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Post by schwung on Nov 29, 2009 22:25:06 GMT -5
A funny photo of Jasmine getting her teeth done. She was pretty sleepy!
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Post by janibee52 on Dec 15, 2009 17:01:19 GMT -5
Is she available for adoption now? Is she rideable?
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Post by schwung on Dec 15, 2009 18:34:19 GMT -5
Hi there,
She is available for adoption, yes. As for whether or not she is ridable...there is no physical reason that she cannot be ridden. However, she's going to require quite a bit more training before she is going to be a safe, reliable riding horse. She's had three months but she was still bucking under saddle. Because of her age we are primarily marketing her as a companion horse but yes, she could be ridden if someone wanted to invest in additional training for her.
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Post by lingen37 on Dec 15, 2009 21:25:05 GMT -5
Have you had her back checked? Or perhaps her muscles? An accupressure might possibly fix her bucking problem, or at least make it better. You all know horses have to tell us they are hurt some how. I know they aren't cheap but I would keep in mind that a accupressure lady might do this mare justice.
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Post by maeve on May 4, 2010 14:52:31 GMT -5
Jasmine is being fostered at my barn for a few months and she is just doing great. I've followed her thread and met her a few times in Monroe but she always seemed a bit aloof to me. She is in a large paddock with Lola and the two of them are just adorable. They sort of greet everyone as they drive into the property and they are always curious and alert. Jasmine has actually been quite affectionate and loves getting groomed. Ken, the owner of the property has a soft spot for arabs and I can tell that he likes Jamine quite a bit. I wonder if Jamine prefers men because she loves Ken and another gentleman at our barn went in to say hello and she was just adoring him as well- letting him rub her face and nose. They both seem very relaxed and happy and I love seeing them everyday (I have my office set up at the barn as well) We've been giving Jasmine senior grain but she has had some trouble ajusting to alphalfa (not too bad but not as firm as I would like to see) so we switched her to orchard grass. If that doesn't improve her stools we may try hay pellets as that is what Jet had to use for Coconut who was from the same unfortunate Elledge herd. But her weight is good and like I said, she seems really relaxed and happy. She is a very special girl.
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Post by angelrae1968 on May 26, 2010 17:57:06 GMT -5
I knew this mare when she was young and she was a sweetheart.
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Post by schwung on May 26, 2010 18:06:28 GMT -5
Really? What can you tell us about her?
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Post by coconut on May 28, 2010 0:29:43 GMT -5
I have been neglecting my duties as pseudo foster co-mom by not giving an update... We have so enjoyed having her & Lola here. They are the perfect guests & seem to really enjoy in their pasture on what we call Arabian Plateau. It's the upper level of the farm and has somehow become inhabited by several Arabian mares and our honorary Arabian, Sugar That might have something to do with the fact that the farm owner used to own, breed and show Arabs and this particular set of pastures and barns are seen from the back of his house. I'm sure there's a little bit of preference going on there, if you know what I mean. As Maeve mentioned, the admiration is not just one way, Jasmine appears to be very fond of him too Maeve and I try to get the girls out and give them a chance to stretch their legs and of course we take the opportunity to work on basics like ground manners. Here's a couple of quick videos & a photo I took recently She's shedding out and really loves the grooming sessions, pushing Lola out of the way to make sure she gets hers but will walk away when she's done if we do it in the pasture. Sorry that this one is a little shaky, I ran up to our barn to get my camera while the girls were racing each other and playing. I managed to catch the tail end of it and as you see, Lola wins but Jasmine has some lovely movement. After the run fun...Maeve got in there to see if how she did in-hand and she was actually quite connected and gave a pretty nice pivot, this is the second attempt at the pivot for the camera, not bad but the first one was really nice!
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Post by coconut on Jul 6, 2010 4:23:48 GMT -5
As the sun came out this afternoon, Lola & Jasmine got some turnout on one of the grass pastures while Basil got his lesson today. It was kinda hard bopping back and forth taking photos of everyone so I mostly got grazing photos of the girls... Poor Jasmine has had diarrhea issues and we've tried a few different hay products. I think she's taken off a few pounds but we're trying to give her extra food and hopefully now that the weather is better...and hopefully warmer/drier for awhile, she can get out on the grass. My guess is that she's on grass way earlier in the season typically....and as Jaime pointed out to me this week, she spent most of her life on grass only & no hay so hopefully the grass will help her get back into a more robust shape But her coat is shiny (even though she's a bit dusty here...we didn't groom today...too much grass to concentrate on!)
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Post by trillium on Jul 6, 2010 9:13:00 GMT -5
She does look a little thinner. Where do you feed her? If it is on the ground in the areana, you may want to do a course of Sand Clear on her. She could have sand in her system if she is feed on the ground. It can cause diarrhea problems.
If you have a rubber mat around, you can throw that down where you put the hay and it will help keep them from nibbling up sand and dirt when they are trying to pick up the last whisps of hay. Grass hay should be fine for her also since it is grass, just dried out.
I really like Jasmine as she reminds me of my mare Elle. They are related.
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Post by rodeo51 on Jul 6, 2010 13:29:37 GMT -5
Have you tried Timothy pellets to help with the diarrhea? Casper use to have horrible diarrhea problems and I tried everything I could think of. Someone said to try the soaked pellets and it worked...very well. I don't feed him hay at all anymore. Just pasture, timothy pellets and his supplements. In fact it has worked so well I had to cut him back because he was gaining so much weight.
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Post by coconut on Jul 6, 2010 13:39:11 GMT -5
in fact I did try Timothy Pellets..that's what helped Coconut too. The Problem is that for 3 days in a row she turned her nose up to it and Lola ate it instead. They share a pasture and it wouldn't work out to separate them, unfortunately, but we're thinking about it! Meanwhile We're giving them both extra Orchard Grass & hope they get to go full time onto our grass pasture this week.
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Post by rodeo51 on Jul 6, 2010 13:41:20 GMT -5
What about mixing a little grain with the pellets? that might help maybe.
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Post by coconut on Jul 6, 2010 13:50:41 GMT -5
What about mixing a little grain with the pellets? that might help maybe. Tried that too...wouldn't touch it LOLA loved it though She does look a little thinner. Where do you feed her? She has a pasture that the grass got ground down to dirt but they have a feed trough on the ground but she'll take the hay out and put it on the ground. I could try the sand-clear but she came here with that issue and the first few days she had a blend of orchard/alfalfa. I instructed them not to give her any alfalfa and we bought the girls their own hay. I want to believe that the pellets would help but we'd have to figure out how to feed them separately. That's a bit off my budget for THREE horses
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Post by schwung on Jul 6, 2010 15:43:47 GMT -5
The Sand Clear is worth trying...yes its been an ongoing problem that comes and goes with her, and we have tried several things but never Sand Clear so maybe a dose of that will help her. SAFE is happy to pay for it if you want to pick it up Jet.
The only reason I am wondering if straight grass would help is while she had it off and on all winter, I don't recall her having diarrhea issues over the summer when she was out on pasture 24x7.
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