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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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#294 ·
Try to remember to stay behind her when lunging her. It will help you and her. I noticed in all three pics of you lunging her that you are facing her head. Hope this helps your workouts....


She is beautiful and reminds me a lot of a leopard App/Ara I had several years ago.
 
#295 ·
Thank you! Also, could you explain a little more on staying behind her to lunge, Roadyy?
We went clam digging this weekend, and it was my first real trip without Annie, and her first real time with me being gone...As much fun as I had, I missed Annie soo much, I couldn't wait to get home! I almost cried when I saw her, because she was just so darn sweet! First thing when she saw me was she neighed and cantered down the hill and put her head in my arms...I missed my baby! She seems to like getting rode, she gets excited when she sees a saddle! Buuutt we tried something a little different today...I rode her bareback!! She was a little champ, and let me mount up even though I ended up kicking her twice (I'm not used to taller horses, lol). She's been getting better about being tied out, too! She is quite the little lawnmower! Though she did NOT enjoy getting fed by strangers, apparently she was very reluctant to eat when my grandma fed her. She never has been a huge fan of strangers though, and she tends to avoid them.
 
#296 ·
Thank you! Also, could you explain a little more on staying behind her to lunge, Roadyy?
I hope I don't step on toes but I am very passionate about lunging correctly.

You need to think of it as riding on the ground. Your lungeline and your hand acts as your direction, your body language is important. You need to direct all your energy to her hind end because that it the motor. I always angle my body at the horse's hip and never step infront of their hip unless I'm asking for a downward transition such as halt. Why? Because I'm blocking them. If you are at their hip, then you are sending them forward.

Having a slow or still stance with them will not be helpful unless you want them to have no energy or be still. You should move with them, or try to.. because they are reading you constantly.. trying to figure out if you are wanting them to move or if you are asking them to do something.

I don't think standing all the way behind is a good idea. Because that's usually a blind spot and you may be kicked by a flying hoof if she gets excited.. and she won't be able to read you and it'll just be confusing.

So, in short

Face your body towards her hip, don't get infront of her hip unless you want her to transition downward (or change direction) and keep yoru body open so you are easily read.
 
#300 ·
Our second field grew out, so we are going to put Annie in it during the day...She couldn't be happier! She was actually cantering around the field! She's walking around it more than she's actually grazing, though. Lol. Also, we noticed she's started losign weight, so we're going to stop working her for a while...Pics in a minute! I only have a few, camera battery was low and I wanted to practice more photography.
 
#301 · (Edited)
Sorry it took me so long to get back over here to respond.


Sky is right and I made it sound wrong in my description about staying behind the horse. Her is an example of what I mean about facing the hip.

If you look at my position I am facing her hip and walking towards her, pushing her around into the lunge while she keeps just the right distance to have release pressure on the line(slack).
Horse Mammal Vertebrate Pasture Mare


Here is a side view of the same session. notice how my hand is leading her and I am putting the energy into her direction.

Horse Pasture Mare Stallion Ranch



When I am ready to stop her and prepare to change direction then I drop my hand and give the gentle verbal cue of whoa then walk towards the front of her as she stops. I change the line to my other hand and click to her to move and she heads the other way. Then its the same thing in the opposite direction. I used a carrot stick to strengthen my commands for the first try at transition and never needed it again after that.
 
#302 ·
You can see by my body language that I'm not just standing in one spot, rather I am also walking a circle. Think of a car's wheels as it's going in a circle. The front tire is making one set of tracks while the back tires are making a different set of tracks as it follows around or in a rear wheel drive it pushes the car around like we are doing the horse.
 
#303 ·
Just so you don't get discouraged. This is what it looked like the first time I started working with her on the lunge line with my attempt to get her going clockwise...


Horse Pasture Ranch Land lot Mare



She wanted no part of being pushed and would get to the end of the line where she would turn to me and back up trying to get free. It took her about 3-4 tries to understand what I was asking for as she had never been on a lunge line before.
 
#304 ·
That explains it a bit more, thank you!
Also, are horsetails poisonous to horses?
These thingys

(Photo isn't mine, all credit to rightful photographer)
I read somewhere that they were, but my other horse eats them every chance she gets, I mean, if they were poisonous, wouldn't they know not to eat it, like with tanzy? I was just wondering what your guys's thoughts were.
 
#310 ·
Looks like you have some rolling hills in your landscape. You should try working her on those to help build her top line. Have her going up and down them in a walk to push with the hind quarters and pull with the front to build and tone her up. Just remember that it doesn't happen in a week so don't expect to see results quickly. I'm having to be patient while toning a couple of mine as well.
 
#311 ·
I never thought you could build top line like that! I'll have to start with her. I woke up at 6:30 today, for whatever reason, and it was pretty bright out so I decided to let her out into the big field a bit early today, and she was already standing at the gate when I went out there! Is that all she ever does? Lol. Anyways, I let her in, and as I was turning to walk away, I kept hearing *thud thud thud*, so I turned back around and she's cantering through the field! She's a very noisy canterer lol.
 
#312 ·
Since I have nothing to do today until two, I'm going to go work on Annie's field...I've always been too scared to go in there alone (too close to the woods for me...), but since she's in there I feel a lot better about it! I'm going to give her stall a total makeover! There's actually trees starting to grow in there because it hasn't been used in so long!
 
#313 ·
Just a heads up, I won't be on very often this month, besides the short time I can sneak on while doing schoolwork...We have to finish our house because we have family coming in a month. We've been converting the downstairs into an apartment/gaming room...Which will soon be mine! Annie has been doing great, we switched her over to Senior grain, and she LOVES it! I got her a jolly ball and she seems to like it, just doesn't know what to do with it yet, lol.
 
#315 ·
Not yet, but now that I have a job hopefully that will come soon! I need to earn about 300 dollars because we want to get her teeth done first, since she's missing a couple plus it might be easier for her to eat with that even with her nerve damage. I've also started coin collecting! And I have about two dollars right on me...
 
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