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Rescued a horse.. what do you think he is?

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#1 ·
This is Cherokee.. down the road there was a lady that put a sign on the road that said 2 horses for sale. They are horrible, this was the worse of the 2. The other was scared of the owner she showed me him and he went to the back of the stall and when she walked away he came up to me and put his head over my shoulder kind of like he was saying, "Save me." He was walking in nothing but horse feces. there was so much he had dug a trench from walking and it was at least 3 feet deep. We are going back for him when we have the room hopefully in another week.
Cherokee on the other hand was outside, we were told he is a pure paint, but we were also told his feet were done a month ago and they obviously were not.
We are thinking maybe paint x arabian or paint x TWH.
We were also told that he was 2 years old.. we think he is a year.

What do you think?

First picture is in their "pen" and 2nd is ours. The 3rd is his hooves.


 
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#3 ·
I actually fell in love with him because of his head :) Thank you much :)
And yeah his feet are absolutley horrible. We have our farrier coming out to do the rest of our horses on sat of this coming week and he said he would do him as well. I don't know how they are not hurting him to the point that he wants to lay down.
 
#6 ·
You'd be surpized how much pain horses will put up with. Horses are a prey animal, they are much easier to prey on while laying down. Horses will do their best to stay up right an to hide their pain as it is seen as a weakness in the wild. Iv seen much much worse feet an the horse still tried to walk around.
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#7 ·
Yeah:/ its just depressing because they knew about this. they had 4 horses all together and the 2 they were keeping were fine, they had good weight and their hooves were nice. But the 2 stallions she was selling were the exact opposite.
 
#9 ·
Hmm.. Ill see if I can get him into the vets office. We were worried too because he is a stallion and they said he is 2 but he hasn't dropped yet. There is nothing there at all and I thought they came in at like a year.. i wasn't sure though because i've only ever had minis until a week ago. Could this be a problem as well?
 
#10 ·
If he's a stallion and hasn't dropped, and is 2, he might be a cryptorchid, meaning the testes are retained up in the abdomen. That is a condition that requires a more expensive surgery than the routine gelding after the testicles have dropped. It's really a catch 22 - they act like stallions because all the hormones are there, but they probably won't be fertile and shouldn't be used as studs because the condition is hereditary and shouldn't be passed on. Good luck - I hope you find that he's either younger than 2 or already gelded!
 
#12 ·
Kudos to you for taking him in! I am wanting to "rescue" a horse when I have the facilities for it....he looks like a real sweetie!! Those feet look like they havent been trimmed for longer than a month, but thats just my opinion. Look forward to seeing his recovery :)
 
#13 ·
You're a good (and patient) person to take on these challenges! I was thinking that maybe if you weren't in a rush, if there was a vet school in the area, maybe they could do the surgery for cheaper than a regular vet...just on his manners and getting Cherokee used to being handled in his nether regions, either to see if he's gelded or to see if he's dropped! :)
 
#14 ·
Yeah :) I thought he was gelded actually because i lifted up his tail and there was nothing there, I asked my dad and I was like, "am I missing something?" He said there was no scars or anything. I think the biggest thing would be is if I can get him to act like a gelding when he is a stallion then there is no use in getting him gelded. :) I have a looot of time to work with him though he has a lot of weight that he needs to gain before I can really even think about doing anything with him.
He really dosen't act like a normal stallion that ive noticed. He dosen't bite or rear or show any signs of being really pushy. He actually gives me kisses! So I think right now its the case of I love you so much now you gave me food and im away from what I was in.
I have to work on haltering him.. he follows me everywhere but isn't very willing to let me put his halter on. It took me 10mins to get the halter he had when we brought him home off of him. So im going to start randomly going out there putting his halter on (a new one!) and taking it off and then giving him a treat.
He is very willing to learn so if it gives me more to work on with him then I want to do it :)

As for the 2nd stallion im sure his have dropped and he is def. a typical stallion, he will be getting gelded!
But for Cherokee I believe that he has more to offer, and wants to learn. So it is something to try :)

Thank you for the idea though!!
 
#15 ·
Thats heartbreaking, I just dont understand people, My horse was rescued in a way, but he had been well cared for, up until a few months, job loss, moving etc etc,,, owner did th eright thing and found him a home and let him go BEFORE he got bad, a little thin but still sound.
 
#20 ·
Thank you all!
That was going to be my next question was if it would hurt him :)
Right now he is in the pen and my minis are in the barn.. the minis have never been around big horses and Cherokee has never been around minis. I was pretty worried because his first night here was last night and he kept trying to go through our gate. So we put a pallet, it was very heavy, in front of the gate so he couldn't push on it anymore so he kicked it. When he realized that didn't work he gave up. He then learned how to open the door to the barn in which my mins are in... He almost looked like he was guarding them.
Even though my 2 mini mares would bite at him and try to kick him about every 5 mins he would stick his head in their stall wait to make sure they are ok and switch to the next horse. Him and my gelding were like best friends they would touch noses and give each other a little lick. And anytime anyone moved he had to see what was going on!
He never tried to hurt them or get in their stall anything.
He trotted today too, he floats <3 it looks soo comfy and I can't wait until he gains enough weight that we can start him!
Ill keep everyone updated on pictures, im going to let my gelding out today with him for the first time and see what happens. I have a feeling that my mares are going to get tied out up front so none oof them hurt each other. The mares do not seem to like him too much.
 
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