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Rescued from the event.
For DauntlessDivergentC

[size=85]"This elderly gelding was bought originally by a young women who, though she loved horses dearly, knew nothing about the care these animals need, and no place to house them. The people she bought him from agreed to keep him until she found a suitable place. She hardly ever handled him because she didn't know how to ride. Eventually she needed to find appropriate housing. She found a cheap place to board; the only downside: the owners were shady. As time went on and she lost even more interest, and then she just stopped paying the board fees. The horse was kept in turn for the missed payments. The shady stable owners thought they could resell him and get their money back, but no one wanted an older gelding who didn't care much for humans. By this point he had developed arthritis so bad that they couldn't touch him at all for fear he would bite them, so he was sold for a cheap price. He will need to be put on a pain relief plan, which should be discussed with your vet. He can be a grouchy old man, and he dislikes other horses, and most humans. So he will need lots of work, but with a gentle approach he'll be just fine."

Owner: X
Show Name: A Snarling Threat
Barn Name: Werewolf
Gender: Gelding
Post: X

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Show name: A Snarling Threat
Barn name: Werewolf
Halter color: eye color with unique or surprise pattern

Task 1: completed
Task 2: completed
Task 3: completed

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This here is a commission done by AlleyBalley of Werewolf. For this image the inspiration came from a scene in Spirit. In the movie Spirit, the Buckskin stallion learned to trust the Lakota Indian. The movie symbolized that trust by having the Lakota hold up his hand for the stallion to touch. Spirit then touched his muzzle to the boy's hand to symbolize both trust and friendship. Here, Werewolf is doing that very thing to Dessabella.

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Dessabella lead the grumpy gelding into the medical facility for some standard procedures. First she would have to determine the extent of his arthritis and other injuries before making a plan for him. Werewolf didn't seem to mind Dessa now.

The eleven woman learned how to approach the grumpy old man and how to handle him. She would keep her hand under his chin and force his head up in order to keep him from snapping. Dessabella would even rub the backs of the wolf dun's ears to keep him relaxed.

Dess walked the gelding inside of a medical examining room and had him tied to a rail in the large room. Next she had one of her assistants come in and help hold his head while she felt around his legs. Werewolf's legs were enlarged with an inflammation caused by arthritis. The woman could hear the poor old boy groan in pain as she prodded him.

It didn't take her very long to look for other injuries. All she found were minor cuts and some bruises from being in a stall for too long. She super glued the cuts shut to keep them from opening up and decided that she would ice his bruises last.

As for the medical schedule, here is what she wrote for a daily basis:

1) give him one herbal arthritis pill with his breakfast
2) wrap his knees in an herbal salt wrap made for arthritis
3) put him to pasture alone for a couple hours
4) rewrap his knees as needed
5) give him an herbal soak before bedtime (good for skin, coat, and joints)
6) groom him and put to bed

This daily list won't cure his arthritis, but it will at least alleviate his pain. Once a month they will have an acupuncturist come and treat him. No one will be allowed to ride him, but he can still at least show or be used for educational purposes to teach others about his breed.

Dessa smiled at her gelding and rubbed his forehead. "You were such a good boy. Let's get this schedule of yours started, shall we?"

The wiccan elf lead Werewolf out of the facility and out to the pasture to begin her daily schedule with him.

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It has been a couple of months since Werewolf first came to Artillery Stables and he has improved immensely, however, due to his arthritis he is still unrideable. To compensate for this Dess would ride a different horse and have him on a very long rope. That way she could run him and exercise him without having to ride the gelding. Dess did have to keep her distance so he wouldn't attack the other horse.

Werewolf's daily schedule helped his arthritis. The wolf dun didn't experience any pain (as far as Dessabella could tell) and he seemed much happier in his new home. The grumpy old man did have his tendencies to be hot tempered and he was still inconsistent. The gelding would be fine one moment and a split second later would have a behavior issue. Dess is still working on fixing that.

Overall, Werewolf is responding well to his new home and will continue to improve exponentially. Perhaps someday he will be used in shows or even will be used for education.

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Added the halter! Sorry the pattern is crappy lol

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Added the halter! Sorry the pattern is crappy lol

The pattern is fine ^^