Fiddle dee dee
Horse Feathers - Home of happy, contented horses........
This photo was posted on my forum.... Here is my reply to it...
hummm. key words... HAPPY and CONTENTED... perhaps safe, not on a truck to slaughter, living in a kill pen awaiting their fate, not laying in a filthy manure/pee ridden stall... many words come to mind when I see a picture like this or think of these guys.
Guess when it comes to having some multimillion dollar facility, you know the ones with the huge acres, fancy stalls, fancy riding arenas, we are a 'potty hole' compared to that. Of late I've been 'compared' if you will, to that and words were said by someone at one of those places. I was pretty disgusted when I heard what was said. Guess a place like that wouldn't know the countless hours spent helping a horse come back to its former self after mass starvation or even a reflection of it. They wouldn't know what its like to save a mare who a week later has her baby knowing that in two days she was going to be slaughtered and her baby tossed in a dumpster.. They wouldn't know what its like to save a horse that was injured and the vet wanted to put it down. The countless hours I was out there helping the horse and no one knew about it. I kept it to myself.. The therapy couldn't stop half way through. They wouldn't know the look in a horses eyes when they are so borderline dead and they are pleading with you to help them live... and you do.. I remember the look in Tullie's eyes at the clinic. I could feel her spirit fighting to live.
To many of 'those places' the horses are the ones who wind up in facilities such as ours. They are 'disposable' when they can no longer do the eventing or work they are designated to do. They are expendable and the next one comes through the door. Those horses are the eyes that we stare into knowing what their fate is. Those are the horses that we wrap our arms around, our hearts around, and help them to know that there is another way, another life out there. They have purpose.
I guess I will get back to feeding and do what I do at my insignificant facility *giggles* knowing that there is another life out there to save. Another horse that may find its forever home with someone who loves it beyond words..
RT (counting her blessings)
Fiddle dee dee indeed!
Pay no attention to those disparaging remarks. Horse Feathers is a BEAUTIFUL place. I bet if you asked the horses, they would say they'd rather be there than at any other so-called 'fancy' place!
Just my 2 cents. Carry on with your wonderful work my dear!
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Nice post today, RT. It's good to hear from you. It's such a shame that people don't have a clue about all the good you rescue groups do; if it weren't for rescues like yours, alot of those poor, abused horses wouldn't have a chance.Just keep on doing what you do so well and ignore the cynics. The horses thank you for all that you do for them.
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Hi, RT:
It's been along time since I've written but please know that you and "Horsefeathers Rescue" are always in my mind and forever in my heart. I love the picture...it is priceless. I've kind of "slipped away" into oblivion because of personal and health issues at home but the horses are my main concern and I continue to fight for them. I miss your posting on the Alex Brown Racing forum but Maggie does give us updates about "Hawk's Acres". She's really gotten alot of animals now. How is my Tully? How I love that horse and wish I was in a financial situation that I could afford to send her something...even if it's to buy treats for the horses. Give Ms. Tully a big hug and kiss for me, please...tell her that her Fan in New Mexico loves her very much and I have her in my prayers and in my heart 24/7. I'm not doing so well, RT....please keep me in your prayers.
I hope someday I can make it out to Oklahoma....it's not too far from New Mexico...home of "Mine ThatBirdP...135th Kentucky Derby Winner.
Forever your friend...
Jeanette Cavalier
Fan of Barbaro in New Mexico
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I just love the pictures of the horses out in the field just being! Here is the real thing, it doesn't matter what the humans think, but what the horses show - they know who you are RT and know you are there for them 110%...animals know if they are loved and cared for. Keep up the good work that you do - we need you and so do the horses, dogs and cats you care for.
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The comments that were made were both stupid and insensitive. They only reflect badly on the person that said them. The goodness that emanates from HorseFeathers likewise reflects on you and all of your supporters. Blow off the importance of comments made by stupid people, they live in a world that is one micron deep, and incapable of recognizing anything but their own gratification.
Marsh
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You rock in every way possible, RT!
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