A knights dream

[katie]

a knights dream
Rose grey arbian filly, age 3, found in the slaughter pen unharmed but dehydrated and half starved. needs to be trained and get back in shape
1/14/05
i unload dream from the trailer "easy it ok girl"
the mare is very shook up but is so sick that she cant do more than walk but i could see it in her eyes
"come on girl lits put you in your stall she lead her over the the first stall witch had previuesly been bedded i walk her in and undo her halter i grab on of the new blankits and let her sniff it " i bet youve never had one of these on before" i slowly aproch her and place her blankit on her "there you go" i fill up her water and give her 4 flakes of hay but no feed for fear that she mit colic if i give her feed right after she has just been moved
i give her a pat on the head "sleep good se you tomarow"

she looks bad now but will hopefully inprove quickley
* more pics soon

[katie]

1/15/05
"hey girl i hope i did not wake you" she walked over and offered the mare a carriot "there you go girl how are you doing here" she grabs her brush bukit and gose in her stall she brushes her all down the mare is a little nervious but suprisingly friendly after she brushes her she puts up the brushes give here the rest of the carriot and rubes her head for a minite
then she walkes and gets her a scoop of feed and two flakes of hay then takes her water an dumpes it out so she can refill it "there you go girl i will take you out later but i got to go make some phone calls be back later"

[katie]

1/16/05
"Hey girl how you doing" she walkes up to her stall and dumps some feed she empty then refills her water and throws her a few flakes of hay" i will be back later" bye girl"

[katie]

Note to self
checks her over and says* her front right pastern looks a little swollen. and she has a bit of a fever. Give her 2 tables of bute twice a day in her feed. and give her this powder too. It will help the swelling and the fever go down. She should have 2 scoops of grain with corn oil added. Then once she starts gaining weight, slowly start adding more until she reaches 2 in a half scoops. then give her that for awhile. and come back in two weeks to see how she's doin.

-100 visit
-10 bute
-10 powder


hmmm.... her feet aren't in great shape, put this ointment on her once a day everyday until the crack in her hooves heal or about 3 weeks. But she should be sound and her hooves aren'tin such bad shap that she would be in any sort of pain. I trim her feet and put shoes on

$200 trim and shoes
$50 ointment

total $250

total $370

[katie]

1/16/05 nite time
she gose and crushes some bute up in her food then poores 2 scoops of feed and bute mix into her feed bukit tops off her water and gives her som more hay she waits for her to finish eating then takes her out brushes her cleans up her feet and puts ointment on them the puts her blankit back on her and unties her
"do you want to go for a walk"
she takes her out side and lets her graze for a bit then walkes her around a bit to streach her legs the puts her back in her stall
"Bye girl see you in the morning"

[katie]

1/17/05 morning
i get her food mix ready then dump it in her buckit she passes impacently "wow you energy is picking up a bit"
i dump and scrub her buckit before rifilling it give her some hay and while she is eating clean out her feet and put the cream on them "there you go i will be back in a bit to take you out"

[katie]

1/17/05 day time
"you want to go for a walk"
i take her out of her stall and lead her out side i neal beside her well she eats som grass
then i walk her around for a bit
before putting her back in the barn to be brushed out
"dosent that feel good" i say as i brush her hole body
when i and done i put her back in her stall
"see yoyu in a bit i will be back to feed you in about and hour"

[katie]

1/17/05 nite time

she gose and crushes some bute up in her food then poores 2 scoops of feed and bute mix into her feed bukit tops off her water and gives her som more hay she waits for her to finish eating then takes her out brushes her cleans up her feet and puts ointment on them the puts her blankit back on her and unties her
then puts her back in her stall
"Bye girl see you in the morning"

[katie]

1/18/05 late morning
the mare nikers and pases in her stall
"sorry girl my alarm did not go off" she hurryes over and gets her feed reasy dumps it "there you go"
then dumps and scrubs her water and gives her some more hay wait untill she is finished and takes her out to the small round pen lets her go "you can walk around out here well i clean you stall she goes in and strips her stall then puts all new shavings in
"comon girl" she puts her halter on her and takes in to the barn ties her up takes off her blankit brushes her and cleans and treats her feet then replaces her blankit and puts her back in her stall.
"bye baby be back later"

[katie]

1/18/05 nite time
"you want to go for a walk"
i take her out of her stall and lead her out side i neal beside her well she eats som grass
then i walk her around for a bit
before putting her back in the barn to be brushed out
"dosent that feel good" i say as i brush her hole body
when i and done i put her back in her stall with her blankit on and feed her well she eats i pick thourght her stall and take out a few poops then top off her water and give her some hay
"see you in the morining"

[katie]

1/19/05
morning
she comes in and feeds the mare a cleans up her stall
then dumps and refills her water and trows her some hay


night
"hey girl"
she turns her out in the round pen well she gets all of her food ready and her stall cleaned then she taks her in and brushes her then returns her back to the stall
"bye girl be back in the morning"

[katie]

1/20/05
morning
hey girl eat up the vet is going to cheak up on you soon"
she dump the mare feed mix and trows her some hay "there you go"
she then tops off her water and cleans out her stall
well she eats i clean and treat her feet

day time

i give her a peice of an apple
"do you like that girl she takes her out and brushes her of then puts her blankit back on her and takes her for a short walk before putting her back up

nite time

i dumo her feed and top off her water pick up her stall a bit i grad the meds. out of my back pokit and a hoof pick i clean and treat her feet before i trow her some hay on my way out
"bye girl"
i head over to take care of magesty

[katie]

1/21/05
morning
"Good mornin dream" i said as i walk in to the barn
"hopefully the vet will see you soon" i said as i went to get her feed mix i dump it in her bukit and grab her
water i dump and scrub it well she is eating i replace it and give her some more water i grab some hay and toss it to her "bye girl be back in a bit

noon

i grab her halter and turn her out in the round pen well i clean her stall the i bring her in and put her on cross ties i remove her blankit and brush her all over as i brush her i notice how much whight she has gained then i clean and treat her feet put her blankit back on her and head home for now

night

"hey baby"
i give her the feed and top off her water then i pick thought her stall a little which she is used to me doing by now and then i treat her feet and give her some hay i take a few pics of her improvement to senp to my friends.

[katie]

new pics

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[katie]

1/21/05 morn
"hey girl"
how are you
i dump her feed mix and trow her some hay then i dump and scrub her water then well she is eating i pick throght her stall a bit then i take her out of her stall and lead her out side i neal beside her well she eats som grass
then i walk her around for a bit
before putting her back in the barn to be brushed out
well she is on cross ties i clean and treat her feet

1/21/05
i dump her feed mix and fill up her water well i get her some hay then i turn of the water and go clean and treat her feet the are looking lot better