It’s amazing what 6 weeks, dental work and 100 pounds will do for a horse. We crossed our fingers when we bought Whiskey (for a very nice price) and hoped that he would turn out to be a great first horse for Mike. When we brought him home he was a bit skinny, a bit homely and a little neglected in the tooth and foot department.
A visit to the vet for worming and tooth floating, a lot of fresh grass plus some grain and orchard grass hay, and plenty of room to run and play, and he’s become the beauty we hoped for. If you didn’t know he was the same horse, I’m not sure you’d recognize him.
We love them both and now that we’re all settling in we’re having a blast. Evening rides, afternoon rides, early morning rides. If we can squeeze it in, we load up and head down the road to one trail or another. Now if only we could find maps for all of them…
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How are they getting along? Whiskey’s coat is gorgeous!!
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He does look like a new horse! He’s come a long way in such a short time. Congrats again on having horses in the backyard (It’s been my dream of a lifetime!)
The horses look great! For the first twenty years of my life, my family was owned by a half shetland/ half welsh pony named Shadow. She quickly taught us not to ride her. As our vet said, she was a professional pasture ornament.
Isn’t is amazing what a little care will do for an animal. He’s so much shinier!
They are such pretty ponies! Just a little TLC makes all the difference in the world
Every animal deserves to be loved!
Whiskey is so lucky to you have you. He looks great now.