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Sterling's Growing Up Thread!

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Wow I can't believe Sterling is already 2 weeks old! Time certainly does fly as it seemed to take forever for him to arrive and now he is already a couple weeks old! :D He will be getting hair samples sent in soon as well as a five panel disease test done.
 

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Yay! I was waiting for this thread. He is such a cutie. I find it funny that your full-sized grown horse looks to be shying away from him, but it may be out of fear of Colly.

And yes, if you can bubble wrap as many things as possible, that would be good! We thought we foal-proofed our pasture and my filly still found a way to hurt herself!
 
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22 days old and my little man is turning into quite the hunk! He is doing really well with leading and basic handling skills. He and mom will even allow a fence between them for a few minutes before they start calling to each other. Also I have a question is it normal for a colt to let themselves out a lot? Sterling tends to let himself hang quite a bit but he can retract himself and has no trouble peeing.
 

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Sterling is now 1 month and 20 days old. He weighs in at 211 lbs and is 10.1 hands at the withers. I don't have the money at the moment to send in hair for a color and disease panel as this week everyone needs shots and feet done. But Sterling gets to wait awhile yet before he gets any shots. He has been really super wonderful and I have been giving him just half a handful of mare+foal feed when I feed Colly as he tries stealing her grain anyway. He is also very independent of Colly as she will be grazing in one part of the pasture and Sterling will be all the way on the other side of the pasture with Buttercup and the 2 yr old filly my mom got then gave to me. But when Sterling is being handled he has very good manners he will yield both his hind and forequarters back walk beside pick up all feet stand to be haltered and groomed and will stand tied.
 

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So yesterday Sterling was in his first ever parade and he was absolutely wonderful!!! Both he, his mom and the 7 other horses that were being ridden were all dolled up in red, white, and blue for memorial day. Sterling was a huge hit at the parade especially with all the kids and quite a lot of the parents as well. And after the parade when we went home he and his mom even went swimming for a little bit. I can't believe how fortunate I am that Sterling is turning out so wonderful!
 
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So it has been awhile since last I posted but my internet has been acting really weird. But Sterling has been doing wonderful and is now at 310lbs and 11.1hh. He is almost completely shed out and is such a handsome little man. He was introduced to clippers the other week and did better than some of the seasoned show horses I have known. I do believe I will wean him next month as I am noticing mom is already starting to let him suckle less and less.
 

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Wow almost 5 months old! Where ever did the time go? Sterling will be going to my sisters on Sunday to be weaned and when he comes home he will be getting gelded. He is such a people lover and is always the first one to greet you in the pasture and loves giving kisses and just hogging all the attention. Not to mention he is very photogenic.
 

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Sorry it has been so long since I have posted an update of Sterling...I had no computer and so was lost for the last couple of months. However my DH bought me a computer for Christmas but decided to give it to me early and so here we are again! Sterling is the best colt I could have asked for. He will let me walk up and catch him in the pasture which almost none of the other horses do. He will take wormer without much fuss, (He has worms and so I have been rotating wormers every couple of weeks to try and get rid of them so he doesn't look his best at the moment. He just got a dose of Zimectrin Gold yesterday. And I will be putting him on a new diet with a colt mineral supplement as well as a mix of purina strategy and purina growth.), he will back, pivot on the forehand and hindquarters all without a halter and he stands quietly for the vet, farrier, and for clipping. I have not been doing much with him, other than basics, the past couple of months because I don't want to over do anything with him. He is a super sweet boy who I think will grow to be a stellar horse.
 

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Sterling is almost a year old and it feels like just yesterday we were all anxiously waiting for Colly to decide to give birth to him. I don't think I could ask for a better colt. He is as sweet as they come and would rather follow me around in the pasture then eat the hay I'm throwing out. On the otherhand even though he is spoiled rotten he is still very respectful around humans and very gentle and easy to handle. He greets me at the fence everyday and when I put them in the barn all I have to do is stand at the doors and call his name and he will come right up to me. He currently weighs about 468 lbs and is 12.1hh at the withers and 12.3-13hh at the rump. I love going out and spending my down time with him as he will stand by me quietly and nuzzle me. Thanks everyone for all the compliments on him as i really do think I got a diamond with him and Colly did a great job giving me such a wonderful colt.
 

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Love the winter fuzzies! Have you pulled hair and sent in for a color test? I suspect the rich light creamy color showing may be due from having cream and dun, just like his sire. Still a possibility of having agouti as well when looking at the new pictures now that he is no longer in foal coats. There is a reason why his dunskin sire was registered as grullo, the baby coats can look amazingly identical and having cream as well really changes up the dun diluted foal coats :D
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No unfortunately I have not had the time but there are some days where he is a silvery color and others where he is this light brown color...I'm hoping when he sheds his winter fuzz i'll have a better idea. I will also hopefully be starting a new job soon so I will be able to have some extra money to be able to do all the testing I want on him...Color and Disease. I do absolutely adore him he is one of the sweetest horses i have ever met. He just constantly wants to be in your pocket (respectfully) and I sat out with him in the pasture and pretty soon he laid down next to me and slept with his head on my lap for about half an hour
 

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Well I found out why my camera was skewing little man's color...it was set on the super vivid setting (how it got there I do not know) anyway with less than a month to his birthday Sterling's family jewels finally dropped! Yayyy now he can be gelded! Well not yayy for him but yayy for me and my mares. Anywho here are some pics of the soon-to-be gelded little man. Ohhh and I just love his ears as they look like they were dipped in chocolate(pic taken on vivid setting).
 

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