First foal of 2010!

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Check out our newest baby. It's a little colt born around 5 am yesterday.
He and mom seem healthy and well except for some stretching out his front
legs need to do. We haven't decided on a name yet but here's his pedigree:
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/waps+baby2
Name suggestions welcome. Very Happy

Subject: Re: First foal of 2010! Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:14 am

I'll have to think on it a bit but there are some very good name possibilities with that pedigree! I loves his little solid ears, what a cutie! I love you

Subject: Re: First foal of 2010! Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:49 am

He is adorable! I just want to kiss his little nose.

How about Waps Silver Sky? lol that was the first thing the popped in my head looking at his pedigree. Smile

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What a beautiful little guy! I really like the name Waps Silver Sky.

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Thanks for the compliments all and the name suggestion.
I also like it but want to see what lolla comes up with ;o).
She's very good at the name game. Our other mare who is
due the 7th seems to be getting soft but it could just be my
imagination. bounce

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Clippity Clop wrote:: Name suggestions welcome.

Nah - pages and pages of Waps this and Waps that...you want Wap in there, but something different.

Sprite Anda Wapper, barn name Sprite

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Spotted Face wrote:

Clippity Clop wrote:: Name suggestions welcome.

Nah - pages and pages of Waps this and Waps that...you want Wap in there, but something different.

Sprite Anda Wapper, barn name Sprite

I was thinking the same thing about waps this and that. LOL.. re your suggestion. I like it ;o)... Gives me a different direction to think in too. Thanks! Very Happy

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Looks like his legs are getting better but still not just right. Vet said nothing to worry about. We are working on a larger turnout area so that he might get more exercise and hope that will help. Will probably put him in pasture in a week or so. He's just so full of fire! He jumped up and kicked his mom no less than 3 times within the space of an hour! And like the other colts I've had he also was rearing up and pestering her in the front..lol.. He's a real corker and I have to find the perfect barn name to reflect his rowdy personality. Maybe Rowdy..lol.. Here are the pics.. I rather like him. Smile

I missed several wonderful pics yesterday with his tongue lolling out to one side or another ;o).. Forgot my memory card. Rolling Eyes

What a handsome boy!

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loves the salty taste of skin.

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coming in for a face scratch.

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Subject: Re: First foal of 2010! Sat May 01, 2010 8:44 pm

Ruby did the tongue thing too! Made me wonder about her but it was just her personality!

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We managed to get a halter on the little fireball today..lol.. Leading not as much a success but a work in progress. Pardon the mud. We got a LOT of rain and have a lot of flooding going on. Crying or Very sad

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Foal Halter Training 101 - Train in a large pen with mamma and lead her to momma... Wink

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Spotted Face wrote:: Foal Halter Training 101 - Train in a large pen with mamma and lead her to momma...

Well that would most likely work better..lol.. We actually separated mom because she wasn't quite as detached as we wanted her. Though she has never been aggressive, she always put herself between us and the baby when she felt he was in distress. Since we put them in pasture, she is much more laid back. She was actually a little more protective of this one than Mudpie. Maybe because there were 3 of us in the stall from the beginning and this little guy was on the ground for at least an hour or so before we knew it! We haven't haltered him since the first time but plan on working with him again soon. I halter trained rascal in the pasture with his mom. I spent 2 weeks rubbing the halter and clanging it around so he got used to the sounds and feel of it. I never had any problems at all. He has never cared that we put a halter on him and still doesn't.

This little guy is way hotter than any of the babies we've had so far! What a little firecracker..lol.. He should prove to be fun I think. He's very sweet and comes up for scratches and rubs but is very mouth aggressive from the beginning. Even when he had no teeth he'd get a hold of you and was amazingly strong pushing against your arm. got to be careful now that he's getting teeth. rabbit

Thanks for the tip. I think maybe that's why Rascal was ok with leading. I didn't even realize I was doing it the right way ;o).. Hopefully, it will make a difference for this little guy too. One thing I'm going to try to do this time that I did not know about before is teaching him to lower his head when pressure is applied to the poll. Sage was trained to do that and it is ever so much easier for a short gal to get a halter on..lol..

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WOW!!! He is just a beauty.

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serenitysmom wrote:: WOW!!! He is just a beauty.

Thank you Serenitysmom and welcome to the forum!!!
I'm going to try to get updated pics this weekend. You
won't believe how much he's grown. Even I don't believe it!
Just in a few days he's taller..lol..

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