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Charmin' Charra
Foaled approximately 1978 - Died November 25, 2006
13.2 hands Pinto Mare
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Charra was given to TGC by a young woman who admitted she could not
afford to keep her, but promised to volunteer twice a week at TGC exercising horses. As she
lives right next door, it seemed likely that she would actually live up to her promises, so I took
Charra, who has a very swayed back, and a large tumor on her vulva. She can carry
little children, but she is an old mare (based on her teeth, I'd guess her at late 20s, early 30s)
and with her swayed back, I probably will not put her to work. Perhaps because of the tumor, and
the very probable internal problems of a similar nature, Charra didn't make friends in our
herd until we lost Belle, and Lucifer adopted Charra as the next mare he wanted to
protect. She sort of tolerates it, but I think she's happy to have someone following her
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As you might guess, and as so often happens, the young woman who
"donated" Charra simply disappeared after about 3 days of volunteering, during which days she would
lunge one or two horses for about 15 minutes each. Since she lives right next door, and has
no job, I consider her behavior to be particularly offensive. But, sadly, this sort of
behavior is more the norm than you might think - people will say anything to get "rid" of these
sweet creatures. I just wonder why they have them in the first place.... |
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This is Charra's tumor - it's ugly and since it itches and she
scratches it on the fence enough to make it bleed, it's a real maintenance hassle. But Dr. Zadick
estimates a minimum of $1,000 to take it off (it's got two new ones beginning underneath/next to
it) and he predicts it would only grow back, and for this old mare, the surgery itself might be
more than she can take. So, we have several sessions a week of cleaning and medicating
it ... and she just goes on as though it were not there.
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Charra died on November 25, 2006. See her memorial
at
This
NewsLink
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