"City Slicker"
Well-Known Member
Not to start anything, but if I vent here I'd get banned for life! Thank you Judy, Lori for that shoulder I needed
: I'm no stranger at horses by any means and love'em all, big and small and yes the dwarfs as I did have for four yrs and knew I had to do what was best for him before the pain even started, which is what got me into these wonderful mini's. I own an snow white and I mean white, Judy can vouch for me. He is my first full size horse and still is a Arab stallion and just jaw dropping even at 10 yrs old. I use to have fun doing shows with him and don't anymore because it got too political, owners who had their noses so far in air that you'd swear they'd fall over backwards! The awards I got is knowhere near what I got showing Tonto for the first time doing so in the mini's. So I just trail ride him now and has produced some amazing foals for where I keep him. Yes i agree mini's are defentlly different in need and so are big ones! There is easy keepers and there is the hard ones! Tonto is a easy one thank god for that. Aurora in state I got her, I knew it was gonna be a battle. I'm a glutin for punishment. As most know how I brought Aurora back with the right feed program and most unconditional love you'll never know. So to shorten this a bit, after last parade is when all heck broke lose! I stall them in the garage, my garage is not small by anymeans! I have two 8X8 stalls and can still park my truck in it, heck my horse trailer even fits. They take turns who gets to come in the house somtimes both. They both get stalls cleaned daily and strip cleaned every week! When I had to start strip cleaning Aurora's stall twice a week I knew something was up! I had increased hay and pelleted feed, as I know the foal was taking also. It was around Xmas when I switched to Omolen 300 mare and foal feed and still she was losing that top line I had so nice. I took her up to where my big guy is thinking that it's closer to the vet and someone could keep an eye on her as I work days! January hits and she is going in reverse like when I first got her. She was getting 3 feedings a day and I taked to a vet and he say up her pellet feed a bit more. Ok I did I took few pics the day I brought her home for their monthly bath when I soaked her thats when I really started to worry. So blow dry her real good and back up the farm we go, now this was a week and a half before all heck broke lose. We tried this, tried that, she wasn't dehydrated, he even saw her teeth where not bad. She was pooping more than normal. I was getting ready to call Lori and Judy as I figure they have their share of foals and prego mares. The nigth Lori called I was just in tears! What the *&%# I was doing wrong. So now that she is settled in at Lori's I 'm greatfull for that.
Now on the other hand I bust my nuts at work! The heating system out in the shop blew up 2yrs ago as the hot water heater did also, Winter, pipes freeze! The out back is about 15,000 sq ft, now it doesn't take rocket sience to figure how cold it got to work all winter long inside, They put radiant heating in front for them and left the shop the way it still is NOW in this temp. So with all this crap going on I just lost it! I've never in my life burnt my bridges when leaving a job, But boy did this one go down in a blaze of glory! Now UIC is giving me a hard time, Social Asestance is a crock, I have nothing left to give anymore, everyone starts bashing me and I'm pulling my hair out!
Now there is a handful of people I can call friends, and they know who they are, forum and club members! AS for the rest it's gonna take a long time to gain that trust!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As for my gf, Judy you had the plesure to meet her at Simcoe my first time showing. She would love to see me do the show curcit but since the doctors really messed her up she can't travel any great lengths. I might be able to get her out to our Function in Feb.
I'm off to curl up with Tonto as he misses her as much as I do.
Now on the other hand I bust my nuts at work! The heating system out in the shop blew up 2yrs ago as the hot water heater did also, Winter, pipes freeze! The out back is about 15,000 sq ft, now it doesn't take rocket sience to figure how cold it got to work all winter long inside, They put radiant heating in front for them and left the shop the way it still is NOW in this temp. So with all this crap going on I just lost it! I've never in my life burnt my bridges when leaving a job, But boy did this one go down in a blaze of glory! Now UIC is giving me a hard time, Social Asestance is a crock, I have nothing left to give anymore, everyone starts bashing me and I'm pulling my hair out!
Now there is a handful of people I can call friends, and they know who they are, forum and club members! AS for the rest it's gonna take a long time to gain that trust!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As for my gf, Judy you had the plesure to meet her at Simcoe my first time showing. She would love to see me do the show curcit but since the doctors really messed her up she can't travel any great lengths. I might be able to get her out to our Function in Feb.
I'm off to curl up with Tonto as he misses her as much as I do.