The sunshine sure does help doesn’t it? Thick fog here this am so a long slow drive into work.
The horse economy out here is terrible. Horses can’t even be given away right now. I’m sorry for Judy and her husband - taking a hit on income at retirement is awful. I don’t know if she knows Black Horse Ranch here in Nevada. The lady that owns it has terminal cancer and is selling all of her horses at bargain basement prices. She’s the one who has The Quest.
I’ve been worried about three batchlor stallions that have been hanging out in our neighborhood for over a year. One is badly coon footed, one seems to be a mustang adopted and then turned loose again, and the leader is a big blaze faced bay that seems to take care of the other two. I saw the tracks of the crippled one after our 12” of snow and minus 18’ temps, going down the fence lines trying to find a way into a yard, any yard it seems here on the street. I ended up crying and asking God to watch over the three and keep them safe. Found out yesterday that someone I know has put out a heated water trough for them and is feeding them hay. And the three have become four - Blaze has adopted a little mare that was hit by a car. She and her filly were hit, the filly had a broken leg and had to be put down but it looks like the mare will be okay. Anyway, very cool answer to a prayer I think.
There was a report, that 4 horses were found dead and 5 others, including a donkey and pony were in very poor shape. This was in Southeast Ohio. Just a few weeks ago, 9 more horses were rescued from a farm near here. What makes it so sad, is that so many people had called the Humane Society and nothing was done for so long.
I hope you and your family have a very Happy New Year!