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StarRidgeAcres
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I am absolutely beside myself.
I don't know how else to put it. I'm angry and I feel terrible for Scarlet. Yet part of me feels totally responsible for not judging the people better. I'm just dumbfounded.
I finally left a more forceful message with the people who had owned Scarlet for the last two years. They called me back today. We chatted and then I brought up the subject of the scaring. At first he was saying he was totally perplexed as to how she could have any scars, but the more I explained where they were and I said it was like she was wearing a belly rope he said "I think I know what caused it."
Get this... Her winter blanket kept coming off and they would find her shivering in the morning, so the put a BUNGIE CORD around her (over the blanket) to keep it in place!
It didn't occur to them that the part where there was no blanket - her stomach - it would be rubbing her raw! I was almost speechless.
These people came out to my house several times, I went to their place to look around. Their two riding horses looked good, the place was clean, the hay looked reasonable. He even did some work around my house and barn that had been neglected since my divorce. He built a retaining wall and fixed stuff in the barn. I thought they seemed like thoughtful people who would make good horsey parents. I really thought I'd found a good home. And then to do something so, frankly...STUPID. It just boggles my mind.
I feel so bad for Scarlet. I can't imagine how much that had to hurt having that bungie cord around her, tightly obviously, for who knows how long. They said they never noticed any blood or soreness.
I finally left a more forceful message with the people who had owned Scarlet for the last two years. They called me back today. We chatted and then I brought up the subject of the scaring. At first he was saying he was totally perplexed as to how she could have any scars, but the more I explained where they were and I said it was like she was wearing a belly rope he said "I think I know what caused it."
Get this... Her winter blanket kept coming off and they would find her shivering in the morning, so the put a BUNGIE CORD around her (over the blanket) to keep it in place!
These people came out to my house several times, I went to their place to look around. Their two riding horses looked good, the place was clean, the hay looked reasonable. He even did some work around my house and barn that had been neglected since my divorce. He built a retaining wall and fixed stuff in the barn. I thought they seemed like thoughtful people who would make good horsey parents. I really thought I'd found a good home. And then to do something so, frankly...STUPID. It just boggles my mind.
I feel so bad for Scarlet. I can't imagine how much that had to hurt having that bungie cord around her, tightly obviously, for who knows how long. They said they never noticed any blood or soreness.