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*Ghost* RR Governer (8710) |
ellhvm wrote:
hahaha when snickers was coming! I was in such a panic that I missed the first bit, we had the vet there just incase! My mum actually helped to pull her out with the vet! I wish I hadnt been such an emotional mess! I managed 2 see most of it though! But im a pacer wen i stree lol, i walk around and around in circles! A bit of a loser haha |
Lol i stress like that too
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| Reg 26/6/2007 | | Posted 8:51pm, Tuesday 23rd February | |
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ellhvm Super Jockey (186) | | Reg 1/12/2009 | | Posted 5:58pm, Monday 22nd February | |
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ellhvm Super Jockey (186) | hahaha when snickers was coming! I was in such a panic that I missed the first bit, we had the vet there just incase! My mum actually helped to pull her out with the vet! I wish I hadnt been such an emotional mess! I managed 2 see most of it though! But im a pacer wen i stree lol, i walk around and around in circles! A bit of a loser haha
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| Reg 1/12/2009 | | Posted 5:57pm, Monday 22nd February | |
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Lollie RR Vice President (26088) | Fair enough! When I put Angel is foal I think I'll be pretty chillaxed now that I'm starting to understand it better  Though I'll still be paranoid coz she's my little girl 
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| Reg 5/1/2008 | | Posted 2:25pm, Monday 22nd February | |
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crystal=] RR Vice President (26338) | woah that would be awesome!
yeah im just a little bit of a worry wart when it comes to charm, this wouldn't be happening for another couple of years though
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| Reg 14/12/2007 | | Posted 1:13pm, Monday 22nd February | |
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Lollie RR Vice President (26088) | The broodies at work aren't ridden at all (ofcourse haha) but they're usually in a hill paddock during pregnancy. The imported mares (all but 2 of them haha) get sent to the vets (or maybe Equibreed?) for foaling, but the NZ bred mares stay in the house paddock with foaling alarm. And there's a floodlight over the paddock so they can just walk out onto the deck to see if they mare's just lying down or if the foal's actually coming.
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| Reg 5/1/2008 | | Posted 1:11pm, Monday 22nd February | |
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ellhvm Super Jockey (186) | I geus it depends how carefull you want to be. Our animals always the get the best vet care. Its so important that the foal gets colostrum in the first 12 hours.
If a foal doesn’t get the colostrum early, it cannot make use of the precious antibodies and build up immunity. Many things can happen to decrease th amount of colostrum in a mare's milk.
Its something I will do again if we ever breed!
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| Reg 1/12/2009 | | Posted 10:30am, Monday 22nd February | |
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< DODGE > RR Addict (4817) |
*Ghost* wrote:
K all i can say is OMG lol.
She will be fine, you have looked after her brilliantly(sp) Shes in great condition, if your worried about anything just get the vet to check her before you put her infoal.
Weaning is easy and its as hard as you make it.
When the foals born just make sure its had a drink, but in the wild vets dont go running out to check it, what we do is just make sure they have had a drink and worm the mare once the foal is born, it stops them from scoring(sp) then leave the mare for abit once they are about 2 days old we just sit in the paddock with them and wait for them to come up to us. So they are pretty quiet by the time it comes to hooves, but onestly dont worry about it the more you worry is when the problems happen.
We have NEVER had vets out to our mares and foals like i said in the wild vets dont go check them, And yep i know these horses arnt wild but they still have the instinks they wont be silly and not let the foal drink and stuff |
yep same as us never had the vets tend to any of our mares or foals
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| Reg 17/9/2007 | | Posted 10:56pm, Sunday 21st February | |
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*Ghost* RR Governer (8710) | K all i can say is OMG lol.
She will be fine, you have looked after her brilliantly(sp) Shes in great condition, if your worried about anything just get the vet to check her before you put her infoal.
Weaning is easy and its as hard as you make it.
When the foals born just make sure its had a drink, but in the wild vets dont go running out to check it, what we do is just make sure they have had a drink and worm the mare once the foal is born, it stops them from scoring(sp) then leave the mare for abit once they are about 2 days old we just sit in the paddock with them and wait for them to come up to us. So they are pretty quiet by the time it comes to hooves, but onestly dont worry about it the more you worry is when the problems happen.
We have NEVER had vets out to our mares and foals like i said in the wild vets dont go check them, And yep i know these horses arnt wild but they still have the instinks they wont be silly and not let the foal drink and stuff
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| Reg 26/6/2007 | | Posted 5:16pm, Sunday 21st February | |
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ellhvm Super Jockey (186) | We had to retire my mare super early so we breed her. It was an amazing experience and I would love to breed again sometime in the future.
My advice! Chose the stallion very carefully! Try and find a stallion who compensates (sp) your mares faults? We breed to a warmblood stallion, who compensated and we ended up with a filly who didnt have as many conformation faults as her mum. I didnt ride my girl so cant help you their but through pregnency we just feed her broodmare mix, i think in the 3rd trimester they have some injections? I honestly cant remember what.
The actual giving birth is scary but very cool, its hard seeing your beloved horse on the ground grunting! but you just have to let nature take its course.
Within the first 24 hours the vet needs to come and take a blood sample of the foal to ensure its getting what it needs from its mum.
Our mare was very protected of her baby, but her baby was the oppisite very friendly!!! But mum trusted us enough to let us touch the foal, but for the first few months we did more watching.
You have to be carefull, by the time the foal gets to around 5 months, the mare can start to struggle and drop condition very fast! Just remember shes eating for 2!
Weaning is horrible  we sent mum and baby of to a stud farm, mum came back while baby was left in the stable! It all went pretty well though. at the stud baby was taught to tie up and wear a cover!
It really is amazing! You have to be prepared for the risk, things go wrong sometimes. My girl is now 2 and shes awesome!! I love her soo much, and basically you know them inside out aswell as their history!
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| Reg 1/12/2009 | | Posted 3:26pm, Sunday 21st February | |
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crystal=] RR Vice President (26338) | haha yeah i probably wouldn't do that much riding, just enough to keep her fit and when shes further along id do lots of walking with her
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| Reg 14/12/2007 | | Posted 11:12am, Thursday 21st January | |
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crystal=] RR Vice President (26338) |
bluedude5 wrote:
crystal= wrote:
]haha i know!
thats exactly how i felt about it, but then a few people have told you can ride them pretty much up until a month before they're due.
i know its important for them to get exercise throughout the pregnancy though, right? |
depends on what kind of riding you are talking about
while the mare is still not really 'showing' that shes preggers then continue with your normal riding routine
when she starts to get bigger then begin to focus more on hacking rather than schooling and obviously if you can do it bareback then it will be more comfy for the mare
the longer you can keep riding her or even hand walking her places the better as a fit mare will give birth MUCH easier than an unfit mare
those people that ride until one month before foal is due are simply hacking out mostly at the walk, not much strain on the mare at all |
ok sweet,
i'd be hopeing to still compete a little bit at the start, but will read through the NZEF rules carefully to make sure i'm not breaking any rules lol
yeah, i heard that the fitter they are - the easier it is for them to give birth
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| Reg 14/12/2007 | | Posted 8:06am, Wednesday 20th January | |
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bluedude5 RR Addict (4425) |
crystal= wrote:
]haha i know!
thats exactly how i felt about it, but then a few people have told you can ride them pretty much up until a month before they're due.
i know its important for them to get exercise throughout the pregnancy though, right? |
depends on what kind of riding you are talking about
while the mare is still not really 'showing' that shes preggers then continue with your normal riding routine
when she starts to get bigger then begin to focus more on hacking rather than schooling and obviously if you can do it bareback then it will be more comfy for the mare
the longer you can keep riding her or even hand walking her places the better as a fit mare will give birth MUCH easier than an unfit mare
those people that ride until one month before foal is due are simply hacking out mostly at the walk, not much strain on the mare at all
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| Reg 2/10/2007 | | Posted 8:29pm, Tuesday 19th January | |
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LightMyFire RR Citizen (887) |
crystal= wrote:
]sweet thanks for that, cos i've heard of some foals being handled from birth and then pretty much thinking theyr human and walking all over everyone - dont want that to happen |
Yes, that is definitely what happens ... I know this because I got PAID to take a horse that was 5 years old, handled from birth, and was very dangerous. I would NEVER do the handling from birth because I've seen what it turns into. Anyway, the horse is nearly 9 now and I've still got her, but it was a bloody hard road!
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| Reg 19/7/2009 | | Posted 9:05am, Sunday 17th January | |
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Chooee RR Citizen (874) |
crystal= wrote:
]cause i know that some studs do grazing for dry and wet mares, how long would you recommend riding the mare for during the pregnancy? |
we do haha but only for tbs . some horses race pregnant but only in early stages i guess. yeah our tame foals seem to be the naughty ones to handle/wean lol
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| Reg 22/7/2009 | | Posted 5:39pm, Saturday 16th January | |
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crystal=] RR Vice President (26338) | sweet thanks for that, cos i've heard of some foals being handled from birth and then pretty much thinking theyr human and walking all over everyone - dont want that to happen
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| Reg 14/12/2007 | | Posted 1:26pm, Saturday 16th January | |
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LightMyFire RR Citizen (887) | No absolutely not. The imprinting technique is the worst ever in my opinion. Basically in the first few weeks, keep handling to a minimum, the foal will need to be checked by the vet, but if your mare is at stud they will do that. What I do, is just spend time with mummy horse, brushing her, washing her etc, bringing feeds, and the foals get sooo curious and start coming up to you on their own, and then you can start by giving them scratchies and it won't be long till you can handle them all over in the paddock loose while they are still with mum.
If you wait till after it's weaned it's a lot harder.
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| Reg 19/7/2009 | | Posted 7:59am, Saturday 16th January | |
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crystal=] RR Vice President (26338) | And what about the foal when it's born?
Did you start handling it straight away, getting it used to humans etc?
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| Reg 14/12/2007 | | Posted 9:59pm, Friday 15th January | |
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LightMyFire RR Citizen (887) | Yep. I do plenty of ground work. Just to get them supple and obedient.
I don't really see any point in riding them wheb they're pregnant to be really honest.
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| Reg 19/7/2009 | | Posted 8:28pm, Friday 15th January | |
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ONLY because we had no idea she was in foal until her teats swelled up and her stomach was moving 
