King isn't a rescue. I was specifically looking for a trail riding horse. He does have some health issues that would most likely have sent him to auction. I'm still trying to come up with a way to remedy those issues. During the summer, his muscles get soar for no apparent reason. We took him to the vet because he came up lame one summer. I don't remember the scientific name of what's wrong but the vet explained it as such:You know when you run and then stop without cooling down. Your muscles build up toxins that without proper stretching, etc. can't be released so the next day you're really soar. Well, that's exactly what King has although he doesn't do anything. There's some buildup of toxins in his muscles which I believe is caused by the heat. It always looks like he's lame in his front end but it's really soar muscles.
We have medicine for him during the summer. I'm hoping to come up with a better solution so that we can actually use him as a trail riding horse instead of a pasture puff during the summer months.
If you look close, can you see Sam's mustache? When we first brought Sam home, he had a huge mustache. It was the cutest thing! But ever since we started feeding him a grain mash (which was right away) his mustache disappeared.
This year's mustache is much smaller but it's cute to see that he has one anyway. Sam is such a character and really brightens my day (except when he rushes the barn door at feeding time). Sam is keeping the weight on this year. Luckily someone told us to try calf-manna and that seems to be the trick.We have him on soaked beet pulp (which is an acquired taste), soaked alfalfa (to keep his ulcers at bay), soaked senior (to try and keep the weight on), and soaked calf-manna (to help keep the weight on). No wonder he gets excited for feeding time.
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