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Wow..........

Hasn't Karlie done an AMAZING job on him?!?!?

I couldnt do it without Kevan many texts and emails to make sure i was doing it right, kudos to kevan for guiding me thru my first SERIOUS rescue!!!!

WOW!!!

who knew this was the same horse?!?! eh

Good job! Yes, different horse altogether! How gratifying!

FABULOUS job!!! Amazing what a few groceries will do!!! Definitely give yourself a pat on the back

Wonderful job!

I am literally breathless at the amazing transformation. I think Pride is quite the appropriate name for this guy.

What an awesome job you have done Karlie.

You would not know it was the same horse. Look at the shine on that boy.

WOW! What an amazing change. Pride looks wonderful.

thanks hes my baby! my pride and joy, fitting since he is named Pride! looks like me and pride are joining kevan and Noel ( aka Max) for a trip to namino in may!

You have done such as wonderful job bringing that boy back....What a wonderful feeling you must have and Kevan must feel good for being about to help bring Pride to a great spot with his wonderful transformation and advice...

Karliewood..Amazing

Hi Karlie, Pride is looking so good. Got a question, how old is he?

I just received a rescue on Thursday who looks just like that except very very dirty, covered in manure and mud, most of that is off now but I am taking it slowly a little at a time so he does not stress out. So the reason for my question is my new guy is in his mid 20's, how old was Pride when you got him?

It's nice to see this thread bumped up again.........sometimes you need to remind people of ones progress.........

Yes, Karlie we are excited to have Pride and Noell coming to the Event in May..........Can't wait, we've only got about 2 months to go..........

Hi Victoria,

Prides age is UNKNOWN, my vet has GUESSED between 18 and 22, Had another vet GUESS at 20-25, but both agree he is not over 25, so to answer your question I would have to say in his early twenties. I have had him 16 months now, Time for another float!!!

One thing i have noticed with him tho is he doesnt keep his weight well in the winter, I had to up everything in the winter, but in the spring and summer he packs, keeps the pounds on really well, Just a older horse thing i guess, not sure if it is contributed to his rescue and the fact that he was rescued in the winter so his body goes in overwork then to try and store food???

I have also RECENTLY switched him from alf cubes to alf hay, that seems to be helping, the Major thing that helped him was Biotic 8, if you can get your hands on some of that, it just really helped with his digestive issues and tons of small meals, and free range hay, what i did because i didnt want him to overload on hay was i had this plastic half rain barrel i would keep it stuffed of local hay all of the time and feed the timothy ( what i fed at his rescue) one flake at a time mixed in with 5-7 flakes of local, lots and lots of beet pulp, alf cubes, and get a really good grain, dont bother with the OIL, Ricebran, cool calories etc until you are sure the digestive system is working, I didnt even add ricebran till i think month 4, I kept it simple and fed lots but small qualities between 6-8 meals a day ( 1/4 c then 1/2c then a cup of grain per time grandually cutting down the amount of meals but adding more grain takes about a month or two) and worked up to 2 grain meals a day and 4 hay feeds per day.

GOOD LUCK!!! feel free to ask me any other Q!!!

Amazing what food and love can accomplish!

thanks guys! And he struggled thru a mystery illness a few weeks back, you should have seen me texting kevan and him showing up at 8 pm and staying a few hours with me and pride, but he seems to be all healed up now no more 103 temps! phew i told him ( pride) i did not help you fight for your life a year ago just to lose you now and he seemed to get the message!

Hey Karlie: Where do you get biotic 8? Right now Echo is getting alf/tim cubes soaked 5 times a day in small amounts along with free choice first cut hay. Yesterday I added second cut hay (1 flake for the day) along with his first both are soaked. Just got his teeth done and he is chewing his hay way better now not leaving cuds behind. I added fibremax to the mix three days ago on advice of his vet (one handful soaked to one meal) after I checked him the next day to ensure he was dealing with that well I added another handful to another meal. Today he will get three handfulls over three meals. I am scattering vits in his meals as well. I have been gradually increasing the amount of tim/alf but for one day backed off for a bit because he had the "trots" on Saturday, lasted a couple of hours and then straightened out and he has been nice since then. I am thinking that instead of the second I will start giving him tim/alf hay. I just had a ton delivered for him so I thought I would add that gradually over the next week or so. I keep an eye on his poops just to ensure that he is dealing with any slight changes well.

He is becoming a bit pushy when he sees food so I have to remind him that he has manners and to use them. Other than that I am happy with how he has taken to his new home.

Got his blood panel back - good results considering he is a starved horse. Waiting for the results on his fecal study.

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Thanks Dutch. i am going to look into this. The big problem I have at this point is that he is not digesting properly. I do not want to add a lot of stuff to him yet but a little way down the road I might have to do this if his digestion does not pick up. Need to go to see the guy in Cloverdale as well.

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Contact them off their site. Both owners of the company are VERY knowledgable, brother & sister carrying on products their father developed. We got several samples from them at Spruce Meadows & Mane Event, talked at length....ask to speak to one of them and tell them exactly what you are dealing with. I wouldn't be surprised if they sent you samples. SUPER knowledgable, we have had great results but mostly in dealing with ulcer & generally unthrifty situations.

hi victoria,

glad to hear he is eating well!, its slow over the first few weeks it is so hard to hold back sometimes!

Biotic 8 actually was recommended to me by henry at pharmasave, it is an probiotic and helps hugely with digestive, i buy mine at country feeds but greenhawk sells it and so does hometown i believe, not sure where you are located?

fibermax is actually what i started pride on with before going to beet pulp because it is lower in sugar i just remebered that, so sounds like you are on the right track!

Pride was always pushy when it came to grain, its a starved horse mentality! He is really good about it now i can walk in his stall and hang up his bucket before he eats from it but before he would push me around trying to eat out of the bucket as i proceed to hang it up, took a crop and some poking in the chest with it for him to learn that you push me around you dont get fed.