Does anyone know if little Dolly has travelled OK?

No sure about Tessy, but I guess shes fine as they had already weaned Dolly previously, but there are lovely pictures of Dolly on FB with her new owner all happily settled in her new home, which looks lovely.
 
Good to hear, they didn't deserve the rude comments made on the previous thread by people who have no hands on contact with the horses.
 
Facebook says she travelled well, apparently tessybear is staying off HHO for a while because of some of the negative posts on here regarding her decision to sell, I didn't see the thread in question but its a great shame that people can be so eager to cause such pain to someone at what is undoubtedly an already painful time when all tb has done is adopt an incredibly mature approach throughout this journey. Anyway yes, dolly seems to have travelled well.
 
QB you haven't missed anything. TB just posted to let people know Dolly was moving that weekend, & in return got a torrent of abuse / 'advice' from people who've never even seen the horses telling her she was doing things wrong. As I pointed out on there they all say what a mature, responsible person she has been, so they should respect her choice (made with the input of professionals on the ground who were there deling with TB & D) & just wish her well, she did not ask for any 'advice'. One person (who I wont name) even thought it was fine to be rude about the poor girl & her decision as she was no longer on here to read it. It's very rare for me to get riled at threads, but that did last week, that young lady had done absolutely nothing to deserve it. Reminded me of the great british press, when you're flavour of the month you can do no wrong, but beware because they will turn & attack you unprovoked.
 
pip6 said:
QB you haven't missed anything. TB just posted to let people know Dolly was moving that weekend, & in return got a torrent of abuse / 'advice' from people who've never even seen the horses telling her she was doing things wrong. As I pointed out on there they all say what a mature, responsible person she has been, so they should respect her choice (made with the input of professionals on the ground who were there deling with TB & D) & just wish her well, she did not ask for any 'advice'. One person (who I wont name) even thought it was fine to be rude about the poor girl & her decision as she was no longer on here to read it. It's very rare for me to get riled at threads, but that did last week, that young lady had done absolutely nothing to deserve it. Reminded me of the great british press, when you're flavour of the month you can do no wrong, but beware because they will turn & attack you unprovoked.
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Gosh, just read some of that thread... Some pretty poisonous posts on there, you're completely right... Just like the press! Incredibly sad when this young lady has IMO been so responsible, and cared for dolly and tess in such a fantastic way. The sad thing is that this forum really can be so supportive and an absolute lifeline. I really shouldn't be surprised by the other thread but I am, I suppose because from everything i have read, there isn't a bad or irresponsible bone in TB's body.
 
I do feel that although this was taken personally by OP and did get a bit heated most of the replies were the pros and cons of early weaning of foals when there weren't medical reasons to do so.
I am sure this filly will come to no harm and is settled in her new home.
I bred a foal from my mare some years ago and always intended to keep the foal .
the foal was born 25TH April so around the same time as this foal (7years ago!)I separated mare from foal at e end of January early February of the next year.the mare had a lot to teach the foal (not just a milk machine) She gradually weaned him herself allowing him to suckle some times but gently walking away some times.He grew into the most well balanced and gentle horse afraid of nothing .
I intended to breed so i was my choice to take the mare out of work for a period of time.She was ridden gently light hacking (on vets advice as a very good doer)up to Christmas then turned away .She ended up with just about a year off.Her feet improved as I was able to keep her barefoot for that year and she came back to work wih added enthusiam
It must be a terrible shock to find a mare you bought to ride has to be taken out of work for an extended period when YOU didn't choose to breed.
I thought the majority of people just felt that in an ideal world foals stay with mum as long as possibe not being 'nasty' just making a valid point.
 
doriangrey said:
I'm not on facebook, but I'm able to view this. Hope it works

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dolly-Mixture/140747942790976
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thankyou for these pics, im not on facebook so feel ive missed out on the dolly story. if anyone is posting on facebook please tell abbie not to worry about negative comments on here....most of us think she has done a great job and she has taken advice from people who are actually there and not on a forum, and WOW dolly looks fab!!!!!!(and not exactly fading away!!) would love to be able to follow dollys story but am an oldie and dont fancy joining facebook....
 
Spring Feather said:
Hmm that's not quite true. Some people became a little overly upset that TB had weaned Dolly from her mother at 3 and a half months old.
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Quite true, I didnt see anyone being nasty, to TB. people were just concerned about how young that foal was, She is a big girl but she was still young. Also TB said she was 5months old, in fact she was only just over 3 and a half months when weaned. I find it a bit odd she didnt know how old her own foal was to be honest! I agree Dolly was big, but there are ways round keeping the mare and foal together a bit longer. Whatever anyone says 3 and a half months is very young to wean and most peopl would agree wih that.
Any way its done now, but people are allowed a opinion. People just got very defensive. I didnt see anyone being nasty just having a opinion, which is surely what a forum like this is about? Good luck to Dolly in her new home and I hope Abi enjoys riding tessy.
 
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Reading the thread the nasty remarks seemed to come from those who felt weaning at 3 and a half months is fine, even desirable, when there is no veterinary need.

I do not think anyone made unkind remarks about the OP or the condition of the mare and foal. It was a shame to have the thread sullied by the in fighting.

Anyway, this thread will go the same way, so bowing out before the attacks start up again.
 
I think it's sad that sometimes opinions can't seem to be put across civilly on here. The majority of opinions are valid and relevant but because of how they are voiced it can change the whole mood of the thread.

Glad Dolly arrived safely :)
 
I see shes getting younger and younger again... according to the thread she was born 24th April, making her over 4 months.. not 3 and a half.... but yes she traveled fine, Im on FB and its lovely to see photos of her
 
I thought there were 2 camps, for and against as it were but I don't think that the thread degenerated into utter nastiness (like some of the Armas threads for instance). There were strong opinions, it was quite civil though imo.
 
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I see shes getting younger and younger again... according to the thread she was born 24th April, making her over 4 months.. not 3 and a half....
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Gawd, I really don't want to get into this again, but no she isn't getting younger and younger. Dolly was apparently born on the 24th April, TB posted on the 28th August and Dolly had allegedly already been weaned for 'about a week' prior, so Dolly was under 4 months old when she was weaned. Regardless whether she was weaned at 3 and a half months or just over 4 months, the point is some people became overly upset at weaning so young, not because TB had decided to sell her.
 
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I wish Tessybear, Tess and Dolly well but would point out that she had already decided to have a break from HHO well before the thread on weaning. In fact she says so quite clearly at the start of that thread.
 
Thank you for the facebook link, I don't know if I can go on it anyway or because my son has left it signed it but it was nice to see the pics. She is a well marked filly and it will be nice to see how she matures.
 
I would love to see how she turns out she's huge for a little girl (if you get me), but she has a great attitude. I bet her sire was a massive warmblood tee hee!
 
mulledwhine said:
She weaned early because mum started to show signs of harming the baby!!!!

What would you have done ?

I think she did the only thing possible
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Oh I'm sorry but you must have read a totally different thread to me. Dolly becomes the heinous baby-killing mare!! I think not :wink3: lol! The mare had simply started to self wean the foal and was not allowing Dolly to feed on-demand anymore. Completely normal behaviour for a broodmare and good life lessons for foals, particularly important for single foals who are not reprimanded by other broodmares in the herd.

And as I read it, the stud and vet had not advised TB to wean this early, they had just said that Dolly would be fine. And she is.
 
I wish people would read the thread properly!!!! Dolly was born 24th April, She moved home last week but was weaned a week before that which would have made her well under 4 months old when taken awy from mum. Work it out!
 
I'm with SP on this .My mare did limit the amount of time foal was allowed at the milk bar He was enormous and needed to bend his knees to suckle at about 6 weeks old .Watching mum encouraging him to graze and allowing him to share her bucket of feed at a early age so he got used to hard feed then a bucket of his own was lovely to watch.
I think no one was saying the foal isn't a big girl or that she will suffer but she will lack the lessons that mum can teach her and chill time just being a foal with mum.
It must be hard to find you have lost your 'riding' horse when you never planned to breed but foal need mums and without a good medical reason with the foal or the mare they ideally they should be together until at least 6 months old and ideally longer than that
Mum's wean foals themselves certainly mine did by the time I separated them at 10 months he had virtually stopped feeding .It was the none event of the year he was happy with one of my older geldings and even grazed in a field next to mum and the other gelding with no problem at all.
The vets and stud may have gone along with the weaning it doesn't make it ideal and at no time did I read the mare was attacking the foal just pushing him away from the milk bar as mares do.
 
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Whatever. She's weaned, well, in a lovely new home with others her own age to teach each other the ropes of being a horse and the rest of her life begins as of now. Perfect, really.
 
horselib said:
I'm with SP on this .My mare did limit the amount of time foal was allowed at the milk bar He was enormous and needed to bend his knees to suckle at about 6 weeks old .Watching mum encouraging him to graze and allowing him to share her bucket of feed at a early age so he got used to hard feed then a bucket of his own was lovely to watch.
I think no one was saying the foal isn't a big girl or that she will suffer but she will lack the lessons that mum can teach her and chill time just being a foal with mum.
It must be hard to find you have lost your 'riding' horse when you never planned to breed but foal need mums and without a good medical reason with the foal or the mare they ideally they should be together until at least 6 months old and ideally longer than that
Mum's wean foals themselves certainly mine did by the time I separated them at 10 months he had virtually stopped feeding .It was the none event of the year he was happy with one of my older geldings and even grazed in a field next to mum and the other gelding with no problem at all.
The vets and stud may have gone along with the weaning it doesn't make it ideal and at no time did I read the mare was attacking the foal just pushing him away from the milk bar as mares do.
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Exactly, well said. Dolly will be fine, but will miss some lessons from Mum
 
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