CharmedMinis
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Some of you may remember a couple months back I posted asking for ideas on dealing with a yearling colt who had gotten out of hand.
Well I tried everyone's suggestions and nothing was working. I got to the point with him that for a couple of weeks before I contacted Bonnie I just didn't touch him or go near him. I threw him his feed and let him in and out of his stall and that was it. You couldn't halter him, put a fly mask on him, he'd barely tolerate you touching him. And forget about leading him
I finally contacted Bonnie. This was a little over a month ago. All I can say is miracles do happen, and Bonnie has a way of helping them happen.
She read my Noah and was dead on about his personality. She told me he was behaving like he was, in part because he was afraid, and in part, "because I can" is what he said.
She told me that Noah and I would probably never get along, our personalities just didn't mesh well, and I should consider selling him. But in the meantime she would talk to him and see what she could do.
Now I expected to see some improvements with Noah, because Bonnie has never let me down. But with how terrible things had become I didn't expect what happened.
The day after Bonnie read Noah I gave him the day off because he was tired and I just left him alone.
The next day I decided to see if there was a difference. To my utter shock, I could halter, pet, brush, lead and put a fly mask on Noah!!! It was a total transformation. He's like a completely different horse. I can lead him anywhere, including onto our wooden washrack, which he would never go onto willingly at any point in his life before. He has since stood like a doll for a bath and clip job. He behaves for the farrier better than my other 2 yearlings do.
Noah is now Mr. Calm and Cool. He's become a complete love bug and we now have a great relationship. He won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
This past week was his biggest test yet. The vet needed to check his teeth because he's been getting stuff impacted under his tongue. Noah has always been terrified of the vet, so I wasn't sure how it would go. I needn't have worried, he stood like a doll while we sedated him and worked him over.
He has a big ulcer under his tongue which I have to rinse out and medicate twice a day and he's letting me do that without even putting a halter on him. Allthough he doesn't understand why I have to pull his tongue out of his mouth
Even my Mother just can't believe the change in this horse, it's just WOW!!!
We are all so very lucky to have Bonnie as part of our forum family and part of our lives
Love you Bonnie!!!
Well I tried everyone's suggestions and nothing was working. I got to the point with him that for a couple of weeks before I contacted Bonnie I just didn't touch him or go near him. I threw him his feed and let him in and out of his stall and that was it. You couldn't halter him, put a fly mask on him, he'd barely tolerate you touching him. And forget about leading him
I finally contacted Bonnie. This was a little over a month ago. All I can say is miracles do happen, and Bonnie has a way of helping them happen.
She read my Noah and was dead on about his personality. She told me he was behaving like he was, in part because he was afraid, and in part, "because I can" is what he said.
She told me that Noah and I would probably never get along, our personalities just didn't mesh well, and I should consider selling him. But in the meantime she would talk to him and see what she could do.
Now I expected to see some improvements with Noah, because Bonnie has never let me down. But with how terrible things had become I didn't expect what happened.
The day after Bonnie read Noah I gave him the day off because he was tired and I just left him alone.
The next day I decided to see if there was a difference. To my utter shock, I could halter, pet, brush, lead and put a fly mask on Noah!!! It was a total transformation. He's like a completely different horse. I can lead him anywhere, including onto our wooden washrack, which he would never go onto willingly at any point in his life before. He has since stood like a doll for a bath and clip job. He behaves for the farrier better than my other 2 yearlings do.
Noah is now Mr. Calm and Cool. He's become a complete love bug and we now have a great relationship. He won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
This past week was his biggest test yet. The vet needed to check his teeth because he's been getting stuff impacted under his tongue. Noah has always been terrified of the vet, so I wasn't sure how it would go. I needn't have worried, he stood like a doll while we sedated him and worked him over.
He has a big ulcer under his tongue which I have to rinse out and medicate twice a day and he's letting me do that without even putting a halter on him. Allthough he doesn't understand why I have to pull his tongue out of his mouth
Even my Mother just can't believe the change in this horse, it's just WOW!!!
We are all so very lucky to have Bonnie as part of our forum family and part of our lives
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