Jill
Aspiring Cowgirl
Just wanted to update everyone on "Trooper"!!! He is doing very well with drinking milk (Foal Lac formula) from a bowl. He learned to do it late yesterday morning and I think he's pretty happy to now get enough to eat! His dam had a very difficult time after his birth requiring extensive vet care. This put her "meeting him" back 4-5 hours after delivery. I think this, along with her pain, caused her to reject him but the alternative was she would have died. But, thank God, Trooper is eating well and he is VERY frisky!!!
Here he is in action and in picture. His front leg is SO much better. Still not perfect, but no comparison to how it was at birth and I feel confident it will be straight (as does our vet). His back legs are great now. In the picture and probably in some of the video, he was thinking about potty which is why he's got a hunched posture. I wish I could catch him playing in the stall on film but I cannot get far enough away from him in there to catch a video and when I look in right now, he doesn't play. I can sure see him doing it over the stall camera, though
Also, when he was born, I thought he had a really plain head but with EVERYTHING else going on upon his arrival, I didn't really "care". Now, though, his head has become so pretty. Maybe that's my mommy goggles as his mommy IS me (and Harvey!). But I think he's head's quite nice and he's so upright in his neck. Thinking he got good genes from mom and dad, both for the looks and for how tough he is
[SIZE=14pt]Whinny For Me's Finely Dun, a/k/a Trooper[/SIZE]
2009 AMHA / AMHR pending, AMHR Futurity Nominated Red Dun Colt (may grey out) -- Expected To Mature @ or under 34"
By Erica's Gone and DunIT (AMHR Nat'l Top 10 / AMHA Honor Roll / Multi Champion) and Out of Wee Equine Acres Dun Sweet
Bloodlines include: Buckeroo, BTU, Yellow Diamond Little Feather, and Egyptian King
Here he is in action and in picture. His front leg is SO much better. Still not perfect, but no comparison to how it was at birth and I feel confident it will be straight (as does our vet). His back legs are great now. In the picture and probably in some of the video, he was thinking about potty which is why he's got a hunched posture. I wish I could catch him playing in the stall on film but I cannot get far enough away from him in there to catch a video and when I look in right now, he doesn't play. I can sure see him doing it over the stall camera, though
Also, when he was born, I thought he had a really plain head but with EVERYTHING else going on upon his arrival, I didn't really "care". Now, though, his head has become so pretty. Maybe that's my mommy goggles as his mommy IS me (and Harvey!). But I think he's head's quite nice and he's so upright in his neck. Thinking he got good genes from mom and dad, both for the looks and for how tough he is
[SIZE=14pt]Whinny For Me's Finely Dun, a/k/a Trooper[/SIZE]
2009 AMHA / AMHR pending, AMHR Futurity Nominated Red Dun Colt (may grey out) -- Expected To Mature @ or under 34"
By Erica's Gone and DunIT (AMHR Nat'l Top 10 / AMHA Honor Roll / Multi Champion) and Out of Wee Equine Acres Dun Sweet
Bloodlines include: Buckeroo, BTU, Yellow Diamond Little Feather, and Egyptian King
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