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« Thread Started on Aug 21, 2007, 8:49pm »
Just a few action shots of Zorelle arriving. Sorry they're blurred but the light was fading so it was a slow shutter speed.

Thinking about coming off the lorry:

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Off the lorry and in full flight:

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Where am I?

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As you can see from the first one, she's tiny! But you know what they say about small packages. First brief impressions are that she's feisty but not as flighty as I'd expected (which might mean she'll put up more of a fight!). I just went into the field to check her and she put her head up as I came towards her but didn't move off.

I think, from the furious foot stamping, that she's got those dratted flies. Not much I can do until we can handle her, though. I hope they'll decide it's too cold and wet here! She's rubbed her tail but otherwise looks in pretty good shape. Large udder but she doesn't look heavily in foal, so maybe she had one and lost it or something?

Anyway, I'll take some better photos tomorrow but for now will leave her in peace to stuff her face. I think she's missed the grass! Betty, my big girl, can't take her eyes off her. "Who's that eating MY grass!"

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« Reply #1 on Aug 21, 2007, 9:34pm »
Wow, look at her go :)
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« Reply #2 on Aug 21, 2007, 9:36pm »
Whooo so pleased to have her safe even if she isant around the 14hh we were expecting, look forward to more updates :0)
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« Reply #3 on Aug 21, 2007, 9:36pm »
ohh hello Zoreille, isnt she a stunner. lucys favourite girly. oh the box no probs then liz xx
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« Reply #4 on Aug 21, 2007, 9:40pm »
oh shes lovely bless her - she'll be fab with you liz x x
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« Reply #5 on Aug 21, 2007, 9:43pm »
Oh best explain we changed her name as liz told me that Orielle in french means ear and as she has a little bit of her ear missing we thought that was a bit mean so we changed it to Zorelle so still the same but nicer. Hopefully will see her soon.
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« Reply #6 on Aug 21, 2007, 9:46pm »
great to see zorelle safe on uk soil! well done. yes agree re name....poor girl.
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« Reply #7 on Aug 21, 2007, 10:26pm »
She is lovely and wow can she move !! How big is she ?
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« Reply #8 on Aug 21, 2007, 10:32pm »
so pretty! really glad that shes been saved,sure shell come round soon enough! well done both of you!
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« Reply #9 on Aug 21, 2007, 10:46pm »
Thank-You,
Gill well after speaking to Liz we think around 12hh ish , we thought she may have been about 14hh from the french metres hehe oh well atleast she is safe.
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« Reply #10 on Aug 22, 2007, 8:51am »
Poor little thing, we couldn't have picked worse weather for her. It's windy, raining, cold, in short miserable. She's tucked herself in behind the hedge, wondering what the hell's happening.

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Height wise, I think she's more 1.20m than 1.40m, so somewhere around the 12hh mark (but I'm dreadful at guessing sizes). She's chunky, though, but definitely with a slightly exotic look to her.

So, this morning I've just sat in the field with her, trying to let her know I mean no harm. She just stood and looked at me for a while, then decided I was ok enough to graze. I thought that was great, but then she started coming towards me while grazing, which was completely unexpected. She jumps at everything, not unexpected on a windy day, but still decided she could close our gap. I'll carry on doing that today, I think. If she can see me as not one of the 4 people it took to load her yesterday, I'll be on a better footing.

Talking of feet, they're unsurprisingly dreadful. I've got my trimmer booked in a few weeks anyway but I'll have to keep an eye on them. However, I'm of the view I'd rather get it right with the handling and have long feet for a couple of weeks longer than ideal than go with a farrier I don't know.

Whoops, long thread! When I get going....


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« Reply #11 on Aug 22, 2007, 9:23am »
AHH she is soooo cute hopefully in the distant distant future we may have to do an non-british class local show to show how good these horses are that would have been destined for meat! :0(
Thank-You for the update Liz!
ahhh that is great progress thought isant it :0)
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« Reply #12 on Aug 22, 2007, 9:52am »
its difficult to decide with the feet and stuff,isnt it? I decided to get the handling right first as the only way we could do anything else would be to pen them in terrified as has clearly been done many times before,and sedate them,imo this would reinforce their belief that all humans are evil and put the handling way back.
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« Reply #13 on Aug 22, 2007, 10:19am »
Thats horrible the poor girl not knowing what to expect coming out the trailer :'(.She is beatiful good luck with her x
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« Reply #14 on Aug 22, 2007, 10:20am »
Exactly, Sarah. I guess I've decided that she's come this far in life without a farrier, a couple more weeks won't hurt. Given her experiences of humans so far include at least 3 lots of transport, a microchip needle, a tag in her ear (you can just see it above her forelock on that last photo), I think we can wait for feet, vaccinations, worming, etc. At last, she's come to humans who want to earn her trust, I can't break it before I start, can I?

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