the un-loved

[pasogalinbama]

i just bought a little paso at the horse sale last night, he is a sad little thing, very under weight, not the best conformation but two tiny little girls were riding him and he has a nice gait. no papers and very cheap. and sweet, time will tell if he will be any good. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/pasogalinbama/S5300027.jpg

[motorgypsy]

AWWWWW - he says thank you so much!

[Cindy]

Poor guy. Thank God you got him. Do you know his breeding?

[appyday]

OMG he looks awful...so glad you got him...cant wait to see him in a month..thank god you got him

[CarolU]

Oh wow...this made me cry. Thank you so much for saving this boy, he looks like there is a real horse somewhere.

I too look forward to seeing him in a month, two months, six months. I am betting he's a beautiful horse in a year.

Good luck...and bless you for saving this one.

[JennLM]

eeeeeeeeeek poor horse. He is surely thanking you. I bet he will look great after he gets all spiffied up and gains weight.

[swaite]

You can tell he'll blossom into a beauty! Nice mane.

[Mellifluous]

He will be beeeeautiful when he gets some weight on. His eyes look so sad, can't wait to see him happy!

[pnalley]

He has a lovely head, intelligent eye. He'll blossem with good care. I bet he'll be a real looker when you get him right. He also may become more of a handful once he has proper nutrition.

I'm so glad you saved him.

[Brigitte]

Ouch, he looks bad, the halter looks big on him :( . But I'm pretty sure he'll look better in no time, don't forget to update the pics!!

[appyday]

Can you post more pics...better angles??

[Terri]

OMG,you didn't buy him, you rescued him. Poor thing. Thank you for taking him home. I am sure he will repay you 100 fold. What is the matter with some people!

[pasogalinbama]

i have know idea his breeding, the little girls had him running wide open up and down between the pens. my daughter got on him for a few minutes just enough to see him gait, he has a nice head set and gaits very well, he is about 13 hands. he will love on you follow you around. but a couple hundered pounds from now he my be a fire ball. lol i just could not pass him up papers or not. from his teeth i guess him about 10 years old. i will keep a record of his progress, his feet are in bad shape as well, and i'm sure full of worms. his name is Chico, i put him in with my mini donkey jack today and they have made friends.

[Cindy]

He looks like he will be very nice. I would bet you a dollar that he is from Milagroso del Ocho. He was in that area and this looks very much like his offspring llok.

[Barbwire]

I shudder to think what would happened to him if you had not bought him. I am so glad you were in the right place at the right time for this sad little horse. :D

[sporthorse]

sometimes the registered name is on the coggins or prior owners coggins papers.

[Linda Y]

Oh, my god. That poor baby. His head looks very Toledo...as does his color. And he was in this area too. I would like to see more pics of him too. Especially what looks like a pretty head.

[CarolU]

Pasogal...I just wanted to show you what he'll look like next year...

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/23115DiabloSpr05_sz.jpg

This horse was skinny and wormy when I got him...not as bad as your boy, but bad enough. Love, time, TLC, and LOTS of wormer and good food, you'll have a show horse too. This is also the horse in my avatar. Your boy will blossom, you'll see.

:hug hugs to you for saving this boy

[pasogalinbama]

wow Carol he is a beautiful
i hope he will be half that beautiful. poor guy has a long way to go http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/pasogalinbama/S5300026.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/pasogalinbama/S5300029.jpg
thanks everyone for the support i keep telling myself that it will be worth it if only to his good.

[qltrlori]

Poor guy! He looks like he has cloven hooves, like a goat!

[Brigitte]

Of course it would be worth it

[pasogalinbama]

i was watching the kids ride him while a gentleman walked up and i heard he say "he sure is skinny" the owner said "o he is just little" could he not see he is starving his horses or just trying to make excuses. they had a mare that was gaited but no paso and she was skinny as well. a sale barn is a sad place to go, saw a lady riding a bad little walking horse get trowed and messed up her leg bad had to send her to hospital.
maybe he will say gentle for the little kids even when he gets fat.

[Jasfino]

A ((((((( great big bear HUG)))))))) for you for helping this little guy out. Thank God for people like you that have kind hearts and care!

Your an angel!

[qltrlori]

If I were the owner of that horse I would be ashamed to show my face at the sale. But he wasn't ashamed and I guess that says it all right there. What is the deal with people. :mad:

I can imagine getting in in over my head or falling on hard times, but I would at least make sure my horses had proper care, even if I had to give them away.

Lori

[GeorgeGuns]

Man that's bad when a person can't even see skinny staring them right in the face, but, some folks is just ignernt.

That horse is going to shape up nice, and I bet he stays sweet, he'll thank you forever for saving him. Those hooves will fix pretty quick too.

I can't believe he was being ridden...

Oh - be careful about feeding him back, sometimes when they are that skinny, their kidney function isn't tops, and too much protien can be a hinderance rather than a help. No alfalfa or high protien stuff til your vet says he can handle it. Just a lesson learned from the past.

[dana]

the payments you get back from the rescues make them worth all the money you put into them. he is one very lucky boy that you found him.

dana

[Edurne]

heartbreaking....... I'm so glad you have him.

[Pasogirlz]

Bless your heart for saving that sad soul. I bet in one year he will be a whole new horse. Congrats on your new member of the family.

[Moniece Dickerson]

Breaks my heart :cry: !!!I'm SO glad you rescued him!!!!!!!!Your friend,Moniece

[appyday]

My advice...dont spend alot of money on him..dont go crazy with high dollar food and supliments..

Just feed/hay him..worm him...he will be fine..

get his feet done but again just get him trimmed and done regularly...dont spend a ton on fancy shoes or farrier bills...

If he is the ride horse you say the money spent will be well worth it..

But you dont have to spend alot on care...he just needs basics..which he never got...

Good luck

[Linda Y]

I hope the poor guy grows a tail back!
These are the type of challenges I like. I haven't rescued a horse in too long.

[CarolU]

A word of safety about worming too, worm about every two weeks with ivermectin, worm with pyrantel, then a reigment for pin worms, then tape worms, then use one of the big guns like Quest or Ivermectin Gold. You don't want to use the kill-all ones until you've reduced his worm load somewhat. They can impact a really wormy horse if you kill them all at once.

A good farrier will get those feet trimmed up in no time. I've seen a lot worse.

[pasogalinbama]

talked to a friend of mine this morning she was at the sale, said the guy told her that he had rescued him about 8 months ago, and from the looks of his kids he does not feed them much better.
he is getting all the good hay he wants i'm going to turn him out a little today on grass, i don't want to sock him little tummy. he is getting 12% pellets, and some daily wormer,

[pasogalinbama]

Linda i hope his tail grows back too, it look like it was chewed off, going to get some pink luster from the dollor store, i was told it would grow a nice tail lol
the farrier is coming this afternoon.

[PASOFAN]

Wow. what a case you have, bless you! One of the worst bare boned paso's I have seen yet, I am sure w/you love and care chico will be just fine..

Chico is my geldings name too!! :D Good name for good horses!

[pasohappy]

GOD BLESS YOU for saving this little darling, he will turn out to be wonderful I am sure. The improvement started the minute you bought him, how wonderful you are to do that. :D

[motorgypsy]

I just happened to remember that I think it is UCDAvis website that says to feed starved horses alfalfa to begin with and little by little add grain.

[pasogalinbama]

i will get him some alfalfa today and i turned him out on grass he is eating like every bit will be his last. he very friendly and comes to you.
should i leave him on the grass or just let him eat for a little while? i'm sure he had not grass where he came from.

[Carol Nelson]

Poor baby...thank God you found him!
I would limit his exposure to grass the same as any feed or hay you might give him. You don't want him to founder. A friend of mine rescued an Arab mare much in the same condition as he. She started out feeding the mare small but frequent meals, both the hay and the grain...and handfuls of alfalfa. It's very risky bringing a horse back from a condition like this.
Actuallly they kept the mare in a small drylot, with short turnout intervals. Another thing, you want to keep him in a small enclosure at first. You don't want him burning up his calories by moving around a lot...as he puts on weight, he may get a lot more active.

[appyday]

I would put him out for a 1/2 hr 2 X day no more for now...go get him in...and I would be careful with the alfalfa too..not sure I would do that right off the bat I would think some good grass or timothy would be better..

[TrueStepPaso]

Appyday is RIGHT.

DON"T go crazy with grain & supp....give him hay, water, and salt.

NO shoes.....just good, consistent trims.

You don't want to "shock" his system. It has to be baby steps.

[Barbwire]

Remember Buck, my TB rescue? I fed him, and fed him, and fed him, wormed him too, but he gained very slowly. The lady I sold him to was finally able to put the weight back on him. Turns out the poor horse had coccidia that he had picked up from injesting chicken poop at the place I have rescued him from.

[appyday]

Remember Buck, my TB rscue? I fed him, and fed him, and fed him, wormed him too, but he gained very slowly. The lady I sold him to was finally able to put the weight back on him. Turns out the poor horse had coccidia that he had picked up from injesting chicken poop at the place I have rescued him from.

:roll: He was a TB

[Fino1]

Bless you for giving this little bugger a chance for a better life!
He'll repay you ten fold, I can see that by the look in his eyes.

Judy

[hast]

Thank goodness you found him. :D

[Barbwire]

Remember Buck, my TB rescue? I fed him, and fed him, and fed him, wormed him too, but he gained very slowly. The lady I sold him to was finally able to put the weight back on him. Turns out the poor horse had coccidia that he had picked up from injesting chicken poop at the place I have rescued him from.

:roll: He was a TB

So, are you saying TB's are more prone than other breeds to eating chicken poop when they are starving? :?: If you read my post it says the new owner has put the weight back on him. The only reason he didn't gain much here was becase he had a parasite I didn't know about and didn't even know horses could get. It had nothing to do with his breed. ;-)

[CarolU]

I agree with several posts here...small, frequent meals. I'd start with limited grass like Shelley said, then add time in the pasture, perhaps 15-minutes on each feeding, until he is on it all day. I'd give him 2% of his body weight in grass hay now, and gradually add alfalfa to that, until he's on about 80% alfalfa and 20% grass. And start adding your complete feed slowly.

It'll take a bit, but he should be up to full rations of everything in a few weeks. He'll really pour the weight on then.

[Camilla]

Good luck with this fellow. he has ha very sweet eye and will make you grateful you took the chance one day I think.
Please keep us up to date with pics as he progresses.

[Remy]

Bless you. He will be a stunner.

[DebbieS]

Bless you for rescuing him! He will be a great looking paso once he has some weight on him. Listo was thin too - I think the horses there ate their own droppings - and his feet were bad too. It took my farrier about 6 months to get them looking good. It takes a while but it's so worth it.

I guess I didn't know any better. I turned Listo right out on pasture when I brought him home (has been ever since). Did a biotin supplement and grain twice a day. My vet said to use Safeguard wormer the first time.

Good luck with him. I'm sure he is so happy to be with you!!

[pasogalinbama]

Chico is doing fine, turned him out on a little grass, he comes to you in the pasture, and loves to be wet with the hose.

[Moniece Dickerson]

Thanks for updating,i'm glad he's doing well!!He sounds wonderful :D !Your friend,Moniece