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Jul 19 09 6:17 AM
hotternhel wrote: Does anyone want Marilyn? The vet gave me the go ahead to leave the leg unwrapped. Only instructions thus far are to clean it every other day and keep alushield on it. If it gets proudfleshy looking... then maybe some panalog. I might even try some Underwood's, even though it didn't do much last time I used it. I had him look at her pastern as well. He agrees with me that she MAY have some ringbone starting to form, but of course, we won't know for sure unless we x-ray. And I'm going to tell you right now, between the purchase price of her, and the $3000 in vet bills, I'm not x-raying it when I'm offering to give her away. Her soundness at the moment is as follows: sound one day, off the next, sound one day, off the next. It's touch and go. She is NOT kept in a stall. She is turned out 24/7 and she does not need to be in a stall. Prognosis from the vet: She could still heal sound enough to break out later on as a trail horse, but there are no guarantees. I am NOT going to guarantee she will be sound once she heals. But, you never know. Like I said, she is not totally lame everyday. In fact, she is quite sound about half the time, but I'm still not making promises. I have no plans to breed her and never did. She was to be hubby's show mare. She would make a lovely companion horse or future broodmare. Depending on how she heals, she may be fine for trail riding. She will NEVER be a show horse. The leg is going to scar. We thought it would close rapidly enough for it to not scar. That was not the case. I have been wrapping and doctoring this leg since October 8th, 2008. Now that I have taken the wrap off, it's closing rapidly, but I can't keep the edges smooth enough to NOT let it scar. However, I don't think it will be a big huge scar. I still think it will be minimal as I have kept this wound extremely clean and well cared for. I will GIVE her away as long as I can have references and feel that you have the ability to feed her, and keep her feet, teeth, worming and vaccinations UTD. She will not go to a shitty home. I'll put her down myself before that will happen. However, I don't want to put her down as I think there may be a chance this filly can make someone else very happy. She loads like a champ, hauls great, leads, longes, ties, bathes, stands TIED for the farrier, does not even flinch for vaccs or shots and she knows a little bit of showmanship. (We play on her good days). Great around other horses, kids, and dogs (Darla has 5 million corgi's running around). She is registered APHA (solid paint bred) and is also eligible for PtHA and PHBA registration. She also stands tied quietly while cleaning her leg. She does not kick or bite and she is UTD on farrier, vaccs, teeth, and worming. I've spent a lot of time on this filly and I would like to see her go to someone who will enjoy her for what she is. This is as honest and brutal as it gets. I have not sugar coated anything. What I have described is what you get. If you want her, please let me know. She will go with her papers and I have the paperwork for the other two registries as well. If you want her as a future broodmare, you can breed for PHBA, APHA, or PtHA or all three. Not a bad deal at all!
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