Horse Talk

[chickluvinfreak]

@chickenlover, nice . I would love to have a mini too someday! Hope your new mares birth goes well and It would be awesome if you put pictures of the foal up after he/she is born

 

[abigalerose]

Awesome! Please post pictures when she has him/her!
I had a pretty exciting day, I was given five saddles, some tack and blankets, and some horse training videos for free! My Amish friend also paid me $90 to advertise a 4 wheeler for him

And I got diagnosed with PCOS

 

[ChickenLover200]

Awesome! Please post pictures when she has him/her!
I had a pretty exciting day, I was given five saddles, some tack and blankets, and some horse training videos for free! My Amish friend also paid me $90 to advertise a 4 wheeler for him

And I got diagnosed with PCOS

PCOS?
What that?

I'll definitely post pics. Here's the mare tonight.... her name is AINT SHE SWEET (AKA Sweetie)

 

[henny1129]

PCOS?
What that?

I'll definitely post pics. Here's the mare tonight.... her name is AINT SHE SWEET (AKA Sweetie)

Adorable and congrats! Best of luck with the foaling!

 

[abigalerose]

PCOS is polycystic ovary syndrome. It means I get cysts on my ovaries and it screws my hormones all up and makes it hard or impossible to get pregnant and stuff like that.
And aw! She looks all settled in

 

[abigalerose]

Here are the saddles I got today. I don't really know.. well, anything about saddles. But I'm letting my cousin have the first two, if she wants them, and I'm keeping the last three for myself, I know the second to last is a roping saddle and I know the last is an Aussie. That's about it lol. I would post pictures of all the tack and blankets too but it's a big dusty mess right now.
How much $$ worth of saddles do you think he gave me?

 

[ChickenLover200]

Ah. Well that sucks about not having kids...
@ 9:30 last night, Sweetie foaled a cute littl colt and both of them ar doing great.
I have a couple questions for others tho:
When is the best time to geld the little guy?
AND
when the vet chckd Sweetie today, she said that she has lumps in her udder. (spelling?) She said that it isn't effecting the milk or anything, but I was just wondering, what exactly they could b from or why the lumps wre there and if it effects anything else/

 

[abigalerose]

Aw! Can't wait to see pictures. I wish I could help with your questions but I've never had a foal before.
I am *most likely* getting a new little filly. I'm driving four hours one way tomorrow to meet her and put a deposit on her, she'll be weaned around January/February.
Here's some pictures of her and her parents and their bloodlines (not a good picture of the dam though)

 

[res]

The saddle are all older, but many times, older means GOOD handmade quality materials. Lots of "newer" saddles are assembly line type production with CHEAP materials. Honestly, I would clean all of the saddles up and hold on to all of them. You NEVER know when you might need an extra, or when you need a variety to see what fits a horse right.

Make sure the leather is in good shape, especially the stirrup leather and the girth attachments. All those parts can be replaced if needed. "Squeeze" the saddles to see if any have a broken tree - they should not give when squeezed like a taco or squeezed cantle to pommel. Often, older saddles have very worn fleece on the underside. It usually can be replaced, but be prepared to pay A LOT for real fleece replacement (~$300 here in MD) or slightly less for synthetic fleece. If it isn't too worn, you can just compensate for the loss of padding by using a good pad. Look for a maker's mark on the excess billet holders, or under the fenders. If you find one, look it up online to determine a value.

If you have any Amish within driving distance, look in their community for a tack/harness shop. They are generally the best price and workmanship around! We use the local Amish community for EVERYTHING around here!

As for PCOS, I have had it since I was a teenager, but it went undiagnosed until I was in my 30's in 2005. My amenorrhea was attributed to me being active and muscular.... It took my husband & I 3 years to get pregnant with child #1, and we lost him at full term due to placental abrubtion, which is not uncommon with PCOS pregnancies. Unfortunately, I had a HORRIBLE Dr. during that pregnancy who did not follow the steps to monitor my pregnancy. I should not have lost my son... I was told I would not be able to get pregnant again, but was pregnant with #2 just 6 weeks later. Different Dr. this time, I was watched like a hawk and in his office for NS testing and ultrasounds 2-3x per week. Delivered a perfect baby girl at 36 weeks. I then had 2 miscarriages at ~12 wks before going thru fertility treatments. Baby #3 was also born at 36 weeks after close monitoring. Was told AGAIN I would not be able to get pregnant without further fertility treatments. Got an amazing blessing of baby #4 in May 2008 - a complete surprise, as it wasn't supposed to be possible. I was closely monitored again, and made it to 39 weeks before having a C-section.

Pregnancy IS possible with PCOS, but you need to be vigilant and be monitored closely. Insist on it. Do not let the Dr. blow you off and treat you like a "normal" pregnancy. I would not ever want someone to go through the heartbreak we experienced because we were naive' and believed the Dr. when he said everything would be fine, I was young, it was my 1st pregnancy, what could go wrong, etc.

 

[abigalerose]

I plan on keeping them! I'm gonna get them cleaned up as soon as I get some time, I was just curious. I haven't found a name on them yet but I haven't looked very hard either. They all seem like nice saddles I just don't know anything about them!

And oh that's crazy, I'm sorry you went through all that.
I know it's possible, I just know now that if I do want to have a kid it's gonna be very hard, I mean look at you, you had to go through a lot before you got your babies. And I know for some people they just can't at all. Hopefully I get lucky and still can, as long as I go through fertility treatments, etc. but that's a ways off anyways, I wouldn't want a kid for 9 or 10 more years. Just stinks that we have to go through all that trouble, just to maybe get a baby. But it could be worse!