MiniCooper
Active Member
Well a ton has gone on since I have last been on the forum. First of all, we moved from the Seattle, Washington area to south of Dallas, Texas! We are loving it here. We bought 11 acres and my Cooper couldn't be happier.
It was a blast traveling with him and we even have pics of him in every state we traveled thru and in Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons!
We camped out along the way and he was a HUGE hit at the campgrounds.
I went to look at some miniature horses a girl was selling, because of course, now we have the property and I WANT MORE!
LOL
Well, she had 10-12 minis left and 5-6 of the mares were obviously pregnant. She had decided to turn her stud out with the mares and just let them be.
There were 3 foals and a couple of yearlings. One mare was missing an eye and the others were really stand off-ish. There was a 4 month old pinto filly that attached herself to my husband. She was nibbling on his jeans and kept following him around. He would stop and she would try to nibble on the toe of his cowboy boots. Then if he was paying attention to me or the other mares, she literally pawed at his leg!
I guess I don't have to tell you, my husband fell in love. So as we were working the deal, I noticed a silver bay mare in the distance.
She was SO sad looking. The most of the hair on her tail was only about 3 inches long, with a little still touching the ground. Her mane is pretty short and spikey. And she could barely walk. As I saw her try to catch up with the rest of the herd that was now playing, it broke my heart. Her feet were so bad, all she could do was stand there and neigh at the other mares and foals as they were playing in the pasture. I immediately went to her and started petting her and offered her a small piece of peppermint I had been bribing the foals with. She sighed and layed her head against me and I tried not to cry.
There were quite a few of the horses that had bad feet, but she was definately the worst. So I decided to offer the girl $100 for her and of course, suddenly the mare was papered and threw amazing foals and was worth $1200, and possibly bred to her registered champion stallion. I am sure you know the drill.
I didn't want to insult her, so I walked away and spent the next 3 hours there befriending her. Eventually, we bought the pinto foal and the sad little mare for $300.
She delivered them to our house this evening. The girl tried to trim the little mares feet on her own.
They are better than before, but I think the poor thing has foundered. She is obviously in pain and I have a call in with 2 farriers. I need to find a good vet in the area (1 hr SE of Dallas) and I don't know where to start! I know in my heart, I may have to put her down.
Where do I start with this little angel? She is as sweet as can be and I hope I can make her comfortable. Do any of you have any suggestions on what to do until I get the vet/farrier here to make her more comfortable? I just really hope she isn't bred. I think her poor body is going thru enough right now. And I don't know what to expect, I've never had to deal with a foundered horse before.
It was a blast traveling with him and we even have pics of him in every state we traveled thru and in Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons!
We camped out along the way and he was a HUGE hit at the campgrounds.
I went to look at some miniature horses a girl was selling, because of course, now we have the property and I WANT MORE!
Well, she had 10-12 minis left and 5-6 of the mares were obviously pregnant. She had decided to turn her stud out with the mares and just let them be.
There were 3 foals and a couple of yearlings. One mare was missing an eye and the others were really stand off-ish. There was a 4 month old pinto filly that attached herself to my husband. She was nibbling on his jeans and kept following him around. He would stop and she would try to nibble on the toe of his cowboy boots. Then if he was paying attention to me or the other mares, she literally pawed at his leg!
I guess I don't have to tell you, my husband fell in love. So as we were working the deal, I noticed a silver bay mare in the distance.
She was SO sad looking. The most of the hair on her tail was only about 3 inches long, with a little still touching the ground. Her mane is pretty short and spikey. And she could barely walk. As I saw her try to catch up with the rest of the herd that was now playing, it broke my heart. Her feet were so bad, all she could do was stand there and neigh at the other mares and foals as they were playing in the pasture. I immediately went to her and started petting her and offered her a small piece of peppermint I had been bribing the foals with. She sighed and layed her head against me and I tried not to cry.
There were quite a few of the horses that had bad feet, but she was definately the worst. So I decided to offer the girl $100 for her and of course, suddenly the mare was papered and threw amazing foals and was worth $1200, and possibly bred to her registered champion stallion. I am sure you know the drill.
I didn't want to insult her, so I walked away and spent the next 3 hours there befriending her. Eventually, we bought the pinto foal and the sad little mare for $300.
She delivered them to our house this evening. The girl tried to trim the little mares feet on her own.
They are better than before, but I think the poor thing has foundered. She is obviously in pain and I have a call in with 2 farriers. I need to find a good vet in the area (1 hr SE of Dallas) and I don't know where to start! I know in my heart, I may have to put her down.
Where do I start with this little angel? She is as sweet as can be and I hope I can make her comfortable. Do any of you have any suggestions on what to do until I get the vet/farrier here to make her more comfortable? I just really hope she isn't bred. I think her poor body is going thru enough right now. And I don't know what to expect, I've never had to deal with a foundered horse before.
