Mother to, Ollie!
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Rosie, had a wonderful 11th birthday on the 1st May and I want to thank you all for her birthday wishes!!!
Rosie, is now 11 years old! A Skewbald marking and mother to, Ollie. She is one of the most nervous horses that I have been around. She had a bad start to life and a few different owners. Rosie, is a beautiful looking horse but no one could get close to her. She came to stay in a field close by and I saw her everyday. I would go over to the fencing and try to get her to come over to me, but she would get so close and then run away. Rosie, got sold as the owner couldn't do anything with her. She had been tried up a lot in a stable when she was young. This was the owner trying to "tame" her! She didn't take to well to this and it made her worse. She never got the right training and was not handled right from the start. Rosie, was later sold at the age of one and I was so sad to see her go. I was not there the day she left but I heard they had a bad time getting her into the horsebox. Within a few days, Rosie, was back. it turned out that the new owners couldn't get, Rosie, out of the horse box for fear of being kicked. They left her in the horsebox for 3 days with no food or water! Disgraceful! When they managed to get someone to take her out, they left her in a stable with no contact at all. They got back in touch with the previous owners for them to take her back. They said they couldn't do anything with her at all and she was wild. Rosie, was again just left most of the time in the stable, mostly tied to the wall. As soon as anyone went into the stable, Rosie, would try to spin around to kick. My son and I, would always try to get her to come to the door when she wasn't tied and give her a carrot, quite a few people would take time with her and offer her a treat. It started to work slowly, she would come to the door but wouldn't let you touch her. The owners took her out of the stable and put her in with other horses. Everyone was pleased that she was in the field being able to interact with other horses. After a long period of time, I was asked if I would look after, Rosie, the owner was going away. I was pleased and said she could go in with, Paris and Pip in their field. It was hard to get anywhere near her once she was in the field. But we tried patiently and slowly she started to come around, mostly with food. Then they moved her again. The next time, Rosie, turned up she looked a mess. She hadn't been looked after, her hooves were all broken and needed a good trim. She looked very depressed. I was asked again if I would look after her and again I said yes. Then the owner said that he wanted me to keep her has he couldn't do anything with her at all. I was pleased. I arranged for her to go the same horse trainer, Debbie Glennan, the same trainer, Pip, stayed with. Rosie, loved it and stayed there for about 3 months and came on amazing. The trainer even trained me!. How to move around her, how to put her head collar on and off very slowly to the side of her. She taught me so much and I was so grateful. Rosie, was like a new horse. I could wash her, groom her, lead her all over, but doing her feet was still a problem. The trainer showed me how to make a fake arm with a glove on the end, that way I could stay safe when putting the glove part onto her hooves without being kicked. I bought a mop and took the head of it, then I cut a sleeve off an old jacket and stuffed a glove and tied it to the end. Then I filled the sleeve with stuffing and tied it at the top. I would put her head collar on with her lead rope and would stand to the left side of her body and get the fake arm and slowly put it on her hind leg and stroke it slowly all the way down her leg onto her hooves. It started to work and she got more relaxed. But I still take care with her hind legs and hooves. The farrier would manage to always trim her hooves but with a little fight to do the back ones! It was getting easier and Rosie, was trusting us more with each day. Then one day the owners came into the field and took her back. I was shocked but could not do anything about it as I never got it in writing. It broke our hearts, she was doing so well and we had started to gain her trust. I spoke to the chap and asked why he had took, Rosie, away and his reply, "I want a foal out of her". I called the solicitors and made an appointment, but it wasn't good news. I should of had it in writing from them to say they had give up all rights to, Rosie and they had give her to me. Sadly that did not happen. I trusted them and was wrong to do so. At least she would not be hit for kicking out now as she had been trained. I felt happy knowing she would not be abused or tied to the wall for hours or days. She was a different horse from when they left her with me and not kicking out any more. Time passed and we carried on trying not to think too much what had happened. Then one afternoon I got a message to say, Rosie, was back in the field! Me and my nephew went straight up to see her. It brought tears to my eyes. Her mane was all knotted up, it looked like she had no mane, it looked horrible. Her head was down and looked depressed, she really looked a mess. She was very nervous of us being anywhere near her. We couldn't get hold of her at all, she wouldn't let us get too near and would run from us but stopped and would look at us with her head down. It was horrible to see such a beautiful horse in such a sad way. I called them up and told them that I had been to a solicitor and the police were involved and within that second of saying that, he said that he didn't want her and I could have her if I wanted her. I typed out a contacted that same day and he signed it. Rosie, belonged to me! I sorted out the passport that same day. It took a couple of hours for us to get the headcollar on her and take her to the stable to check her all over. My nephew spend hours in the stable that night, just sitting on the floor with her and speaking softly and it worked! She slowly started to trust him and you will see in the photos how she came face to face with him in the stable. It took hours, until it was that dark we had to use the lights on our phones to be able to see! But slowly she started to trust him. It took a few months before we gained her trust fully again. We put her in the field with, Paris and pip. We spend months working on her, then we noticed her stomach getting bigger. The vet was due out and when she called I asked her to look at, Rosie. The vet thought she was in foal and it turned out she was. By the time, Rosie, had her foal she trusted us a lot more, but she would still move away when we approached her. Rosie, gave birth to the most beautiful little colt, he was very small, smaller than the vet expected and thought he might arrived too early! We had to keep a close eye on him. I later found out, she had been bred with a very small stallion and this is why, Ollie, was so small. Rosie, is a brilliant mother, from day one she cared for, Ollie, so well. I had doubts with her being so nervous but I had nothing to worry about at all. We made a paddock for, Rosie, next to, Milly, to allow her to rest. Paris and Pip, wanted to look at, Ollie, all the time but, Rosie, was chasing them off most of the time and then she would be running after, Ollie, she was tired out. Being In her own paddock gave her the rest that she needed. We spent hours with them, she would leave, Ollie, with us to go and eat grass. She trusted us 100% with, Ollie, and it felt amazing. She even allowed the vet to stand with him while she went off to eat the grass, but when I moved to get water, Rosie, ran up to the vet! I went straight back to them and she looked at us and walked off to eat grass again! The vet was so surprised and said it was lovely to see how she trusted me with her baby! We will always have to take our time around her, she will never let us go straight up to her like the others. We have got to know her so well now and it is all about taking your time around her so she is comfortable with you. Rosie, touched our heart years ago and now to have her with the gang is just lovely. Thank you for reading all about our fabulous, Rosie. She is so special.
Rosie, is up to date with her tetanus and flu injections, worming and trims. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy these wonderful horses. Please pop over to there FaceBook page and show us how much you like them by clicking on the 'Like' button! You can read all about, Milly, Ollie, Paris and Pip, on their own page. If you would like to leave any comments on, Rosie, then please do so. It is always nice to hear what people think. I will not show your email when showing you comments. There will be new photos added regularly and updates on, Rosie, on here and FaceBook. Your email will not be shown on any comments. Please read our Privacy Policy on the Home page |
Birthday wishes for, Rosie!
Rosie, received 31 birthday wishes!! Thanks to everyone that sent in birthday wishes for, Rosie! The gang enjoyed every minute of it and their special treats! A massive thank you to all that participated! |
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WOW! What a story and what a life Rosie has had!!!! I'm so glad it has a beautiful ending!!!!! Horsecaring5 Thank you very much, Larry! Rosie, God bless her, went through such a bad time! Looking at her now and her personality, you wouldn't know it had been so bad. Still very nervous but happy and bossy ~LOL~ |