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Post by andrea on Dec 2, 2007 22:53:55 GMT -5
I thought I posted this guy before but I guess I forgot. His time may be getting short. He's 8 years old, from South Steens HMA in Oregon, 16.2 hands according to my own estimate. Big boy. Well fence-broke, was kept in one strand of hot wire. Halter broke? Not sure how well, he did break away at least once that they told me about. He did load in a trailer for them although I think it took a while, and he hauled just fine. Supposedly was ridden but the new owners highly doubt it. He is afraid of men, especially with cowboy hats. I met him, petted him, but he was afraid to let me past his shoulder and after I tried he didn't want to let me pet him again. I did eventually rub his face a bit more. I think with time and patience he'll come along. The mustang mentors in Spokane would be very happy to help work with him if his new owner wants help. PM me with your email address if you're interested and I'll have the people contact you.
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Post by Christa on Dec 3, 2007 10:47:04 GMT -5
I like him. He is a big boy I just wish I was ready for another one right now...won't be though until at lease spring or so. I hope he gets a good home!
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Post by andrea on Dec 3, 2007 11:11:05 GMT -5
Thanks, he is a neat looking guy. Not perfectly conformed by any means, but he's just neat looking in person. Rangy. He'd look great under saddle out in the mountains.
If nobody else wants him, I may take him and work with him until he finds a new home.
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Post by smackey0112 on Dec 3, 2007 15:46:53 GMT -5
Andrea.. that sounds like the best plan.. we know that you will provide a GREAT home for him until he can find that permanant one.. hey who knows.. you may fall in love with him and want him forever.. he he!
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Post by andrea on Dec 3, 2007 15:58:03 GMT -5
That's the problem though, I HAVE my forever horse, and I don't spend enough time with him as it is... I guess a lot of that is thanks to the weather lately. Ugh.
We'll see.
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Post by tracey on Dec 3, 2007 17:10:31 GMT -5
With Alladin coming, you know I can't. And Andi wants to send Dusty to me, too. No room in the barn for all these critters
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Post by andrea on Dec 3, 2007 17:50:03 GMT -5
I didn't know Andi was going to give up Dusty. He is SUCH a handsome boy. I sometimes wish I'd listened to that little voice that said "buy him" when she had him for sale before. But it's a long ways to go for a horse...
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Post by smackey0112 on Dec 3, 2007 20:04:19 GMT -5
How long of a way is it? I just went a long way for a horse.. well it wouldn't have been that bad if the weather was better!
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Post by LadyRebelJet on Dec 3, 2007 21:02:58 GMT -5
I have been speaking with this guy's owner.. Hubby will have a cow, but get over it as usual. I just need to clear it with the gal where I am going to keep my girls. If all goes well, Tequila will be coming home with me shortly.
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Post by tracey on Dec 3, 2007 21:47:14 GMT -5
That's good news! He looks like a good boy. Andrea, Dusty's a spooker...sure you want him? ;D She was trying to place him last month before I went to Burns; actually had a trial home he was headed to. We were talking before I went down there and she said if it didn't work out, would I take him? You know I don't mind riding the spook, so I said sure. Come spring if he's still there, he'll come here. She said he just needs some miles put on him, and I've got miles to offer Then we can find him a good trail riding home. (Wonder what he'll think of trees?)
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Post by smackey0112 on Dec 3, 2007 23:33:34 GMT -5
LOL tracey, I am sure you're going to have a GREAT time, LOL!
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Post by andrea on Dec 3, 2007 23:37:51 GMT -5
Nichole - Glad to hear she got a hold of you! When do you go meet him? I've been thinking about him a lot today. I'd love to see you get him. You'll have to share lots of pictures with us!
Tracey - I did not know that Dusty was a spooker. You go right ahead then! Hopefully he'll get over it.
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Post by LadyRebelJet on Dec 4, 2007 1:36:10 GMT -5
Well, I just found my camera (its been missing for 6 months!!!) so I will be posting lots, of my girls AND Tequila if it works out. Im going to try and get down there sometime in the next couple of days.
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Post by LadyRebelJet on Dec 4, 2007 21:48:03 GMT -5
I went and met Tequila today. He seems like a gentle soul that just needs some time.. I cant WAIT to get my hands on his poor mane!!! I was not able to actually "pet" him. I did get a few fingers on his nose, but it was dinner time and he wasnt interested in playing. He is curious though, and the owner stated he is very hard to catch, but once he is, he is much easier to work with. I have had many horses over the years that were that way, so I guess we will see.
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Post by andrea on Dec 5, 2007 10:50:54 GMT -5
It won't be long before you'll be able to get that tangle out. I think he wants to be a good boy. If you can get a long drag rope on him, and maybe even put him in a slightly smaller pen, it'd really help.
So are you going to get him? Did the place where you board have any problems with it? Let me know if you need any help with him. Either I or one of the Mustang Mentors can come out (not that I'm an expert or anything...) I could trim his hooves too if you can't find anyone else, once you're able to handle his feet. I don't know how it is up there, but I hear stories of people who can't find someone to trim their mustangs.
Oh, I'm so excited! This guy has been on my mind a lot.
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Post by LadyRebelJet on Dec 5, 2007 13:37:00 GMT -5
I havent gotten ahold of the lady yet, but I am trying a couple of other avenues. I had been trimming my girls feet myself, but my back is bad, so I am more than willing to take any help I can get! His didnt look TOO bad, I didnt see any flares or anything, which is a bonus.
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Post by andrea on Dec 5, 2007 20:06:57 GMT -5
Oh man, tell me about the bad back thing... I just found out I have a really bad back, degenerative joint disesae, my x-rays were ugly. Luckily just in time to cancel my hoofcare schooling. Can't do that as a full time job! But I wouldn't trust my horses' feet to anyone else, plus I love trimming, so I still do my own.
Tequila doesn't have any flares or anything, but man, there's a lot of extra growth there... I think he might lose two inches in height when his hooves get trimmed! I bet it'll feel good to him to get rid of that.
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Post by LadyRebelJet on Dec 5, 2007 20:40:27 GMT -5
I am still very new to the trimming myself thing. I had a great farrier previously (as far as horse-side manners) but he left horrid flares. I started by taking those back, and rolling the hoof, as he would leave it flat. Then hubby started griping about the cost of the farrier, so I dug in and started doing them myself. I do need to have someone look at my riding mare Sadie. Her left front is aweful. Just a bit down on her coronary band on her heel, her hoof rolls under to the inside, and grows out to the left front of the hoof. Because it rolls under, I have to keep her toe and inside really short, or her entire leg bows out. I am not sure what to do with the roll, as to get rid of it, I would have to go back into live sole... any ideas?
And yes, Tequila is just about on stilts! I need to work on getting him to willingly lift those feet ASAP!
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Post by andrea on Dec 5, 2007 22:18:44 GMT -5
I'm not sure I'm understanding right what's up with Sadie's feet, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but it sounds like what they call a "wry foot." If it actually rolls under, that's very hard to fix. The standard "treatment" for that would be to trim that side of the hoof to live sole, and NOT roll it at all. Then do an extreme roll on the side that's flared. You're still trimming the sole balanced, not one side longer than the other. Do you know how to tell the depth of the foot using the collateral grooves? Check out www.hoofrehab.com, the articles section. Often on feet like these, the hoof appears balanced if you sight down the hoof from the heel, but actually one side is "deeper" if you check the depth of the collateral grooves with your hoof pick. Tonka's feet are kind of wry, but not too extreme. He also only uses half of his hoof. Rolls along on the outside. My sister also has a horse with wry hooves in front, and by treating it this way it's improving, but it takes time. Both of our horses are totally sound though. I'd love to see pictures. Have you checked out this site? www.ironfreehoof.com/index.htm It's one of my favorites for trim instructions and examples.
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Post by LadyRebelJet on Dec 5, 2007 23:04:45 GMT -5
Yup, I use iron free hoof, and barefoot hoof and every other resource I can come across. It is hard to explain, next time I see her I will clean her foot up real good and get pics. On the outside of her right front, the wall of her heel (quarter area) rolls under. To the point where if it gets long, I have to cut hoof wall to even see her sole. And its a deep roll, extends all the way to her coronary band. The whole hoof itself is crooked, looking at it straight on, with a level coronary band, her hoof rolls off to the left. I dont do a roll when I bring that side down. I bring it down to the point of live sole, and leave it as flat and supportive as I can, and on the inside of her hoof, I am a little more drastic bringing it back and rolling it over. I was making progress on getting that hoof a little more straight, but now that I cant see her and literally work on it every other day, its gone right back to the condition it was in before. I havent checked the collateral groves very closely, I have been going off of distance from live sole to coronary band. Ill go see if I can dig up some pics of a hoof that resembles hers.
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