Re: RC: Fw: exp. breeders, help!

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Dear Whitney
In this particular case I believe you would do better to contact your
own vet. She should probably have a workup to see what grade her uterus
is, if she has any infections, if it is tipped or not or any other
potential problems. Also you would be able to talk to your vet about the
circumstances surrounding her colics, probable cause, and how to avoid
in pregnancy, etc. I will say that I have never seen any perfect
correlation between a mare's behavior towards people and her behavior
towards her young. Some times savaging one's young can be a result of
trauma as in one case of a Hal daughter foaled to a client in a
thunderstorm. The mare, who had never had any problems with foaling
before, savaged the baby. I also had one mare who was very sweet to
people take excellent care of her offspring (fillies) until she had a
colt whom she refused to let nurse. Getting tired of "MILKING" I had
Mark build a stock for her so that her son could nurse without fear of
injury. Well, she stood there and watched Mark did through some VERY
HARD DG and assemble the wooden stock and when he was hammering the LAST
NAIL (honestly, I'm not making this up) Bella turned herself towards Don
Juan (now 4th in AERC Regional standings so I guess it didn't hurt his
psyche too much) and let him nurse. Go figure!
I would work with your vet hand-in-hand on this one. You might start
with a culture and a "look-see inside". Good luck to you. We've had
success with 14 year olds when the plumbing was still OK.
Bette

Whitney Bass wrote:
> 
> ----------
> > From: Whitney Bass <bass@bigsky.net>
> > To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> > Subject: exp. breeders, help!
> > Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:28 AM
> >
> > I have a question about a mare that I am thinking about breeding this
> > spring, and was wondering if all you experienced breeders, could give me
> > your opinion (privately, since not endurance related).  I have a mare who
> > will be 14 this spring and has never been bred.  She was raced into the
> > ground as 3, 4, and 5 year old, and as a result, her mind is hanging on
> by
> > a thin thread.  I bought her when she was about 8, I guess -- spent years
> > working with her, and made incredible progress.  But there seems to be
> > permanent damage, as she is still incredibly flaky.  She usually colics
> > once per year, different kinds.  And she just can't handle much stress
> > without seeming to get that far-away look in her eyes and kind of coming
> > undone.  In case you are wondering, I quit endurance riding her a few
> years
> > ago because while I managed to get her and her HR under control, she
> would
> > still "lose it" if people started passing her.  So now she makes a
> > wonderful pasture ornament!  But she is beautiful and very sweet and I
> > would like to get a baby out of her.  But I don't know if I should.  I'm
> > afraid she might not be a good mom, or would have problems because she is
> a
> > chronic colicer -- have any of you had experience breeders this type of a
> > mare?  And if so, what were the result?  Thanks in advance!!
> >
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Bette Lamore
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