Rescued horses/ponies! Would love to see your before and after pics!

[petite-girle]

I feel I rescued my little filly. I stupidly went to see some Newforest foals for sale and of course couldn't walk away without ones as they were all in such a sorry state. My filly was really skinny, had a huge wormy stomach. She had rain scould on her back and lice and gunky eyes. All the foals were running around terrifyed when you went in the pen with them except her, it was as if she had just given up. She was 4/5months old and had been taken off her mum too early. I could have cried. Now she's a loving, cheeky little yearling! So here are my before and after pics....(I can only find one after having her for a week or so)

 

[shadowboy]

Mine is also a Nefie I bought him at 8 months old but off a dealer - Here is is the day I met him

The day after he arrived- FULL of worms and matted- took 3 weeks to get the matted poo and hair off him

Last October-

love him to bits

 

[DanielleAngel]

Absolutely brilliant!
None of mine are really rescues on the physical side, more the mental side.
Going to love this thread though such good work.

 

[petite-girle]

aww he is gorgeous! how old is he now? how big do you think he will make?

my filly was about 10.1hh when I got her. She's now 14months old and about 12hh, hoping she makes 13.2hh so I can ride her comfortably

 

[cobface]

NOW

Last night

 

[shadowboy]

aww he is gorgeous! how old is he now? how big do you think he will make?

my filly was about 10.1hh when I got her. She's now 14months old and about 12hh, hoping she makes 13.2hh so I can ride her comfortably

He is 26 months old now. He was. 11.2hh at 8 months and is now 13.2hh so hopefully make 13.3hh (i'd love for 14hh but not holding my breath!) When Howie was 14 months old he was about 12.1hh so you should be ok!

 

[MinskiKaii]

Trigger turned up, uncatchable. Laminitis in all 4, lice, sweetitch, mats and area where he had rubbed raw.

Before

During

After

 

[ChristmasAngel]

These all look absolutely amazing - well done to all of you

 

[Keltic]

This was Jack when I got him home, when I went to see him he was dog lame and skin and bone...... Yep I still took him home!! Sorry rubbish pics but you get the idea!

After 6 months

 

[Pally]

Would love to show mine but no idea how to put on the photo's, any help appreciated!

 

[mle22]

Great to see the afters. Keltic - what a sorry sight Jack was in the before - good for you for taking him on. Good on all of you!

 

[Montyforever]

Mysti last oct - Dodgey jaw, overweight, lami & teeth issues. Free to good home or was going to be pts

Mysti now - A healthy weight, no sign of lami this year

 

[JenHunt]

my word Keltic... what a difference in the poor lad.

well done every one.

 

[FanyDuChamp]

I just wanted to say, you have all done really well with your rescues. Captain wasn't a rescue as such but he was very thin when we bought him.


Captain when we got him. He is a 17-2hh KWPN Gelderlander. Not great piccys but you get the idea, he looked like a toast rack, you coud see every bone.

6 months later

Now

He will always be rangy, that is his breed, but he now has a good covering over his bones.

 

[Beckie65]

aww what an improvement she has turned out a lovely little filly, well done, im the same i can't walk away my heart strings are always pulled! lol and MinskiKaii my god those feet were bad well done you for rescuing trigger xxx

 

[MinskiKaii]

aww what an improvement she has turned out a lovely little filly, well done, im the same i can't walk away my heart strings are always pulled! lol and MinskiKaii my god those feet were bad well done you for rescuing trigger xxx

Thanks Beckie65, they were dreadfull weren't they, bear in mind he is only a mini shetland you could actually fit your fingers under the front of his hooves!! Poor little chap.

 

[thatsmygirl]

Mysti last oct - Dodgey jaw, overweight, lami & teeth issues. Free to good home or was going to be pts

Mysti now - A healthy weight, no sign of lami this year

Good on you for posting this, not all rescue cases are stick thin but many would over look a fat pony as not " in need " so to speak.

 

[orin]

orin when i got him:

after:

rolex when i got him:

after:

RIP both my beautiful boys xx

 

[lastphoenix]

Gilly 3YO on the day i got him, his eye was so badly infected he couldnt open it and no one would treat it.

Gilly 5YO, he lost that eye and has since broke his jaw, but i wouldnt swap him for the world

 

[kirstyl]

Gilly 3YO on the day i got him, his eye was so badly infected he couldnt open it and no one would treat it.

Gilly 5YO, he lost that eye and has since broke his jaw, but i wouldnt swap him for the world



Well done though, he is extremely handsome!

 

[Bay_Beasty]

Twigs the day I got her

and 6 weeks later

 

[rachelha]

Ria when we got her

and Ria now!

she was so skinny, and lifeless

now shes fat and loony!

 

[petite-girle]

Everyone, the pics are wonderful, so nice to see them now healthy and happy!! I think everyone is fantastic for the work they have done!

 

[vicky86]

This is my Moms horse Lincoln when she first got him.

this was Lincoln as a 20yr old - he lived until he was about 28 i think.

 

[CalllyH]

what a fab thread - shows what proper care and attention does.

Am in love with Captain - he is stunning

 

[immoralorchid]

my dales pony a month after i bought her can still see the ribs

how swollen her legs were we had to clip her feathers off when she finally let me

and some of her now

i am incredably proud of her

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJzPo98NDC8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQyItyH4bm4


and mono she isnt a rescue but the owners just didnt have the time to school her and she is a bit of a poor doer so the hard winter we had didnt help

before

now

 

[hotzonezackattack]

this was a ex racer i rescued a few years ago he had just been turn out in a field with no food and no hay and was fully clipped. when i got him

and when he had put some weight on.sorryabout them being so big

 

[Kao]

I guess I rescued Kao. He was called Dodger (ew, it just doesn't suit him).
The agreement was, if I wanted to sell him I had to sell him back to them...fat chance, he's mine. Forever ^_^

His ad pictures:

Him now:

^ With his girlfriend hehe.

I was given mixed opinions when I first got him. So n00b told me to leave him a field for 2-3months He's feral after 3 days of me not handling him, let alone just leaving him for that long.
Saddle is now on order *yay* but I have been working on my bareback riding, and...*drumroll* we got a canter down the long side the other day!
I don't ride him for any more than 5mins (I'm out of breath after that) and even then we plod on the buckle of the reins incase I slip off the edge ^_^

He isn't a tradional, We're almost 100% sure he's part Clyde and I think the rest of him is some sort of TB x Paint...His face is too pretty to be a workman cob

 

[Munchkin]

10 months apart

Also had a little Welsh filly from a sale but can't find any 'before' photos on this computer.

Poor Lincoln looked horrendous when your mum got him, Vicky! Gorgeous horse though.

 

[bex25]

Technically not a rescue because her owner loved her very much but didnt have the facilities to work with her.
When I got her she was very nervous and would cower in terror if approached.
Within 2 months she was backed & proving to be a bombproof hack.

Feb 2009
The day I got her

June 2009