If you didn't get your free pony yet...

There are still some out there...take Molly for example-



"I run a horse rescue and Molly is the hardest horse for me to part with. She is just the sweetest little mare. She needs to gain someone's trust but once she has it she is just perfect. She is sound and healthy and UTD on everything. She knows Parelli level one games. We have ridden her but she doesn't like it so this is why we are adopting her out as a companion horse only."





http://www.equine.com/horses-for-sale/horse-ad-1004610.html?sr=1&free=1&p=2

I hope that Molly finds a good one.

of course she wants a horse. and while we do live in an agricultural area, we do not have room for a horse. and i certainly don't need ANOTHER task added to my list of things to do. i often thought maybe she could go help out at a farm to be around horses and see what work is really involved.

you rescue horses!! that is so awesome.

you'd be amazed in the backwoods of the country how many animals need a good home..

Older goats, ponies, ducks....

for her.

She'd learn the amount of work involved (which should help you out if you decide to get one for her), the expense (not to be ignored but included in the decision-making process), and be better able to participate in the decision.

I encourage you to do what your instincts are telling you - involve her. Then, you both decide what you want to do. Everybody will be happier, icluding any horse lucky enough to come and live with you.

Some were abandoned to blm. People simply couldn't afford to feed them when the economy plummeted. Local rescues are full of horses needing adoption.

I've been able to hang on to mine by spending nothing on needed repairs and maintenance on my place. So...the weedeater and harrow are broken, but I didn't pay to repair them, and weeds have taken over. Two sheds taken down by a windstorm are still laying in unsightly piles where they fell. Fences needing repair are giving way. Shingles blown off the roof have not been replaced. Hydrants broken in last winter's deep freeze have not been repaired or replaced. The rotten front deck, which needs to be torn down and replaced, still stands.

But, despite 3 paycuts and 3 cuts in working days in the last 18 months, the horses are still eating.

you are not getting done for lack of money. People like you know the priorities in life. May things get better soon.

I think that's something we can all agree on.

:hi:

posted that the people who like to toss rhetorical ponies are free to pay royalties on the word by adopting a few, or at least sponsoring one. They got much mileage out of the word, and yet they don't have a bit of care for the animals themselves.

nt

Magnificent....

I wish I had a house with space around it for a horse like Molly.

;-)