Adventures of a Girl and her First Horse April 14, 2009
Well I'm a 23 year old girl Texas Aggie
. Born and raised in the city, always been a country girll at heart. That's the Texan in me. I have always wanted a horse...always! Living in the city with middle class parents kept me from having one. A few weeks ago a co-worker mentioned wanted to give away her horse. I wasn't sure if she was being serious so I brought it back up. She was and I got really excited.
She gave me a few details and I discussed it with my fiance'. Cassabaskin is a 24 year old black arabian gelding. He has Bask as g-grand on top and Cass Ole as grand on bottom. That's right...he's a grandson of the Black Stallion!
He was not too fond of the idea of adopting a 24 year old ex-show horse who had foundered once 10 years ago due to neglect from a boarding facility. He told me no and that he didnt think it was a good idea. I was a little bummed but I figured I'd get my baby one day.
My mom came into town and despite my fiances decision, I took her and a friend who knew Arabians really well. She looked him over completely, lunged him rode him and came to the decision he'd be the perfect 'starter' horse for me. I put together an estimate of how much it would cost to take Cass on and presented all I knew to Jereme (the fiance) again. HE SAID YES!!!
Since then I have had him coggins tested (neg!)
and vaccinated to prepare to move him to where I am living which is connected to a boarding facility. I have also been working hard to get the aged barn up to par for him. I cleaned it, filled his stall with dirt, put pads down and topped them with shavings. His stall looks great! Mel and I are heading over to get him tomorrow after work! I can't wait till he's here with me.
It's not all perfection though. He needs to gain some weight, desperately needs to be powerdose dewormed. He's supposed to be getting his feet trimmed this week and I need to get his teeth floated. They were done over a year ago. I know horrible
for an older horse. I am a little worried about his nose. He seems to be bleeding from his right nostril, it's not heavy, more like a runny nose with a hint of blood in it. He also has a growth on his other nostril. I will be talking to a vet and get his opinion on what action to take with that.
I know that it was meant to be. I get my black stallion...err...gelding.LOL. I will keep this updated on his improvements. I can't wait to see him to his full horsey potential. He was a show horse but I don't plan to show him. I want him to retire as a lazy, pleasure riding horse.
-Jenn
Well I'm a 23 year old girl Texas Aggie
. Born and raised in the city, always been a country girll at heart. That's the Texan in me. I have always wanted a horse...always! Living in the city with middle class parents kept me from having one. A few weeks ago a co-worker mentioned wanted to give away her horse. I wasn't sure if she was being serious so I brought it back up. She was and I got really excited.She gave me a few details and I discussed it with my fiance'. Cassabaskin is a 24 year old black arabian gelding. He has Bask as g-grand on top and Cass Ole as grand on bottom. That's right...he's a grandson of the Black Stallion!
He was not too fond of the idea of adopting a 24 year old ex-show horse who had foundered once 10 years ago due to neglect from a boarding facility. He told me no and that he didnt think it was a good idea. I was a little bummed but I figured I'd get my baby one day. My mom came into town and despite my fiances decision, I took her and a friend who knew Arabians really well. She looked him over completely, lunged him rode him and came to the decision he'd be the perfect 'starter' horse for me. I put together an estimate of how much it would cost to take Cass on and presented all I knew to Jereme (the fiance) again. HE SAID YES!!!
Since then I have had him coggins tested (neg!)
and vaccinated to prepare to move him to where I am living which is connected to a boarding facility. I have also been working hard to get the aged barn up to par for him. I cleaned it, filled his stall with dirt, put pads down and topped them with shavings. His stall looks great! Mel and I are heading over to get him tomorrow after work! I can't wait till he's here with me. It's not all perfection though. He needs to gain some weight, desperately needs to be powerdose dewormed. He's supposed to be getting his feet trimmed this week and I need to get his teeth floated. They were done over a year ago. I know horrible
for an older horse. I am a little worried about his nose. He seems to be bleeding from his right nostril, it's not heavy, more like a runny nose with a hint of blood in it. He also has a growth on his other nostril. I will be talking to a vet and get his opinion on what action to take with that. I know that it was meant to be. I get my black stallion...err...gelding.LOL. I will keep this updated on his improvements. I can't wait to see him to his full horsey potential. He was a show horse but I don't plan to show him. I want him to retire as a lazy, pleasure riding horse.
-Jenn
I tried rocking him to get him up and that didn't work so we tried to get him interested in his carrots and still no worky. I ran to my landlords house and she came out. I shook some grain at him and when he still didn't get up she got a whip and lightly whipped him until he got up. He was acting lethargic. When Mel got there she checked him out. He was colicing.
She ran home and grabbed her med box and brought it to the barn. She gave him a shot of Bedadine IV and within 10 minutes he was back to his old self.
Today he did really well during longing. I'm excited about getting him back into shape. 
