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zoew37
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 Scotland
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 Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 10:09:33 PM
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Has anyone got any remarkable stories of horses that have beaten all odds to come back with a bang????
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Wyllow
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 11:29:11 PM
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Well, when I heard that Milly, my little mare was for sale, I leapt at the chance to buy her!
When I rang up her owner, however, I was told that the poor little girl had gone down with laminitis only hours before and was very poorly.
My daughters and I had set our hearts on this mare having known her for some years already and we were devastated.
We didn't hear from her owner...and didn't dare to ring...the weeks went by...six, actually and we had hoped against hope although her paddock had been empty for ever.
Anyway, the day came...and I'd given up going past the fields on the roadside as every time we did, the kids asked about Milly and I had nothing to add....when I saw Milly in a restricted strip and within the hour her owner had telephoned me.
Milly was seen the next morning, still with the rubber the farrier had used under her feet...and I said (after having spoken to the farrier...and not to the vet at all!!) I'd have her...
...I know, I know!!
She arrived the next afternoon with only the shoes she stood up in!
Anyway, she was fat and as lumpy as a badly stuffed sofa! Not neglected in any way ~ she had always been very kindly treated ~but completely knocked for six by the illness and out of shape from the enforced box rest.
Her coat in midsummer was harsh and bristly and her tail was falling out.
She looked a mess...but she was not in pain or lame and she happily trotted into her new "paddock"...in my back garden!!!!Where I could keep an eye on her constantly.
She stayed there, out but severly restricted as far as "greens" went, for three months, being walked daily on the beach and groomed and fussed over.
She used to watch my husband in his workshop, put her head in and move his tools to get his attention. She would come to the kitchen window and whinney for a carrot...she was instantly adored and I miss her dreadfully, though she is now only minutes from my door. We gave her mirrors after she was seen to stand by the workshop window apparently "chatting" to her reflection...and that did keep her fairly happy until she joined my other horse at that time as she recoverd.
That all began in the July....it took until the following April to get her fit again...well, sort of...but by then, she was back on grass whilst it wasn't lush and working daily...preparing for the Welsh Pony and Cob Association local show!!
She managed a fifth in showing and fourth, I think in ridden....and four clear rounds in the jumping...
...all for a pony who had not worked for two years,(she had a foal) been ridden (she was driven) for around six years and probably hadn't jumped at all (except to get out!!!) for seven and who in addition had been touch and go with laminitis only a year before.
Nowadays, she is out 24/7 except in very frosty, wet or very windy weather and her feet...and waistline are fine!
She is the sweetest little mare I've ever known and very dear to us all.
Here's to you, Milly, a long a happy life!!
Oh, go on, if you haven't done so yet ~ this is her website, go and "meet " her and our little "herd" of assorted critters:~
http://www.millysmanger.homestead.com
It wasn't against overwhelming odds...but laminitis is frightening though with care it can be managed. I just thought I'd tell Milly's tale (again) anyway! It may give hope to others.
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Libby Frost
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Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 11:30:51 PM
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| apart from Bob Champion and Aldaniti's amazing story,all i can think of when i did my racing in 88/89 there was this plucky gelding winning everywhere,well on their way to a meeting somewhere or other,they had a accident on the motorway which left the trailer on its side for several hours while help was called etc etc,with this chap in it,poor boy.Anyway they got him out and sorted,went on to the race meeting and he won his race!! Excellent eh? i love arab determination and admire their bravery,im just sorry i can't remember his name. |
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NPA Arabians
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 08:57:22 AM
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In September 2002, My pride & joy - Timmy (NPA Hazan)3 yr old gelding at the time, had a very bad accident on the way to the Gelding Championships, We still dont know what happened, he had always been & still is! a very good traveller, any way to cut a long story short about 2 miles from home, he suddenly "lost the plot" went completely berserk Kicked his bandage and pad straight off his hind leg, and kicked & kicked at the partition (which is a decent one, with a rubber skirt etc) till he had completely "Degloved" his whole leg from fetlock to hock - You could see his cannon bone - it was very grusome. - I was convinced the vet would put him down instantly.
Any way after terrorising the staff at Leahurst for 9 weeks (he has always been a quite sharp boy, and was showing fit! - he had won the National futurity 5 weeks before), he came home on the 2nd November
Here is the first photo we took of his leg.
7 weeks after he did it.
woops this is a bit small, and i dont know how to make it bigger
He spent the winter confined to barracks with lots of TLC (& Vets bills) applied to his leg.
anyway to cut a long story short, he returned to the show ring for the First time at Malvern last year (only eleven months after) and was Fourth in a very large & strong class of adult geldings, We were over the moon! - he still sports a slight scar, but it is still improving all the time. - this years shows here we come!
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stella
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 1:38:25 PM
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Dear NPA Arabians! (Sorry, don't know your name )
I LOVE the photo at the end of your post - who took it, who are the horses etc?
Stella x
  
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NPA Arabians
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Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 3:33:58 PM
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The photo was taken by my husband Nigel (he takes all our photo's!)
The horses are my two Geldings NPA Hazan & NPA Hafiz - full brothers (Timmy & Toby)
He took it one day in the field, dont quite know how!
Regards
Jayne
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gillsta
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Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 3:55:03 PM
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Yes my poor mare that caught strangles at a supposed reputable Aberdeenshire stud.  She was in such a mess and the worst thing is that you are totally helpless. Thank heavens for good vets. Anyway after much love and attention my wee girl got back to her normal self. 
Oh it wasn’t an Arabian stud.
Gill
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NPA Arabians
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Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 4:05:15 PM
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Timmy & Tobys older sister "Anna" had strangles as a five month old foal, after she had had the jowl absess etc, she went on to have a further Hard lump larger than a Orange attached to the side of her Windpipe, she was very pourly, and none of the "hospitals" would take her as she was infectious, with TLC she recovered grew up in to a very big strong girl with no signs of her illness
This is her as a two year old
Jayne
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suyents
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 10:12:21 PM
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hi Jayne,
Tell Nigel he takes great pictures!! The boys look "absolutely fabulous!!"
suyen |
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MO Moor
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 10:49:27 PM
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My story is about my first pony Mr Pickles. Out to check on him in the field oneday and he was calling me, so went down to see him and he was telling me he could not move, although he wasn't caught up on anything.
I brought him up into his stable and totally confused called the vet. The vet diagnosed some form of colic, so we treated that night accordingly. The next morning, still poorly so the vet came out and said, colic treat again. I was allowed to turn him out at lunchtime under supervision. I did that and i saw a horse go mad. It was sickening, he was walking backwards very quickly, calling to me, stopping, throwing his front legs in front shaking his head, smaking his lips, oh it was horrible. I called vet again who came and i brought him in again.
This time diagnosed with ragwort poisoning, no way, i knew it couldn't be. So, the only way to decide was to withdraw all medicines and see how the body responded. That evening he had another attack in the stable, but i had to let it run its course. Next morning, my pony was extremely ill. The vet stayed with us for 4 hours, i had a second opinion and was told he had ragwort poisoning or a brain tumour and he was to go to pet heaven.
Never, i knew this pony, so i admitted him to hospital for further investigations. Got a phone call 10.30pm to ask, any chance he has been near acorns? It all fitted in now. You see we moved them from one field to another because of acorns falling and being a moorland pony (GREEDY) he jumped the hedge, ate the acorns, jumped back and got bad tummy ache.
In conclusion, he made a full recovery the next day as the body had somehow dealt with the toxins by themselves, very little liver damage and basically he should never had survived. His fits were bouts of insanity due to pain overload and you have to believe it is horrific and his calling "mum, help" it cuts you. Anyway, he continued to live a normal life for many years and he will always be my 1 in a million horse.
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NPA Arabians
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 Jan 2004 : 09:21:12 AM
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Thanks Suyen, I will tell Nigel!
Here are some more of my favourite photos
   
all sons & daughters of Havannah,
from left to right - NPA Honique, NPA Hazan, NPA Hafiz, & NPA Kurrannah with NPA Hazan
Hope they brighten a wet & dreary (& Foggy) January Morning
Regards
Jayne
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t_linington
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 Jan 2004 : 6:22:07 PM
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My story hasn't got a happy ending, We ended our girls misery and pain in Nov 2 yrs ago. But i digress, i only wanted to say, Jayne.....Your boy Hazan is STUNNING, and i'm very glad he's on the mend, actually their all stunning, well done you.
Tina
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Wendy Allan
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Jan 2004 : 1:36:46 PM
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Some of these stories have brought tears to my eyes, and I am flinty hearted.
Just to add my tuppence:-
Annie had such bad laminitis that my vet came out twice to put her to sleep and now says that there was a light in Annie's eyes that told her to give her another chance. She spent 4 months recovering from the acute stage then another 2 months before she looked sound walking. We lunged her gently last spring, 10 months after her attack, and she was still slightly lame on one rein. A few weeks later, she was sound so my vet found a jockey for her. This year, we are looking forward to her doing pony club games.
Tara spent 5 months on box rest when she developed laminitis last November. She had so much muscle wastage that she had to learn to move her legs in sequence again. Last April, when it looked like we were losing the battle, my vet advised me to give her another few days and then put her to sleep. I 'buted her up and helped her to the field as we had nothing else to lose. i cried and cried and felt like the most cruel mum in the world at the time, but it made all the difference to her - she remembered that there was life outside the stables and decided to get better. (My vet says she understood the words "On farm burial"). She was still intermittently lame well into October but now is really sound. My riding instructor will be backing her again in the spring.
The best thing ever was seeing them both gallop up from the bottom end of the field to see me when i came home from hospital in November, and to see a hardened shepherd standing crying when he was watching them playing as he never thought either would recover. |
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dee
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 10:46:34 AM
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Yes my pure bred arab gelding Kadim an advanced Endurance horse of now 15.
Many of you will have read my story on arabians lines "Dialstone to Diaster", when we arrived at an endurance venue in Yorkshire July last year hottest day of the year, He was brought out of the wagon with the appearance of being totally drunk, could hardly stand, the vet checked him over, we gave him two hours rest in a field, took him back to vet, he seemed much better, so we travelled home.
We we got him home he came down the ramp reared and dropped as if he was dead, five hours later, with five hours of him attempting to stand and falling and rearing over and over, he finally stood his ground. The vets had no idea what was wrong, blood tests etc, he looked like he had had a stroke and also looked like he had been hit by a train. The bravery and courage of my little gelding was wonderful, he wanted to live.
Six months later much heartache and lots of love, patience, care and homeopathy treatment this brave horse seems to be well on the way to a full recovery (god willing), we worked it out to be a head injury caused by a bee/wasp or something on his wind pipe, a head injury specialist told me its not how hard they hit their head, but where!
He is so well and fit at present with all his walking in hand that I am contemplating getting on his back.
I have been so overwhelmed by his courage to get well, this breed of horse is unbelieveable, our love for him and his for us has pulled him through this terrible ordeal and hopefully in the future we will be riding high once again. He also won his 3200km mileage award at Endurance GB awards in Nov 03.
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Libby Frost
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Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 12:58:23 PM
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| Dee,its great to here Kaddy's on the mend i don't know either you or him but wish you both all the best! xox |
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Michelle
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 2:08:32 PM
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I have a filly who will be 3 years old this year, I almost lost her. I wrote a little story about it in the link one month, called 'Brace Nelly' - poor little girl, she is well now but is a bit small and thinks she is a person that can get away with murder. She will go in foal this year I think. Hopefully this year I will get a nice photo of her that I can send to the link so everyone can see how she is now, the piccy that i included in the story was awful, when she was at deaths door.
Michelle
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zoew37
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Scotland
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Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 8:22:24 PM
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When i first got my mare, i bought her from a dealer and she had just come over from ireland. She developed a lump under her chin whihc grew and grew. About a week after i bought her it burst, we werent hugely horsey and dint know what it was, we called the vet and said it was strangles, and gave her some anti-inflammtorys (cant spell) she was really ill for about two weeks, she wouldnt eat as it hurt so much and she would lie down and get up and lie down and get up constantly, i kept it poulticed which she liked she was really miserable and lost a lot of weight and as the abcess healed she wasnt getting much better, and it turned out she had a secondary infection whihc was treated with antibiotics but she was looking awful but was still happy to see me every day even though i knew she was in agony. She gradually got a bit better each day and started to eat a little mash. About 2 months after the abcess first burst she started eating properly and put on weight. I still have photos of her when she had it and i realise what a brave little girl she is
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