Buckley - Right Brained Introvert


Buckley galloped into my life (quite literally) four years ago at an eventing facility in South Texas. His owner came barreling at me on the cross country course in a full gallop. Of course, I was instantly attracted to him. How could I not be? He was tall, dark and handsome and such a beautiful mover! But his owner needed help…Buckley avoided all jumps (he was supposed to be a jumping horse) as well as avoided arenas (he was supposed to be a stadium jumping horse). So his owner decided to try eventing and give cross country a go. A year later, his owner lost interest, but I did not lose interest in Buckley…I ended up buying him.

Buckley was an extreme right brained introvert in every sense of that category! He also exhibited many right brained extroverted tendencies. His previous owner said that he looked for things to spook at; that she could not get on him because he would not stand still…he was scared to death about everything. I was lucky to go through the program with George first, so I knew how extreme, extreme could be!

After taking Buckley through the program, he changed dramatically. All of his right brained introverted tendencies are now mild if not completely gone, and he now exhibits many positive extroverted/ left brained behaviors. He’s playful, friendly and even a little mischievous! He loves to let himself out of his stall as well as Maggie- and loves to leave George (his competition) behind!

Buckley still shows right brained tendencies. He is not a very confident learner and is challenged in some environments such as covered arenas with lots of predators! This comes from his show background, and he has come a long way from the days that he would not enter a show arena at all! We play as much as we can everyday to build his confidence and trust in me.

Buckley is the horse that I normally take to tour stops and demos- so I am sure that you will meet him one day!

















Buckley, pre-Parelli Horsenality profile - Click to enlarge