$15,000 vet bill - NOT my dog!!

[SaturdayNightLive]

Oh, I dunno, a few things jumped out at me that seem to indicate a rich fantasy life. The labradoodle story was interesting, though it doesn’t necessarily mean anything with regard to this thread.

What I found most interesting was the odd bit of contradiction re: horse breeding.

Im posting because I am having some issues with one of my young geldings.He is a homebred, and around age 3…

Homebred, implying that she bred and raised the critter herself…

I had my coach tell me that for next year I should get my horses hocks injected.

He is a good showring packer, 12 years old and been showing 3 - 3’6 hunters for the past 8 years. Most recently with me he has been doing 2’9 and 3’.

Possible second horse, eerily similar health problems to the 3 year old homebred though.

From a thread entitled “Breeding Newby!”:

I have an opportunity to get a VERY nice mare. Her breeding is impecable for the hunters but could also go jumper. She’s a 17hh Holsteiner.

From a thread entitled “Novice Breeder – considering breeding for the first time – help!”:

I have been considering breeding my TB mare for a long time - and I think Id like to do it next year. I have a stable who breeds about 10 mares/year closeby and she will be going there for monitoring/insemination etc. She will then come home for several months, and go back before she is due. Im not going to even pretend that I know what Im doing.

Now earlier we heard about a homebred, now she’s a first time breeder? With not one, but two broodmares?

From Nov. 3rd of that same year…

The foal is getting registered this month and I need to name him. His sire is Freedom Z and his mother is a TB (we call her Ziggy).

So now I’m really confused. First we had a 3 year old homebred, then we were a first time breeder, then, at the same time, we have a new foal.

There also seems to be quite a bit of catastrophic vet care happening…three year olds with hock problems, a horse with back problems, another with more hock problems, a labradoodle with multiple health problems, a cat undergoing chemo…

What does this have to do with this thread? Possibly nothing. Maybe I’m too cynical. Maybe the OP has a three year old homebred that she didn’t breed, a foal that she didn’t breed but named, two broodmares, and a show horse. Oh, and a show quality labradoodle.

If that’s the case, OP, I sincerely apologize and I wish you the best of luck with Ms. Money.

[Bacardi1]

Wow - that’s pretty scary. Not the OP’s posts, but the fact that someone would take the time to go back & “vet” someone’s multiple threads. Don’t you people have anything better to do?

The OP wasn’t asking anyone for donations - why not just take the story for what it is/was - something - which seems rare around here - with a happy ending.

[SaturdayNightLive]

[QUOTE=Bacardi1;6046073]
Wow - that’s pretty scary. Not the OP’s posts, but the fact that someone would take the time to go back & “vet” someone’s multiple threads. Don’t you people have anything better to do?[/QUOTE]

Meh, it took like 5 minutes of skimming. I’m talented like that.

And I did say that it is a lovely story.

Besides, you asked…

[clint]

Bacardi1, ditto that, although somehow I’m not surprised. Leaving a feel good story alone? Not likely. But dissecting other threads for clues? Going above and beyond…

[cowboymom]

I clicked on the OP’s other posts and didn’t even have to read the entire post, just the highlighted first lines, and it sounded a little fishy to me too. Well actually the first post here seemed just a little too dramatic but when combined with the others there’s just a little too much veterinary excitement going on, IMO. It really didn’t take an afternoon of detective work-a quick scan of the writing style and content.

Probably doesn’t matter, it was a story that obviously made a few folks happy to think about. Any given post on here could be entirely fiction anyway.

[sketcher]

Ruh-roh. Popcorn popping, drink poured.

[Auventera_Two]

@SaturdayNightLive;6046065

Oh, I dunno, a few things jumped out at me that seem to indicate a rich fantasy life. The labradoodle story was interesting, though it doesn’t necessarily mean anything with regard to this thread.

What I found most interesting was the odd bit of contradiction re: horse breeding.

Homebred, implying that she bred and raised the critter herself…

Possible second horse, eerily similar health problems to the 3 year old homebred though.

From a thread entitled “Breeding Newby!”:

From a thread entitled “Novice Breeder – considering breeding for the first time – help!”:

Now earlier we heard about a homebred, now she’s a first time breeder? With not one, but two broodmares?

From Nov. 3rd of that same year…

So now I’m really confused. First we had a 3 year old homebred, then we were a first time breeder, then, at the same time, we have a new foal.

There also seems to be quite a bit of catastrophic vet care happening…three year olds with hock problems, a horse with back problems, another with more hock problems, a labradoodle with multiple health problems, a cat undergoing chemo…

What does this have to do with this thread? Possibly nothing. Maybe I’m too cynical. Maybe the OP has a three year old homebred that she didn’t breed, a foal that she didn’t breed but named, two broodmares, and a show horse. Oh, and a show quality labradoodle.

If that’s the case, OP, I sincerely apologize and I wish you the best of luck with Ms. Money.

Wow you must be really proud of yourself. :rolleyes: :dead:

I own an older mare that I would classify as a HOMEBRED. I owned her dam and my mother and I decided together to breed the dam when I was a teen in high school. But my mom was the “breeding expert,” not me. She arranged all the vet appointments and did all the leg work. I just played with the baby when she was born. I taught her to longe and wear tack, and I was the first to ride her. But I was not responsible for all the details of the mare’s pregnancy. That was my mother’s territory. I always loved working with babies and greenies and teaching them all the goodies they need to know as an adult. But actual breeding and pregnancy really didn’t interest me much. One of our mares needed lights on timers and regumate to cycle into heat to settle a pregnancy. Mom was responsible for working out all the details of that with the vets. I saw what she was doing but I didn’t make any decisions, I was just a bystander.

Growing up my parents bred horses. Warmbloods, TBs, a few QHs. We had a Lipizzaner mare fall in our lap and she came to us pregnant. She foaled out with us, but again I had no responsibility for her pregnancy. I certainly didn’t make any of the decisions on their vet care, or doing the AI or anything else on any of those mares. The only thing I really had a big input into was selecting the sire on some of them because I did have a good eye so my parents valued my opinion.

But now as an adult…if I wanted to breed one of my mares, I absolutely would consider myself a breeding newbie, or a first time breeder. I grew up with a lot of babies. I broke out a lot of greenies. But I have never personally been responsible for every aspect of producing a baby from start to finish - never.

I bought a Mini that was pregnant and I was a nervous wreck, wondering what to do. What shots does she need? Can I deworm her? When her udder waxes up, does that mean I have 12 hours, or 6 days?? Help, I have no iea. I turned to my mom (and vet of course) for advice.

Maybe the OP’s husband was responsible for the breeding and pregnancy of her homebred. Maybe she bought a mare that was 10 months pregnant and foaled out at her place (hey - my mom did that too!!) You have NO IDEA what the whole story was on this home bred. None.

It’s really petty and childish to dig up old posts and try to disect them and create an elaborate theory to sum up a person’s life, when in fact you know NOTHING about them.

[Bicoastal]

[QUOTE=cowboymom;6046203]
it sounded a little fishy to me too…
Probably doesn’t matter, it was a story that obviously made a few folks happy to think about. Any given post on here could be entirely fiction anyway.[/QUOTE]

I’ve been waiting for the COTH sharks to circle. I knew I was not the only way thinking this sounds too good to be true. Sensational title. No pics. $14k in 4 days but no PR outreach or media for vet clinic. No mention of AC.

If this story is true, the OP is a unique, charitable, extraordinary person and Miss Money got lucky. Please post pics of the lucky puppy! Any AC, Lost and Found listing, or vet clinic links you could share?

It matters to me. The Menagerie has been a wonderful little subset that has mostly avoided alters, bannings, and shutdown threads. Just yesterday something arrived in the mail from a COTHer -totally volunteered and free of charge- that may help my family. That is COTH.

If this is a cousin to Thank God for the OTTB, shame shame shame :no:.

[SaturdayNightLive]

@Auventera Two;6046985

It’s really petty and childish to dig up old posts and try to disect them and create an elaborate theory to sum up a person’s life, when in fact you know NOTHING about them.

You are WAY overestimating the amount of time and/or care I have invested in this thread.

No elaborate theories here, just a few raised eyebrows.

And, as I said in my first post, it’s entirely possible that I’m just being overly cynical.

[katarine]

Meh, we know what we’re told. It took all of a minute to peruse all threads started by the OP, and think damn you gotta lotta anima drama

If it’s true, super, no harm done.

If it’s not, it’s a story well told, agonal and all

[cowboymom]

I don’t think it hurts anything to point out that this is the internet and anyone can say anything, for any reason. I don’t think that can be mentioned enough on the internet, actually. Just a little reality check. There are lots of people here, reading and posting, the nature of the beast is that there are a lot of opinions and opinionated people reading and writing. Gotta keep your wheels on.

If the story was a simple warm fuzzy for someone that’s great, she wasn’t asking for funds. But if some of us saw it as a flawed work of fiction we’re allowed to speak up. And if that ticks people off they’re allowed to speak up. And that is how hours get wasted on internet discussion boards! :lol:

[Auventera_Two]

I find it very odd and confusing to imagine WHY on earth you would care one way or the other. If it’s a hoax well yippee skippe, who cares. This is the internet. If it’s not a hoax, then don’t you feel like a fool.

And not everyone sits on COTH day and night ready to respond to every request posted on their thread. The holidays is a busy time. Maybe it will take her a couple weeks to let all the family events die down so she can sit down with the camera and create a photo site to upload to.

People do have lives you know and many of them are not glued to COTH 24/7. Some people only check in every week or two.

It’s been 3 days since xmas and the husband’s new camera. For god sake give the woman a break.

If someone says they rode their horse this morning in the outdoor arena, you have NO proof that it’s actually true. Maybe they rode in the indoor arena yesterday Are you going to dig up past posts and try to prove they were in fact doing something else this morning and there’s no way they could have been riding? Seriously people. It’s the freaking internet.

[Auventera_Two]

@cowboymom;6047037

But if some of us saw it as a flawed work of fiction we’re allowed to speak up. And if that ticks people off they’re allowed to speak up. And that is how hours get wasted on internet discussion boards! :lol:

LOL :lol: Too funny! (And true, unfortunately.) :lol:

[katarine]

Gads if I had weeks of family events I might jump in front of a car my own self

[cowboymom]

[QUOTE=Auventera Two;6047050]

People do have lives you know and many of them are not glued to COTH 24/7. Some people only check in every week or two. [/QUOTE]

:eek: Say it isn’t so!

:lol: The internets are alive and well this morning!

Have a good Wednesday, folks! Truly. :yes:

[Auventera_Two]

I’ve had 2 straight weeks of family events, get togethers, dinners, gift openings. I even got drug to a theatre play against my will. That shot a whole day right there. Plus my own daily chores that 8 horses, 3 dogs, 3 chickens, the pigeons pooping on my hay, and the shrew running at large in my house create.

[BabyGreen]

Do we have another Munchausen by Internet thing going?

This whole thing sounded wrong from the beginning.

[katarine]

Don’t forget the two jobs, you forgot those, LOL.

Seriously- if the OP wanted us to see the wonder mutt, I think we’d have seen it. After all, despite two solid weeks of neverending commitments, we gotcha dead legs, stairs, many Paso pics, ride pics, and and and. You want to share, so you do, and that’s a comment on your commitment to sharing. The OP invested a bunch of time until she didn’t.

I bet she’s locked in the oven with the chicken.

[Auventera_Two]

Yes true. 2 jobs. But one of those glues me to a stupid computer all day long so I have time to post pics. My guess is this poster isn’t glued to a computer chair against her will with not enough work to fill the hours.

And for clarification purposes, that was actually just one dead leg. The other 3 are MIA. LOL

[Dressagelvr]

OP, you are my hero! People like you help restore my faith in humanity.

I think it’s wrong to spend that chunk of change saving an animal who has no idea people can give or take away life when human beings who do understand that also need help and would be materially helped by an act of charity that large are suffering.

100% of the charitable donations I make go to animal causes. I’ll do my best not to lose any sleep tonight knowing that you disapprove.