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Angel
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- 2 yr. old TB. Bowed Tendon. Rescued
10/16/98
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Picture of Angel NOW!
May 1999 |
6-21-99 Update on Angel from her new Mom.
Angel came to us after spending a month
recovering from a bout with Strangles. She was very thin,
but not as thin as the day Gail arranged to get her out
of the feedlot for us! We made the trip down to Southern California
(we live near Sacramento) during the Thanksgiving Holiday.
We were able to combine picking up Angel with visiting my sister
and the family for Thanksgiving! We hauled Angel home through
terrible weather over the Grapevine, but she handled the trip
like a trooper and by the time we got home we had begun
to bond already!
Angel had a bowed tendon that needed attention,
so the first thing we did once we got home was to take her to
our vet to have the leg ultra-sounded in order to determine
the extent of damage and approximate healing time. Although the
bow was pretty bad, the vet assured us that it was 80% filled
in and she needed two months of hand-walking and stall rest.
I walked her carefully and she began to blossom from the
attention, good food and a wonderful warm stall all to herself.
She became quite loving, and would lick me like a dog!
We started Angel's retraining program in March,
very slowly. Our trainer started her at the beginning again, this
time in the round pen and with only positive experiences
and lots of patience! Angel wasn't quite sure she could
trust humans in a training environment. After several weeks of
just getting on and getting off again, Angel began to build
the trust in her trainer. Gradually she developed a lot
more trust and went on to walk, trot and even lope with
the trainer on her back in the round pen. We really celebrated
the day she was able to open the gate and ride out into
the big arena! By May, Angel was handling the whole big
arena and then made the biggest step of all, riding outside
of the arena, around our property. She has continued to
improve in her confidence as well as her physical and mental wellness!
Angel is ready to find a permanent home with a
kind, caring, sympathetic person who will love her and take her
out on long trail rides, spend hours grooming her and braiding
her long, thick tail. She is very, very sweet and wants
to please!
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