More progress with foster horses
Written by Deb on November 29th, 2009
Spice looking beautiful.
We are suddenly making faster progress in “taming” the foster mini/pony mares. Yesterday I was again able to groom Spice in the barn then put a halter on her and lead her around the barnyard. I also did some of the Parelli games with her — “friendly game” and “porcupine” went very well.
Today she came back into the barn and Sugar followed her into the stall where we keep some hay. I thought if I could close them in together and groom Spice in front of her then Sugar might be more accepting of some grooming. That was working until suddenly Spice decided Sugar was taking attention or hay away from her and started kicking out at Sugar with me in the stall. Note to self: do not close self in stall with 2 insecure horses in future. Fortunately I did not get hurt and Sugar wasn’t really injured either except for a little loss of hair and one small bump.
Sugar with her tail combed out.
After that I just kept Sugar in the stall and brushed Spice out in the aisle. When I was done with her I returned to the stall with Sugar and actually was able to brush her a bit then started working on her tail as she seemed more accepting of that since it kept me far from her head. I got her tail totally cleared of burrs and most of her mane combed out, too. She wouldn’t let me touch her mane up closer to her ears but she would let me spray the detangler on her so hopefully I can work on it again soon. She isn’t ready to try a halter on yet since she is so head shy. See how pretty she is all cleaned up? Now I know why I liked playing with the “My Little Pony” dolls with my little sister — I was preparing for these guys!!!
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I love the story on the foster horses! It’s so wonderful to take care of such beautiful creatures in need. And they are sooo tiny!
On the other end of the spectrum, just started a site to help discourage unnecessary spays and neuters and am wondering if you can help me get the world out. I was hoping for a link somewhere in your blog. We just saw a beautiful Snowshoe cat who was in heat and needed to be bred that one time, but the owner couldn’t find any unrelated studs no matter how hard we searched the web. It seems like the only choice is to subject an animal to an unneeded surgery these days. When it comes to small families where unexpected pregnancies can be avoided, it’s only fair in my mind to let the pet be mate with a partner rather than cut… it’s only natural right?
So I created http://www.crittercouples.com in hopes that people will be able to bring their pets together in a healthy and natural way. Any help you can lend would be great! I know it’s a little obtuse compared to fostering, but they both have to do with bringing beautiful animals into this world in a responsible fashion!
Thanks,
Alan