Post by Whitewolf821 on Mar 19, 2006 2:43:40 GMT -5
Four months ago, my fiance and I were looking through our local paper when we came across an ad for hogs. Since we were in the market for raising our own meat to butcher, we called the gentleman (I use this term very loosely) and made arrangements to go see his hogs. When we got there, we were both horrified by the conditions we saw. There was every type of animal imaginable running through the mud and muck with bones protruding in every direction. I wish I could have taken the whole bunch home, but unfortunately, I saw recently, he is still posting ads in the paper. He showed us around to see all of the animals he had there, all the while telling us about how he buys, trades, and sells animals. He started telling us about 3 quarter horse cross "yearling" horses that he had that he would sell to us...all 3 for $500. The closest we were able to view these horses was from well over 100 yards away, but we made the decision to bring them home. We had to herd them into our trailer as you could not come within 20 feet of these poor little horses without them spooking. Over the course of the last 4 months, we have now gotten the two little boys as though they are our over sized dogs. They follow us everywhere. After closer examination, we were able to determine that Luke, the youngest, is not at all quarter horse, but appears to be mostly, if not all Appaloosa. He is now about 10 months old. It took us 3 months to kill all of the worms and the ticks that had made a home of this boy. Bo, the other stud colt, is indeed quarter horse that appears to now be about a year and half. Daisy, the mare, has turned out to be the tough one of the bunch. She shows all the earmarks of abuse, and it has just been within the last couple weeks that we are able to approach her without her kicking or rearing up. Good thing we have lots of patience! She is approximately 2 1/2 years old, and we believe she may have been a PMU foal at one time as she appears to be a percheron/quarter cross which is very common in PMU foals. Anyway, I am so proud of what we've been able to accomplish with these beautiful little babies. I wish that I could give all of the SAFE horses a wonderful home as well, but I can see that they all end up in wonderful places. Thank you all for reading my little story here! It would seem I can't post pictures off our website, but feel free to chekc it out at www.redneckrehabranch.zoomshare.com
