Cheesmnky
10-17-2008, 02:05 PM
Hey guys! once again, thanks to WB for creating this forum. I missed everyone!
So I made a tough decision back in July. I had been making payments on a horse that I really wasn't in love with. His total price would have been 6,500 bucks and I was paying $150 a month just towards his total price. (He was that much because he's quite a talented jumper). He's a spooky bugger- and very moody. Some days, he'd be wonderful- you could do ANYTHING on him, he'd be very responsive, and jsut a pleasure to ride. other times- forget it. He'd spook at nothing- and when he spooks, he drops his shoulder and runs. Just basically a brat. I thought maybe his eyesight- that was fine. Vet checked fine- just basically a very mood, unpredictable horse. In the winter- he was absolutely awful.
Either way, paying that much money for a horse you ADORE in this economy is a little crazy for someone who isn't planning on showing. I gave him up. Not long after that, a friend called to tell me about a horse being auctioned. I called to get the info on him:
An 8 year old 3/4 Paint, 1/4 Quarter horse(black) was abandoned at his boarding facility. After being there a few months, with the owners not paying board or coming by at all, he injured himself. STILL no answer from the owners- in fact, they had their phone disconnected. Ad in the paper for 10 days, then legally the barn owner could sell him. They sold him to me for the price of the vet bills: $350.
So... I have a supposed broke horse, who was abandoned(his former owners were apparently idiots too, would rake the bit over his teeth, etc). I've been riding him slowly, but also trying to heal his wound.
It's a about an 8 inch long gash on his left hip- Most of it was able to be stitched up, but there is a two inch section that was too gaping to do. We've been cleaning it and putting medicine on it every day, and a month and a half later- it looks great.
I've been on him a few times, more doing round pinning and ground work to make sure he respects me. He's a great guy- sensitive but trusting. One problem.... He won't pick up his foot on the injured side. I noticed about a two inch scar on the front of his knee on the same leg. He will let me pull it forward, but I cannot take it back at all. When he moves- it's not exaggerated unless i've been working him a long time. meaning- even at the trot, he moves just fine.
Any thoughts? I'm having the chiro out to see him soon...
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/julie.arnold/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/apolloeating.jpgI'll get pics up soon... i have to upload them somewhere. :)
So I made a tough decision back in July. I had been making payments on a horse that I really wasn't in love with. His total price would have been 6,500 bucks and I was paying $150 a month just towards his total price. (He was that much because he's quite a talented jumper). He's a spooky bugger- and very moody. Some days, he'd be wonderful- you could do ANYTHING on him, he'd be very responsive, and jsut a pleasure to ride. other times- forget it. He'd spook at nothing- and when he spooks, he drops his shoulder and runs. Just basically a brat. I thought maybe his eyesight- that was fine. Vet checked fine- just basically a very mood, unpredictable horse. In the winter- he was absolutely awful.
Either way, paying that much money for a horse you ADORE in this economy is a little crazy for someone who isn't planning on showing. I gave him up. Not long after that, a friend called to tell me about a horse being auctioned. I called to get the info on him:
An 8 year old 3/4 Paint, 1/4 Quarter horse(black) was abandoned at his boarding facility. After being there a few months, with the owners not paying board or coming by at all, he injured himself. STILL no answer from the owners- in fact, they had their phone disconnected. Ad in the paper for 10 days, then legally the barn owner could sell him. They sold him to me for the price of the vet bills: $350.
So... I have a supposed broke horse, who was abandoned(his former owners were apparently idiots too, would rake the bit over his teeth, etc). I've been riding him slowly, but also trying to heal his wound.
It's a about an 8 inch long gash on his left hip- Most of it was able to be stitched up, but there is a two inch section that was too gaping to do. We've been cleaning it and putting medicine on it every day, and a month and a half later- it looks great.
I've been on him a few times, more doing round pinning and ground work to make sure he respects me. He's a great guy- sensitive but trusting. One problem.... He won't pick up his foot on the injured side. I noticed about a two inch scar on the front of his knee on the same leg. He will let me pull it forward, but I cannot take it back at all. When he moves- it's not exaggerated unless i've been working him a long time. meaning- even at the trot, he moves just fine.
Any thoughts? I'm having the chiro out to see him soon...
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/julie.arnold/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/apolloeating.jpgI'll get pics up soon... i have to upload them somewhere. :)