Majestic Spirit
#65
Black Mare. Appx. 12-15 yrs. 15.2-3 hands.
Star, Snip, small sock on right rear. Sound. This is a very
nice mare. She moves well and rides a little "hot".
She would need an advanced intermediate rider or above.
Quite the looker!
This
lovely mare went home to her new mom, Judi, today. I have
enough e-mails from Judi to publish a book, enough phone
calls to fill up my answering machine twice! HA! I guess
Judi really wanted this lovely mare. I got home on Friday
to a message that Jude was on her way to the address in
my signature block, money order in hand! Little did she
know that is a P.O. Box!!
You
see, I had told Judi that Dawn, the QH mare rescued from
the feedlot that has been in quarantine at our place, was
going home today, Saturday, July 3, 1999. Dawn's mom doesn't
live that far from Judi and I mentioned it was too bad that
we weren't able to get the money to the feedlot in time
for both horses to travel to their new homes on the same
day. Judi figured she fix that by driving all the way to
my house to pay for her wonderful black mare!
And,
it worked! I was able to get to the feedlot this morning,
pay for the black mare (Judi hasn't named this lady yet)
and arrange with the hauler to pick her up and then come
get the little Princess Dawn! And off they girls went on
their newest and best adventure! They are home safely and
happily as I type this. Just waiting for the updates from
the moms!
7/9/99
- Here's an update on the black mare that was recently rescued.
Her new mom has named her Majestic Spirit, Magic for short.
And, magic it is!
Magic
and I are doing great - the vet is coming out on Saturday
to look her over, I'll let you know how it goes.
When
I went to see her yesterday morning - she nickered at me
- just a little but it is a start. She also nickered
at Joan yesterday afternoon.
This
morning she was at the gate waiting for me - I gave her
some alfalfa and her goodies, a hug and a kiss and went
off to work. She left the goodies and started to follow
me - I stopped and told her I would be back this evening
and she looked at me then went back to her food.
She
is so sweet - Thank you again soooo much!
Magic - 8/99
Update
10/29/99: Just
thought I would send you an update on Magic.
Magic
has been doing real good. She had acquired a hay belly but
since has lost it - she is so spoiled, she gets rolled
oats and barley in the morning that has been soaking
over night - along with a cut up apple and usually 3 or
4 carrots - and 3 Kava Kava herbs to help calm her. The
she gets 1/2 flake or oats or 3 way and 1/2 flake
of Bermuda. While she is eating I clean her stall
and put on her fly mask, fly sheet and fly leggings. She
loves her soaked oats and barley and it goes the fastest,
when she is done with them she comes back to me and
asks for more. She is getting or letting her personality
come out, she cocks her head to the side and reaches out
to me - some times I hold onto the carrots to give them
to her one at a time - then when I give her one she
gently takes it and is careful not to get my fingers.
Her
Fly sheet is new - I got it for her on Sunday as a reward
of Saturday. Saturday we went on a 2 - 2 1/2 hour
trail ride with two Arabians (and their owners), our
1st long ride. She did so good, she sweated up a little
the first hour but dried - then on the way home she sweated
up again - this time all over, she was a little tired
when we got back but did so good, we went into an
area with 6 - 8 dogs that were loose and they did not bother
her at all. They were around her legs but she was focused
on the trail and did not let them bother her. She
is so bomb proof - she does not mind water, dogs,
flying plastic bags or tarps and white or otherwise. She
does not throw her head as much - that is because her back
is better and I have the saddle back further on her
back and she likes it better that way. She still is
a little barn sour but I can get her to go with circles
- we have even been out on trail rides by ourselves - for
about 1 hour and she does good, she has been on the
trail before and is willing to go where I ask her
to. I even let her run on the straightaways for a short
time and she loves it.
During
the week I work her some in the arena - she runs like a
playful kid - kicking out her front legs. I can even
get her to walk and trot with me, off the lead line,
she even stops when I say halt - when she gets tired of
the game she keeps going back to the arena gate instead
of stopping when I ask. She is beginning to trust
me more each day.
At
night when I feed her she gets a scoop of 50/50 pellets
of alfalfa and oats or Bermuda soaked in water with
some FastTrack and Super Gain mixed in. Usually 3
more carrots and 1/2 Flake of Oats or 3 way and 1/2 flake
of Rye. Up till Saturday she used to eat it all - now she
is leaving some on the ground so I'll start cutting
back on her food until I find the right balance. She
also gets a blanket at night - my granddaughter Mandi says
she looks like a Knights horse with the blanket on. The
first time I put the blanket on she looked at me like
I was nuts now she loves it and waits for me to put
it on at night. She is still a little head shy but the blanket
is helping getting her calmed down when I up it over her
head.
Magic
is a wonderful horse - no one can believe that she was headed
for the slaughterhouse. I could not have done better
in picking a horse for myself even if I had had professional
help to do so. She was shoed again on the 16th and the farrier
said she had greatly improved in her temperament -
she was not bad before - but she was calm this time and
had her head relaxed and allowed him to do what he
needed to, to get her new shoes on.
On
the weekends when Mandi is at my home I let her sit un Magic
and I walk her around - she loves it and Magic does
not mind. Magic's back still needs to build up more
- I know the high withers will never go away but she can
still get more meat on her back bone - work in progress.
Magic
is in Desi's old stall and is doing good with her 5 stable
mates, the same ones she was with when she first arrived
at the stables. They get along good - I'm glad she
has company she likes during the day when I am gone. When
I get more comfortable with knowing how she will ride I
will probably switch to an English saddle - she needs
the TB saddle tree. Magic has been the best therapy for
me since Desi has been gone - I am grateful to have her
and hope to have many, many more years to come. I know
I say it every time - but thank you Gail for bring Magic
to me. I'd be lost without her.
Judi
;-)
Update
1/6/00 - I am sending you a picture of Magic in
November - she is doing real good. We are going to Lake
Hodges next Sunday - I have a friend that is working with
Magic on trailering - she does not like it - she is not
sure what is to come of it. We have been doing the practicing
Monday 4 hours and yesterday 1 1/2 hour - she did pretty
good - only broke one bunggie cord - did not fall over -
hit her head a couple of times - I thing she is mad at me
but also worried she is going away. I keep trying to reassure
her but not sure how much she is understanding. She was
quiet when I got to her this morning but not indifferent
- She is getting a rest tonight but tomorrow she goes back
to practice. My friend is real good with horses - he does
not push or get mad. He has learned the John Lyons way -
it seems to be working - Magic goes in and out, ties and
rides somewhat nervous but not crazy. She got away from
us once and ran around the arena - then back to her stall.
I glad to know she will go home when she gets away.
Update
2/12/00
- She is doing super on her trailering lessons - my friend
is being very patient
with her. We went down to Rancho Penn... for and ride and
she did great.
She
and I have also started English lessons - the English teacher
says she does not know her queues or has forgotten them
- Magic wants to please but does not know what to do. She
has a small mouth 4 3/4" and it is very delicate. The
day after the teacher worked with her I was able to get
Magic into a canter that was so smooth and easy going and
no head throwing. Before in the past Magic would go from
Trot to fast gallop and I did not feel like I had any control.
And
now - this past week - I rode her bareback in the arena
and going to her stall with only a halter on her. No saddle
and no bit. She did great - was not over anxious and just
walked the whole time. I had only the halter and lung line
connected to it.
She
is coming around so good and really starting to trust me.
I
LOVE MY GIRL!!!!!!!!
Update
4/22/00 - I love my job and I am a much happier person
with Magic in my life. She is
such a doll - she gets carrots every time I come to feed.
So now she has a habit of sniffing me up one side and down
the other until she gets or finds
her carrots.
They are usually in my back pocket and she will gently get
the
carrot with her mouth and pull it out of my pocket and eat
it. What a babe.
She
has also taken to grazing on the grass in front of her stall
- last year
I could not even get her to look at the grass - now she
expects to get
out of her stall ever night and get some grass. We even
walk over to her Senior feed barrel and I can throw the
lead rope around her neck and let go of her - then I scoop
up some senior in a container - make sure she knows
I have
it and walk back to her stall door. She is right beside
and in front of me - wants to make sure I do not get away
and that no one else gets her food. She is so cute - she
goes right in her stall over to her feed bucket and waits
for me to pour it in. If I am to slow she snorts at me to
hurry up - hummm - sounds a little spoiled to me -
What
do you think?
Update
4/9/01 - Magic is a mom!
Sorry it took so long to send this e-mail but I have not
slept at home since Thursday night. Friday when I got to
the stables Magic was leaking and pacing and all the signs
together so I stayed the night. But 12:30 she was still
restless so I got my sleeping bag out and laid it in the
back of the truck to go to sleep. About 4:10am I woke up
to Magic grunting - when I got to her stall door the sack
was about 8 - 10 inches out of her. I went to the phone
to call a friend of mine that my Granddaughter was staying
with for the night and told her that the baby was coming.
When I got back to Magic the head and shoulders were out.
I went and pulled the sack back from his face and moved
him some (with sterile gloves on of course) and he resisted
- and I thought well he is alive at least. I stopped and
let Magic finish and but 4:25 Shadow was here - my grand
daughter arrived at 4:30.
Everything
went well except for his nursing. Magic passed her after
birth in 45 minutes. Shadow stood in less time than that.
He pooped but did not drink for about 4 hours - I had to
milk Magic to get him started. The vet came out and took
a couple blood tests and then came back today to make sure
he was ok. He passed the colostrum test but has a bacteria
infection and is on antibiotics. He has had 3 enemas, yogurt,
daily temp taking along with the antibiotics but he is doing
well. I am so pleased and relieved.
His
legs are tweaked but should straighten out - low in the
pasterns and Magic was very anxious when he was born. She
would not let him rest - she knew he needed the milk and
keep him up until he drank enough to pee and pee and pee
- then she let him seep. Magic had to be sedated when the
vets looked at Shadow the first time - she was so upset
and the vet was concerned that Magic would injure Shadow.
She has stepped on him three time and once do scared enough
by the tractor that she kicked him in the stomach to make
him get up. All day Sunday I had to stand between Magic
and Shadow when he was sleeping as he was shivering so much
that he was exhausted and needed the rest. By Monday she
settled down enough to let the vets look at him - with me
pressing my back against her chest. The vet was pleased
as to how Magic had settled down from the previous visit
and gave me all the credit - I told her that Magic was doing
what she needed to to insure Shadows survival, Magic knew
something was wrong with him and was determined to fix it.
Now that he is better she is calmer.
Sorry
but I am exhausted - will write more later am sending a
picture - if you cannot view it I will let you know when
it is posted on my Web Site - he is gorgeous.
Judi
Update
6/12/06
- It is with a very sad heart that I send this message -
I was hoping I would never have to do this. On Friday June
2nd, 2006 my Magic passed over the rainbow bridge. I had
Magic for almost 7 years and she had gone through a few
problems over the years but always pulled through. She was
showing some discomfort Thursday but not bad - by Friday
morning I called the vet to come oil her as I though she
was colicky - the got there at 10 am and cleaned out her
stomach and oiled her - 2 times, as the oil did not want
to stay in her stomach. She said to call her back if she
did not improve - by 2:30 Magic was still having issues
and I called the vet back - the main vet arrived and I told
him she was still in a lot of pain and the oil did not seem
to be helping - he went back to his truck and then Magic
started with tremors - I yelled for him to come back and
he checked her out and said she was in Cardiac Arrest -
I asked if he could save her, he sad no, so I told him to
take the pain away for her. The vet said I did the right
thing calling him as Magic would have been in a lot of pain
if he had not gotten there when he did.
I
had she baby Shadow - who is 5 years old now - come say
good bye. He licked his mom and wanted her to get up. Shadow
and the other horses are very lonesome without her. Magic
was the lead horse and my best friend - she will be missed
terribly, but I know she is free of pain and stress.
I
love you Magic!
PS:
- here are a couple Pictures of Magic (black) and KitKat
(bay Arabian)- her buddy, taken about 1 1/2 years ago.
And Shadow (Magic's baby - Appaloosa) and Jypsi - (Jypsy
Treasure - that I got from you 4 years ago) This was taken
yesterday in their new pasture.
Magic & KitKat
Shadow &
Jypsi
Shadow
& Jypsi