My Mom and Dad's neighbor had a sickly big horse at his house a couple months ago. I noticed she was timid and hid in the barn most of the time. This past Saturday I saw him outside with the horses and noticed how much better this Mare was doing. She is a beautiful silver dapple color. I walked over there and asked what happened to her.. This is the story he told me.
Back in January, he got a phone call from the police department in another county. This mare was standing in the parking lot at the courthouse at 6 in the morning. His daughter and him loaded up the trailor and went out there. When they got there, she was pittiful. Appairently in the middle of the night, someone dumped this poor mare off up there, she had been terribly abused. Her hooves were so overgrown they had curled into her fetlocks. Her teeth were severly overgrown, she might have weighed about 300-600 lbs, was severly malnutritioned. Her halter had grown into her skin and had to be surgically removed she also had lice so severly, they had to clip her to treat it. The vet told him she was about 20 years old and it would be something if she survived. Well they had her teeth fixed, the farrier has been out there several times to correct her hooves, they have her on a special grain feed and is doing 100% better. The owner of this horse was never found. She is not as timid anymore and she looks so much better. She has gained weight. I remember when I first saw her, her sides were sunk in and she would not raise her head. Now she hold that head up and has a little belly on her. God Bless this man for taking her in, and he said she wasn't going anywere, that she would live the rest of her life on his farm.
It just makes me angry that this person waited until the horse was so far gone before they seeked help. I think dumping the Mare off at the courthouse parking lot was cowardly. I am glad that this generous man took the time to go and get her and care for her. She will have a good life on this farm. She has other horses to be with and she will never be abused again.
Back in January, he got a phone call from the police department in another county. This mare was standing in the parking lot at the courthouse at 6 in the morning. His daughter and him loaded up the trailor and went out there. When they got there, she was pittiful. Appairently in the middle of the night, someone dumped this poor mare off up there, she had been terribly abused. Her hooves were so overgrown they had curled into her fetlocks. Her teeth were severly overgrown, she might have weighed about 300-600 lbs, was severly malnutritioned. Her halter had grown into her skin and had to be surgically removed she also had lice so severly, they had to clip her to treat it. The vet told him she was about 20 years old and it would be something if she survived. Well they had her teeth fixed, the farrier has been out there several times to correct her hooves, they have her on a special grain feed and is doing 100% better. The owner of this horse was never found. She is not as timid anymore and she looks so much better. She has gained weight. I remember when I first saw her, her sides were sunk in and she would not raise her head. Now she hold that head up and has a little belly on her. God Bless this man for taking her in, and he said she wasn't going anywere, that she would live the rest of her life on his farm.
It just makes me angry that this person waited until the horse was so far gone before they seeked help. I think dumping the Mare off at the courthouse parking lot was cowardly. I am glad that this generous man took the time to go and get her and care for her. She will have a good life on this farm. She has other horses to be with and she will never be abused again.
