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I just wanted to use a weight tape on her to see what her approximate weight is and she just kept avoiding me and tried to get me to chase her until she realized it was way too hot for that shit.
She isn't grossly underweight for a horse of her age and breed, but she isn't where I want her to be. The brutal heat and humidity this summer has been rough on her, and I think she lost weight in the past month based on look and feel alone, but I'm confident I can get her looking better again. I'm gonna be getting her a salt lick because I suspect she's low on electrolytes from the heat.
So pretty!
Does she get zoomies?
She gets zoomies every so often. She's really old, though. Most of the time when I put her in an outdoor pen, it's to do her exercises before she can graze and she usually tries to get me to chase her around a little as a form of play. She usually doesn't go any faster than a trot, though.
I gave her a bath a while back and she had crazy zoomies afterwards. She cantered around for a few minutes and had an absolutely great time lol.
I didn't expect her to wanna play chase today because it was so hot and humid, but I think she could tell that I had something I wanted to do and decided to impede my task for her own amusement lol. She can be very mischievous.
she sounds so sweet!
She is! She wasn't always sweet, though. When I started working with her about a year ago, she had no idea how to be loved or interact with people appropriately. She had just been standing in her stall with minimal human contact. She was so nervous of people and other horses and objects she had forgotten existed, like brushes. Now she loves when strangers visit her stall and say hi, and she gets excited when I show her my grooming bag.
She can still be a total bitch at times, however. Her breed is known for their attitude and she certainly has it. She seems to save her attitude for just me, which I'm thankful for because I know how to handle her if she decides to be unruly lol.