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My horse just had a major injury, and we had to give her to a woman in Sarasota that has a massive ranch and the money for her care.
We had a bad thunder storm, and she went through our electrical fence and then through the neighbors barb fence. She sustained 41 lacerations on her neck and sides, as well as peeling the skin and muscle off of one front and one rear leg. She is able to walk without limping, and will recover, but she needs 3 visits from the vet a week, at 490$ each. That does not include the shots and pain meds, and the wound dressing that I was doing. Plus the hours of walking to build her legs back up.
The really sad thing is that she was a winning throughbred.
Her name is Bob's Hail Mary.
The people that took her will have her fixed in about 5 months, and will be breeding her. We will visit from time to time, and are very upset from loosing her, but we will go on. But a child would be devistated to see the damage that she suffered..
I know that it is a big difference between a pony and a horse that it 17.5 hands tall and 2k lbs, but no matter what, they are more work than you can imagine.
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