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Post by caryn on Jun 23, 2008 12:58:57 GMT -5
Tock, you are gonna love riding Symph!!!! You guys already have such a special relationship that as riding partners, you will be awesome  Hang in there, she's almost done being prego and you'll have a new baby to love soon. Can't wait for all the details and pics!!! |
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Post by Tockita on Jun 23, 2008 13:43:39 GMT -5
LOL you haven't seen her lately!! She goes back and forth on loving me...
I have let her just be my snuggle bunny since we found out she was preggo and she got to the point she was asking me to sit on her when I was on a ladder fixing the shader before Hayden foaled (just to get her butt rubs I am sure!)
to mad when I hook up the trailer and try to take away one of HER horses, like Chester, and now Miss Sera the Mission 007 yearling. Boy did she get attached to THAT one fast.. (and it is not all babies as she seemed to have no great love for Zoe for some reason, just Sera who is ever so much more like herself) She was acting "wild" and stud mare-ish when I went to catch Sera after I hooked up the trailer. She was moving Sera away, and standing between Sera and I. Little did she know I was putting her butt in the trailer too! Just not first. ;D
A partner is the most I could ever be to her, she doesn't need or want a leader! LOL
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Post by caryn on Jun 23, 2008 13:49:22 GMT -5
HEHEHEHEHE....she is so much like my Gyps!!! Gypsy is a bit of a stud mare and takes her "herd" responsibilities quite seriously. We're partners too. Every now and then, I get to be leader. I'm trying for leader all the time, but it's a bit of a struggle  Sounds like your all having fun. After the baby is born, I just may have to come down for a weekend....hmmm, thinking end of summer, early fall. I'd love to see your Miss Sera too. Decisions, decisions |
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Post by Tockita on Jun 23, 2008 15:25:54 GMT -5
If you want to see Sera or Zoe you will have to come to Reno in Aug. We are hoping they find their own people at the adoption.
If you want to see a baby FattButt then Sept is great as SHE should be lots of fun by then.
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Post by caryn on Jun 23, 2008 19:45:00 GMT -5
Well, Reno is about 5 hours from me. Definitely manageable, please send me the dates and I'll try to plan. I've fallen in love with mustangs, sometimes the best breeding has no human intervention involved.....imagine that |
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Post by caryn on Apr 26, 2009 19:59:50 GMT -5
Miss Gyps scared the hell out of me last Wednesday. I wasn't feeling like doing much. It had been a long day at work and I had "things" on my mind, seemingly important things...
I walked over to Gyps and she looked a little odd to me, but I quickly dismissed the "oddness" and went about my business. I put a halter on her and walked toward the gate. She didn't want to go with me and I thought, "I'm too much of a "softie", she needs to follow willingly". It took us a while to get up to the arena. She just didn't want to go with me and I was trying to do the "right" thing and be her leader. I got after her, but she didn't respond with the insolence that usually accompanied her "tests". I should have known that this wasn't just Gyps being Gyps. She was hurting. I realized it when we got to the round pen. She was stiff on all 4 feet. I started to look at her with a more suspecting and feverishly frightened eye. I decided we needed my farrier, Jaquie. Jaquie lives at the ranch I'm boarding at. Thank goodness she was home.
There was no heat in her legs or hooves and Gypsy could stand comfortably. She wasn't really "lame" on any foot that we could tell, but she was stiff on all four. Jaquie looked at her hooves and then examined/felt Gypsy's neck. I could tell by the look n Jaquie's face that founder would be the next word from her mouth. I hadn't checked Gypsy's neck yet and while I don't know much about founder, I do know how serious it is. Now, all I could see was her neck. How could I have missed that? Her neck was "cresty". It was alarming to say the least.
Jaquie said that we needed to move Gyps off the grass immediately. We moved Gypsy and Ally into a dry lot next to their pasture. I called my vet and described Gypsy's symptoms. My vet gave me advice, he told me that restricting her diet was the right decision and to give her bute twice a day for a few days, tapering to once a day for a few more. The bute was supposed to keep Gypsy comfortable enough to encourage walking and bring down any inflamation. I was given a list of things to watch out for. If anything on the list occurred, I was to call vet immediately. I checked on Gypsy 5 times a day and my wonderful farrier did the same..
We don't think that Gypsy foundered. I have not had x-rays done, so I don't know if her coffin bone rotated at all. We think her laminae was inflamed and she was on the way to foundering. Gypsy has improved every day since last Wednesday. This morning she had absolutely no stiffness to her walk. No bute today and for the very first time ever, a real farrier was able to trim Gypsy's feet!!!! Jaquie hasn't attempted it in a long time. Jaquie taught me to trim because Gypsy wouldn't let her or anyone else do it. I have worked with Gyps for several years and it's still a lot of work, but she's comfortable with me trimming her feet. Today was another milestone for Gyps. She didn't like it, but she had her feet trimmed by Jaquie. She dealt with her fear and learned to trust a little more. Gypsy is going to be okay and I am so grateful that I cannot express it properly.
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Post by swissgrl on Apr 27, 2009 7:31:06 GMT -5
oh, wow, that must have been so scary. I'm glad she is improving and getting better!
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Post by caryn on Apr 27, 2009 11:03:04 GMT -5
It was scary, I always feel so helpless when they get sick! Anyway, I checked her again before work and she is looking great |
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Post by piopico on May 1, 2009 19:59:11 GMT -5
So happy to hear that you caught it in the nick of time..........AND that she's learning to trust.
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Post by caryn on May 2, 2009 10:10:26 GMT -5
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Post by caryn on May 6, 2009 12:12:33 GMT -5
It's been a little over a week and Gyps is looking almost completely normal. Her neck is still a tad bit puffy, but it is hardly noticeable. I've been letting her rest and exercise herself in the mini pasture until yesterday. She happily walked, trotted and cantered for me in the round pen, so today we're going for a short ride |
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Post by caryn on Dec 6, 2009 18:19:49 GMT -5
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Post by caryn on May 3, 2011 12:00:37 GMT -5
Wow, I cannot believe how long it has been since I updated. Gypsy is doing well. We are still having trailering issues. I worked with her a lot last summer and got her comfortable with going into the small 2- horse trailer that I own, but STAYING in the trailer for any real length of time, remained elusive to us. I was doing it alone and I could never get her to stay in long enough to even attempt to shut the door. She was very claustrophobic. Well, we now have professional help! It wasn't easy, but Michele is awesome with her, very patient, but also very firm, clear and confident. All was going well and Gypsy was going in and staying in, but then the door began to close....Gypsy panicked and shot out backwards. Michele took over the lead and Gypsy was giving it all she had...she was NOT going back in if she could help it. After a little while, Gypsy was losing momentum. All of her tricks were not getting her anywhere. She decided to simply REFUSE to move. The onlookers were amazed at her steadfastness. She looked for all the world like she had transformed into a burro with a very insistent face....Well, Michele started to wear her down a bit, so she caught me in the corner of her eye and sort sidled over with a "help me" expression. Michele laughed and said, "Nope, mom can't help you now, you're okay". Michele's husband laughed and said, "I think she just tattled on you". I bowed my head and said, "yes, she's right, I'd let it go now. I'd feel so bad for her, that I wouldn't press it. Bad Mom. Good Nanny  " Thanks to Michele's confidence, patience and insistence. Gypsy took a ride in my small trailer on Sunday. She was nervous, but she survived and we are a step closer to happy trailering |
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Post by calypso on May 8, 2011 4:01:29 GMT -5
LOL! They certainly know how to manipulate "Mom", don't they! I'm glad you have a good horsie Nanny. :-)
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I'm so excited that she is trusting someone else with her feet! Also, a friend of mine brought her niece (McKenna) out to see the horses. McKenna seemed very comfortable around all the horses, so I let her handle Gypsy a bit. I saddled Gypsy and worked her from the ground for a while. McKenna wanted to ride, so I let her hop up and kept Gyps online. Gyps seemed totally cool with it ;D This is a really big milestone for us. Gypsy has ALWAYS been distrustful of new people and the only people that had ridden her, up until yesterday, was me and Shawn (trainer). She was doing so well with McKenna that I let her go offline. I'm so stoked that she is becoming more trusting of people in general! I've asked McKenna to come out and play with us again and am going to try to find other friends to handle Gypsy as well. I worry that if Gypsy gets hurt and I'm not around, that she won't let someone else help her. This is definitely another step in the right direction for my cute little mustang