That was just the most interesting April, wasn't it?
Shall I describe Apalachian Chief's expression? No. I guess not. Wouldn't want to burst anybody's pretty bubbles of their horsie ideals. I've been staunchly defending the industries, all of them. Even though I may not agree with everyone's ideas of horse-keeping, I think there's a very obvious minimum standard.
But, guess what, I was wrong again. I guess (quoting AC's seller) a "loss of muscle tone is to be expected". Atrophy, meh, what the heck. Horses go on stall rest all the time. This is the skewy horse business that I've been avoiding like the plague that it is, for the horses.
This keeps finding me. Why IS that? What am I supposed to say honestly in response to the seller's e-mail?
"Yes, quite right, so sorry, other than his "bed" and his (atrophy) loss of muscle tone, all is just peachy keen fine. Thank you for going to see him, so that another pair of objective eyes could look at him. Cheerio, what, what."
Wow. I mean, REALLY. Talk about bursting bubbles in Lah-Dee-Dah Horse Land.
But since all of that illuminating correspondence, more hay has forthcome, and lo/behold, he was actually mucked this weekend. Hallelujah, saint simons be praised. Chronic bitches do sometimes get something done. Just freaks me out that I'm preceived, HAH, I like that, received with the wrong perception, preception..
Just toying with some words there, sorry.
I have always been a PITA, as a a neighbour, if you don't care for your animals properly. My standard is not impossibly high. Food water shelter reasonable exercise clean environment. How hard IS that?
We know how high my clean standards are by now, I hope?
Not that high.
EVERYthing starts with responsible ownership, and realistic expectations of the animal's future. That responsibility was not demonstrated by my neighbour, in this instance.
In my not so humble mentally paused opinion.
Seems I'm a minority. Along with my patient, ferocious reader.
So, AC's cleaner, and getting better fed. Maybe one day he'll get outta there, for good. I'll keep fuming, but quietly. Like him. I get too red-headed about things.
I wish I was dark bay, sometimes.
Ridiculous Fact Reporter Out.
7 comments:
Sometimes GL it just all sucks. And then, it is sucky for the person who has to witness the wrong.
And there is a lot of wrong in AC's situation.:(
I said all along , the horse was lucky you had his back, and you have effected a change for him , slow but a change for the better all the same. "Give me a lever long enough..." You my dear friend are the kind of lady who gently quietly can move the world . As for the red head,bay thing , I have been known to get pretty hostile too , we must all have an inner redhead!
Can you iamgine how dark and dank his life would be if youhad not been pointing out his substandard care? No, he is not where we would like him to be but he did have a few good hours this weekend. More than he would have had without you.
To the Horses
And the people who respect them.
Another cheer-up for GL. Somehow when I read this, I thought of your recent photo of cows knee-deep in $^%$&.
Not THESE girls:
Technological Cows
SNORK!!!!
Cows that Tweet, that's brilliant!
I KNOW they don't actually..
snicker..
Hey, comments cheer me up, too, ya know.
'specially from you:)
GL as the others have said and many others will, had you not made the stink about it that you have- the horse would still be standing in the stink he was in.
For the seller to have taken such a 'hands in the air & what the hell' stance on things, shows her level of where things drop once they are out of her sight, hands and mind.
That is the one thing that has soured JR on the horse industry as a whole. Too many of those who just give up, give in and let things fall where they will. Too many who don't care to do right by their animals, want it all and want it now.
Keep fightng the good fight there Lass. You have the horses back and we have yours. Just like training- changes will come in small steps at first, larger ones later on.
To the horse!
What everyone else beat me to saying GL. I like the 'inner redhead' line, I'm going to cultivate mine!
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