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Post by julie1967 on Jun 14, 2012 12:00:07 GMT
i purchased a eight year old mare for my eight year old daughter pony has not done one thing wrong can ride on and off the lead and is very easy to handle on the ground and i thought i had found the perfect pony as her history is completely unknown as i purchased from a dealer who had taken her in as part ex well my problem is i noticed that she was putting on weight so cut down on her grazing and worked her more still no weight loss then i new why as she is in foal,I'm gutted i have not told my daughter yet and am lucky as have a lead rein pony so she can ride her i want to do the right thing and as she is at a busy livery yard i can move her to a friends field with a field shelter i have no experience with foals so lucky my friend has and has offered to help,but i still have the problem of now having a pony that cannot be ridden and a lead rein that only does lead rein so the big question is what is peoples opinion on how easy will it be to get pony going once foal is weened sorry for the long essay as daughter only a novice rider so don't know if pony only quite and well behaved as in foal
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Post by sageandonion on Jun 14, 2012 12:08:28 GMT
Oh dear. I should take one thing at a time and concentrate on swotting up and preparing for and providing the right facilities for the mare and foal. I imagine it will completely depend on the pony and how things pan out but you must be talking at least a year.
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Post by judyh on Jun 14, 2012 12:12:19 GMT
When I bred my 1st foal from my mare I weaned the foal in September. By November she was fit and well at the opening meet and hunted for 6 more seasons before I put her in foal again.
No problems at all.
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Post by bow1607 on Jun 14, 2012 12:15:09 GMT
Just to flip it, a friend of mine bought a saint of a pony that they didn't know was in foal.
After foal was born and weaned this saint was a totally different pony and became very difficult.
Now I wasn't there to see how they bought it back into work/the weaning process etc but just something to think about.
Not a nice position to be in x
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Post by vikki85 on Jun 14, 2012 16:29:20 GMT
My 9 year old niece has a young section B mare who was a brood mare before we got her. She is the perfect childs pony despite having only been a baby machine for the past 3-4 years. I guess it all depends on the pony's character.
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Post by nici on Jun 15, 2012 6:22:06 GMT
We bought Cerys's first pony Bridget with foal (Megan) at foot - and unknown to us another on its way  Cerys was only a tot at the time and kept riding her until a few weeks before Daisy was born. Bridget is very much a people pony and loves attention, and we started her back in "work" before Daisy was weaned - she was perfectly happy being led around with Cerys on her back and Daisy playing alongside her. After Daisy was weaned she was back in work with no problems. All three of them are now fantastic tots ponies (all 34" minis) with other families. Our little A was also a broodmare before we bought her. She'd had 3 pregnancies, the third resulting in twins that didn't make it. She wasn't covered afterwards and we bought her a month or so later, unbacked and only lightly handled. She is an amazing little pony and has given Cerys so much confidence with her riding. |
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Post by Guestless on Jun 15, 2012 9:45:38 GMT
Not something you have asked but for information, I have heard of someone who got a BOGOF from a dealer and she managed to successfully claim against the dealer for all costs related to the foaling - may be worth asking about this.
Disappointing for your daughter but hopefully all the excitement of a foal will make up for the time off.
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Post by julie1967 on Jun 15, 2012 18:31:57 GMT
thanks for replies i think we are going to wait and see how she is once foal weened as my daughter is a small eight so hopefully she will still have plenty on years left to ride her and she has the lead rein to ride for now and then can have plenty of lessons at local riding school to improve riding so not as bad as some people have had no other pony and a very understanding husband !!!!
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Post by gooogle on Jun 16, 2012 10:28:08 GMT
Hi, a friend of my mothers ended up with a bogof 16 yrs ago, we just ended up with two lovely sec D's to play with not one. The dam Nerys was pts a few weeks ago after prolonged illness aged 21 having done everything we ever asked of her with the same temperament as when they chose her. Seren her son was much livelier, sold to a friend and was a star riding club dressage horse and went pre novice BE. ( as far as his rider wanted to go, her chicken point lower than his ! ) If you can't afford to loan a third one in the meantime consider lessons off the LR at a good riding school once a week as well as continuing with the pony you have. Not ideal but a good compromise ! Good luck. PS I broke the dam in as weaning commenced. She came to our yard as part of the weaning process and once she had settled in and dried up ( about 2 weeks if my memory serves me right ) I got on and broke her in. She remains the easiest one I have ever done! She seemed relieved to be shot of him and to be given something interesting to do.  |
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Post by jeanslater on Jun 16, 2012 10:49:32 GMT
I just used to lock my foal away in a safe stable once it got to 4 weeks old, then take the mare out to ride her, the mare got her baby back once she was cooled down, never did any of them any harm.
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Post by Kaseyleigh on Jun 17, 2012 20:40:30 GMT
Ive just had my mare drop a foal but shes unbroken my foals now a month old so going to start the process of breaking her in as she has become a bolishy pony since having the foal i just think it depends on the pony..... Just watch though because sometimes it carnt half drain the mare so make sure she gets plenty to eat especially once she has dropped she will stay baby weight for 2 weeks and then drop it all but will loose all topline so i do suggest a good bulky feed and as much haylage as she can eat. Mines only a welsh c and she can eat 4 feeds, days grazing and two very large nets in one day.
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Post by parsnip on Jun 17, 2012 23:32:28 GMT
Oh no - happens too often - was just talking about it with a friend at a show today. You're not in Lancashire are you?
I hope things go smoothly XX
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Post by sageandonion on Jun 18, 2012 15:57:55 GMT
You have strange ideas. I think it appalling to lock a foal of four weeks away and go riding the mare, what a cruel thing to do.
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Post by nia2311 on Jun 18, 2012 16:07:07 GMT
You have strange ideas. I think it appalling to lock a foal of four weeks away and go riding the mare, what a cruel thing to do. Exactly my thoughts S&O  |
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Post by parsnip on Jun 18, 2012 17:18:03 GMT
I'd have thought a mare would go insane if this happened! I was once bolted on (really bolted not just running away) across 4 fields, through two hedges and a fence by a mare who had been separated from her foal. I was 10 or so and had no idea that this was the case (the good old pre-insurance days!) The mare had bits of fence stuck in her legs and chest and still hadn't stopped running until she got to the foal. How can you be sure the foal won't damage itself?
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Post by Kaseyleigh on Jun 18, 2012 17:44:17 GMT
You have strange ideas. I think it appalling to lock a foal of four weeks away and go riding the mare, what a cruel thing to do. I agree i would never dream of doing that at such a young age my foal is to precious to me i wouldnt want her to injure her self. Ive heard of riding with your foal at the side but never separating them. |
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Post by bow1607 on Jun 18, 2012 19:58:07 GMT
I just used to lock my foal away in a safe stable once it got to 4 weeks old, then take the mare out to ride her, the mare got her baby back once she was cooled down, never did any of them any harm. That is awful............. how would you feel if someone just took your baby away not knowing when/if it was coming back  |
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Post by larkhaven on Jun 18, 2012 20:02:10 GMT
You have strange ideas. I think it appalling to lock a foal of four weeks away and go riding the mare, what a cruel thing to do. Agree! Had to read the post twice as I couldn't believe what I was reading!!!  |
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Post by afe on Jun 19, 2012 13:03:30 GMT
We all thought my sec c mare was barren, until one year she got v fat and popped a foal out. at 6 weeks I used to leave the foal in the field with the others and ride the mare. Absolutely no probs. Makes weening easier and foals more independant.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 13:10:00 GMT
I have never encountered problems bringing a mare back inot work once she has had a foal, most of my brood mares have taken a turn at being ridden at some point in their life, shout if I can help when the time comes.
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Post by julie1967 on Jun 20, 2012 12:05:00 GMT
thankyou for your replies im not in a rush to get her back into work so will wait til foal is older would definatly would not do anything to stress her or the foal |
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Post by watchbank on Jun 21, 2012 16:58:16 GMT
i am sure jeanslater is on here just to say stupid things that she knows people will react too! only a mentally unstable person woukd do such a thing !!
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Post by mandmfan on Jun 21, 2012 18:31:56 GMT
I brought my mare after she had a foal (foal was weaned by then and mare broken in after foal had been weaned). Her breeder said she was a very well behaved mare, quiet mare before the foaling and absolutely no different whatosever afterwards and is still the same to this day. So it sounds like you have got a good pony there and worth holding onto. And if the sire was larger than your mare then the foal may grow into a very useful, bigger second pony for your daughter when she is older if he/she inherits the mother's temperament. Good luck.
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Post by larkhaven on Jun 21, 2012 19:08:22 GMT
i am sure jeanslater is on here just to say stupid things that she knows people will react too! only a mentally unstable person woukd do such a thing !! Agreed - actually she makes me chuckle - I feel sure she's just having a wind -up! |
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Cerys was only a tot at the time and kept riding her until a few weeks before Daisy was born. Bridget is very much a people pony and loves attention, and we started her back in "work" before Daisy was weaned - she was perfectly happy being led around with Cerys on her back and Daisy playing alongside her. After Daisy was weaned she was back in work with no problems. All three of them are now fantastic tots ponies (all 34" minis) with other families.
