. I had just sold my mare that I had had for 3 years. I sold pebbles as my want of raising a yearling became stronger then my want or desire to ride. I watched YouTube videos and got books from the library on raising a yearling. I decided that’s what I wanted to do green or not green a baby was gonna be my next adventure.
So, as I was looking through pages upon pages of horses that just didn’t stand out to me I came across this beautiful, Blue eyed bay. She was tall and had a smart face. The look she gave in this photo went right through me, I knew just then I had to have her… but a horse like that would never be in my price range. As I hit the love button on facebook I decided to message the owner of Leena and find out more about her. If I couldn’t have her maybe I could find out what breed she was and find one that wasn’t as desirable.
I was told that Leena was a Tennessee Walker crossed with a Quarter Horse. I was in love. As a child my mother spent lots of her time with “Walkers” riding and handling them. What a cool way of sharing my mothers passion but to have a mix of my personal favorite, The Quarter Horse, with her childhood love the walker. I left the conversation short and simple “She’s a beautiful girl” I said as I left a 🙂 on the messages and headed to bed.
That night I laid there thinking about this horse that I felt had stolen my attention, I couldn’t get her off my mind. This overwhelming feeling came over me when I thought of her.. Silly? maybe so but it can only be explained that we were meant to be. Simple. I had to have this horse. My heart and head went two ways. My heart said she was to be mine, and my head told me that there was no way she would be affordable.. forget it I told myself find something close to home and that has the cheap price tag. So I went with my head and went back to looking at horses. Two days of looking and nothing was what I wanted.. ever since I had seen this little blue eye filly I couldn’t look at any other horse the same. So going against everything that my mind told me I decided to message the lady and ask the question so that I could come to reality that I couldn’t afford this horse. Then maybe I could move on. I asked the question and felt my heart sink… I waited…. and waited…. “Eight hundred” was the response I received… No way.. this wasn’t possible… the horse I couldn’t stop dreaming of was actually in my price range… before I even had a chance to think it over I told the lady I would buy her, she had to be mine.
Now I had to wait for a month to have her trailered the 5 hours to me. Fingers crossed that she would accept the trailer. The month of November seemed like the longest month ever. I couldn’t wait to have her home with me. X’s marked the day, December 1st 2017 would be the day that I finally could see her sweet face without having to look at a photo of her.
The Saturday before Leena came home I had felt strange, sick to my stomach and just not myself. Long story short my Appendicitis decided to darken my doorstep. When I was told I had 4 weeks of recovery I was crushed. Leena was coming home in 5 days…
Luckily I was home the next day. And by the morning of the 1st I was ready to go. I wasn’t allowed to do much and cant for 4 weeks but at least I was feeling well enough to get Leena into her paddock and hug her for a few hours. The moment I saw her little face looking out those trailer doors I knew. Leena was my heart horse. Something I had only ever heard of but never had felt. So begins our life long journey.
In the Life of Leena 