Ash
Ash
- #126
Gray Arabian Yearling Colt. Appx. 14.2-3 hands. This little guy
is so cute! He is curious and bright eyed! His coloring is somewhat
rose/gray with a strip. Big boy for only being a yearling!
Well,
he now has a new name (Ash) and home with a great lady named Jaime!
Thanks so much Jaime for being there for this frightened little
boy.
Here
is Jaime's first update: Ash was pretty antsy when we were
trying to get him, But once they got his lead on he was
pretty good. He got in the trailer and did fine, which surprised
me. He seemed to handle the trip real well also. he has been overly
curious and got real sweaty. All my animals get curious to something
new just as he is curious to be here. And he just kept turning
to all the noises. some dogs ran down about 30 yards away in another
yard and he about jumped out of his skin. Poor guy is just turning
in circles trying to figure out where he is.
Anyhow,
He is doing good. Im going to give it 2 weeks to gain my trust
and for him to know that there is love here and no worries.
And then hopefully when I get the vet out he will be fine
and comfortable with it. Then I will talk to the vet about gelding
him and updating him on what he needs. He did seem to have the
runs a bit though. I cant tell if it is stress related, so if
it persists I will have the vet out sooner. So hopefully
everything will go just as smooth as it went today. And I will
have some great updates for you. He seems very smart so hopefully
it won't take him long to gain some trust.
Thanks
to Lori for picking Ash up. Lori also picked up PrimroseX (#121)
and will keep her at her home until her new owner Alison can arrange
transport for her! Way to go ladies!
Ash
is warming up real well. He prefers my husband over me right now.
But he is more in tune to him also. I am still being fair,
and spending equal amounts of time with all my animals.
He doesn't have the runs any more. And seems to be getting used
to more noises. He used to jump at the sound of a dead leaf in
the wind, And now I can spray water in a bucket and he has no
problems. He is nose shy, Yet once you get your hand past that,
He loves to have is forehead rubbed. I think this is funny. He
gives my husband hugs everyday. But he snorts at me. I'm thinking
it is my smell, Perfume, goats, etc.
Update:
4/5/00 - Well, with weather getting better I was finally able
to set up the vet
check.
And after I talked to my vet on the Phone we decided that it was
perfect
timing to have Ash castrated. It all went very well, very interesting
procedure.
Vet gives him a good bill of health and gave him all shots also.
He
estimated his age at 1 1/2 yrs. He said maybe around 8/98. So
we have
slowed down a bit with him and just taking more time getting to
know his
personality. He seems to be warming up more and more everyday.
He is getting
less skiddish with things. We have taken him for walks along fences
with
Dogs
that seem like they want to eat him up and he just ignores them.
He is like
a
big dog himself on a leash. But he listens real well.
We have never
found any markings on him and he is quite large for an arabian.
I put a full size halter on him and it fits well ( big head) So
the vet and I have said that he seems to be arabianX. No biggy
though, he seems like he will be smart like the arabians and be
big enough just for the task of trail riding in the hills with
my thick butt! I cant wait to have a lifelong companion to do
this with. He seems to be getting more gentle everyday, and he
takes great lessons from the other two elders I own. Thanks once
again for the opportunity to have him.
Update:
6/8/00 - We recently had to put our mare down, ash is now
buddying up real well with our Big Red. It has been real lonely
with such a big empty space. We are just trying to keep things
going. We don't like this side of rescuing. It is very hard on
our hearts. And it reminds us that none of our animals is a permanent
fixture. My husband said our family is down by one.
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