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Pashon2001
Posted - 07 Nov 2011 : 6:40:01 PM Some of you may remember that I rescued/bought a grey arab mare off the back of a meat lorry, with her next stop being the slaughter house.
She was emaciated (the picture was taken 2/3 weeks after arrival)and had a healing broken neck. Well I would like to tell all that she is very fat and very happy now. Her neck will stay deformed but it doesnt appear to affect her in any way, and as long as she is happy thats all that matters. She is a very sweet mare and put up with a lot of poking prodding and needles in all manner of places from the vet in those first few weeks. However she seemed to very easily get stressed, for example if food was apparent (I can understand that) and if her best friend (my young stallion) was not in her immediate vision. Then as the weather has deteriated although she did nothing wrong or bad it was obvious she did not enjoy being stabled, although over the last month of only enclosing her for an hour or so she is improving dramatically. Well having got to know her and the way she behaves I decided to try and find out if I could a bit about her background. This was hard as I didnt want people I contacted to think I was accusing them of her condition. So off I set armed with her previous registered owners details and a 2/3 yrs missing before she came to me. It seems her life has for a large part been an extremely unhappy one. She was bred by Gucci, now we all know the awful conditions that these horses found themselves in and that a lot were auctioned off when something was finally done about it. She was bought by a good and reputable person who kept her well and bred a couple of foals from her, then as often happens she was sold on to a stud not in england, who also bought quite a few very expensive and well bred horses to 'start out'. As is often the case maybe they became bored of the horses, I did find out that the husband worked away practically all the time and the wife was an alcoholic. Anyways, all the horses became extremely ill, were not fed and starving and a gentlemen (not particularly an arab person but had a few horses) knew about this and went to buy one (as it turned out it was Anna). The horses had not been out of the stables for a year and they had to get a mini digger in to dig the muck out of the door ways before the horses could be released. All the horses were sold off to various homes, this gentleman bought Anna and took her home. He got her well and he too bred a foal from her, but with work commitments and his family growing up and showing less interest in helping him he decided some of the horses had to go. She was sold to a millionaire who he thought would give her a perfect home...........after about a yr or so (he can't remember exactly) this man was convicted of child abuse and jailed. It is difficult to know at this point if the horses were already neglected or if the neglect came about after he was convicted, either way many were dead and the ones remaining were in pitiful condition. It seems likely that the police or other officiating unit seized the animals, and also very likely they were soon or immediately auctioned off. Hence her ending up on a meat wagon. No one seems to know when or where she broke her neck (it wasnt the meat lorry as it was semi healed) Having found all this out I can see the tears in her eyes, I can understand the panic at the sight of food,her loathing of stables, and her upset if a friend goes where she can't see it.And for all that she has remained sweet, friendly and loving. Its a cruel, cruel, cruel, cruel world.
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Gerri
Posted - 14 Nov 2011 : 12:39:25 PM What an amazing transformation what huge credit to you, she looks fabulous...I cannot get over the change in her...sending huge hugs to you, you are amazing please give her a gentle hug from me too x
Bonnie
Posted - 13 Nov 2011 : 10:20:03 PM Really glad you found her.You've done great with her.Its very sad how bad experiences can affect horses/ponies.... the fear they must have felt....still many of them are able and willing trust someone else.Give Anna a gentle rub between her eyes for me ,lovely old girl!
Pasch
Posted - 13 Nov 2011 : 9:13:20 PM made me smile in the first picture she has that "who cares about pics let me go I want to have my daily roll in the mud"face Well done you,the difference especially in the rear view pic is amazing!
sarahlock
Posted - 13 Nov 2011 : 2:53:48 PM Well done you for giving her the home that she deserves Donna , you`ve done a great job on her & hopefully she`ll realise that there will be no need to panic at feed times & her friends aren`t leaving her X
jackiedo
Posted - 13 Nov 2011 : 2:50:37 PM oh my.. well done you
Callisto
Posted - 13 Nov 2011 : 2:15:10 PM She really has recovered well - I know how hard it is to get condition on a horse that starts off in that state - Well done! And hugs to the dear girl in question
RobinS
Posted - 13 Nov 2011 : 2:09:31 PM She has improved so much! Well done and thanks for the pics .
Goldenmane
Posted - 13 Nov 2011 : 12:27:48 PM Thank you. What a difference, Anna will thank you for ever.
Pashon2001
Posted - 13 Nov 2011 : 11:49:31 AM Well here we are - updated pictures, as I said please excuse the mud, she prefers to be out so this was her first thing this morning when I got her in, she also was dancing so not exactly the frozen pose lol!! Before and after and rear view before and after For those with sharp vision you will see the lump on her neck where it had been broken and fixed itself. My vet said if this had been treated immediately then there would have been little or no over growth of the bone, but as it had already semi healed we decided to leave it.
honey
Posted - 12 Nov 2011 : 9:26:13 PM im glad anna has found you she deserves the love after the horrible life she has had. Give her time and she will learn to trust and not to fret. We had a pony that had a terrible life before we got her and two years it took before we got to where we wanted with heart ache and tears along the way. Looking forward to seeing her updated pics.
alan
Posted - 12 Nov 2011 : 10:26:10 AM We were lucky enough to meet Anna earlier this year, she is a real sweet heart. well done you for giving her a happy place your a special lady, our little orphan Rose owes you a big thank you without your help and knowledge she would not be here, big big hugs from us all
jackiedo
Posted - 12 Nov 2011 : 09:27:55 AM i agree with all that has been said.. particularly the comment from Garnet, it is like reading black beauty again. Well done to you and lots of love to the special lady herself. I am reminded of the preface in my edition of that book "my doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty, or wrongdoing that we have the power to change, and do nothing, then we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.." I am looking forward to seeing pictures too
Pashon2001
Posted - 12 Nov 2011 : 12:47:38 AM Sorry its been sooo dark and miserable, hope its brighter tomorrow!
RobinS
Posted - 11 Nov 2011 : 10:00:58 PM So, where are the pics ? Too many bad news around here, this week, so let's see something to cheer everyone up a bit .
Gerri
Posted - 11 Nov 2011 : 08:01:57 AM I read this post with tears streaming down, bless her she must be wondering when it will happen again, she is so beautiful even when she was so thin, Thank God for people like you and Thank God she has ended up with you after the terrible life she has had, sending you lots of warm wishes, and hugs for saving her, what a lovely lovely ending for her, at least her life now is blessed
Pashon2001
Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 8:41:00 PM Thanks everyone, I just hope that she does learn that food WILL always arrive, and that her friends have not run away and Indy does not disappear into a black void each time he walks into his stable.I'm in the process of getting an older pony broodmare that hopefully will keep her permanent company, if its small enough it can live with her, whether in stable or out. I'll take a pic of her tomorrow, but please everyone excuse the mud that she has layered on herself lol. I stand no chance of getting it off and its too cold to bath.
phoenixbruka
Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 8:33:39 PM that poor mare she must be a special soul to trust again, at least this time that trust wont be betrayed, your a star for saving her If ever a horse deserved a good life it is her
susie
garnet
Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 6:08:14 PM That was like reading Black Beauty all over again; something I did as a child but could not bear to do now. Thank goodness Anna has found her happy ending with you; bless you both.
Tzarina
Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 11:42:44 AM I dont understand people, no animal deserves a story like that attached to her life. Bless you, Donna for rescuing Anna and giving her a forever home. At last she can have some love in her life. Why do people use animals as status symbols.
gossy
Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 11:36:52 AM absolutely agree, terrible story and such a nice happy ending for her!
Pop
Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 11:15:21 AM A very sad story, but what a lovely ending
Pasha
Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 09:34:13 AM Oh I am so so pleased you found her and she can at last enjoy her little life! What an amazing mare to have come throught all of that! Bless her and you xxx
cmj
Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 09:07:58 AM How very sad. A happy ending for her, and bless you for your kind heart. Awful to think of all the others suffering like that too.
At the moment I am keeping an eye on 4 Spanish horses kept down the road from us. Grass is sparse round here so my 2 are continually stuffing down hay, which is quite expensive. These poor Spanish horses are on very restricted grazing and I don't see much evidence of regular feeding. Sometimes they get a bale of "regain" - straw plus a bit of hay. Most of the time they stand there looking sad and hungry. I have left a big bag of apples outside the gate with a friendly note, so the owners know someone is interested. They are not in any way emaciated, but are losing condition, just I know they SHOULD have more fibre to be happy.
Why oh why do people have these animals and not care about giving them the basics? What pleasure can there be in ownership like this?
So pleased little Anna is OK now.
Emma B
Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 08:58:38 AM ah donna how nice are you :) bless her if you ever need anything please let me know. :) marley is growing out of all his rugs so if you need any then pls shout :)
Kazzy
Posted - 08 Nov 2011 : 08:39:20 AM Thankfully you found her.
What a sad tale, it makes you wonder why people have horses???? I really dont understand it at all.
I look at my horse in the field and he has never ever known hardship, I bred him and he will stay with me for the rest of his life. I just couldnt sell him or even loan him out for fear of him ending up like your poor mare.
Good luck with her int he future I am sure she will be loved and looked after by you the way we should all look after our horses and not treat them like a commodity or something to sell whe have hah enough of them.
what huge credit to you, she looks fabulous...I cannot get over the change in her...sending huge hugs to you, you are amazing please give her a gentle hug from me too x
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What a difference, Anna will thank you for ever.
she must be a special soul to trust again, at least this time that trust wont be betrayed, your a star for saving her
