Lenas Docndipty

Year of Birth	Suitability	Color	Riding Experience	Breeding Status
2007	4-H, Trail, Lessons	Bay Tobi	Broke	Gelding

2007 APHA bay tobiano gelding
"Dippity" has been my daughter's 4-H horse, and we're facing a tough decision....Should we keep him to just be my trail riding horse, or should we let another young rider learn from Dippity? Personally, I hate to keep him for just a few trail rides per year and some riding around the farm. He has so much to teach another youth rider!
Walks, trots, lopes on command quickly/responsively. Spins, rolls back, backs...I will have to double check to see if he sidepasses or how well he does.
Takes the correct lead almost every time on cue...literally, almost every single time. I do remember seeing him take a wrong lead once, so I can't say 100%. It was an easy fix because he will change leads on cue.
Flying lead changes...yep. He does.
After one of the reining classes (4-H county fair), the judge encouraged Lauren to take Dippity to the State Fair in reining. He said their pattern that day was about the best reining pattern he had ever seen a 4-H'er her age do. Does that mean Dippity could show in NRHA or APHA reining and win? Not likely. ;-) We don't have the knowledge to tune him up for that or do it ourselves, and are NOT representing him at that caliber.
But can he do a great job in 4-H and Open Shows? Heck yeah! He'd be a fun horse for someone that has the time and the desire for it!
Gaming...he'll do barrels, poles, and other games. But we never attempted to train him to be FAST at it, as our enjoyment was more in the Reining, pleasure, Western Riding, etc. where slower speeds were desired.
PROs:
Dippity comes from a long-term family ownership, not some horse trader that won't be honest because money is more important than finding the right home. We'll tell you his cues, his strengths, weaknesses, etc. with honesty because we care about him and want the best-fit home for him!
Does not buck, has never bolted/charged off.
CONs:
Tarps. Dippity is not a fan of tarps. He'll do bridges, poles, back, and a ton of other things you ask of him. But, he doesn't like tarps.
Left eye has some milkiness. We battled an eye issue for the first few years we had him. It hasn't bothered him for the last few years, but there is milkiness on the surface of his left eye.
The only thing I can think of (other than the tarps) is that every now and then on a trail ride, he'll jump as if startled. One jump, no bolting or bucking.
We will start legging Dippity up at the beginning of May, hopefully. We'll make a video when he's legged up, but honestly, we'd love for you to come here to see him, rather than buying off a video.
LOCATION: Near Bedford, Iowa (southwestern Iowa, about 2 hours each from Kansas City, Omaha, and Des Moines). 712-370-0851
$4500

2011/2012, Lauren's first year with Dippity (6th grade?)

Sire: Light N Lena

Light N Lena LTE $165,076 Performance Record	Grays Starlight	Peppy San Badger
		Doc's Starlight
	Little Missie Lena	Smart Little Lena
		War Leo Missie

Dam: Strait Holidocndipity

Strait Holidocndipity LTE $11,700	Strait From Texas	Ris Key Business
		Gunners Pollyanna
	Her Serendipity	Holidoc
		Doc's Serendipity

This page last updated 08/10/20