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Raggedy Anne updates

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Updates for our dear Annie when we get her <33 We just rescued her from a kill pen, and she might be pregnant. We're going to see her tomorrow I'm so excited! Anyways, heres some pictures of her (also, she is 20 years old and EXTREMELY skinny, only looking chubby because she is pregnant...possibly) None of the pictures are mine! Just posting them to hold you guys over until I get her :P Also, looking for name suggestions for possible baby! I was thinking Annie's Little Angel it it's a filly..but I'm stuck on it for a colt...Aaanyyways...heres pictures! Honestly, the poor girl just looks sad to me...






Tell me what you think! Keep rude thoughts to yourselfs though!
 
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for what its worth I think you two are really coming along as a pair. I had a huge issue finding a saddle pad to fit my horse mutant withers. I can't afford a custom saddle on a student income. So, I search around and found a build up cut back pad. It has a cut back for his wither to pop out but around the cut back its built up so the saddle does not rest on his withers. He seems like like the saddle pad and while I do have to monitor the situation as he may gain muscle and change saddle fit.
 
#244 ·
Thanks to everyone for their nice comments :) And thank you Sky, I reeeallly hope so!
The lady finally emailed me back before I could email her, I didn't get this one anyway...she seemed almost mad at me? Eh, all well.
Annie was throwing a tantrum tonight because she didn't get very much grain because she ran out (grain run tomorrow!). It was funny, she was trying to paw like "Uh...Uh...I think this means I'm angry?". Since we were too far away to do anything about it, it was pretty funny to watch, she lifted her hoof up and kinda wiggled it in the air for a bit and stomped it on the ground. THEN she started neighing and wouldn't shut up...The little turd! She cracks me up though! Kymo, wow I didn't know they were that cheap! Someone I was talking to said it costs like 130 bucks...Also, good news! I found 10 bucks in the wallet I lost!
 
#245 ·
Man, I wish you guys could all come out and see Annie! She is so adorable! She gets so excited when she see's food, it's so cute! She seems much happier now that she has energy and strength to do things like trotting, and I wouldn't blame her! Her nicker makes it sound like she's growling at you though, haha..It's a love growl! When my cousin first met her she was nickering a lot and my cousin started yelling "Why is she growling at me?!? Is she mad?!?" She does this cute thing where she nickers so quiet you can't hear it, but you can see her nostrils moving really fast, and when my cousin saw her she was like "Uh...Is there something wrong with her nose?" I have honestly not met a mare as sweet as her, most of the ones I meet are vicious beasts (including my other one!) lol. She's so friendly, which is suprising for baisically being wild!
 
#247 ·
Woah there... I thought you said you just bought an expensive camera over here?

This seems like money that should've been spent on the vet. Months ago.

Regardless of who's money it is or where it came from -- birthdays, allowence, parents --- It's not as fun as a new camera, but please hold off on buying more parts for this thing and put it towards Annie.

I know in the other thread you're looking for batteries. Those run anywhere from $30-$200, again depending on the type. Now, doing the math, the cost for this type of camera, the Nikon D3000 (at it's cheapest) runs about $300-ish. $200 for the body and another $100 (at the cheapest for the brand new lens).

We can wait for pictures if it means a clean bill of health.gl
 
#249 ·
And Dama, it was not expensive. You don't know if it was expensive or not, and I'd rather you didn't jump to conclusions. It seems you think I myself bought a $3,000 camera instead of getting my horse a vet. If I knew about it, I'd rather the money would have gone to a vet. The camera we bought? It was only $100. Sounds like a lot, but it's normally in the $500 range.
 
#254 ·
Thank you, Tinaev!
I've been keeping you waiting, and that probably isn't fair...Cause I got some big news...
I've been RIDING Annie! She's been doing great, even though she doesn't know anything about what we're doing...We're working on it! Unfortunatly, when I brought out my bitless bridle and put it on her, she panicked so bad she broke it in half... :/ All well, she works fine in a halter, anyways. She seemed VERY pleased with herself after that. For some reason I can't get on her on the left side, only the right side, so I think she has problems with her left eye. She panicks big time if I try on the left side. She has the smoothest trot I've ever sat! Although for some reason, whenever I aks her to woah, she starts trotting...I'm guessing if she was ever trained, it was done verrryy badly... Today I was helping her learn to turn with reins, and slight use of my legs. It's hard to remember not to kick her, because she's really sensitive and usually will take off if I even touch her a little. She is really good with me on her though, not once has she tried to buck! The only vice with her in the saddle so far (well, besides her not knowing anything) is that after a while she started to turn around and nip at me today, but we had been working longer than we did yesterday...By 10 minutes at least, haha. It is amazing to watch her figure things out! She had her leadrope tangled in the tire we tie her to (so she can graze), and she would look inside the tire, then kinda kick at it like "Hey! Give it back!" and pull at the rope again, then look back inside, and repeat. But after I go out and help her, she's got it figured out and now she knows how to untangle herself! She is quite the smart girl...So far, haha. She's very...Chatty, lol. We had her tied out across from my bedroom window, so I opened my window to keep an eye on her and she would neighing and nicker at me if she heard me talk...She's so cute! I love seeing her so happy :) I'll upload some pics later after I get them uploaded...My camera is in the kitchen and I'm being lazy :P
 
#255 · (Edited)
Unfortunatly, when I brought out my bitless bridle and put it on her, she panicked so bad she broke it in half... :/ All well, she works fine in a halter, anyways. She seemed VERY pleased with herself after that. For some reason I can't get on her on the left side, only the right side, so I think she has problems with her left eye. She panicks big time if I try on the left side. She has the smoothest trot I've ever sat! Although for some reason, whenever I aks her to woah, she starts trotting...I'm guessing if she was ever trained, it was done verrryy badly... Today I was helping her learn to turn with reins, and slight use of my legs. It's hard to remember not to kick her, because she's really sensitive and usually will take off if I even touch her a little. She is really good with me on her though, not once has she tried to buck! The only vice with her in the saddle so far (well, besides her not knowing anything) is that after a while she started to turn around and nip at me today, but we had been working longer than we did yesterday...By 10 minutes at least, haha.
It sounds like she's still not sure about this new change of being ridden. I would consider backing down and working on her confidence in you. I personally would not ride her until she can pick up her feet and not break anything you have her in...

Also if the saddle doesn't fit right, it's going to hinder her muscle development..
 
#257 ·
Aaannnd pictures!
Oh, and just a warning, mom took all the pics and she is not a photographer! Lol
Here's an edited (I edited it, not mom)version of one of her pictures, I really like how it looks!

Real picture






Having a pep talk with Annie :)





Wow, she looks really scared here! She isn't really, it's just the typical appy eyes :)

 
#259 · (Edited)
Wow, she looks really scared here! She isn't really, it's just the typical appy eyes :)
She looks happy to me, almost mischievious in a cute way like she's trying to figure out if what is happening is normal or not haha :)

This is the closest "Is this normal?" Sky face I could find back when he was still REALLY unsure.

 
#263 ·
Hmm, someones an over achiever...Collecting before she's been taught to!
She's trying to use her back to find a comfy spot on this photo! Awesome :) I have a feeling she knows what to do, she's just not in shape to do it for long periods of time, and of course she's still rather unsure about some things.
 
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