Save A Horse…..

by Barbara Ellin Fox

This beautiful bay horse is Spud.  He’s pictured here at his first cross country schooling event.  You can tell by the look on his face that he’s a happy boy.

Spud was not such a happy boy when I first met him. He was one of the sorriest looking horses I’d seen in a long time.  Skinny, with bones showing all over, feet that had not been attended to on months, but still held shoes, and down on one knee trying to rich a tiny peace of hay with his lips before it blew out of reach.  His big sad eyes made it impossible to leave him behind.

I won’t tell you about all of the things Spud had to overcome but suffice it to say that it took one year to safely fill out all of the empty places on his insides, and another to completely cover the bones and ribs on the outside. … Continue Reading

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