LOL, well yeah, but then I always look at it, they are horses. If she was in the wild do you think a stud would care if she had a snotty nose:).
Once again, and this is from the voice of experience too and something I've learned, you can't attribute human reaction to horses. They are differnt. And it's not like when they do it it takes forever, it's about a 1 minute event. She'd have to be near death for that to be a problem:)
Becky
. I hear you . I have been planning this for over a year though so it's not out of the blue. I plan to be self employeed from home in < 18 months and have my own place so that not only can I give the two I have (Okie staying) the time I want but this one too. I could wait but the thing about waiting until everything is right often means it doesn't happen. I've always had to make things happen and adjust as I go along.
Yeah, I know. I just don't want to take a sickly horse around someone elses horse. I think the blood work an excellent idea. I've read that miscarriages are common with horses anyway and if putting her on vitamins would give her an edge I can wait another month. I'm going to ask the vet Monday.
Figure 342 days average, and try not to breed until March, then even if it's an early foal, it will still be no earlier than January. Horse registries use birthdates on papers but for shows, etc. figure Jan 1 birth.
For SL's sake, and yours (heartbreak) wait until she's in good health. Otherwise, high chance of her not settling or of her slipping the foal in a month or so.
Haven't got to the end of the thread yet - hope I'm going to run into pictures.