Horsetopia Horse #19

Touche · 02-18-2008, 06:50 AM

Nomeanjean and I would like to introduce Stormy owned by TDH, here is what she had to say about Stormy.

Breed: Purebred Arabian
Registered name: Tsunami Tsurprise (he was an oops breeding)
Age: will be 4 in April
Height: just shy of 15H, expect him to finish about 15.1
Temperament: 3

There's a story about Stormy that I want to share. I discovered he had a rather rare condition after I got him. When he was 19 months old, I had the vet out to geld him. I'd warned the vet when he got here that I had been able to feel one testicle at times....some times none at all. He couldn't locate any either, so we decided to knock him out and see if, when he was completely relaxed, he could find them.

Nope - nothing there. Asked if I was sure he hadn't been gelded, although there was no scar tissue....but then some people geld at a few days old, in which case scar tissue would be next to nil anyway. Coming from his situation though, there was no way they would have spent money on him by gelding him, so.... that meant I had a cryptorchid on my hands.

Now.... crytorchidism isn't that terribly rare, but the fact that it turned out he was a dual crypt, was (or at least the condition it turned out being). He had surgery to remove them, and as it turns out, I saved his life by doing so. The one testicle was normal, maybe a bit on the smallish side. But the other - could have killed him, one way or the other. It had morphed into a fluid-filled mass of tissue that, had I not done surgery when I did, would have either eventually started leaching into surrounding tissue and turned cancerous.... or have burst and he'd have gone septic.

Funny thing is - the vet kept the mass that had once been a testes, on fameldahyde, and he's still known as the Mega-nut colt. It was the best $600 I ever spent!

1. How long have you had Stormy and where did you get him?
I have had him since he was a yearling. An acquaintance of mine was liquidating her horses, and in return for helping her place 3 of them, she gave me Stormy. He's a freebie!

2. What has been your best moment together?
After his surgery as the vet led him out to go home, he nicker-nicker-nickered and whuffled at me all the way to the trailer - so glad to see me, and get on the trailer to head home. Poor baby!

3. What was your biggest roadblock in training Stormy and how did you overcome it?
When I got him, he was hardly halter broke. Not flighty, but did not know the very basics of being a horse around humans. He did not know how to tie - fought it. Not a panic-throw-myself-away-from-this-horse-eating-post kind of fight, but a geez-I'm-bored-and-I-don't-wanna-stand-here-and-be-bored kind of fight.... So, I tied him. For a few hours at a time, and stayed in eyesight; I'd never leave a horse unattended who didn't tie, but I did leave him alone so that he had to think about his situation. He did throw himself to the ground a couple of times... after going over to make sure he was okay, soothing him a bit, I left him again. It only took 2 tying sessions, and he never did it again. Ties and leads like a dream ever since.

4. What has been your greatest achievement as a team?
See #2.

5. What is your favorite thing about Stormy?
His sense of humor - funny thing is, it's also my hubby's least favorite thing about him. Also that he's very playful and fun to hang out with.

6. What is the least favorite thing?
That he still seems to be a teenager! Sheesh - I was hoping to start riding him this spring, he's physically ready now but he needs to get past puberty first! Talking about sassy attitude - doesn't get out of line, but he sure does tiptoe up to it.

7. What is Stormy's favorite treat?
Plain ol' apples.

8. What are your future plans for Stormy?
He will be my all around riding horse - trails, parades, wagon trains, kid-toting ride.... all in good time.

A few photos....

This is two weeks after I got him; end of June, and you can see he still had some winter fuzz on him, thanks to the situation he'd been in.

3 months later

2 year old

Last winter, playing with his pasture buddy:

Last summer, as a 3 year old:

this is about 6 weeks ago, playing in the snow:

Touche · 02-18-2008, 06:51 AM

Stormy is positively gorgeous, I love that last picture of him.
Your pictures show his story well, he truly has blossomed in your care TDH.

horseloverinVA · 02-18-2008, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Touche

Stormy is positively gorgeous, I love that last picture of him.
Your pictures show his story well, he truly has blossomed in your care TDH.

He sure did, he's a great looking boy!

seerfarm · 02-18-2008, 06:58 AM

Wow, another great horse from another great owner. You obviously saved his life and he was grown and filled out, to be a gorgeous young man!

I wish you both many, many wonderful memories and happy trails!

StablemasterE · 02-18-2008, 07:02 AM

All I can say is WOW! Stunning! Great job on saving that boy!

roberts617 · 02-18-2008, 07:10 AM

He's gorgeous and I love the vet's nickname for him, too funny.

He sure looks like one happy horse!

Touche · 02-18-2008, 07:18 AM

I keep going back to that last picture and am just awestruck.
You need to enter that photo in a contest somewhere!

Faceman · 02-18-2008, 07:26 AM

Awesome looking guy - there is always something special about an Arab...

gbarmranch · 02-18-2008, 07:30 AM

I love those photos - and I have always loved that horse.. he has such presence.. and is stunning in build.. You would almost think he could talk with the intelligence in his eyes.. sigh..

He fits you - you two are a great team.. and I wish you would post photos of him more often..

tuffsmom · 02-18-2008, 08:03 AM

What a change from when you got him. He looks good.

leadmare · 02-18-2008, 08:16 AM

What a break, him finding you

Can't imagine what would have become of him.

He's a beaut for sure!

Carri · 02-18-2008, 08:39 AM

He looks so great! He has definitely blossomed! What a beautiful boy...

Freedomnchrist · 02-18-2008, 09:00 AM

I love the last picture!! Beautiful!!

dandeeqh · 02-18-2008, 09:37 AM

He is beautiful. Love the Arabs.

cameo05 · 02-18-2008, 09:59 AM

He is an amazing looking fella with an amazing story. He is lucky to have found you, and you him.

Pixiefly · 02-18-2008, 11:11 AM

Wow he's turned into quite the good looking boy! Great job with him, he's really matured into something special

kshnooks · 02-18-2008, 04:38 PM

how did that thin little thing turn into that last pic! He is gorgeous!

A J · 02-18-2008, 04:39 PM

Now those are some before and after photos! He looks great - awesome job with him.

Tango · 02-18-2008, 04:50 PM

That is one beautiful boy, he doesn't even look like the horse you got at first. You have done a wonderful job with him.

Pony express · 02-18-2008, 05:46 PM

He's amazing

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02-18-2008, 06:50 AM
Touche Started Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,030	Horsetopia Horse #19 Nomeanjean and I would like to introduce Stormy owned by TDH, here is what she had to say about Stormy. Breed: Purebred Arabian Registered name: Tsunami Tsurprise (he was an oops breeding) Age: will be 4 in April Height: just shy of 15H, expect him to finish about 15.1 Temperament: 3 There's a story about Stormy that I want to share. I discovered he had a rather rare condition after I got him. When he was 19 months old, I had the vet out to geld him. I'd warned the vet when he got here that I had been able to feel one testicle at times....some times none at all. He couldn't locate any either, so we decided to knock him out and see if, when he was completely relaxed, he could find them. Nope - nothing there. Asked if I was sure he hadn't been gelded, although there was no scar tissue....but then some people geld at a few days old, in which case scar tissue would be next to nil anyway. Coming from his situation though, there was no way they would have spent money on him by gelding him, so.... that meant I had a cryptorchid on my hands. Now.... crytorchidism isn't that terribly rare, but the fact that it turned out he was a dual crypt, was (or at least the condition it turned out being). He had surgery to remove them, and as it turns out, I saved his life by doing so. The one testicle was normal, maybe a bit on the smallish side. But the other - could have killed him, one way or the other. It had morphed into a fluid-filled mass of tissue that, had I not done surgery when I did, would have either eventually started leaching into surrounding tissue and turned cancerous.... or have burst and he'd have gone septic. Funny thing is - the vet kept the mass that had once been a testes, on fameldahyde, and he's still known as the Mega-nut colt. It was the best $600 I ever spent! 1. How long have you had Stormy and where did you get him? I have had him since he was a yearling. An acquaintance of mine was liquidating her horses, and in return for helping her place 3 of them, she gave me Stormy. He's a freebie! 2. What has been your best moment together? After his surgery as the vet led him out to go home, he nicker-nicker-nickered and whuffled at me all the way to the trailer - so glad to see me, and get on the trailer to head home. Poor baby! 3. What was your biggest roadblock in training Stormy and how did you overcome it? When I got him, he was hardly halter broke. Not flighty, but did not know the very basics of being a horse around humans. He did not know how to tie - fought it. Not a panic-throw-myself-away-from-this-horse-eating-post kind of fight, but a geez-I'm-bored-and-I-don't-wanna-stand-here-and-be-bored kind of fight.... So, I tied him. For a few hours at a time, and stayed in eyesight; I'd never leave a horse unattended who didn't tie, but I did leave him alone so that he had to think about his situation. He did throw himself to the ground a couple of times... after going over to make sure he was okay, soothing him a bit, I left him again. It only took 2 tying sessions, and he never did it again. Ties and leads like a dream ever since. 4. What has been your greatest achievement as a team? See #2. 5. What is your favorite thing about Stormy? His sense of humor - funny thing is, it's also my hubby's least favorite thing about him. Also that he's very playful and fun to hang out with. 6. What is the least favorite thing? That he still seems to be a teenager! Sheesh - I was hoping to start riding him this spring, he's physically ready now but he needs to get past puberty first! Talking about sassy attitude - doesn't get out of line, but he sure does tiptoe up to it. 7. What is Stormy's favorite treat? Plain ol' apples. 8. What are your future plans for Stormy? He will be my all around riding horse - trails, parades, wagon trains, kid-toting ride.... all in good time. A few photos.... This is two weeks after I got him; end of June, and you can see he still had some winter fuzz on him, thanks to the situation he'd been in. 3 months later 2 year old Last winter, playing with his pasture buddy: Last summer, as a 3 year old: this is about 6 weeks ago, playing in the snow: __________________ Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. W.C.Fields

02-18-2008, 06:51 AM
Touche Started Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,030	Stormy is positively gorgeous, I love that last picture of him. Your pictures show his story well, he truly has blossomed in your care TDH. __________________ Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. W.C.Fields

02-18-2008, 06:58 AM
seerfarm Bombproof Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Out with the Herd! Posts: 9,635	Wow, another great horse from another great owner. You obviously saved his life and he was grown and filled out, to be a gorgeous young man! I wish you both many, many wonderful memories and happy trails! __________________ "One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake".

02-18-2008, 07:02 AM
StablemasterE Coming two Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Middle of the cornfield OH Posts: 1,635	All I can say is WOW! Stunning! Great job on saving that boy! __________________ Silence is Golden but duct tape is silver and easier to get.

02-18-2008, 07:10 AM
roberts617 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Central Oklahoma Posts: 6,195	He's gorgeous and I love the vet's nickname for him, too funny. He sure looks like one happy horse! __________________ "The only way to have a friend is to be one."

02-18-2008, 07:18 AM
Touche Started Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,030	I keep going back to that last picture and am just awestruck. You need to enter that photo in a contest somewhere! __________________ Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. W.C.Fields

02-18-2008, 07:26 AM
Faceman Kid Safe Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Ozarks Posts: 7,421	Awesome looking guy - there is always something special about an Arab...

02-18-2008, 07:30 AM
gbarmranch Pasture Pet Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mayberry Posts: 32,634	I love those photos - and I have always loved that horse.. he has such presence.. and is stunning in build.. You would almost think he could talk with the intelligence in his eyes.. sigh.. He fits you - you two are a great team.. and I wish you would post photos of him more often.. __________________ http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann Quality Foundation Quarter Horses If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself." Augustine of Hippo

02-18-2008, 08:03 AM
tuffsmom Kid Safe Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nebraska Posts: 6,000	What a change from when you got him. He looks good. __________________ www.skarabians.com

02-18-2008, 08:16 AM
leadmare Long Yearling Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,171	What a break, him finding you Can't imagine what would have become of him. He's a beaut for sure! __________________ *When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Proverbs 16:7*

02-18-2008, 08:39 AM
Carri Pasture Pet Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Posts: 13,866	He looks so great! He has definitely blossomed! What a beautiful boy...

02-18-2008, 09:00 AM
Freedomnchrist Greenbroke Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,299	I love the last picture!! Beautiful!!

02-18-2008, 09:37 AM
dandeeqh Greenbroke Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 3,683	He is beautiful. Love the Arabs. __________________ Brazil's National Horse is now in Canada! http://www.sunsetmarchadors.com The more I know people...The more I love my horses

02-18-2008, 09:59 AM
cameo05 Pasture Pet Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In my own world Posts: 12,366	He is an amazing looking fella with an amazing story. He is lucky to have found you, and you him. __________________ Life is a bed of roses, until you meet up with thorns.

02-18-2008, 11:11 AM
Pixiefly Greenbroke Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Eastern Iowa Posts: 3,007	Wow he's turned into quite the good looking boy! Great job with him, he's really matured into something special __________________

02-18-2008, 04:38 PM
kshnooks Started Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 2,458	how did that thin little thing turn into that last pic! He is gorgeous!

02-18-2008, 04:39 PM
A J Greenbroke Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vallejo, CA Posts: 3,856	Now those are some before and after photos! He looks great - awesome job with him. __________________ Try not, do or do not. There is no try.

02-18-2008, 04:50 PM
Tango Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gordon Ga. Posts: 802	That is one beautiful boy, he doesn't even look like the horse you got at first. You have done a wonderful job with him. __________________ Tango might be short but at least I don't have to duck.

02-18-2008, 05:46 PM
Pony express Started Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 2,636	He's amazing __________________ I don't regret the things I've done. I regret the things I didn't do when I had the chance.