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| the filly is 7 months old. May baby. Any advice? I have had 14 months and up. I'm kind of nervous. Weird because my day (night sometimes) job is to foal out mares and deal with babies and adult horses ect but I am really scatter brained right now. I have been eye balling this filly for a little over a month. My gut says do it so here I go. I'm really excited but nervous too. |
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Location: OH. IO | MY ADVICE TO YOU WOULD BE USE THE MONEY YOU ARE BUYING THE FILLY WITH FOR FIXING THE TEETH on your other mare. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU GET IN OVER YOUR HEAD WITH AFFORDING PROPER CARE AND FEED TO THE HORSES YOU ALREADY HAVE. Take care of the ones you have PROPERLY FIRST .... |
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Location: Florida.. | jake16 - 2014-12-23 2:05 AM
MY ADVICE TO YOU WOULD BE USE THE MONEY YOU ARE BUYING THE FILLY WITH FOR FIXING THE TEETH on your other mare. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU GET IN OVER YOUR HEAD WITH AFFORDING PROPER CARE AND FEED TO THE HORSES YOU ALREADY HAVE. Take care of the ones you have PROPERLY FIRST ....
I agree .I stayed off this thread for fear I'd be to harsh but since you mentioned it I'll agree.Your other filly just died due to medical and then you can't afford teeth care right now for a mare and shes losing weight . I'll leave it at that and I did read your other threads even though you remove or edit .so before coming back with another story realize that.. |
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| Bibliafarm - 2014-12-23 7:14 AM
jake16 - 2014-12-23 2:05 AM
MY ADVICE TO YOU WOULD BE USE THE MONEY YOU ARE BUYING THE FILLY WITH FOR FIXING THE TEETH on your other mare. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU GET IN OVER YOUR HEAD WITH AFFORDING PROPER CARE AND FEED TO THE HORSES YOU ALREADY HAVE. Take care of the ones you have PROPERLY FIRST ....
I agree .I stayed off this thread for fear I'd be to harsh but since you mentioned it I'll agree.Your other filly just died due to medical and then you can't afford teeth care right now for a mare and shes losing weight . I'll leave it at that and I did read your other threads even though you remove or edit .so before coming back with another story realize that..
I'm taking all if my mares in feb to have all of their annual stuff done. Everyone will get everything then. I am trying to do it all in 1 whack since I have 4 horses going for annuals. My horses are absolutely not mistreated. This mare, in the condition you are talking about, is still about 200lbs bigger than she was when I got her. I was pretty proud of how far she came. She also had her feet taken care of and wormed and shots for the first time in years. And just for info's sake when I put her blanket on her this morning it was much tighter than it was lol.
I don't feed I have to explain myself to you guys. Thank you for saying my lack of care killed my colic mare. That's rich. Just because I don't do it your way doesn't mean I do it wrong. I feel as though you are a very knowledgable horse person but you are rude. I understand what you are saying about the mares teeth. You don't know the entire situation or my thought process and I am not obligated to explain it to you. It's funny how everyone jumped on the she's terrible for not having the teeth done band wagon not knowing or not caring to know that's my plan anyways.
This thread is not about that mare. If you want to talk about that mare, do it in that thread. I would like to stay on topic.
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Location: Kansas | jake16 - 2014-12-23 1:05 AM MY ADVICE TO YOU WOULD BE USE THE MONEY YOU ARE BUYING THE FILLY WITH FOR FIXING THE TEETH on your other mare. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU GET IN OVER YOUR HEAD WITH AFFORDING PROPER CARE AND FEED TO THE HORSES YOU ALREADY HAVE. Take care of the ones you have PROPERLY FIRST ....
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Location: Florida.. | Not anywhere in my post did I insinuate your mare died due to your lack of care. I said Died due to medical .I read the story... I am not saying your horses are neglected . Please dont hear what you want to start a war.. the teeth issue you said yourself you could not afford funds for , that is my point......
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Location: In Ky following Barrel Races & Walker hounds. | RoaniePonie11 - 2014-12-23 7:47 AM
Bibliafarm - 2014-12-23 7:14 AM
jake16 - 2014-12-23 2:05 AM
MY ADVICE TO YOU WOULD BE USE THE MONEY YOU ARE BUYING THE FILLY WITH FOR FIXING THE TEETH on your other mare. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU GET IN OVER YOUR HEAD WITH AFFORDING PROPER CARE AND FEED TO THE HORSES YOU ALREADY HAVE. Take care of the ones you have PROPERLY FIRST ....
I agree .I stayed off this thread for fear I'd be to harsh but since you mentioned it I'll agree.Your other filly just died due to medical and then you can't afford teeth care right now for a mare and shes losing weight . I'll leave it at that and I did read your other threads even though you remove or edit .so before coming back with another story realize that..
I'm taking all if my mares in feb to have all of their annual stuff done. Everyone will get everything then. I am trying to do it all in 1 whack since I have 4 horses going for annuals. My horses are absolutely not mistreated. This mare, in the condition you are talking about, is still about 200lbs bigger than she was when I got her. I was pretty proud of how far she came. She also had her feet taken care of and wormed and shots for the first time in years. And just for info's sake when I put her blanket on her this morning it was much tighter than it was lol.
I don't feed I have to explain myself to you guys. Thank you for saying my lack of care killed my colic mare. That's rich. Just because I don't do it your way doesn't mean I do it wrong. I feel as though you are a very knowledgable horse person but you are rude. I understand what you are saying about the mares teeth. You don't know the entire situation or my thought process and I am not obligated to explain it to you. It's funny how everyone jumped on the she's terrible for not having the teeth done band wagon not knowing or not caring to know that's my plan anyways.
This thread is not about that mare. If you want to talk about that mare, do it in that thread. I would like to stay on topic.
February is a long time away for one whose teeth are bothering them... I don't go with the, "they've been bad this long, a few more weeks wont hurt". If you know they're that bad and you're buying another horse instead of getting her relief that is borderline neglectful... |
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Location: Midwest | RoaniePonie11 - 2014-12-23 7:47 AM Bibliafarm - 2014-12-23 7:14 AM jake16 - 2014-12-23 2:05 AM MY ADVICE TO YOU WOULD BE USE THE MONEY YOU ARE BUYING THE FILLY WITH FOR FIXING THE TEETH on your other mare. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU GET IN OVER YOUR HEAD WITH AFFORDING PROPER CARE AND FEED TO THE HORSES YOU ALREADY HAVE. Take care of the ones you have PROPERLY FIRST .... I agree .I stayed off this thread for fear I'd be to harsh but since you mentioned it I'll agree.Your other filly just died due to medical and then you can't afford teeth care right now for a mare and shes losing weight . I'll leave it at that and I did read your other threads even though you remove or edit .so before coming back with another story realize that.. I'm taking all if my mares in feb to have all of their annual stuff done. Everyone will get everything then. I am trying to do it all in 1 whack since I have 4 horses going for annuals. My horses are absolutely not mistreated. This mare, in the condition you are talking about, is still about 200lbs bigger than she was when I got her. I was pretty proud of how far she came. She also had her feet taken care of and wormed and shots for the first time in years. And just for info's sake when I put her blanket on her this morning it was much tighter than it was lol. I don't feed I have to explain myself to you guys. Thank you for saying my lack of care killed my colic mare. That's rich. Just because I don't do it your way doesn't mean I do it wrong. I feel as though you are a very knowledgable horse person but you are rude. I understand what you are saying about the mares teeth. You don't know the entire situation or my thought process and I am not obligated to explain it to you. It's funny how everyone jumped on the she's terrible for not having the teeth done band wagon not knowing or not caring to know that's my plan anyways. This thread is not about that mare. If you want to talk about that mare, do it in that thread. I would like to stay on topic.
She never said you killed your mare (from my interpretation). I believe she mentioned your horse just passed because you probably have a big bill from that incident, as the horse went into surgery, and that is typically a HUGE bill. |
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| Ok how's this, I'll bring her to work with me tomorrow and have her teeth done while I'm here. Can that be the end of getting reamed over a broodmares teeth and waiting a month? Please...? I really just wanted input on the filly but since the broodmare has been brought up that's not going to happen from anyone because everyone will want to tell me how terrible I am over the teeth.
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | RoaniePonie11 - 2014-12-23 8:15 AM Ok how's this, I'll bring her to work with me tomorrow and have her teeth done while I'm here. Can that be the end of getting reamed over a broodmares teeth and waiting a month? Please...? I really just wanted input on the filly but since the broodmare has been brought up that's not going to happen from anyone because everyone will want to tell me how terrible I am over the teeth. Thank you.
I wasn't going to post but you seem to think that everyone is "picking" on you.....here's the deal.....They feel, that at THIS time, you certainly don't need the expense of another horse. You admitedly are feeding "cheap" feed, certainly have a large vet bill and WAS going to put off the basic care for the horse that you already have. There is NO need for you to get defensive. People are only taking what YOU post and forming their opinion.....And I have to agree. When you try to stretch your dollars too far.....the animals are the ones who suffer.......... |
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Location: Florida.. | RoaniePonie11 - 2014-12-23 9:15 AM Ok how's this, I'll bring her to work with me tomorrow and have her teeth done while I'm here. Can that be the end of getting reamed over a broodmares teeth and waiting a month? Please...? I really just wanted input on the filly but since the broodmare has been brought up that's not going to happen from anyone because everyone will want to tell me how terrible I am over the teeth. Thank you.
you posted and we responded.. medical bills and lack of funds for a mare.. any responsible horse owner would think the same way...
do what you feel is "right" not because of our opinion on the situation..
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | NJJ - 2014-12-23 8:34 AM RoaniePonie11 - 2014-12-23 8:15 AM Ok how's this, I'll bring her to work with me tomorrow and have her teeth done while I'm here. Can that be the end of getting reamed over a broodmares teeth and waiting a month? Please...? I really just wanted input on the filly but since the broodmare has been brought up that's not going to happen from anyone because everyone will want to tell me how terrible I am over the teeth. Thank you. I wasn't going to post but you seem to think that everyone is "picking" on you.....here's the deal.....They feel, that at THIS time, you certainly don't need the expense of another horse. You admitedly are feeding "cheap" feed, certainly have a large vet bill and WAS going to put off the basic care for the horse that you already have. There is NO need for you to get defensive. People are only taking what YOU post and forming their opinion.....And I have to agree. When you try to stretch your dollars too far.....the animals are the ones who suffer..........
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | its not cheap to feed a baby.......i just did a quick addition in my head and what i feed and what i can get up here..its a 120 a month just to feed a baby (the way i like to feed them)..thats not counting in the farrier or anything like that......
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | mruggles - 2014-12-23 8:56 AM its not cheap to feed a baby.......
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Location: That part of Texas | I really wanted to stay off of this one but here I am -- making this post and somewhere out there I have about 3 friends who would be laughing their butts off because I'm going to give you the advice that I myself hated hearing about 5 years ago.
Over the past month or so, I've seen you post about supplements and feeding and conditioning problems on a few of your horses. I've also seen you really excited about your plans to breed two of those mares this spring and have babies hit the ground next year. All of that is great -- everybody can use advice and it's good that you are looking at fixing problems before you have babies hitting the ground because that's a big game changer too in terms of money, time and impact on your horse's health.
A few years ago I was kind of in your position. I had a few horses and had plans to breed one of my mares (which I did) and wanted to have another baby the year after. My good friends sat me down and basically told me to slow things down with my horses. They knew how much I was working in my job and how much work I already had ahead of me with 5 horses at the time. I told them that I was single, had a section of land to run the beasties on and could handle anything money-wise because I'm an attorney and can make some money if I really needed to. They kept on me and I finally agreed to shelve my plans for a few more babies and young ones in my line-up.
I'm now about 5 years out from that time and I'm sooooo glad that I didn't go ahead with my plans for all those young ones. I basically had to make a decision on whether or not I was going to have one good horse -- one that I spent all my time with, trained and really put 100% into -- or have 5 horses that got 20% of my effort because there really is only so much time that you do get to spend with them when they are older.
My Number One man now takes up most of my time. Meanwhile, I basically had to take in 2 others I never planned on owning but did when a friend passed away unexpectedly and now I have 6 out in the pasture. You never know where life is going to take you.
My advice is to honestly ask yourself if this filly is better than the two babies you are planning on having in the Spring and if not, please don't buy her. Save your time, money and effort into having the best 1-2 horses you can possibly have. You only end up with so much to give and every horse deserves the best shot from their owners. Same goes for evaluating the horses you have right now -- is this filly going to take away from the ones already depending on you? If so, evalute what's best for the horses including your future prospects.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | CYA Ranch - 2014-12-23 9:13 AM mruggles - 2014-12-23 8:56 AM its not cheap to feed a baby.......
m ditto.....there's nothing cheap about raising a baby if you do it right. If you aren't going to do it right don't do it at all.
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | Three 4 Luck - 2014-12-24 8:26 AM CYA Ranch - 2014-12-23 9:13 AM mruggles - 2014-12-23 8:56 AM its not cheap to feed a baby.......
m ditto.....there's nothing cheap about raising a baby if you do it right. If you aren't going to do it right don't do it at all.
aint that the truth................one of mine wasn't even a week old and had a 800 vet bill
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