Recipe for Horse Hoof Destruction, 101
Take a sound horse, with well-tended feet. Place in a concrete garage pen, with very little food, and, (yesterday and this morning), no water. Do not remove any manure, for four months. Oh, sorry, just enough manure so that the horse won't outgrow his cage. Never add any clean fresh bedding. Ever. Don't fix the leaky roof, so that as much moisture and urine as possible can accumulate. Enclose the bottom of the cage entirely.
Do not muck out, nor add fresh bedding, until Wednesday night, July 28. SURPRISE, OSPCA will come and check your horse July 29, and will say "The horse has clean bedding and food and water". The flies are merciless now, and the horse's constant stomping on freshly bare concrete will split the hooves quite nicely. End result, a ruined foot, a mostlikely lame horse, and a heartbroken GoLightly.
Exhausted, I am, from lugging water to him yesterday, and today. I should NOT have done so, of course, because then the horse could have had a lovely colic, and voila, cruelty charges could have been laid.
Ever seen a horse die of colic? I have. Not gonna happen on my watch. Dang, probably blew the insurance claim, eh?
Isn't my nightmare looking well...
This fictional drama brought to you by the truth, in a cage.
4 comments:
There really are No Words GL. I feel for you for having to watch this willful and belligerant neglect. I feel for the horse as well.
I don't blame you,I have watched a colic and even treated and managed for pain it is a terrible thing for a horse to die from. There must be a special place in hell for the likes of this woman
If the owner cannot even clean out his prison or give him water, I highly doubt she would even treat the poor guy for colic, FV.
As BEC said, there are no words.
I've seen a horses die of colic. I'd of not let it progress either. Regardless of the consequences. Horrid, painful death.
What is that Irish Blessing/Curse..."May you get what you deserve." Let it ride on her.
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