Classic K Miniatures thread. pics and updates on my mini's

[cassie]

Hi all yeah sorry three little kids running around really did me in... Especially with being mum to my own brothers aswell lol they have finally gone home they came at about 7:30am which Is why I didn't get out to feed earlier. I really dnt know with penny now... She would be at the latest day 344 n I know there is another mare on here who is day 350 but she at least has a small bag n has had a little wax... Penny has nothing

sometimes I think her bag feels fuller n then I check again a few hours later n it's gone down again

I was trying to feel penny's tummy while she ate this morning n I was sure I could feel movement. On the right hand side n it wasn't breathing as I couldn't feel it on the left would there be some reason for this If she wasn't in foal? I'm sorry to keep To keep going on about this but I just feel so discouraged about the whole thing... Reason I havent been on much too I'm sorry. Thank you all for being so kind n supporting me

Hope you all have a great morning/ evening see ya

 

[MeganH]

Do you take photos of her udder Cassie? That's how I saw a slight change with Laney. I feel for change too but when it is so slight you kind of aren't sure by touch. I wish you could get a definite answer somehow, without costing much. Too bad the pregnancy tests aren't so reliable!

 

[Eagle]

Cassie now don't go getting upset,

if she isn't pregnant it is not the end of the world. You could start to think about who the future daddy will be and get it all sorted. Or if you still have Finn's big vet bill to pay off why don't you just wait until next year so that it doesn't all become too much. This way you can save up enough money for all possibilities. Concentrate on playing with Finn and teaching him fun and silly things

I have Dipinto walking backwards now when he wants a sweety

 

[cassie]

Thanks Renee, I tell myself not to get upset... But I would love another little baby oh well... I feel that I have let you all n the marestarers down somehow lol

I have a trick training book coming!! So exciting going to teach Finn some cool tricks, what is the best treat to use when training? We give licorice to big horses but dnt know if minis can have that...

Finns vet bill is all paid off was so pleased to get that done n dusted! Next one will be the deed on mr finleys man hood hehe will get some quotes soon lol hee hee hee

Headed to bed early tonight I'm exhausted n have to wake up early to take Andrew back up the mOuntain lol

Do you guys think penny is pregnant...? Honestly... Dnt sugar coat it for me I already know of some who think she isn't...

 

[cassie]

Ps already have two possible daddy's lined up for penny if I decide to go with them I'll probably try for an October foal for both suzie n penny... Got a mini pony lined up for suz he Is real nice but a little plain... Would love some white but that's ok lol

 

[izmepeggy]

Cassie,like Renee said,it's not the end of the world. And you know we all love you

and support you.

You are a remarkable young lady.

 

[Eagle]

Cassie, we are here for you, to help you and to be your friend, there are NO conditions. If Penny is in foal that is great if she isn't we can plan her future babies.

I know you are upset but it has happened to all of us so we understand.

 

[vickie gee]

Thanks Renee, I tell myself not to get upset... But I would love another little baby oh well... I feel that I have let you all n the marestarers down somehow lol

I have a trick training book coming!! So exciting going to teach Finn some cool tricks, what is the best treat to use when training? We give licorice to big horses but dnt know if minis can have that...

Finns vet bill is all paid off was so pleased to get that done n dusted! Next one will be the deed on mr finleys man hood hehe will get some quotes soon lol hee hee hee

Headed to bed early tonight I'm exhausted n have to wake up early to take Andrew back up the mOuntain lol

Do you guys think penny is pregnant...? Honestly... Dnt sugar coat it for me I already know of some who think she isn't...

Cassie, honestly cannot say if she is or not. Every mare is different. Until she is a couple of weeks away from the expected due date I would not even anticipate seeing her bag develop. And like others have said if she is not it is not the end of the world. I can remember taking the trailer with 3 mares to the vet to get ultrasounds. Left one at home that I was pretty sure was pg. Two were not in foal and one was. I was very disappointed at the time but looking back I see it was a blessing that the two were not going to have babies for me. One of them has turned out to be insulin resistant and what I am going through with her right now is so heart breaking I am unable to discuss it. The other already had been through a c-section a couple of years before and I am pretty sure she aborted a fetus the following year. Too risky but it took a while for it to soak in that it was not meant to be. I do not let either of those two girls get with the stallion but I do daydream of the pretty babies they could have had. My gut feeling is that you are going to get a baby in May, but honey we just are barely out of February. You are just getting baby fever and it is understandable that your anticipation is running high. So calm down, relax, enjoy your lovely little horses. It is gonna be ok. The only thing I see negative here is that now I am going around singing Ace of Base song "All She Wants is Another Baby" and my singing is not going to get me any applause. Trust me on that.

 

[AnnaC]

Vickie, bless you for your kind words to our rather stressed Cassie, but Penny is already at day 341 (I believe) and the latest she could have been with the stallion is the end of this month when Cassie actually got her. Hence the reason why we are all doing the 'yes/no' dicussions.

A month ago Penny DID look pregnant, her tummy changed shape, and she also got enlarged 'milk veins' in front of her udder. Cassie had in fact had her on a diet as she was thinking about showing her, so the increase/change of shape to Penny's tummy couldn't be put down to food. Since then she has once again had her food increased plus she is out grazing on a good grass area, but after several weeks of this regime she hasn't got fat/podgy/etc., in fact she has stayed 'firm', healthy and her tummy has stayed tight - no squidgy areas to prod a finger into!! Her udder has also shown a small sign of possible filling, but at this stage we were hoping for more. Cassie was also told that with her last foal Penny bagged up very quickly over two weeks.

So you can see why we are all a little perplexed but keeping our fingers crossed and hoping for a little baby for Penny and Cassie!

 

[AnnaC]

ps. Forgot to say that Cassie tried the ring test (more than once) and it said filly each time, but refused to work at all over Finn!! She is also sure she has felt foal movement a couple of times?

So what are your thoughts about Penny now - do we still stand a chance of seeing a little one?

 

[vickie gee]

ps. Forgot to say that Cassie tried the ring test (more than once) and it said filly each time, but refused to work at all over Finn!! She is also sure she has felt foal movement a couple of times?

So what are your thoughts about Penny now - do we still stand a chance of seeing a little one?

Hmmm. Maybe, but not in May unless she sets a world record. Would it not be awesome if she foaled a little one April 1 since she has been fooling everyone. I went back through some of the thread and was reading the parts about Cassie trying to collect pee. Lol. Been there done that. Later heard you put a cup on a stick. I wish she had her ultrasounded earlier but at this stage it would just make more sense to wait and see.

 

[JAX]

Hi Cassie I am sorry I have not been a good watcher lately. All I could do to try to help watch with Lala and peek in everynow and then with Penny. I will have a new laptop sometime this week so maybe it will help with my watching limitations. I understand you wanting the truth about whether penny is pregnant or not. Here is my honest opinion. She sure doesn't look big enough to be as pregnant as she would be if she was pregnant. But then again in saying that... I was watching one of my mares and had to leave town for the day. My neighbors were watching for me, got a call saying there was a new baby but it was in the wrong pen!! I called the vet and started home. By the time I and the vet got there I had two babies!!! The one I was expecting and another that was a complete surprise. Mare NEVER looked pregnant at all. BTW the surprise filly that I got that day is famous for not looking pregnant either. I have had 3 foals from her now and she has never gotten any bigger than Penny looks now... So does she look that pregnant to me? No. Does that mean shes not pregnant? No.

 

[JAX]

Cassie, honestly cannot say if she is or not. Every mare is different. Until she is a couple of weeks away from the expected due date I would not even anticipate seeing her bag develop. And like others have said if she is not it is not the end of the world. I can remember taking the trailer with 3 mares to the vet to get ultrasounds. Left one at home that I was pretty sure was pg. Two were not in foal and one was. I was very disappointed at the time but looking back I see it was a blessing that the two were not going to have babies for me. One of them has turned out to be insulin resistant and what I am going through with her right now is so heart breaking I am unable to discuss it. The other already had been through a c-section a couple of years before and I am pretty sure she aborted a fetus the following year. Too risky but it took a while for it to soak in that it was not meant to be. I do not let either of those two girls get with the stallion but I do daydream of the pretty babies they could have had. My gut feeling is that you are going to get a baby in May, but honey we just are barely out of February. You are just getting baby fever and it is understandable that your anticipation is running high. So calm down, relax, enjoy your lovely little horses. It is gonna be ok. The only thing I see negative here is that now I am going around singing Ace of Base song "All She Wants is Another Baby" and my singing is not going to get me any applause. Trust me on that.

Vickie I have sent you a private message, I hope you dont mind, I didnt want to hi-jack Cassies thread.

 

[Eagle]

Jax I need to talk to you about Eagle. He is now on rice oil and looks 100% better but he did have an anti inflammatory for a week for his feet so maybe it is that. I am still waiting for the st**** vet to get the results back to me

 

[cassie]

Hmmm. Maybe, but not in May unless she sets a world record. Would it not be awesome if she foaled a little one April 1 since she has been fooling everyone. I went back through some of the thread and was reading the parts about Cassie trying to collect pee. Lol. Been there done that. Later heard you put a cup on a stick. I wish she had her ultrasounded earlier but at this stage it would just make more sense to wait and see.

Thanks Vickie

haha I think I would DIE if she had a foal on April 1!!! lol has a mare ever gone over 365 days before? I got her around march 25th haha yeah pee collecting is super super fun... NOT lol then the test was kinda inconclusive anyway... unless of course she isn't pregnant LOL but ok I am NOT going to stress about this.... can you girls please remind me of this when I feel down again LOL

Hi Cassie I am sorry I have not been a good watcher lately. All I could do to try to help watch with Lala and peek in everynow and then with Penny. I will have a new laptop sometime this week so maybe it will help with my watching limitations. I understand you wanting the truth about whether penny is pregnant or not. Here is my honest opinion. She sure doesn't look big enough to be as pregnant as she would be if she was pregnant. But then again in saying that... I was watching one of my mares and had to leave town for the day. My neighbors were watching for me, got a call saying there was a new baby but it was in the wrong pen!! I called the vet and started home. By the time I and the vet got there I had two babies!!! The one I was expecting and another that was a complete surprise. Mare NEVER looked pregnant at all. BTW the surprise filly that I got that day is famous for not looking pregnant either. I have had 3 foals from her now and she has never gotten any bigger than Penny looks now... So does she look that pregnant to me? No. Does that mean shes not pregnant? No.

Jackie thats fine thank you for watching when you can!! there are so many mares on here at the moment, and I don't expect anyone to be watching Penny as I know there are other mares that are closer and need more careful watching then Penny does. so THANK YOU !!

thanks for the advice

wow what an experience LOL I'm glad that both mares foaled fine for you! that must have been scary when the neighbour told you!

ok I will sit back and just wait and see what she does... I promise I wtill try really hard to not be silly about this again...

Maybe I can get you all to help me decide which Daddy to put both girls to next season?

I'm going to ask again as I really want to know.... what type of treat should I use to train Finn??

no change in Penny this morning...

 

[Wings]

Thanks Renee, I tell myself not to get upset... But I would love another little baby oh well... I feel that I have let you all n the marestarers down somehow lol

I have a trick training book coming!! So exciting going to teach Finn some cool tricks, what is the best treat to use when training? We give licorice to big horses but dnt know if minis can have that...

Finns vet bill is all paid off was so pleased to get that done n dusted! Next one will be the deed on mr finleys man hood hehe will get some quotes soon lol hee hee hee

Headed to bed early tonight I'm exhausted n have to wake up early to take Andrew back up the mOuntain lol

Do you guys think penny is pregnant...? Honestly... Dnt sugar coat it for me I already know of some who think she isn't...

Best treat is whatever motivates them! Liquorice is fine, it's the favourite treat around here

Just take it real slow with the trick work at his age, even some of the simple ones require patience and balance which a lot of youngsters don't have in large amounts

You know I've had my suspicions about Penny for awhile now and I have to say I don't think I've changed my mind. Given the latest the stallion could have gotten to her, and that isn't a confirmed joining just a possible maybe type of one, you'd be seeing something by now.

I hope you won't be floating down the river any time soon Thinking of you! Although I wish you'd stop sending your rain down this way, we don't want it either!

I had to move Pallidon out of the show yards because he'd turned it into a mud pit!

 

[Connie P]

Penny is a pretty girl Cassie.

 

[cassie]

haha sorry but I think it was actually coming up from your way lol at least thats what the news people said LOL

can I use the licorice with the leading training as well Bree? he is doing pretty well but gets sick of it real quick and I want to reward him after so he knows he has been an extra good boy, will get some licorice today and see what he thinks of it he doesn't really like apples... I have been giving him little chunks of carrot and he likes that... but would like to have something else as well that I can give him...

its sunny today!!! yippee!!!! hoping the ground will dry enough that I can give them all a bath... I washed Smartie's mane yesterday (I'm trying to get it to grow so I have to wash it regularly) but couldn't wash the kids as the ground was already to wet

 

[cassie]

Penny is a pretty girl Cassie.

Hi Connie

Thank you

she was very scared and timid when I first got her but she is really blossoming now into a lovely mare...

hoping she is pregnant... time will tell

 

[Liz k]

Hey Cassie keeping fingers crossed for you that Penny is pregos...have you been able to feel any movement? not a great way of telling but sometimes works...dont feel bad about the marestares like you said they have enough to keep themselves entertained....I will keep watching when I can....