Dolly-- They had the nerve to ride her in the sale ring to
prove she was broke --200 plus pounds underweight and
so sad. My vet estimates her age to be between 25-27
from her teeth and the brands on her.
prove she was broke --200 plus pounds underweight and
so sad. My vet estimates her age to be between 25-27
from her teeth and the brands on her.
Dreamer -- This steel grey filly stood sad and hurt in the back
alley stall of the small sale barn. The blood dripping from a
wound to her head sustained after her arrival and no one
seemed to care . Tall elegant , scared and in obvious pain I
knew she had to come home with me . The only other person
who wanted her was the kill buyer -- so the bidding done she
came home with me . The vet has cleaned the very deep
wound and stitched it closed . It is very deep , and there is
some muscle damage but the vet believes she will heal ok .
Dreamer is a sweet but pushy young lady who need to learn
people are her friend and will no longer hurt her .
Sad update-- Dreamer died 6-21-05 at approx 08:30 am.
alley stall of the small sale barn. The blood dripping from a
wound to her head sustained after her arrival and no one
seemed to care . Tall elegant , scared and in obvious pain I
knew she had to come home with me . The only other person
who wanted her was the kill buyer -- so the bidding done she
came home with me . The vet has cleaned the very deep
wound and stitched it closed . It is very deep , and there is
some muscle damage but the vet believes she will heal ok .
Dreamer is a sweet but pushy young lady who need to learn
people are her friend and will no longer hurt her .
Sad update-- Dreamer died 6-21-05 at approx 08:30 am.
Dolly & Dreamer
Dolly in mid-august looking much better
.
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Hear is the email that Dolly's foster home got in
August- Removed parts that were requested for
privacy reasons.
Subject: the grey mare
Date Aug, 20 2005
We were really surprised to recieve your letter. In
responce to your questions,yes, we did breed a
mare that matches the description you sent in your
letter. Her name is Nicoles Dream Dancer. Her sire
was a quarter/arabian 15 H.H. and was steel grey.
Her dam was an Angloarabian 15.2 1/2 H.H. and
she was a dapp;e grey. We bred her in 1978 for
our daughter Nicole ,who was 11 at the time.
Dancer was trained to ride both English and
Western and our daughter won countless ribbons
and trophies with the mare. They were a good pair
since Nicole had blonde hair and blue eyes and
Dancer was nearly white, as grey as she was.They
were inseperable for years. Dancer did the barrels
and could jump 3 feet and seemed to enjoy it as
much as Nicole did .
In 1984 the mare suffered a hip injury in a trailering
accident and couldn't show anymore, so we tried to
breed her in hopes of replacing Dancer with
another show horse for our daughter.Dancer had a
C-section in 1985, the foal did not survive and
Dancer was not bred again.
Our daughter was accepted at UNL in 1995 in
pre-law and when she moved to Nebraska in 1996 ,
she took Dancer with her. Unforunately, in 1998
Nicole was killed by a drunk driver and her live in
boyfriend took the horse , her car, and all her
belongings and left. We just assumed he either
kept the mare for himself, but in all likelyhood, he
sold the mare and we thought she had been
slaughtered . We didn't pursue finding Dancer at
the timebecause our grief was just too much.
Nicole was our only child and she was adopted so it
took us several years to deal with the loss. We
were surprised to hear she had been rescued from
slaughter by your friend ( Epona Horse Rescue)
and we are so thrilled to hear Dancer is alive and
well and loved by a sweet little girl again. We don't
mind if you mention Dreamers story on the
websites. We would like to be known as only Lillian
and James of Califonia. Please keep up the work
that you and your friend are doing with the horses
. God's creatures should have people like you , who
will care for them.
Sincerly ,
Lillian and James
.
August- Removed parts that were requested for
privacy reasons.
Subject: the grey mare
Date Aug, 20 2005
We were really surprised to recieve your letter. In
responce to your questions,yes, we did breed a
mare that matches the description you sent in your
letter. Her name is Nicoles Dream Dancer. Her sire
was a quarter/arabian 15 H.H. and was steel grey.
Her dam was an Angloarabian 15.2 1/2 H.H. and
she was a dapp;e grey. We bred her in 1978 for
our daughter Nicole ,who was 11 at the time.
Dancer was trained to ride both English and
Western and our daughter won countless ribbons
and trophies with the mare. They were a good pair
since Nicole had blonde hair and blue eyes and
Dancer was nearly white, as grey as she was.They
were inseperable for years. Dancer did the barrels
and could jump 3 feet and seemed to enjoy it as
much as Nicole did .
In 1984 the mare suffered a hip injury in a trailering
accident and couldn't show anymore, so we tried to
breed her in hopes of replacing Dancer with
another show horse for our daughter.Dancer had a
C-section in 1985, the foal did not survive and
Dancer was not bred again.
Our daughter was accepted at UNL in 1995 in
pre-law and when she moved to Nebraska in 1996 ,
she took Dancer with her. Unforunately, in 1998
Nicole was killed by a drunk driver and her live in
boyfriend took the horse , her car, and all her
belongings and left. We just assumed he either
kept the mare for himself, but in all likelyhood, he
sold the mare and we thought she had been
slaughtered . We didn't pursue finding Dancer at
the timebecause our grief was just too much.
Nicole was our only child and she was adopted so it
took us several years to deal with the loss. We
were surprised to hear she had been rescued from
slaughter by your friend ( Epona Horse Rescue)
and we are so thrilled to hear Dancer is alive and
well and loved by a sweet little girl again. We don't
mind if you mention Dreamers story on the
websites. We would like to be known as only Lillian
and James of Califonia. Please keep up the work
that you and your friend are doing with the horses
. God's creatures should have people like you , who
will care for them.
Sincerly ,
Lillian and James
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