We got Elmer from an auction a little over year ago and he has been very easy to care for. At the auction, he was ridden through, and we have ridden him twice. We also had him gelded. He is extremely calm, but is slow to warm up and hard to catch, but has never tried anything rude or mean, he can just be very skittish and frightens easily. He does okay with the farrier. He is friendly to our dogs and other gelding. We are only selling him because I do not have the time to give him what he needs to come out of his shell.