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Post by winterlakesfarm on Apr 2, 2007 10:44:52 GMT -5
Hey Liz any time you have to spare(yeah right, cause we all have so MUCH of that LOL) I would love some help with her. She no longer offers to kick or bite and is learning good citizenship but I would love some input on things to work on with her. She is very reasonable. She gets excited but comes right down and is a very good girl. She is also truly a blank slate as she has not been worked with before. She will now stand for grooming(she used to kick because it hurt with all of her rain rot and having no fat or muscle over her bones), She will let me blanket her loose in her stall, she will stand for being hosed off and she is a good girl about being patient for haltering and walks gently next to you when being led. She will let me pick out her feet even though her back legs are still a bit painful from rain rot and scalding from when she had diarhea so badly before she came to me. We have made a lot of progress and I think in another month or so she will be ready for ground work under saddle
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Post by Buena on Apr 2, 2007 10:47:20 GMT -5
Let's shoot for sometime in May for me to come down and have a play day or something. Saturdays work best.
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Post by Gingersmom-Tate on Apr 2, 2007 10:59:59 GMT -5
Amazing job with Heidi, she looks beautiful in such a short time. Attention and food does wonders for these horses. When their bodies are nurished so are their minds. You do amazing work Chelsea.
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Post by fancyherd@gala's on Apr 2, 2007 11:56:59 GMT -5
She is beautiful - wow what a difference!
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Post by averyacres on Apr 2, 2007 19:18:26 GMT -5
Wow, she is looking good!!! She looks so happy...you rock, Chelsea...
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Post by trillium on Apr 2, 2007 20:09:32 GMT -5
Lookin' good. I love that elegant stance. Head up, tail up. Arabs are my fav too.
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Post by hooti4me on Apr 2, 2007 21:34:45 GMT -5
WOW, she looks great!!! She is a beauty, she is going to be a stunner, when she gets fat! Keep up the good work.
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Post by winterlakesfarm on Apr 9, 2007 15:04:57 GMT -5
Little miss Heidi is getting her teeth done tomorrow........I am hoping for even more weight gain after that! She has been a little pistol lately but considering the vast quantities of food being shoveled into her I suppose that is to be expected! She is still a good girl, just a little more active LOL!
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Post by schwung on Apr 10, 2007 23:39:37 GMT -5
Since Chelsea hasn't posted an update yet - I will. Heidi got her dental work done today and was a very good girl - even when she started waking up a bit from the sedation. She also got her shots. Good girl!
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Post by winterlakesfarm on Apr 11, 2007 11:24:05 GMT -5
Heidi was a SUPERSTAR!!! She is virtually unhandled before arriving at Jenny's(the girl who originally saved her) so for this little one vaccines and a dental were a BIG deal. She was good for her shots and after one big spook when the drill first touched her teeth she stood excellently for her dental! She was very alert and her little ears were flicking back and forth even though she had as much drugs as a 1000# horse usually gets(she is maybe 600#) so this was a very big day for her. If she had chosen to be naughty she could have but she was super! I find this to be her personality as a whole. She is fairly spirited but after an initial spook or protest she settles down immediately and goes with the flow. I really enjoy her and cannot wait until she is ready for training! She is actually ready anytime as she will gain her last 50-100 pounds easily now. She ate and drank with no problems last night and this morning and is perky and happy.
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Post by winterlakesfarm on Apr 11, 2007 11:24:42 GMT -5
Ooops I forgot to add that I took pics and will post them later.....
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Post by Buena on Apr 11, 2007 11:25:57 GMT -5
Can't wait to see them!
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Post by cat67 on Apr 11, 2007 12:28:14 GMT -5
Sounds like she is really being cooperative. More so than Bad Clover, who hated the dentist, hey?
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Post by winterlakesfarm on Apr 11, 2007 12:32:10 GMT -5
Clover was AMAZING!!!!Lets just say she REALLY liked her drugs LOL
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Post by winterlakesfarm on Apr 11, 2007 13:55:34 GMT -5
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