Introducing Redman to Phantasia (Pics)

[Carol Nelson]

Had a fun day yesterday! I played halter with my little mini stud colt, and ground drove my black mini stallion, but the highlight of the day was introducing Red to the new breeding dock and Phantasia, his dummy girlfriend!

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Sorry about the quality of the photos. He was a little cautious about stepping into the darker barn so I let him pick his own way, but once inside I think he was more interested in his son, Devante, in the adjoining stall, than Phantasia...grin! He probably just wondered, "What is that thing that smells like a cow???...an OLD cow..." :lol: (No, Heidi, we don't have the hide stretched on yet, hopefully this week!) Once the mare urine gets sprayed on her, he won't be so adverse to it. :lol: (I spent a day last week collecting that for a nice container of mare pee in the freezer)! :lol:
For reasons I won't elaborate on here, he wasn't able to be put in his new stall in the barn for some time (due to it being used as a hospital ward) so we were able to put him in it permanently yesterday. Was so neat, after he'd thoroughly gotten to enjoy it, he came up to both of us and rubbed his head against us. I felt he was saying, "Thank you for my beautiful new home!" :smile:

[Moniece Dickerson]

Sounds like you had a wonderful day :D !I'm so happy for you and thanks for sharing your day and the pictures!!Your friend,Moniece

[Pasogirlz]

Thanks for sharing.
I have as how you named "Phantasia"?

[Carol Nelson]

:lol: Well, Lori...since Phantasia will be used for only one thing, so I thought that she needed an "enticing" name...and she is a "phantom" dummy....hehehe...get it????

(Fantasia was also my favorite winner on American Idol...hehe...wonder if she knows there's a breeding dummy out here named for her... :lol: :lol: :lol: )

[Pasogirlz]

:rofl That is a good one Carol.

[Abejita]

hmm phantasia is better than what I tell Juan when we go to the clinic.."Come on Juan..you got a date with the Phony Pony!"

[Carol Nelson]

:rofl

Now THAT'S a good one!!!

[Pasogirlz]

Another good one. :lol:

[Brigitte]

Phony Pony <-- :rofl

[Abejita]

well thats what it is isnt it?? ;-) He wuvs his wittle Phony Pony....Of course the vet had to drop her a lot lower than he usually keeps it for those STB ,warmblood and sporthorse stallions..

[Carol Nelson]

I guess that's part of the reason we decided to build our own breeding dock...last year, Red actually hurt himself on the dummy at our previous breeding barn. She bred QH and Paint stallions, and her dummy was too wide...we had to take Red to the vet for some adjustments right after he bred because he came down too hard on the dummy and threw his shoulder out. She didn't want to change it...so we said we'd build our own.

Since we were building the barn anyway, it didn't seem too stupid to install our own dummy and stocks with the money I would've been paying someone else to breed my horses instead!

And I might add that when they're here at home...at least I know what's going on with them.

[Jane Hurl]

Okay ... so if nobody else will mention the elephant in the room, I will. Where are the pictures? Just HOW did you collect that mare urine? *grin*

[Carol Nelson]

That's a whole 'nother topic, Jane....a very funny one...but don't have time to relate it all now...now if you bribe me, I might just tell ya! :lol: :lol: :lol: