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Post by schwung on May 9, 2008 18:36:12 GMT -5
She COULD just be a wood-chewer, or she COULD be missing some type of mineral in her diet. Does she have a salt/mineral block or access to free-choice minerals? Always a good idea.
She's beautiful, thank you for getting her out of that dog kennel and keep us updated on her progress!
ETA: Did you find a vet to look at her leg?
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Post by alyssa on May 9, 2008 18:48:08 GMT -5
My horses learned from my mustang how to strip the bark off of maple trees when the sap runs. mmm sweet maple sap.
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Post by malina on May 10, 2008 10:39:46 GMT -5
just a bad habit i think.... she is gorgeous!
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Post by shayslilrunner on May 12, 2008 1:36:40 GMT -5
Yeah, we figured out that she only chews on one particular tree, and it happens to have sap. Also, Yes Jaime we are having a vet out, Her name is Dana Bridges, shes the vet for my uncles mini and a good friend of his.
Today the stall was too dark cause the light bulb blew out so I decided to take her out and just tie her to the fence post, and as soon as I finished tying her up she freaked out and took off backwards with the fence post still attached to her lead rope. apperently the post was rotten at the bottom. :/ She or anyone else didnt get hurt, thanks god for that much. But I guess I can tie her up outside of the stall.
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Post by leahlady on May 12, 2008 2:26:33 GMT -5
Tie her to a loop of twine. The twine will break before the halter or lead, and will break fast enough so she won't hurt herself or freak out.
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Post by cardicorgi on May 12, 2008 12:20:54 GMT -5
There are tie-blocker rings you can get which work great for a panicky horse that pulls back when tied (especially if you use a long lead, because there is "give" to the tie-ring).
[ftp]http://www.toklat.com/dyn_prod.php?p=10-321&k=87216[/ftp]
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Post by shayslilrunner on May 13, 2008 18:26:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I think we're just gonna not tie her up outside the stall. Because I dont have an arena or anything like that, and she does fine in the stall as long as the doors closed. I saddled her up yesterday and put a bridle on her, just cuz she hasnt been used in a while and shes never had a western saddle on before, and she was such a good girl. We didnt get on because we still dont know whats wrong with her leg yet. crossing my fingers its not something that will leave her lame forever. Shes not very socialized, like shes only been around people. She doesnt know how to socialize as a horse. At the hunter/jumper place she was at they basically used her, then put her in ther stall. Then the next day use her, and put her back in her stall. So right now, she livin it up being a horse. Shes got almost two acres to herself, and she doesnt mind being by herself. The people we rent the place from are always saying shes the calmest horse they've had there. She truly is a wonderful girl. Shes settled in quite nicely. She knows she now has a home.
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Post by unbridledperform on May 14, 2008 0:19:30 GMT -5
Sometimes it could be a nutrition balance. Or just boredom. Our ABC mare used to eat the wood off of our run-in shed. While funny, it's dangerous!
Luckily, our mare was bored, fat, and happy. lol
Best of luck with this girl. She's beautiful.
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Post by hunterhoney13 on May 16, 2008 19:43:30 GMT -5
is the mare stiil up for adoption??? she is beautiful!
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Post by shayslilrunner on May 19, 2008 18:54:01 GMT -5
Nope! She has a forever home with me.
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Post by shayslilrunner on Jul 14, 2008 17:56:31 GMT -5
So, thought I would give everyone an update on Rody, its been a while. Friday night we moved her to Monroe, to The National School of Academic Equitation. I couldnt keep her out in the pasture by herself anymore. She started dropping weight and we couldnt figure out why, but since weve moved her shes been eating like a pig, and shes happy to be around other horses. Its what she needed. Its not a permanent spot for her right now, but my uncles friend is fixing up her barn at the moment and once that is finished she'll be on pasture with an older gelding and mare. She doesnt exactly know how to act around other horses, because the people that had her before only used her, then put her back in her stall. she never got to socialize with other horses. But she is learning. Sometime today a farrier is coming out to try and figure out her lameness issues. I will update on that.
Thanks.
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Post by shayslilrunner on Jan 2, 2009 21:02:16 GMT -5
Thought I would let you all know.....I now know who my horse is!! I somehow got a hold of her previous owners and got all of her registration papers and info. she's related to some pretty important horses. here's a link. www.lazyrminis.com/rody_the_showjumping_tb_mare.htm
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Post by cat67 on Jan 2, 2009 23:34:03 GMT -5
Cool. My yearling, er, two year old is out of a Buckpasser granddaughter.
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Post by bsnlark on Jan 3, 2009 1:04:10 GMT -5
Pedigrees are very interesting. I had to duble ck on Lark and Mort DOB....since its the new year, I had to make sure I bought the right amount of candles.
Lark, the TB and Morpht, the arapaloooooosa seem to have 3 common ancestors. Fair Play, Peter Pan and Mahubah.
by the way, they are 23 this year, buck is 26 and poor ol Ishmael gets to be whatever age he wants, since we dont kno...
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Post by shayslilrunner on Oct 1, 2009 17:43:59 GMT -5
Just an update, Rody is now a traveling horse! In 2 weeks she will be moving to Indiana.
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