here is my czech warmblood

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We have had avacardo for 18 months, he came to us from a breeder and was very poor.
It has taken along time for him to gain weight, we have fed him with the vets advice, because he was so poor they were very worried about growth problems. He is still along way off from being well I feel.
He also came to us with a misalined atlas, this can not be fixed. he may never be riden, but has a home for life.

here are some photos the week we got him
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june last year
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about 3 weeks ago
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what do you think
 
A misalined atlas is at the top of his head, the atlas and axis are sometimes called the pole, his is now set to the right, it would have happenend when he was a baby. It could have been put right, but they left it.

For us as long as he is happy and healthy, then we are happy. He is very much loved by my little girl, we have a number of horses so there will never be any pressure, if he can not be riden.

my little girl with him the first day we got him
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How old was he when he came to you? How tall was he then, and how much has he grown since? I ask, because I too have had an extremely poor foal which was rescued with his (also emaciated) mother. The prognosis was poor for both and we thought the foal would be stunted at best, however all has come right and now the foal is a strapping 3 year old, broken and happily pootling around. We obviously got him in time (just), and managed to make up for the poor start, so perhaps things may not be as gloomy as you might think?
 
Wow what a lucky boy to have you. Lets hope you will be able to enjoy riding him but if not he clearl gives you lots of pleasure.
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He is so cute!!! Well done on giving him a home for life. I got my 18hh monster when he was 9 months old very poor state. His pasterns were flat on the floor, twisted tendons from the hock down on both hind legs so he cannot be ridden. I love him to bit he is 9 yrs old now and suffers intermittent lameness but i would never part with him even though he cant be rode. He is a lovely sweet companion and gives me loads of pleasure by just being a horse and being there
 
Looked at this thread because of the mention of "Czech warmblood" - that's what my horse is and you don't seem to hear much about them really, so I'm always curious! What a great job you've done with yours, that's a vast improvement, poor little soul. What was his story? He came to you from a breeder, but why so bedraggled early on?
 
The breeder had limited grass over that winter, and was not able to feed. He was a number of youngsters which also looked as bad. We got him in the April, we had snow that year, but not a lot.
 
He is gorgeous, well done for all the good work you've already put in and much kudos for giving him a forever home even if he can't be ridden. Could he be driven eventually? He must have been in a lot of pain, my lad had his polls out and the physio said it was like having a migraine all the time.
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Congratulations! what a difference you have made to this horses life. what a lucky horse he is! he looks lovely and I am glad you have him for life...:)
 
Poor horses! This is terrible - why do they breed horses if they can't feed them?!

These people are giving kinsky horses bad name. I have 2 kinsky horses myself. They are beautiful, big, intelligent and strong horses and I can't believe that someone would treat them so badly.

Well done for saving this one's life.
 
He's beautiful, what an improvement!! Well done for all the hard work you've put into him, it's lovely to know he has a home for life, he's very lucky to have come to you.
 
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