Horsekeeping and backyard training, pets and art by Connie Moses
[Continued from previous posts about Scooby]
Fran writes (Dec. 11):
Hello Connie! Thank you for your comments! You are so reassuring!
Scooby is doing great! Thank God he has not had any more colic issues since that day! Our horses have 2 1/2 acres of pasture. Scooby had access to all of this when [...]
Fran writes (Nov. 25):
Scooby and Jackie are doing well. We had a tough time last weekend. Scooby came down with a case of colic and I was very stressed. I was told by several that it might have been the weather change. I’ve not changed any of his feed…
Well, my plans [...]
FRAN writes:
I think we have made the decision to just keep our horses at home and build a temporary electric fence to contain Scooby & a companion horse. I just can’t stand the idea of my horses being somewhere else if I can keep them with me… Guess that’s the Mama coming out in me… [...]
More from Fran about Scooby, her young colt. He’s an Alabama baby and in “training” to learn how to control his coltish behavior and to be led and ponied. Also, though he doesn’t know it, he is being prepared for weaning.
CONNIE to Fran (Sept. 28):
I just remembered a really good thing to get colts used [...]
MORE on Scooby’s training (see Peaches Post A foal named Scooby 1– halter training, coltish behavior)
FRAN SAID:
We have actually been using a lunge whip and making it whip in the air along with a voice reprimand and it seems to settle him down. I would like to pony him but am a bit nervous [...]
This correspondence started as a comment on Peaches’ post Foal management: Care, Feeding and Weaning, 0-6 months
FRAN’S COMMENT:
This is some great information! My husband and I are first time horse owners as of April 09. Our Mare had a baby boy May 20th, we call him Scooby… We have spent time petting and [...]
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