Describe your horse when you first got it.
Thoroughbred rescue, 14 yrs old, 17.2 hands, big baby, trailering incident/seeing chiropractor 4 his hiccup in his giddyup/like Festus following Marshal Dillon around town/there's an extra twitch in his step which makes him cross-canter on left lead, gaining weight now, hooves/teeth next!
Describe your horse now.
We are still in the progress stage, looking for the right combo of hay that he likes and keeps weight on, he looks a lot happier with 50 more lbs on him, still a little way to go and trying to keep our weight gain toned, not flabby, having fun with the food experiments though, him-not me!
About my rescued horse
His bloodlines are in the Thoroughbred Racing Registry, his grandfather made almost $500,000 in his racing lifetime. I found the person who has his baby pictures and it's been a fun exchange, doing a full profile of him, his pictures, history & farrier/vet/chiropractor/dentist. He is sorrel colored and looks striking in his royal blue everything. He puts his head as high up as he can & whinnies as we are walking around stables & I am left dangling @ end of rope almost on tip-toes! I'm sure we are a funny sight to see. He almost jumped into my arms today because a top was off a trash can--it looked different yesterday!
How I Did It:
Hay, good support group: vet/dentist/farrier/chiropractor. Everything will take time, but he'll be back to weight perfection and everything else will follow right along.I've found great info on Internet about supplements and we have plenty of those for what ails us right now. Everyone has been super helpful and willing to talk and share their experiences with a product which has helped. Stubben doesn't make my saddle any more which was sad, boo hoo. Otherwise when he is in optimal health and condition then we will start riding together instead of just being turned out twice a day. I can't wait for the day, I still need to look for a saddle!
Advice
- Know what you are getting into with any rescue-I had 100 emails with the rescue person to make sure Ola & I matched up. She wanted to make sure I wasn't going to be intimidated by his size since he seems to know he is big & tries to intimidate me. Once he was tired of me doctoring his rump boo-boos he pinned me against the stall with his big caboose & I laughed. He wasn't doing it maliciously or to crush me, he hardly had any weight against me at all. It was just so funny that I was pinned by the rump I had been trying to get toned & put weight into that I had to laugh, he wasn't expecting that & moved over.
