Post by risingrainbow on May 8, 2007 19:56:02 GMT -5
Dave finally got the problem with my camera figured out so we're back on line. I have moved Heiress and her colt to a different stall so you all can get acquainted with Bey Aana before she foals.
Bey Aana is 18 and has had four gorgeous colts for me. I'm really wanting a filly this time. . I used the apple cider vinegar on her feed before and during breeding, so hopefully she will come though for us and give me a replacement filly.
Her due date is June 8 but she normally goes early. She is also a very sneaky mare. I have never caught her foaling as hard as I've tried. She was never really bonded with people until we got her.
She was raised in a training/show facility and her owners quit doing horses about the time she was born. ( I actually foaled her out just before I quit working there as a groom so I've always thought of her as one of my children) . The people paid the bills but never did anything with her and the people at the facility didn't have time for her. No one really appreciated or loved on her. I inquired about her at age 10 when I found out that she was going to be sent to a local auction house where she would have surely gone to slaughter. She has been with us ever since.
My daughter, Lindsay, who has brain damage from cancer, has made Aana her personal project and has spent many hours winning this untrusting mare over. Lindsay is the only person that Aana trusts and loves totally. She only tolerates Dave and me.
While Lindsay has been really good for Aana, Aana has been equally good for Lindsay. Being able to win this mare over when we have not, has really boosted Lindsay's self-esteem and given her something to be proud of. This makes Aana a very special mare to us because Lindsay has had a difficult time and Aana has really made her life meaningful for which we will be forever grateful. So it's very important to us that this mare be happy, healthy and safe. We ask your help in watching over this very special mare.
Aana is already beginning to bag up. How long things will take to progress, I wish I knew. She's the only mare I own that I've never been able to figure out. She's foaled not bagged up at all. Actually, I think she's foaled in about every stage of unreadiness possible, she's never gone by the book. So your guess will be as good as mine. Learning her behavior will probably be the only way to find clues. I know I'm looking forward to monitoring her because I'm thinking I actually might have a chance of catching her this time.
Bey Aana is 18 and has had four gorgeous colts for me. I'm really wanting a filly this time. . I used the apple cider vinegar on her feed before and during breeding, so hopefully she will come though for us and give me a replacement filly.
Her due date is June 8 but she normally goes early. She is also a very sneaky mare. I have never caught her foaling as hard as I've tried. She was never really bonded with people until we got her.
She was raised in a training/show facility and her owners quit doing horses about the time she was born. ( I actually foaled her out just before I quit working there as a groom so I've always thought of her as one of my children) . The people paid the bills but never did anything with her and the people at the facility didn't have time for her. No one really appreciated or loved on her. I inquired about her at age 10 when I found out that she was going to be sent to a local auction house where she would have surely gone to slaughter. She has been with us ever since.
My daughter, Lindsay, who has brain damage from cancer, has made Aana her personal project and has spent many hours winning this untrusting mare over. Lindsay is the only person that Aana trusts and loves totally. She only tolerates Dave and me.
While Lindsay has been really good for Aana, Aana has been equally good for Lindsay. Being able to win this mare over when we have not, has really boosted Lindsay's self-esteem and given her something to be proud of. This makes Aana a very special mare to us because Lindsay has had a difficult time and Aana has really made her life meaningful for which we will be forever grateful. So it's very important to us that this mare be happy, healthy and safe. We ask your help in watching over this very special mare.
Aana is already beginning to bag up. How long things will take to progress, I wish I knew. She's the only mare I own that I've never been able to figure out. She's foaled not bagged up at all. Actually, I think she's foaled in about every stage of unreadiness possible, she's never gone by the book. So your guess will be as good as mine. Learning her behavior will probably be the only way to find clues. I know I'm looking forward to monitoring her because I'm thinking I actually might have a chance of catching her this time.
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