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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | A horse that went off his feed for a few days?
Background, leased this horse out early last year to friends. They don't live terribly far away, and we were over there often for dinner and to help with stuff. The horse, Speedy, was doing great. Turned out on 40 acres of pasture, had two minis as buddies, and was happier then being stuck in a dry lot here.
Fast foward to two months ago. I got so overwhelmed with dealing with my own health issues and a sick horse here, and a few other things that really are not a good excuse, that I did not go see him for a little over two months, probably about ten weeks. Right before then the folks let someone bring 8 horses over and throw them out in the field. Just before I went in for my surgery they called to say he had gone off his feed two days prior. I just went that day and picked him up because something didn't feel right.
Now obviously this isn't a horse that only went off his feed a couple days. So a few good thoughts and prayers for everything to go well for him to recover. When we brought him home he was so lethargic I was afraid to feed him.
He's now back to normal, pawing and nickering for grain. Spent the last three weeks just feeding him, hay 24/7. Finally felt comfortable deworming him today and started him on alfalfa today. I know he will be just fine but I wanted to share......
And if anyone has anything derogatory to say about me not going to check on him more often you are only preaching to the choir so keep it to yourself please.
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | I think you have got some work cut out for you. A little blame on both sides. But that is water over the dam.Need to worry about him first. Use it as a learning experience. I wish the best luck to both of you. |
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| You needed to take care of yourself give yourself a break, things happen and now I know you will never let that happen again.
Only suggestion and you may already be doing it is with my skinny horses I bought I added canola oil and flax to their grain as well as red cell. I gradually introduced it and increased the amount till I got 1/2 cup of oil 1 cup of flax and the recommended serving of red cell. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Holy cow  , so glad that you went with your gut feeling and picked him up. Poor baby  |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | cheryl makofka - 2014-03-20 7:01 PM You needed to take care of yourself give yourself a break, things happen and now I know you will never let that happen again. Only suggestion and you may already be doing it is with my skinny horses I bought I added canola oil and flax to their grain as well as red cell. I gradually introduced it and increased the amount till I got 1/2 cup of oil 1 cup of flax and the recommended serving of red cell.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | BS Hauler - 2014-03-20 7:00 PM I think you have got some work cut out for you. A little blame on both sides. But that is water over the dam.Need to worry about him first. Use it as a learning experience. I wish the best luck to both of you.
You think I don't know I am to blame just as much for the situation? Not my first time around the block in the horse world. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Looks like the low man on the totem pole on an over grazed pasture to me...glad you went with your gut and picked him up.
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Location: The edge of no where | I'm so sorry..... at least now you're working to get him fixed up.
It doesn't seem like much time for a horse to get in that bad of shape, does he have some other health issues going on? |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | MS2011 - 2014-03-20 7:07 PM I'm so sorry..... at least now you're working to get him fixed up. It doesn't seem like much time for a horse to get in that bad of shape, does he have some other health issues going on?
Not that came up in any blood work. He's never been a "fat" horse. He's 16.3 hands and just a pasture ornament (for us at least). Was raced until he was 6 then I brought him home. I think this harsh winter played a role a little bit. He went straight from the racetrack to mild winters in GA. This was his first really cold winter.
I would have never thought a horse could get like this in 12 weeks. The only thing I can figure is no hay/grain at all. Pastures either dead or covered in snow. They had plenty of hay but I don't think they put enough out for all the horses to share it. |
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Location: Texas | Poor guy.
And don't be so hard on yourself.
He'll come out of it.
At this point, I think you are suffering a lot more than he is!
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | missroselee - 2014-03-20 6:05 PM BS Hauler - 2014-03-20 7:00 PM I think you have got some work cut out for you. A little blame on both sides. But that is water over the dam.Need to worry about him first. Use it as a learning experience. I wish the best luck to both of you. You think I don't know I am to blame just as much for the situation? Not my first time around the block in the horse world.
Most of the time we have so much trust in friends that we dont think that this would ever happen to one of our horses that we loan to them, it happens it has to me. And then we beat ourselfs up over it. But now hes home and going to get the best care.. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | This is home the day after coming home from the racetrack. 16 hour drive from PA to SC (he didn't get to GA until the next summer).
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Location: Here | First and FOREMOST! DO not beat yourself up! it happens. It happens to every horse owner at least once in our lives. If he is back eating and happy then just watch him. Take pictures every week. Sometimes our eye doesn't see the changes but when we see the pictures we see the changes. You have him back home so now you can take care of him I don't know how old this horse is but older horses can crash and burn quicker than young ones but you already know that |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | And this was home right before he left here for the place that he was at.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | SG. - 2014-03-20 7:14 PM First and FOREMOST! DO not beat yourself up! it happens. It happens to every horse owner at least once in our lives. If he is back eating and happy then just watch him. Take pictures every week. Sometimes our eye doesn't see the changes but when we see the pictures we see the changes. You have him back home so now you can take care of him I don't know how old this horse is but older horses can crash and burn quicker than young ones but you already know that
Thank you....
I would have to go look at his papers but he's not very old. I think he's only 10 or 11. He's never been an easy keeper and always eats way more then my other horses. But there is a history between us. There were only two thoroughbreds in the history of my riding career that could plant my rear end in the dirt with little effort. He was one of them. And I was the only rider he ever did well for. Won races for. When I quit riding, he just quit running. And two years later the owner/trainer got ahold of me and asked if I wanted him. I drove back to PA that very night to get him. |
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| Don't beat yourself up over it. Glad you got him home now and he will get better. Sounds like the people you leased him to should be embarrassed. You had your own issues and he left your place in good faith. And he's home now. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | And one of my favorites of him. The folks in this picture leased him for over a year in Georgia. We only brought him back because we moved to Missouri. It was definitely one of the successful lease stories. I wish I could find another place like these folks.....
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Location: Here | Winters can be harsh Sometimes horsers mish their humans and don't thrive... Glad he is back with you... TB can be tough to keep weight on |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | SG. - 2014-03-20 6:26 PM Winters can be harsh Sometimes horsers mish their humans and don't thrive... Glad he is back with you... TB can be tough to keep weight on
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Southtxponygirl - 2014-03-20 7:30 PM SG. - 2014-03-20 6:26 PM Winters can be harsh Sometimes horsers mish their humans and don't thrive... Glad he is back with you... TB can be tough to keep weight on Most of the TB's that I know dont do well being on only pasture.
That or they were and the other horses were chasing him away from his grain.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Hes 10 this year. Did I mention we also share a birthday?
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Location: Here | missroselee - 2014-03-20 6:34 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-03-20 7:30 PM SG. - 2014-03-20 6:26 PM Winters can be harsh Sometimes horsers mish their humans and don't thrive... Glad he is back with you... TB can be tough to keep weight on Most of the TB's that I know dont do well being on only pasture.
That or they were and the other horses were chasing him away from his grain.
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| Ah jeez...I don't know why people have to be this way.
Sounds pretty lucky he didn't end up hurt when they let 8 strange horses be dumped in the pasture with him.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | bennie1 - 2014-03-20 7:54 PM Ah jeez...I don't know why people have to be this way.
Sounds pretty lucky he didn't end up hurt when they let 8 strange horses be dumped in the pasture with him.
I bet he's happy to be home :)
He was. It didn't take but a day for him to perk up. I think one of the problems too was they had him out with all those other horses. In his entire life he's never had to do that. The most he's been turned out with was three other ones that he was used to. But even here at my house I don't keep more then 2 out together. Just safer that way and easier to track who is eating how much hay. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I so bad want to put him in the front yard but the dogs will bark at him nonstop. They don't bother him a bit but they bother the heck out of me.
I've never dealt with a horse that had hair as long and ugly as his. I don't want to over deworm him. I gave him a tube today and will give him ivermectrin next week. Do you guys think it's a combination of everything? Underweight and wormy? |
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| He might be wormy..., I think mainly it's a lack of enough quality feed and the extremely harsh winter we have endured.
I'll bet the thing that will turn him around so fast it will make your head spin is green grass....April 15th is coming, traditionally, that's when we consider grass being here. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | cheryl makofka - 2014-03-20 6:01 PM You needed to take care of yourself give yourself a break, things happen and now I know you will never let that happen again. Only suggestion and you may already be doing it is with my skinny horses I bought I added canola oil and flax to their grain as well as red cell. I gradually introduced it and increased the amount till I got 1/2 cup of oil 1 cup of flax and the recommended serving of red cell.
Cheryl is right. Its over and done and he's in your capable hands now. You'll have him on the right track in no time. Worming will help a ton. Maybe have his teeth checked but you probably already know that. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | CYA Ranch - 2014-03-20 8:30 PM cheryl makofka - 2014-03-20 6:01 PM You needed to take care of yourself give yourself a break, things happen and now I know you will never let that happen again. Only suggestion and you may already be doing it is with my skinny horses I bought I added canola oil and flax to their grain as well as red cell. I gradually introduced it and increased the amount till I got 1/2 cup of oil 1 cup of flax and the recommended serving of red cell. Cheryl is right. Its over and done and he's in your capable hands now. You'll have him on the right track in no time. Worming will help a ton. Maybe have his teeth checked but you probably already know that.
Yes he needs his teeth done. They are not horrible since I've kept up with them but he's due again. |
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Location: NE Texas | No worries, my friend....he's going to be just fine. Don't feel guilty, we all have life get in the way sometimes. He looks like a cool cat....wish I still rode hunters cause I'd be begging for him! Thumbs up to you for trusting your gut and getting him back on track. |
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Location: Here | Herbie - 2014-03-20 7:39 PM No worries, my friend....he's going to be just fine. Don't feel guilty, we all have life get in the way sometimes. He looks like a cool cat....wish I still rode hunters cause I'd be begging for him! Thumbs up to you for trusting your gut and getting him back on track.
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Location: Kansas | Wow I had a mare brought back to me in a similar situation, she wasn't quite as bad as your boy.....but I was upset and had a gut feeling as well.
He'll fatten up in no time, glad to see you followed your instincts. Prayers for a fast recovery |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | You should be applauded for listening to that gut feeling and going to get him! So good that you did!
He was clearly neglected and not fed properly...I just hope it was out of ignorance rather than true lack of concern for him. The good news is you have him home and can get him back on his feet and looking good/feeling good pretty quickly. Its amazing what a little feed and care will do!
You have likely fed up a skinny horse before...but when I have taken some pretty severely malnourished horses in I like to feed Alfalfa, and something like TC Senior, (soaked beet pulp too if they have poor dental condition). Sounds like you have him already on the road back.
Good luck, take update pictures as you go. Sometimes seeing them every day makes it harder to see the improvement at first. |
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Location: Here | TrailGirl - 2014-03-21 8:19 AM You should be applauded for listening to that gut feeling and going to get him! So good that you did!
He was clearly neglected and not fed properly...I just hope it was out of ignorance rather than true lack of concern for him. The good news is you have him home and can get him back on his feet and looking good/feeling good pretty quickly. Its amazing what a little feed and care will do!
You have likely fed up a skinny horse before...but when I have taken some pretty severely malnourished horses in I like to feed Alfalfa, and something like TC Senior, (soaked beet pulp too if they have poor dental condition). Sounds like you have him already on the road back.
Good luck, take update pictures as you go. Sometimes seeing them every day makes it harder to see the improvement at first.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I had an older horse, he was 19 at the time, get sick with a kidney issue and end up looking like that. He recovered and never went down again, even when his cancer got bad a few years later. It hurt my heart and I'm sure anyone who saw him would have thought I wasn't feeding him. It happened very quickly. |
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Location: N Texas | missroselee - 2014-03-20 6:05 PM
BS Hauler - 2014-03-20 7:00 PM I think you have got some work cut out for you. A little blame on both sides. But that is water over the dam.Need to worry about him first. Use it as a learning experience. I wish the best luck to both of you.
You think I don't know I am to blame just as much for the situation? Not my first time around the block in the horse world.
Honestly, I don't blame you at all...I get that this is your horse so you feel responsible, but every time you saw him, he looked great, so you had no reason to doubt them. Don't be so hard on yourself
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Location: In a happy place | Please don't beat yourself up. We have all had some of the same experiences. Your health has been horrible and during these times you can't always think clearly. Ask me I know. You went with your gut and picked him up. Be proud of that fact. He will be fine. Just take your time with him just like you are already doing. I love his story. He picked you. And those are some neat pictures of him jumping and all. |
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Location: North Dakota | EEK, some peoples perception of time should be evaluated. I've seen a hard keeper go down like that in 2 weeks, not 2 days. I would bet that the other horse competition is what did him in. Glad you have him back, I would bet in a month he will look great again. |
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| Between missing you, being out on a crappy winter pasture (sorry, all pastures are crappy in the winter because the grass loses nutrients) dealing with a bunch of strange horses, and not getting the TLC with grain, I can see why this would happen.
My gelding goes off his feed when he misses me. My mom feeds them and in the winter, I don't make it to the barn as much. Your horse was probably eating enough when he didn't have to fight over it. If he only nibbled but could leave left overs and come back, that might have meant he didn't lose weight at first. Now, he either had to eat or it got stolen. He probably gave up.
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Location: Great NW | Don't go beaten yourself up.... Maybe he got sick - I have seen horses in near halter condition look worse than he does within days (not weeks). yes your winter has been hard and cold. maybe not enough food(lack of knowledge) and maybe not enough food for him. How did the other horses look? Glad he home - it will be a long few months to bring him back. I have one myself that was looking fantastic. I got pretty sick then busy with work and driving kids around. I did not see him for 3 weeks. the kids (the are mid and upper teenager)were feeding and looking after the animals. Well he must have gotten a cold or temp cause man did he look like crap when I finally made it out to the barn. the other horses with him look just fine (and he is head honcho) so it can happen. I brought him in and fed him up - it took me over a month to get him decent enough to take in public. |
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Location: Alberta | Tiffany, just go foward from here and please dont be hard on yourself, you will get him back to his old self, but please take it easy on yourself as well |
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Location: ND--it snows, it floods, it snows, it floods | I think I would be more concerned about the friends and their thoughts of what off his feed for a couple days means. You have done the right thing, got him back and working him back to health and it's NOT YOUR FAULT, just remember that. You feel guilty because he's your horse but you didn't put him in that condition, you will however, get him in great condition again in no time. |
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Location: Canada | I wouldn't deworm him again. You gave him a dose, give it again in 30 days. The first dose will have gotten ride of the adults and in 30 days the next dose should get rid of the larvae. Doing it again so soon won't give you much of an advantage.
As for the looks... don't be too hard. I think it's probably a combination of the stress of the horses coming, the hard winter, and probably being chased a bit. I've known of other horses (especially hard keepers) that can drop weight very quickly. He may have looked ok the week before but then dropped it that week so don't beat yourself up.
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | WOW, Even though you had health issues, they surely could have called you sooner. Be sure to feed a probiotic also so he can get those necessary nutrients. Sure glad he home now  |
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Location: Qld Australia | OMG!!!!!!!
I hve not looked past a couple of posts but SHAME ON THEM!!!!!!
missroselee DON'T YOU DARE blame yourself, they were your FRIENDS!!!! I am just blown away by what they have done prayers and hugs to you I am just ashamed of what they have done to your horse!!!!!! |
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| You might want to feed him some suceed or,something for the gut also if hemhas been on pasture u might want to sand blast him. I had a mare that i rode all the time carried her to vet clinic they had a vet who did very good dental work and got a fecal while i was there and she was full of sand supprised the heck out of me and everyone who knew the horse vet said if she was a gluten they will get sandy. I just feed a lot of fiber, which helps with there teeth and the sand. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Thank you for the kind words everyone. He seems in real good spirits which I will take as a good sign. He even kicked up his heels and bucked a lil bit when he was following me out to his feed bucket yesterday morning. |
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Location: Sorrow Not! Defending against workplace bullies | Aw, he is going to be bautiful again with your care. This struck a chord with me becauseI am dealing with a very similar situation. Although my Arab has always been a hard keeper he lost too much weight on a lease and I am building him back up. I do not hold the leasors responsible and until now I would not have been able to care for him anyway. Thankfully I now have a place to keep him and baby him. I am feeding senior feed and alfalfa and oil and red cell twice a day. I tie him on a highline alone while he eats so he can relax. He was dragging his toes but now is much more energetic and nickering. I am sad and feel guilty. He will not ever be ridden by me again. My goal is to make him a fat pasture pet. |
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | I didn't read all the posts, so I apologize if this is repeated. Anyway, I took a horse in last summer for a friend that had 'gone off his feed' and looked as bad as your guy. We honestly didn't expect the horse to live. My friend said he just didn't want to eat and the horse is in his mid 30s. Well, let me tell ya, he wasn't off his feed. The other horses were taking his feed and he wasn't being wormed properly. He is a butterball now though we've had some bumps in the road to get here. Don't beat yourself up. You did what you thought was best. Personally, I think your friends are to blame. Just like the horse I took in, the owner wasn't monitoring whether or not he was being allowed to eat. I think putting those 8 horses in the mix allowed one or more to push your boy away. No one was watching to make sure he wasn't being pushed away. If my old guy can come back, your horse will too. Hugs to you.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Show us a picture of him in a month after being in your care and he'll look like a different animal. He'll be just fine. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I plan on it :) He was so funny tonight. He doesn't like the flax I put in his grain so he eats around it, but when his turnout buddy thinks he will clean up the flax, Speedy decides he likes it enough to eat it (i.e. he just doesn't want Huck to have it) |
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Location: TX | Hope you are doing well and recovering quickly. Sending prayers for you and your horse. He's in good hands now! |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | He obviously isn't going to look good in just a week or two, but I wanted to share a photo from today. He's happy. Eating well, doing good, and by appearances alone looks soooo much better. Maybe gained a pound or two, but his coat just looks better more than anything.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | He is looking better, I can see that his coat looks a whole lot healthier, just takes awhile to get them looking a 100% but at least he's on the right road with you.  |
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Location: Blissfully happy Giants fan!!! | Tiff I don't have any other words of encouragement but I just cannot believe people do this to horses. I run hands and eyeballs over mine at least twice a day. I full on panic if I believe my eye says they have dropped weight. I am soooo paranoid about that.
Salty is a big girl but she is basically low man on the totem pole. And because she is a big girl she needs more help to keep her at what I consider healthy (which is definitely on the fat side for me). So she gets brought out morning and night to eat by herself so I know she gets her grain AND alfalfa hay.
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Location: Blissfully happy Giants fan!!! | PS-you will have him looking fabulous in no time and this will just be a blip in the road!! |
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Location: Texas | Ihavent read all three pages but lady this isnt your fault.
When someone leases a horse they take on the full responsibility of ownership and it doesnt take a **** rocket scientist to see when a horse is dropping weight. Let alone in this bad of shape. Shame on them for letting him get like this and then lying about it.
This is not your fault and dont you let anyone tell you otherwise. You shouldnt have to check on him. People jsut need to stop being so **** lazy and/or accept it when they cant afford to feed the animal any more.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Just wanted to update photos from today. He's filthy dirty, enjoying the warm weather without a blanket or sheet on :) It's going to take a while but he's already gaining weight and doing awesome. It may be hard to tell but you can see that he's filling out in his shoulder and near his spine on his rump.
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | Tiffany he looks great. You are doing a great job bringing him back. In my earlyer post I did not mean to blame you for what happened. I know how this can happen and mine was in my own care. My daughters gelding went from a beautifull horse to a bone cage in about a month in the summer. Had the vet check him twice and could not find anything wrong with him. I kept thinking that he had West Nile Virus as this happened when it started to really ramp up around Iowa. And later that summer a horse about a mile away had died from it. The vet kept saying that it wasn't. As soon as the weather cooled off he gained all his weight back thru the winter. If someone would have seen him they would have turned me in for starving him. I know how you felt when you got him back because mine was in my own care. Maybe the other people didn't know either that they were doing anything wrong. The other horses maybe just were not letting him eat. |
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Sock Snob
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| Love that cool calories my gelding is almost 16.1 and with out feeding him a lot of grain he does not keep a good top line feed one scoop 2times a day looks wonderful, also tractor supply makes a fat suppliment that has flax and and rice brand, on the bag is about 30% fat and i think a fifteen lb bag is like 28bux. Horses eat it good so you get the benfit of flax and rice brand. I like the cool calories it smells so good you have to,feed very little of it, it is made from milk fat. |
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Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Thank you guys. I've been surprised at just how much weight he is gaining. He's a trip to have around for sure. Sometimes he gets so hungry he doesn't quit pawing enough to start eating. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | missroselee - 2014-04-13 5:13 PM Just wanted to update photos from today. He's filthy dirty, enjoying the warm weather without a blanket or sheet on :) It's going to take a while but he's already gaining weight and doing awesome. It may be hard to tell but you can see that he's filling out in his shoulder and near his spine on his rump.
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Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I've come to the conclusion he's the dirtiest horse on the planet!!! But at least he's gaining weight :) Just snapped some new photos yesterday. Still a long while until he looks good again, but he's actually gaining weight faster then what even I expected him to.
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Looking good!!! |
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Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Really think I need to brush him first next time :) We keep having a few rain showers this week, lil bit every day, just enough to let him grind all his dirt in :) |
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| missroselee - 2014-05-01 8:55 PM
Really think I need to brush him first next time :) We keep having a few rain showers this week, lil bit every day, just enough to let him grind all his dirt in :)
wow!!! But look at the shine in his flank!!! He is coming back nicely and will be just fine ... GOOD JOB!!! |
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| Wow great Progress!!! may i ask what you are feeding him to get such great resutls? Sorry if this was in another post i didn't read them all. |
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Good Ole Boys just Fine with Me
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Location: SE Missouri | missroselee - 2014-03-22 11:16 AM Thank you for the kind words everyone. He seems in real good spirits which I will take as a good sign. He even kicked up his heels and bucked a lil bit when he was following me out to his feed bucket yesterday morning.
This is all that matters now!! He's already bouncing back. Good for you on trusting your gut. |
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Location: Kansas | He looks so much better!!! |
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Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Kgirl - 2014-05-02 10:04 AM Wow great Progress!!! may i ask what you are feeding him to get such great resutls? Sorry if this was in another post i didn't read them all.
Nothing special at all. Just an MFA performance feed, 14 protien, 8 fat, 8 fiber, and flax seed, and healthy coat.
I could have probably added more stuff in there for him but I wanted to bring him back slow and not overdue his poor system. He has hay in front of him 24/7 |
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Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I'm going to make this my final update on this thread because I think the progress is obvious :) I even rode him today....just as an excuse to jump up in my english saddle. Granted we only walked around the barn yard but it was something :)
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 Love Me Some Robert Redford
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Location: WV | He is looking better. Good for you. |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Look at that shine!!! Great job Tiff! |
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| What a handsome fellow!! :) Great job - He's definitely coming back and will only continue to gain and get fat through the summer!! |
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Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | He is looking so much better. |
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Location: Mississippi | So glad to see this-I had the EXACT same scenario happen. I had a surgery, so I couldnt check on him for a month or so-he was leased out. They wouldnt send pictures when I asked, so when I went to see him I was horrified!!! His coat is a wreck, and he is so THIN! I see ribs and backbone and hipbones. I got him home, wormed him, and have him on 24/7 turnout and good feed, probiotics, and supplements. Its only 5 days and I see a difference already. |
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