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Dear Sara is a problem. The previous owner lied about her condition. She also didn't
contribute anything when she sent Sara to me, and despite repeated promises to do so, she
never provided medical records. Bottom line, Sara is a three legged horse. She’s not too
responsive to medication for pain or swelling. She is also prone to abscesses, often making
her only a 2-legged horse!
Sara lives a happy life following Bruhad around. Mike rode her out on trail
one day and she was OK, so occasionally we did that. I want to begin lunging her, at least,
because she has an amazing appetite and like me, can gain weight just thinking about food. We
call Sara the D-8 - after the Caterpillar tractor that can bulldoze just about anything down - her
stall required extra reinforcement because if she got bored or hungry, she would just dismantle the
stall and cruise out.
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At the same time as Mitey Nice, November of 2004, I mistakenly gave some
hay to these girls which was perhaps moldy. Other horses will leave the moldy part - they are
very well fed and not desperate enough to eat anything they don't like - but Sara and Mitey Nice
are eating machines. Unfortunately, for them and for me, they both foundered as a
result. And the ongoing problems trying to keep them on special diets, and get their huge
hard malformed feet trimmed, are making me sorrier than I already was. We obviously don't
ride Sara anymore, and that makes her weight even harder to control. And if she doesn't have
food of some sort to play with, she simply removes some part of her fence and goes walkabout
looking for it! She is brilliant and cuddly, but eats at LOT, and farrier expense is high due
to the size of her foundered feet and the difficulty she has keeping her feet up to be
trimmed. For over two years she was listed as sponsored by someone who did not actually
sponsor her - so she's probably lost some chances of having a sponsor of her own - if you are
interested, please contact Casey to help this sweet disabled mare.
WHOOHOO! Sara is finally sponsored! Dear Margaret Squires has
stepped up as a half sponsor for our girl, in memory of Bayla, her horse as a child. I'm so
thrilled someone is there for Sara, and hope someday soon Margaret will be able to visit her girl
... Thank you Margaret!
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