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I would have never though-arab/welsh yearling

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Today my husband and I got a arab/welsh yearling. She has had some clinton anderson training and lowers her head when asked,backs up,halters,leads,picks up feet,ec...she is still a bit skittish but she wasn't imprinted at birth and hadn't had a whole lot of human contact untill Piaffe(member of these boards) rescued her and her mama...my mom got her and she mentioned to her that she might consider selling her.Anyways,I got her for free :D She will or should mature to 14.3-15 hh with the string test thing. We will do baby steps on training and do some desensitizing as she still needs a lot of work...annnnyways...I would have never though I would ever get an arab or an arab cross....I guess I shouldn't say never!:lol: Anyways she is coming to the barn this week sometime so I will get pictures..her mane is long and her tail is getting pretty long too!
 
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After deworming and shedding out she'll be gorgeouse. I don't know if you know this or not but growing horses need a lot of protien. That pot belly is most likely coming from not having enough protien in her diet. good luck with her she's a cutie!
 
#29 ·
I would not lunge a yearling, and definitely not for anything as long as 15 minutes. If I had a very large round pen, I would round pen them, but their joints are developing and lunging can be hard on grown hoses joints, nevermind young horses. There are MANY conflicting opinions, but I am typically of the school that if there's even a doubt in my mind it could harm them, I just don't do it. At a year old, skittish and barely handled, there are TONS of things to do before lunging ever becomes necessary or even overly useful. I would advise some round pen work for a skittish youngster though, it works magic on bringing them around.

She's gorgeous! How tall were her parents? She looks like she'll come out around 14-15hh. My purebred Arab was around that size at a year and topped out at 14.3hh.
 
#30 ·
She's gorgeous! And a lanky little girl!

I agree with MacabreMikolaj about longing. I have an Arab that is turning two at the end of the month (May 29th, can't wait!) and I do lunge him but only 2-3 times a week for about 15 minutes. Plus, I am only doing walk/ trot. A yearling is too young because her joints will likely be damaged. I would wait until she is at least 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 to do any longing, and even then only for a max of 15 minutes 2-3 times a week.
 
#32 ·
Thanks everyone. I really like her!

One thing is we aren't going to be lunging her untill about 2 yrs old.My mom let me know as the vet told her what it can do to their joints. Some people say do it and some say don't..I rather not however I do have her in the round pen to lead her around,learning to stop(on lead..she needs to work on that a bit),turn off haunches(when I come into her I want her to step away and see that she was yielding w/her haunches..does that make sense?...she is a bit of a pocket pony right unless something scares her). There are many things we need to work on with her and we plan on doing small things but we are doing it in the round pen since we don't have an arena :)

We just got her some development grain by LMF. It's really good stuff and has extra protein in it. My mom also had her on a worming schedule.She use to be out on pasture with all the other horses. I did not know about the lack of protien thing..thank you :) Learn something new everyday!
 
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We just got her some development grain by LMF. It's really good stuff and has extra protein in it. My mom also had her on a worming schedule.She use to be out on pasture with all the other horses. I did not know about the lack of protien thing..thank you :) Learn something new everyday!
I just recently learned it to! It was a shetland breeder on another forum that posted about what they feed and why with pictures. I was shocked at the diffrence.
 
#35 ·
I talked to my mom(we are really close and talk every day) anyways I mentioned why her belly might be like that. She did say she was giving her supplements.Maybe she needs even more protien?

She is sooo adorable. We named her Stormy/Storm and she is going to be my official endurance horse =D Gidget will be one too but not anything too extreme or super long.

I'm really excited. I know she needs a lot of work. We have her seperated currently since we don't want her trying to buddy up with our other horses so she can get use to us. Last night she would follow me in circles :P
 
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i'm new at this too. I don't know much about some of the minerals and vitamins to be honest but this is one of the best feeds in our town..in my opinion.It's one of the better brands. It has the nutrients that horses lack in the west coast..such as selenium.

I will have to talk to a vet abotu it and see..
 
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