My next equine project horse

Dim Tim and Ted!

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Ooh Tim's back. How lovely. I remember you saying that his eyes looked fearful, or something like that, on his journey. He looks happy now! Is there a story?
 
Ooh Tim's back, how lovely. I remember you saying his eyes looked fearful, or something like that, when he was on his journey. He looks pretty happy now! Is there a story?
 
sky1000 said:
Ooh Tim's back, how lovely. I remember you saying his eyes looked fearful, or something like that, when he was on his journey. He looks pretty happy now! Is there a story?
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Change of circumstances with his new home, I always said I would have him back if things didn't work out. He was broken a few weeks ago so that was a bonus, he can wobble around the arena and managed a short hack yesterday. Another project for my spare time !
 
Tim looks very happy to be home, and a very smart project he is too!! Now you can keep him and turn him into your next superstar show hunter (and this thread will never die - yay!!!!)😁
 
I think I've just fallen in love with Tim from that photo! He seems to have really grown up while he was away, and what a lovely face he's got!
 
AdorableAlice said:
Change of circumstances with his new home, I always said I would have him back if things didn't work out. He was broken a few weeks ago so that was a bonus, he can wobble around the arena and managed a short hack yesterday. Another project for my spare time !
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that's very good of them to keep to your offer rather than just pass him along to anyone :) there are some good people around. And what a bonus for you to have him backed too!
 
I have come very late to this lovely thread. Has taken me ages to read it all but wow what a journey! I am fairly local to you and very rarely go to shows nowadays but the prospect of seeing Ted, Alice et al "in the flesh" may get me back out there. Please keep us posted where we can expect to see them again and thank you so much for sharing your story with us all.
 
OMG just caught up with around 5 months worth of news! Tears of joy at seeing Ted in the showring. Such a transformation. AA your horses are such a credit to you. This is the only thing I follow now pretty much on HHO. I could never abandon Ted though. When is the book coming? :)
 
Hetsmum said:
OMG just caught up with around 5 months worth of news! Tears of joy at seeing Ted in the showring. Such a transformation. AA your horses are such a credit to you. This is the only thing I follow now pretty much on HHO. I could never abandon Ted though. When is the book coming? :)
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^^^This. The Adventures of Ted needs publishing. Get to it, AA!
 
Hetsmum said:
OMG just caught up with around 5 months worth of news! Tears of joy at seeing Ted in the showring. Such a transformation. AA your horses are such a credit to you. This is the only thing I follow now pretty much on HHO. I could never abandon Ted though. When is the book coming? :)
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The book might be needed to pay the next vet bill. Team Ted and Adorable Alice have had a huge set back following our lovely day out on 8th July.

48 hours after all the fun at the show, the three that attended the show became sick and so did my old boy. All of them pouring green snot and coughing. As always the best vet in Worcestershire sprang into action and her entire stock of Norodine was prescribed. My feed room resembles a pharmacy and I have a chart of how much for each horse, twice a day, is to be given. How quickly they became ill has astounded me, Alice was the first to show signs on the Monday evening and by Tuesday morning another 3 were the same.

The Irish Draught show held yesterday that I had been looking forward to all year for Alice, (she missed it last year due to an eye infection) was once again a non starter. As I couldn't compete I offered to steward the ridden classes. The original steward managed to break her arm the day before. I had a nice afternoon, managed to embarrass myself by telling the judges they were waiting for another small hunter to come forward before they started judging and then realised that horse was mine and the entry hadn't been removed from the list I was working off !! The winning small was a beautifully educated and balanced horse but with little substance. more of a small riding horse, and the judges agreed they would have liked a horse with the same way of going but with more bone. I stood there listening to them, clutching my clipboard and basket of rosettes, silently cursing Alice and her pile of snot. Had she been in the class and done her best she would have won the class I had aimed her at all year. That's horses for you as we all well know.

Never the less, I learnt a lot from two County level judges and apart from the championship result, I judged the classes in my head the same as they did for real so that pleased me.

One more day of antibiotics to go. There are improvements, pocket rocket cob seems back to normal, Ted has a runny nose which is clear fluid and just one muffled cough this morning after breakfast, Alice is still snotty but not green anymore and just one cough. My treasured old boy is 24 and has cushings so when I saw him poorly I was very upset, this morning his nose is clean but he has little appetite. He does seem bright in himself though so fingers crossed he is going the right way.

I am just hoping the other 4 on the yard stay healthy, they have so far.
 
Oh no, poor Alice, Martha, Ted and Old Boy and poor you missing out on the show. Well done for stewarding instead though and for mentally picking the right horses. I often do the same when I'm dressage writing and usually come up with very similar marks to the judge, it's good to know you're on the right track.

Sending snot reduction and appetite increase vibes.
 
Horses have some sort of innate timing systems built in I've learnt, to do these kinds of things. I'm so sorry you've had a poorly yard on your hands and missed out on the I'D show though.
I am intrigued - you mention the other 4 on the yard- other than Dim Tim who are the other inmates?
 
chaps89 said:
Horses have some sort of innate timing systems built in I've learnt, to do these kinds of things. I'm so sorry you've had a poorly yard on your hands and missed out on the I'D show though.
I am intrigued - you mention the other 4 on the yard- other than Dim Tim who are the other inmates?
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Dim Tim plus 2 I am not responsible for !, and one I am helping produce for this season. I have enough heart ache, pain, exhaustion and skintness with my 5. I am supposed to be slowing down, but now heading towards 60 I have more than I have ever had, 4 in work and retired super champion. I was looking at going to 4 days, then Dim Tim landed back home, so that's a no then ! Keeps me of street corners - bonus ! good job I have a very understanding (most of the time) husband and wonderful friends to make it all possible.
 
Sven said:
I need a Ted fix, what news?
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I need someone to fix Ted !! luckily I have the best vet anyone could hope for who puts up with my endless stressing and worrying about my horses. So Ted and his girlfriend remain on the dole and seem to have doubled in size sideways whilst being signed off sick.
 
AdorableAlice said:
I need someone to fix Ted !! luckily I have the best vet anyone could hope for who puts up with my endless stressing and worrying about my horses. So Ted and his girlfriend remain on the dole and seem to have doubled in size sideways whilst being signed off sick.
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Oh blimey - it sounded as though things were looking up on the snot & cough front, a while back now!
Is it still a problem, or have they just developed some new and more interesting problems, just to keep your vet amused/on her toes? They will stop smirking soon once you put them on the Ryvita diet. <g>

Hope you are still having some horsey, or non-horsey, fun, too.
 
Have spent 3 days reading this whole thread... Don't know why I left it until now but what a great thread. Very inspiring. Shame I can't see most of the pictures due to stupid photobucket.
Can't wait to see more updates and competition results!!!
 
Time for an update from Ted The Racehorse, well, he is convinced he is a racehorse because he now been endoscoped more times than Denman, Frankel and Desert Orchid put together. Alice, make that Unimpressed Alice has also had her tonsils inspected several times and I am about to change the yard name to Ballydoyle.

Four solid months of veterinary care for snots and coughs. This has been one very resilient virus, I am one very frazzled owner, the vets are having nightmares and the drug manufacturers must be working nights to keep Ted in the quantity of medicines he is needing. Thankfully both are insured and equally thankfully the other horses haven't been affected. It is a good job we are not a commercial yard, something like this would put a professional yard out of business.

Hopefully they are almost back to normal now, they have been walking on the lunge for a good while which bored the pants off them and Ted got rather naughty, now they are hacking in walk and trot with no coughing or snotting.

I can't believe how badly they have been affected and none of the tests have given a conclusive answer to what they picked up. Not sure I want to compete anymore ! and I just hope they are not permanently affected in their wind.

Dim Tim is entered for his first Intro on 5th November, I wonder if anyone would notice if I put a mask on his nose and followed him around with a thermometer !
 
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