Don't they grow up fast?

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Casey76

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Nine months old... beginning of March

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Ten months old... beginning of April

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I have to buy a new head collar, as Blitz has outgrown his "pony" sized one.

He was gelded on Monday, so nothing to hold back that upward growth now... *gulp*
 
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Haha... sorry, my computer is really lagging today (need to defrag my hard drive).

I don't think my friend would be too impressed if her appy suddenly lost his spots!
 
He's going to be a nice looking horse :D And HUGE :eek: if those are normal sized stables and he's not even a year old.............

On a serious note, that looks like a huge amount of growing he's done in a month and I'd be try to slow it down as much as possible to save joints etc. Nothing but hay/grass and possibly restricted at that. He's better covered than I'd like such big horse to be at his age (they should be a little ribby coming out of winter). Has he come from a meat farm? I knw you're in that kind of area and he looks just the type. He may well have been 'forced' until now.
 
BB22: I think he's some kind of European draft. Percheron type. He's going to be bloody massive by the looks of it! Casey lives in Austria (?)
 
Thanks all :) He is standing approx 14.1hh (at the front) at the moment.

Blitz is a Mérens (thanks ischa :) ), and although they are generally small horses, his dad is an outlier and massive

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He isn't quite so fat, Kallibear, he has a huge thick coat, and you fan feel his ribs easily once you get your hands on him, and see the shadow of them when he turns a circle. He has only been off his breeders yard a month, and is now getting less than 1/3 of the hard feed he was getting before, and has actually lost the "rounded" look he had when he first arrived for weaning.
 
Casey76 said:
Thanks all :) He is standing approx 14.1hh (at the front) at the moment.

Blitz is a Mérens (thanks ischa :) ), and although they are generally small horses, his dad is an outlier and massive

Roka3a.jpg


He isn't quite so fat, Kallibear, he has a huge thick coat, and you fan feel his ribs easily once you get your hands on him, and see the shadow of them when he turns a circle. He has only been off his breeders yard a month, and is now getting less than 1/3 of the hard feed he was getting before, and has actually lost the "rounded" look he had when he first arrived for weaning.
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Strong looking horse, but look at it's feet, do they not have farriers in France.
 
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