I haven't put a measure her height just yet but I
think she barely broke 13 hands.
She has the sweetest personality of all the
horses. She is very much a people horse - wanting attention anytime we got
out into the pasture. She's really easy to handle. I wormed everyone
today and while I had only minor problems with the rest of them, when it came to
worming her I only needed to place my hand on her nose and let her get
accustomed to the tube and she stood quietly. Well, she did do the usual
of trying to spit it out but she wasn't successful.
As far her leg is concerned it will never get any
better. It will always be crooked and the knee joint will be weaker as
well. I have been told that as she ages the affected knee will develop
Arthritis at a lot younger age then normal. She will run and kick up her
heels on occasion but after doing so she will limp for a few minutes.
I've have numerous questions concerning her and
many ask whether or not the leg could break. And the answer is yes.
Any horse's leg can break but her leg may be more prone to do so should she get
overly rambunctious in the pasture and perhaps place that hoof/leg wrong in the
process.
Her care - as long as she is not in pain her care
is like any other horse - feed, hay, water and love and regular medical care
(shots, worming, trimming). When the knee develops Arthritis then there
will be a reassessment of her needs. When her quality of life comes into
question then we will take a look at her needs.
Perspective adopters need to be aware of her
prognosis and needs. Perspective adopters also need to know that if they
do adopt her the contact will specify that she never be bred or ridden.
She is a COMPANION HORSE ONLY. The contract also states that should
they find that they are unwilling and/or unable to care for her in the future
that she be returned to us rather then be rehomed. Any rehoming has to be
approved by us.
I must
have smelled interesting.
I couldn't
keep her back enough to take some of these pictures.
Available for Adoption as COMPANION only.
Adoption fee $75.00 to cover Coggins and Health
Certificate.
It is undetermined at this time
whether or not the leg problem is an injury or a genetic defect - given that I
don't recommend her for broodmare.
This little filly is the sweetest and smartest filly I have seen. I can do almost anything with her and she is also very quiet even around my
10 year old son (who's holding her lead in these pictures).
Any perspective adopter will have to fill out an
extensive application and contract stating that she will not be used as a brood
mare and to return her to Prism Horses
should the adopter not be able to care for her in the future.
Contact Me for a copy
of the application/contract.
Pics taken May 30th, 2005
Inshallah will be 3 years old on May 2nd, 2007. As
you can see from the pics above she is still affected by the Angular Limb
Deformity. This is probably a permanent situation. But that is okay
with us - she came to us as a Companion Animal status and she will continue to
be that. We have lots of love to give her and lots of horsey friends for
her to companion. The deformity does affect her movement but does not
affect her personality. And there are a number of occasions when she will
show us that she has the will to keep up with the rest of the herd. It is
just a joyous sight to see her running along (and doing a good job of keeping
up) with rest of our horses.
She's also had a nice little growth spurt - when
she arrived in November 2004 she was about 11 hands. As of September 2006
Inshallah is just a little over 13.2 hands and pushing 700 pounds.
Update - 01/02/2005
It was a warm day today so I got the shampoo out and several buckets of warm water and we went at it. She's just getting over a little case of rain rot. I had been wanting to give her a bath so that I could do a really good job of coming out the gunk but had to wait until a relatively warm day. She did GREAT! I believe she actually enjoyed the attention.
Just remember - Inshallah is still a little wet - despite toweling and trying to comb her out. Oh well, it was a bit humid here today as well as being a bit warm.
Below are some pics with my son holding her - please forgive him - he was a little touchy since he was wandering outside with out shoes on when I drafted him to help me take pics of her. Well, at first it was just to hold her while she grazed a bit - that's him laying down in the grass.
What a gorgeous and sweet little girl.
Baby Picture!!
Born early May 2004 in Lancaster, MN. Inshallah Sun is a Pintabian (99% Arabian and Paint horse cross). Inshallah in
Arabic stands for "God Willing".
Inshallah was born with an Angular Limb Deformity on her off front leg that she has had surgery for. She is working now on healing and growing up.
Missy
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This site last updated:
06/28/2008
