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Rosie - 20+ 15.1h Chestnut TB mare
« Thread Started on Nov 29, 2005, 12:16pm »

Rosie was my first CBER horse. I rescued her, and friends rescued two other mares, plus a mare that we bought and had euthanized that had a broken leg. The two other horses (a Paint mare and a TB mare) are both happily living with their new owners and are very much loved - one doing western pleasure and the other dressage.

When I went however, I wasn't looking for a riding prospect for myself, but rather to save a horse most in need. That horse, it turned out, would be Rosie.

Rosie is a 15-20 year old chestnut TB mare. She was nothing but skin and bones when I saw her, with a horrible case of scratches, but she was willing and friendly and Sam saddled her up and walked/trotted/cantered her and she did it all willingly. Sam told me she had been pulled off the truck already 3 times, she would not get another chance. I spent 4 hours at the lot that day, looking at every horse there - and she was the one most in need that day. She looked so awful, no one would have wanted her...but I saw under her horrible exterior a kind hearted, willing mare that had much to give.

Here is Rosie at the lot:
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Here she is when she arrived at my farm after a month of quarantine:
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I spent the next 6 months carefully feeding her, treating her scratches (which became infected and oozing), and treating her like the queen she was. When finally her ribs no longer showed, I decided she was ready to find her new home. I found her a new home through my son's baseball team - she was a teenage sister of my son's teammate, who had lost her horse to colic and was looking for a new horse, on a very limited budget. She came and met Rosie and the two could not have been more well-suited for each other, both being quiet, calm, and a little shy. I offered her a free-lease on my farm as part of the deal to make sure that they were a good match, and then Rosie went to her new home. Supaloma still trims her feet, and Rosie is doing wonderfully, where she lives on 5 luscious acres with a few cows and a pet goat named Loretta who is her best pal.

Here she is on the day she left for her new home with her new owner:
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And in her new home:
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Re: Rosie
« Reply #1 on Nov 29, 2005, 2:26pm »

WOW.....I had not idea that you were the one who saved her!! What an amazing tranformation....you did a great job with her

THANK YOU!

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Re: Rosie
« Reply #2 on Nov 29, 2005, 2:43pm »

she is beautiful... i remember that first post on coth too... what a long way we have come!

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Re: Rosie
« Reply #3 on Nov 29, 2005, 2:51pm »

I love the picture of Rosie with her new owner...it's one of the things that makes these efforts so worthwhile. Rosie looks so good in that picture and to think what might have happened to her...I shudder to think. I think Rosie is a good candidate to have as a before and after example on the website.

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Re: Rosie
« Reply #4 on Nov 29, 2005, 3:00pm »

And here I thought you all were familiar with Rosie's story...I just wanted to make sure it got moved over here. Yes, Rosie is very special. Which reminds me, I need to pay her a visit.

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Re: Rosie
« Reply #5 on Nov 29, 2005, 3:26pm »

I do remember her from the CBER BB...that picture stuck with me.

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Re: Rosie
« Reply #6 on Feb 5, 2006, 8:46pm »

I just got some updated photos of Rosie. I am still in shock at how much better she looks, even since she left my farm. Is this a beautiful horse, or what? And so well-loved...these are the stories I hang on to and what makes rescue so worth it.

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Re: Rosie
« Reply #7 on Feb 6, 2006, 11:23am »

It's hard to even see it's the same horse in the feedlot pictures compared to the current ones. What a transformation, I am so glad you saw the beauty that was inside her and gave her that chance! She is lovely.

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Re: Rosie
« Reply #8 on Feb 12, 2006, 9:07pm »

It's a joy to see her that healthy and happy! Great work!

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Re: Rosie
« Reply #9 on Sept 3, 2008, 10:23am »

Rosie's owner has graduated high school and is leaving in a few weeks to go to England to study abroad for a year. She sadly needs to find a new home for Rosie, and SAFE will be helping her as a SAFE-Assist. Rosie is healthy and doing well. She is now in her early 20s and shows a few signs of aging, but she still has quite a bit of spunk! She hasn't been ridden much in the past 4 years, mostly just around the pasture she lives in with her cow friends. She still a very quiet and docile mare and is suitable for light riding or leadlining children. Her owner will bring her UTD on shots and get her teeth done before she goes.

She is currently located in Sultan, WA. Adoption contract required but there is no adoption fee for Rosie.

Here are some recent pictures she sent me (they aren't the greatest, hopefully I will get some better ones soon):

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