Raggedy Anne aka: Annie
1/27/00
- I received a call from an Animal Control Officer regarding a
filly that was found wandering the streets. The filly appears
to be a mustang, but that
is not for sure. The BLM has looked at her and said it is a
possiblity
that she is a mustang, but they were not interested in taking
her. The Brand
Inspector has looked at her and found no brands of any
kind. Since
nobody came forward to claim her, she was to go to auction,
be euthanized
or given to a rescue. She will be coming to TIER as soon
as we can arrange
transport.
1/29/00
- I put out a plea for assistance in transporting a Mustang
filly to TIER.
We had received a call from Animal Control officials indicating
that this horse was in their custody and would TIER be
willing to
take her in. Of course, we said yes. Our problem was that
we did not
have transport. Thanks to all you wonderful people who
offered us
your assistance in brining this girl home. I did not realize
how many friends
TIER has made and how many giving people I have met. Thank
you from me, TIER and Annie! That
night, Brenda contacted me and arrangements were made to pick
up the
filly the next afternoon (Friday). Brenda and her friend Tammy
picked up the
mustang filly and brought he home. Due to her overall appearance
(tangled mane, very, very thin, hooves the length of canoes
and a scraggly
coat) Tammy dubbed her Raggedy Ann. We now call this filly
Annie.
Update
2/1/00 -
Our vet estimated Annie's age at 4 yrs. old. We had noticed
that Annie
seemed to have difficulty chewing and the vet checked out her
teeth. No easy
feat! Annie is very skittish and wary! We tranquilized her (I.M.
and then I.V. also!) and the vet floated her teeth. It seems
that Annie's
lower jaw is narrower than her upper jaw. Therefore, the
teeth were
not being worn down evenly and she had several hooks on her
teeth. She
will require floating at least twice a year in the future.
She also has
a tooth that will eventually need to be pulled. This will
be done at
a later date as we didn't want to do too much too soon. The
Natural Horseshoer
will trim her feet on Thursday.
Update
3/22/00 - Recently, Annie was having diarrehea bad! It
was green water.
So....we called the vet. The vet simply said "She's just
not used to
this high living!" Annie no longer gets any alfalfa. We give
her bermuda
grass, 3-way pellets (timothy, bermuda & brohme grass), Ensure
vitamins and
a handful of Evergreen Maintenance. She was on medication for
5 days and
everthing is back to normal now! Whew! She is such a sweet
girl!
Annie
has been adopted!
Congratulations
Chris!
Annie
& Chris at a TIER Clinic, March 2001
Update
4/13/01 - Annie went to her new home with adopter Chris today!
We are excited for Annie & Chris and look forward to updates
and stories.
Annie
didn't go to her new home alone! TIER will not adopt out a horse
to a home that does not have another horse, or to at least be
able to touch noses over a fence with another horse. Horses are
herd animals and should not be isolated from one another. Therefore,
Chris is also fostering Ella! Ella is a sensitive young lady and
shy. She will benefit from having her own foster mom lavish attention
on her and we are quite happy for both Chris and Ella. Ella is
available for adoption/sponsorship.
Update
4/28/01 - I just wanted to let you know how the girls are
doing.
Annie is
doing great in her new home. She settled right in with no problem
but I don't think she's terribly fond of her stablemate Ella.
She tolerates her but I think she would have chosen someone else!
She is getting a little sassy, but is still sweet. She's starting
to nicker to me every time I come out of the house but more so
at meal time of course. I have been working with her on standing
still while mounting and she's getting really good. I just want
to take it slow with her because who knows what she's been
through, and I'm in no hurry. Her winter coat has all shed out
and she looks so shiney she even has dapples on her butt! We're
also working on getting used to fly spray. She doesn't even like
to have it wiped on but she's getting better. The flys really
bother her so she better get used to it. A neighbor is giving
me two fly sheets - she got a bunch for free (long story) - so
that should help. We'll see how Annie likes that!
Ella is doing
great now too. It took her about a week to settle down and stop
pacing and she was in heat the whole first week too so that didn't
help. But now she just stands calmly in her corral. She is really
comming out of her shell. She actually puts her head over the
top rail of the corral and looks excited when I come out! She
will look right at me and will let me pet her head without turning
it away. I even set the baby on her back one day (holding her
tight with both hands of course) and Ella just stood there perfectly
content. I'm really happy about how good she's doing after only
two weeks! I think she's a real sweetheart inside just waiting
to come out.
One of these days I'm going to call Lydia Hiby the "animal
communicator" and try to find out what these girls have gone
through in their lives!!!!
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