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Misty
#231
Dapple Gray TB mare. Appx. 16.2 hands.
9 yrs. Old. Gorgeous & friendly. This mare rides English and
can jump. She has never been raced. Her problem? She had a foal
last year and during the birth, she tore or the foal put a hoof
through. Therefore, she can no longer be bred (no recipient mare
or PMU mare marketability) and she does make sound when she trots/runs...this
CAN be corrected! A young, talented mare. Rides english - advanced
intermediate rider.
Update
3/17/01 - This mare is no longer at the feedlot. She has a brand
new family and lots of human friends! Liz contacted me (along
with many other people) about this lovely mare and the need for
surgery. Once I explained to Liz what the injury was, she promptly
contacted two vets that explained what was needed and the costs
involved to help this girl become whole again. Liz didn't bat
an eye (and neither did K.!!!). Arrangements were made and Liz
picked up this lovely mare today, 3/17/01. She will spend 30 days
in quarantine, her problem will be evaluated by a veterinarian
and the farrier will be out on Thursday to do those poor, poor
feet!
Miss
Can't Be Wrong is now known as Misty and will be spending the
rest of her life with Liz, daughter Mariah (Misty will be Mariah's
horse). We are looking forward to happy updates and pictures in
the future!
Update
3/23/01 - Although
you already know all of this, I thought I would send in an update
on Misty for you to post....
First
off, I want to thank you again from the bottom of my heart for
Misty. She is so awesome and I can't get over how everything came
together at the last minute, especially, the money from heaven.
Every time I see her, I notice something new and special, and
we can hardly wait to get her home, only 22 more days and she'll
be home in her own stall - Yiippppeeee
The
farrier was out yesterday and took one look at Misty's feet and
said "not good". Her feet hadn't seen a farrier in months
and months, and after standing in deep mud and yuck for who knows
how long, they were in bad shape. She only had one shoe and that
was on the left fore. It looked like someone went and found a
shoe to fit her already too large, flattened feet and just nailed
it on. Poor girl. So the "good farrier" went to work
and cleaned up her feet the best he could. Her outer hoof walls
on both front feet have substantial stretch to them and the wall
on her right fore had started rotting and separating from the
lamina in the toe area. She also had a fair amount of bruising
on this foot. Her feet are very soft and moist due to all the
rain and standing in mud. She now has two new Nike's on the front,
and we're hoping we can keep them on, giving her feet the protection
they so desperately need. The prognosis is good, and we believe
that with good hoof care and regular shoeing, we should bring
her feet back (as good as possible) over the next 4-6 months.
I also spoke with my vet again today and we have tentatively scheduled
her surgery for the April 9th. She is expected to stay in the
hospital 5-7 days after surgery, then she'll be coming home to
her new stall. We still have vaccinations to give her (probably
next week) and a good thorough check up by my vet, which will
include teeth floating. This will be AFTER the surgery as I don't
want to do too much, too soon with her. Then, she gets a nice
long recuperation period with nobody messing with her. Just lots
of love, attention, brushing, turnout and hand walking.
Gail,
you are a God send. Thanks so much for intrusting Misty into our
hearts and our care. We'll send you pictures as soon as they are
available.
Luv,
hugs, smiles and tears of joy..... Liz & Mariah
New
pictures 4/3/01
Update
5/10/02 - Misty is doing great!!! We had a bit of a problem
with seedy toe, but she has a whole new hoof now, thanks to my
GREAT vet, and is in dressage training right now.... The trainer
is absolutely in awe of her... LOL She just got her shoes put
back on, but still insists that her feet be cleaned before going
out.... (I guess it was all that one on one with Mariah, and keeping
her feet clean while we worked on her hoof, that made her want
to have clean "feet" before being turned out..."
What a hoot..... Misty actually stops in the aisle and says "excuse
me? but you haven't cleaned my feet yet!" LOL
All
is well and Misty is doing awesome!!! She is just so breath taking
strutting her stuff..... can't wait until the trainer is done...
it'll be at least six months as we want to take it slow, but everyone
is so encouraging and optimistic.... God bless you all....
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