well, we have somegood news bad news over at the homestead. backin -----_- we met a couple that worked with us on adopting a miniature horse. the process at first seemed like a blessing. the stars literally alleigned in order for us to meet.
i had found piglets that i ws going to go look at to get baby Z one. this was a second attempt at geeting a pig, the first one was so disappointing because although they were adorable we werent allowed to play with them or adopt them. it was just a big misunderstanding.
now, on to the story of our horse. i met the couple on april 14, this year. many reschedules later they came for a house visit on april 22. we them got to meet the horse on may 1, after many resuchudels ...again. this should have been a sign and in fact we did begin to question if this was right for our family because itseemed we were being met with hurdles, but they were just the couple being unorganized and not prompt, we hadnt had a real problem.
we felt a sense of unease after we met the horse, whose name was Fire and then we renamed her Marron. when Bobbi, the lady with whom i communicated, had told us about Marron she didnt mention her size and the ponies we had seen her with were very small, like two feet tall. marron was nearly four feeet tall. we asked for training because we had zero experience with horses, being a caretaker to a horse, or training a horse. i asked that we have at least four training sessions with her before we took her in, but we were contacted may 23 to receive her immediately. the onther horses in the pasture with her had pink eye and Bobbi, wanted marron out of that pasture and out of contact with the pink eye.
we immediately realized that she was very food aggressive. she even kicked my husband over food. she would try knocking with her head, she had her ears pined back, she would stomp her front legs. it was a slightly unnerving situation to bring her her grain. horses main diet is hay and foraging for other grasses. after doing research i took away breakfast gain, and only gave her lunch. thisdid help and she started calming down when it came to grain time. life continued with her mostly problem free. no more kicking and her grain aggression had calmed way down.
fast forward to july 30, when Marron ate one of our newly hatched chicks. i will say that again, a horse ate a baby chicken.
i had found piglets that i ws going to go look at to get baby Z one. this was a second attempt at geeting a pig, the first one was so disappointing because although they were adorable we werent allowed to play with them or adopt them. it was just a big misunderstanding.
now, on to the story of our horse. i met the couple on april 14, this year. many reschedules later they came for a house visit on april 22. we them got to meet the horse on may 1, after many resuchudels ...again. this should have been a sign and in fact we did begin to question if this was right for our family because itseemed we were being met with hurdles, but they were just the couple being unorganized and not prompt, we hadnt had a real problem.
we felt a sense of unease after we met the horse, whose name was Fire and then we renamed her Marron. when Bobbi, the lady with whom i communicated, had told us about Marron she didnt mention her size and the ponies we had seen her with were very small, like two feet tall. marron was nearly four feeet tall. we asked for training because we had zero experience with horses, being a caretaker to a horse, or training a horse. i asked that we have at least four training sessions with her before we took her in, but we were contacted may 23 to receive her immediately. the onther horses in the pasture with her had pink eye and Bobbi, wanted marron out of that pasture and out of contact with the pink eye.
we immediately realized that she was very food aggressive. she even kicked my husband over food. she would try knocking with her head, she had her ears pined back, she would stomp her front legs. it was a slightly unnerving situation to bring her her grain. horses main diet is hay and foraging for other grasses. after doing research i took away breakfast gain, and only gave her lunch. thisdid help and she started calming down when it came to grain time. life continued with her mostly problem free. no more kicking and her grain aggression had calmed way down.
fast forward to july 30, when Marron ate one of our newly hatched chicks. i will say that again, a horse ate a baby chicken.
