Aggies Story.....

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Ok, this is going to be an ongoing thread.....

Pictured below is a 6 yr old Mini mare named Aggie.

She arrived here thismorning - DC and I went and picked her up, along with a mini stallion, and two big mares as their owner is in a bit of a pickle and cant care for them at the moment. So we are helping out.

The minis are going to be a long term fixture here - well, Aggie is - til her owner can get organised and get somewhere for her down where he lives now, and the stallion, Rusty, will be tidied up, fixed up and sold. (Most likely as a gelding - he is harness and saddle broken).....

You will probably be shocked at the state of Aggies feet which are her major problem.

I cant say anything that will prepare you for them..... so here they are.....









Keep in mind that Aggie has had very little to no handling during her life so far.

Craig will be fixing her feet for her as best he can - he specialises in correctional trimming and shoeing, so this is right up his alley.

Its going to be a long haul, but I will use this thread as a bit of a diary about Aggie and her journey through having her hooves rehabilitated.

To add to the story:

Owner of the horses was not in 'control' of the horses at the time..... there are lots of things going on and the horses were being 'looked after' by someone else.

The horses 'condition' was always 'fine' (as yes, they are of good weight), but the people keeping an eye on them knew nothing about feet.....

Owner does not live in the area that the horses were located any more.

One saving grace is NO she should NOT be in foal..... she is 6 yrs old and has lived with this stallion and had lived also with another stallion (both at the same time) for her entire life.... and NEVER produced..... so thankfully, it seems she may be barren..... (heres hoping)....

If she IS in foal - we shall cross that bridge when we come to it. Both stallions have produced to other mares over the last few years..... just no one has ever got this mare in foal. (I think at one point she was living with THREE stallions in a herd with some other mares as well)......

Oh, and she WONT be going back for quite some time, so hopefully we will have her feet sorted well and truely by then, and her owner is in the process of being 'educated tactfully' as well.... He IS trying to do the right thing by the horses..... hence him asking if we could take them on.
 
All I can say is what a lucky pony to have found you.

I will read and watch this thread with interest and remember - lots of piccies! :p
 
Them feet are horrific :( poor little soul.

All the best with her looks like she needs some tlc.
 
Poor little bugger is going to take some getting right... Shes rather uncomfortable now with the changes to her feet...lots of getting used to.. but will make more change gradually over next while till they line up somewhere near the right direction and then continue to bring angles closer to normal as the damage grows out...
 
Oh jeez SC. That poor little mite. Pity you're in Oz because I'd give that little lass a home tomorrow. She'd fit right in with my 2 other rescue mini shetland mares. Hope she recovers in her mind as well as in her body, bless her. Doesn't it make you sick to be part of the human race sometimes? Good on you SC for caring - the world needs more like you x
 
Thanks guys..... Thankfully Gekko is a specialist with rehabbing hooves.....

I think shes going to be here for quite some time..... Im not real keen on sending her back to a situation that may not be the best for her.....

Unless the owner is the one who is going to be looking after her full time and having the farrier out to her religiously, I wouldnt be comfortable having her go back to him..... Dont know how well that is going to go down, but its the best interest of the pony that we have in mind.

As Gekko said - shes not real comfortable at the moment, but we are managing that as best we can, and it was better to take it all off in the one go and have her a bit sore for a few days rather than take little bits off over a few weeks and have her sore for a long time......
 
Okies, update on Aggie :):) Have put new photos up in the Facebook Album, but here are a couple for you.....

Still has lots of work to do, but she IS getting there...... There is still a fair bit of distortion in her feet, but it is just going to take some time for them to grow down enough to grow that bit out. The angle of the new growth since the last trim is pleasing..... dont know if it shows real well......

Just prior to this trim.....



During the trim:


After:


Oh, these photos were taken today.....

 
Bless her! What a lovely little pony.
She has been lucky to find you. I wondered how she was getting on. Glad she is improving.
 
A huge well done for taking her on and getting her sorted. Many would have pts sadly with feet like that. :)

May I suggest a look at her diet if I may. It's just I notice she is in a field after the trim. Those feet, from what I know, apart from being un trimmed are usually the result of laminitis, so to help getting her comfy it may be worth treating her as a pony with laminitis.
 
Thanks guys!

Ah Ha!!! Amandap, yep, she was only on that 'green paddock' for about 24 hours as we had nowhere else to put her at the time (had stallions, foals and preg. mares in the yards - they had priority! :))

She is now in a fairly bare paddock with almost completely dried off grass, barely any sugars there at all. She has lost a bit of weight as well and it doesnt look like she is in foal (THANK GOODNESS!!!), and the little stallion we got at the same time is now gelded and has been sold - he goes to his new home in a couple of weeks.... YAY!

Have been keeping a VERY close eye on the pair of them, and we are quite pleased with how they are coming along.

Hubby is a farrier - and specialises in corrective work and laminitis, deformities, legs etc.... :) VERY handy :)
 
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