I'm not sure if I am putting this in the right section or not, but it's really been bothering me for the last 2 days... sigh...
My husband and I were driving home and he had to pee really, really bad so we pulled off on to a dead end road with no houses around where we had seen a large ranch for sale when we were house-hunting.
Anyway, at one of the fences was a huge appaloosa (not sure if he was a stallion or gelding, but was definitely a male)
He was a really neat color, like a bright chestnut, he also had a lot of roaning along his body with the white spots on his rump. I apologize if this offends anyone, but he was by no means handsome. He had a great big head and ears, and kind of resembled a mule.... But he had very kind eyes. You know the eyes that just look right into your heart? Well,
I jumped out of the car and walked to the fence to say hello. I kept my hands to myself as I don't believe in touching horses that are not mine without permission.
This guy was in a large pasture FULL of dead/fallen trees and huge piles of brush ...and he had a halter on. I could see just above the noseband where he had a big sore. It was all raw. I can't imagine what it looked like under the halter.
If that weren't bad enough, he had some kind of sucking flies all along the side of his mane and neck. They looked to be imbedded in his skin they were in his coat so deeply. I don't think there was an inch along his whole neck that wasn't covered in those nasty flies. He didn't look overly thin to me, but he was just so neglected it broke my heart.
There were houses on the main road, but I have no idea who he belonged to. I know nothing about him. He seemed gentle at least while I was on my side of the fence. I wanted to take him home. I can't afford to buy or feed another horse, especially one as big as him. He must have been 16 hands, or darn close. I wouldn't even know how to go about finding out who owns him to see if they'd even consider maybe selling him to me.
When I say I have no money to feed another horse, that means if I really cut costs of other things, like internet, I could probably swing it. In honestly though, I probably couldn't afford whatever the asking price for him would be. I bet if I found the owner they'd sell him. I hate assuming, but I'm going to anyway and assume they must not love him a whole bunch to leave him in unsafe conditions, haltered, while bugs suck the life out of him and sores form where the halter has been on too long. Or maybe the owner hasn't been well. I just don't know
I'm just really sad, and more venting than anything. Thanks for listening
edit to add...his feet were in horrid shape, overgrown, chipped and cracked too
My husband and I were driving home and he had to pee really, really bad so we pulled off on to a dead end road with no houses around where we had seen a large ranch for sale when we were house-hunting.
Anyway, at one of the fences was a huge appaloosa (not sure if he was a stallion or gelding, but was definitely a male)
He was a really neat color, like a bright chestnut, he also had a lot of roaning along his body with the white spots on his rump. I apologize if this offends anyone, but he was by no means handsome. He had a great big head and ears, and kind of resembled a mule.... But he had very kind eyes. You know the eyes that just look right into your heart? Well,
I jumped out of the car and walked to the fence to say hello. I kept my hands to myself as I don't believe in touching horses that are not mine without permission.
This guy was in a large pasture FULL of dead/fallen trees and huge piles of brush ...and he had a halter on. I could see just above the noseband where he had a big sore. It was all raw. I can't imagine what it looked like under the halter.
If that weren't bad enough, he had some kind of sucking flies all along the side of his mane and neck. They looked to be imbedded in his skin they were in his coat so deeply. I don't think there was an inch along his whole neck that wasn't covered in those nasty flies. He didn't look overly thin to me, but he was just so neglected it broke my heart.
There were houses on the main road, but I have no idea who he belonged to. I know nothing about him. He seemed gentle at least while I was on my side of the fence. I wanted to take him home. I can't afford to buy or feed another horse, especially one as big as him. He must have been 16 hands, or darn close. I wouldn't even know how to go about finding out who owns him to see if they'd even consider maybe selling him to me.
When I say I have no money to feed another horse, that means if I really cut costs of other things, like internet, I could probably swing it. In honestly though, I probably couldn't afford whatever the asking price for him would be. I bet if I found the owner they'd sell him. I hate assuming, but I'm going to anyway and assume they must not love him a whole bunch to leave him in unsafe conditions, haltered, while bugs suck the life out of him and sores form where the halter has been on too long. Or maybe the owner hasn't been well. I just don't know
I'm just really sad, and more venting than anything. Thanks for listening
edit to add...his feet were in horrid shape, overgrown, chipped and cracked too
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