Red alert 2 clone inside .net

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I have devised a challenge for my self to make a 2D red alert 2 clone inside .net.
I want to use gif assets from cnc wiki ,but how do i control the animation timeline of the gif.

For example i want to make this flak trooper to ony display his run annimation or standing animation and not just go through all of its animations senslesly.

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/cnc/images/3/32/Flak_Trooper_animation.gif/revision/latest?cb=20131025073941

All help is mutch appreciated.