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I got a call this morning from the barn owner saying some of the boarders are freaking out because my stallion Frodo had broken his teeth and was bleeding all over the place and was going crazy biting on everything. 😯
Crap. Now what? Put on my barn jammies and head out to the barn.
I see blood everywhere! He’s got one of the panel bars in his mouth just knawing on it. OK. Put his halter on. Not easy to do when he keeps getting the halter noseband in his mouth so he can chew on something.
Finally, I’ve had enough, give him a hard smack on his shoulder and tell him to “STAND!” He sucks it up and stands still.
I drag his tounge out of his mouth so I can have a better look. What do I find? He just lost a freakin baby tooth! 🙄 Stupid ponies!So I proceed to let them all out for some free time and notice one of my mares, Silo, is not really keeping the others in check. She’s stretching her back legs and constantly picking them up. Oh geez. She’s colicing. Walk, walk, walk. Poop. She’s got diarrea so there’s no impaction and she’s not twisted. Give her some banamine and a drench.
My pregnant mare is still not bagging up. We’re coming up on a year. Will she ever pop?
I’m tired. Need nap, but will settle for chocolate! 😆
I’m so paranoid after losing my other one that they’re all going to kill themselves! Horses are one of the stupidest animals God created. They really are. But I love them and they are so cute!
They can be pests but really are worth it… when they are someone elses pests and you just get to pet them and ride them. 😆 I hope it all goes well. I didnt know horses bled like that when they lost baby teeth.
im no horse person ..the things hate me ive been bit, bucked knocked off and any thing else you can think of a horse doing to hurt you have tried on me ..i now fear the evil beasts and see tham like this
I’m glad they are okay and that you caught Silo’s colic early enough to prevent any damage. I lost my first horse to colic and I fear it like nothing known.
Yes, horses are worth it. Today Twilight let me halter her without me chasing her everywhere! I actually was able to bribe her and she came to me! It’s taken me three weeks of coaxing and just getting her to trust me to get to this point. She also picked up all 4 feet for me and let me hold them.
I held one front foot for 5 minutes and she didn’t pull or lean or anything, just stood there. I had to hold it cause someone was bringing me some pliers, she had a freaking nail in the wall! Thankfully she isn’t tender and showed no discomfort or irritation from it, so it missed all the soft tissue, but man, it could have been bad.
I loved on her and brushed her for about an hour. Then just hugged her neck for a bit just to get her used to bodily contact, she actually laid her head on my shoulder and relaxed into me. I think that is good progress. And boy is her head heavy!
Anyway, I am glad your babies are all okay. Sounds like Frodo needs a chew toy for a little while though, poor kid.
Kyrin
Oh geez! That horse needs to see a dentist! 😯
I’ve been following your story of you and the horses Kyrin. Great job! Ouch a nail. Glad it wasn’t worse. It’s great she’s becoming more accustomed to you. Soon you’ll be riding!
Frodo is just a butt. He’s a very mouthy boy. Bad for a stallion. I’m constantly having to tell people not to let him lick them or to feed him with their hands. I caught a lady feeding him carrots with her mouth 😯 This was an adult. How do people like that survive? Not saying Frodo is mean. He’s sweet. But horses play rough. It wouldn’t be anything for him to take her face off cause he thought she was playing!
I hope your horses’ conditions improve, Phoenix. It sounds like they are all having problems at once! 😯 Frodo looks like he’s got spirit; I can only imagine him less one baby tooth! And some people just don’t understand, even if they have pets (in reference to the lady feeding Frodo with her mouth). When we took our Rott mix to the vet, some guy started talking to us in the waiting room, and without asking for our permission reached down to pet him. Our dog was antisocial, so naturally he lunged at him and snapped. Boy, you should have heard Rott jaws snapping on empty air! 😯 And the guy just says “Oh, I’m usually so good with dogs.” If he’d asked us, we could have told him the dog wasn’t friendly; he just assumed it would be okay! 👿 Ever since that instance, we took him to the vet in a muzzle.
Kyrin, I’m glad Twilight is improving! I know it’s taken a lot of love and patience to get her to this point. I can only imagine what she’s been through.
Hang in there, Phoenix and Kyrin! Your love, patience and understanding will pay off! 😀
purpledragonclaw wrote:I hope your horses’ conditions improve, Phoenix. It sounds like they are all having problems at once! 😯 Frodo looks like he’s got spirit; I can only imagine him less one baby tooth! And some people just don’t understand, even if they have pets (in reference to the lady feeding Frodo with her mouth). When we took our Rott mix to the vet, some guy started talking to us in the waiting room, and without asking for our permission reached down to pet him. Our dog was antisocial, so naturally he lunged at him and snapped. Boy, you should have heard Rott jaws snapping on empty air! 😯 And the guy just says “Oh, I’m usually so good with dogs.” If he’d asked us, we could have told him the dog wasn’t friendly; he just assumed it would be okay! 👿 Ever since that instance, we took him to the vet in a muzzle.
Kyrin, I’m glad Twilight is improving! I know it’s taken a lot of love and patience to get her to this point. I can only imagine what she’s been through.
Hang in there, Phoenix and Kyrin! Your love, patience and understanding will pay off! 😀
I ALWAYS ask a dogs owner if it is okay to touch before I pet. Sometimes the answer is disappointing, like with your dog, “No, he doesn’t like strangers.” And other times, “Yeah, sure!” I worked for almost three years at a vets, the ones you had to look out for were the little dogs, and unfortunately the Rotts, most were hostile to anyone not their owner. Rotts are kinda funny like that, they are pretty much one family/person dogs.
Chows were the other PITAs, you could always count on a chow to try to eat you. I pretty much would walk in to do my preliminary, see it was a chow and turn around and go back for a muzzle. The owner would protest, until I approached the dog and they noticed it’s hostile stance, then they would put the muzzle on for me.
I only got bit twice, one was a cat, and the other was this mean evil little dog who needed heart meds, but put everyone including his owner through hell to get them down him, you couldn’t hide it in a treat, he’d find it and eat the treat and spit out the pill, like I said, he was evil.
Anyway, back to petting dogs, I’ve taught my oldest child not to approach or pet a dog without asking the owner first, if the owner is not there, then he doesn’t touch, period!
Last thing I need is him bit.
On to Twilight, I was so happy she let me halter her, best was that she came to me and allowed it. I had to bribe her, but I figure as time goes on I’ll need to do that less and less. Kaji is already such a ham I don’t need to bribe him at all, I have to almost chase him away from me so I can move. Which is a good thing, except when he’s bulling his way in for Twilight’s bribe.
Kyrin
Kyrin wrote:I worked for almost three years at a vets, the ones you had to look out for were the little dogs, and unfortunately the Rotts, most were hostile to anyone not their owner. Rotts are kinda funny like that, they are pretty much one family/person dogs.
My two Rotts are not like this at all. They look at everyone as if they were put on this Earth to pet them. Some people may have hostile Rotts, but not all are like this, nor is it a trait stronger in Rotts than any other dog. Sorry, but with all the bad publicity Rotts get, I feel compelled to defend the good ones and not generalize a breed. 🙂 Im thinking Tristans owner will feel the same way about the Chow comment.
On another note, I am glad you got your horse to trust you. That is very cool.
aye..most horses are airheads…mine is no acception..the stable owners put him on the hotwalker a few weeks back..which he had been on dozzens of times before..next thing they know it..he freaks out..tips the thing and takes off..dragging it a few yards..i have a feeling the gods wanted to give us a challenge..thats why they gave us horses >.> and for your viewing pleasure..a pic of my horse rough housing with me..yes..we play rough..and yes..he knows when to stop..and yes..i am a guy..and i so need a haircut-_-
skigod377 wrote:Kyrin wrote:I worked for almost three years at a vets, the ones you had to look out for were the little dogs, and unfortunately the Rotts, most were hostile to anyone not their owner. Rotts are kinda funny like that, they are pretty much one family/person dogs.
My two Rotts are not like this at all. They look at everyone as if they were put on this Earth to pet them. Some people may have hostile Rotts, but not all are like this, nor is it a trait stronger in Rotts than any other dog. Sorry, but with all the bad publicity Rotts get, I feel compelled to defend the good ones and not generalize a breed. 🙂 Im thinking Tristans owner will feel the same way about the Chow comment.
On another note, I am glad you got your horse to trust you. That is very cool.
I understand Ski, unfortunately for me, all the Rotts I met were not nice dogs. With the exception of our in house dog, Abby. But she started out meaner than anything and mellowed with age, she was quite old when I went to work there, and she had to be put to sleep about a year after I moved here. 🙁
I know not all Rotts are mean, but I approach certain breeds with caution, rotts and chows are in this category. Actually I tend to approach all dogs with caution, just some with a bit more trepidation…mostly if they are large breeds, since they could do me serious harm.
Kyrin
Dracomancer wrote:aye..most horses are airheads…mine is no acception..the stable owners put him on the hotwalker a few weeks back..which he had been on dozzens of times before..next thing they know it..he freaks out..tips the thing and takes off..dragging it a few yards..i have a feeling the gods wanted to give us a challenge..thats why they gave us horses >.> and for your viewing pleasure..a pic of my horse rough housing with me..yes..we play rough..and yes..he knows when to stop..and yes..i am a guy..and i so need a haircut-_-
I’ve seen this picture before, you guys look good. So you gonna ride him this weekend?? You should.
Kyrin
skigod377 wrote:Kyrin wrote:I worked for almost three years at a vets, the ones you had to look out for were the little dogs, and unfortunately the Rotts, most were hostile to anyone not their owner. Rotts are kinda funny like that, they are pretty much one family/person dogs.
My two Rotts are not like this at all. They look at everyone as if they were put on this Earth to pet them. Some people may have hostile Rotts, but not all are like this, nor is it a trait stronger in Rotts than any other dog. Sorry, but with all the bad publicity Rotts get, I feel compelled to defend the good ones and not generalize a breed. 🙂 Im thinking Tristans owner will feel the same way about the Chow comment.
On another note, I am glad you got your horse to trust you. That is very cool.
Skigod, I know not all Rotts are bad. It’s just mine was mean to the bone, and unlike the Rotts you describe, he didn’t even care for his owners (us) much. He would growl at the vet (even with the muzzle on) when she tried to give him his shots, until she finally shot him up with a tranquilizer to knock him out. She had to give him ten shots before she could approach him, and he still wasn’t knocked out! 😯 He just didn’t give her any trouble. The only reason she didn’t give him more was because she was worried about ODing him. She gave him enough to knock out a horse! He didn’t actually pass out until he was at home 15 minutes later. It was only after we had him destroyed that our vet admitted to us she was afraid of him. She had written “Caution” on his chart and everything.
Kyrin, as a vet I can only imagine the types of animals you must have seen. Stories for another day. 🙂 And I’m so glad you teach your children to never pet a stranger’s dog! That is indeed a good lesson to learn!
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