Posted by Erin Armbruster
on 1/11/2009, 8:46 pm
166.198.40.11
I planned on cleaning the house all day and get organized for the week when the door bell rang. It was my friend, her husband, and daughter. They were so excited to tell us that our horse trainer had called to see if we would be interested in an older lesson horse that needed some TLC. My friend rescued her Arabian and thought that we should check it out since the kids have enjoyed her rescue horse so much. Her horse was near death- he was starved. Everything else is a blur. The next thing I realize, is our trainer preparing us for the horses poor condition. I thought to myself- she can't be any worse than my friend's horse. I could hardly wait to get out of the truck. I was so excited to share this moment with my sweet innocent daughter. As the door pushed open- the smell almost took my breath away. The lady walked me over to a gray Arabian. I know if she could have said something, she would have cried for help. Her eyes said it all! They asked if we wanted to take her home. I thought, I want to take them all home. I asked them to please load the other white Arabian as well. The man that owned all of these horses was placed in a Nursing home. The lady I referenced earlier was suppose to be taking care of them. The horses have not been out of their stalls in over a year, the stalls have not been cleaned in over a year, they have been fed very little hay- just enough to keep them alive.
We saved two of them. There are eight horses still there. Four of them are studs, two quarter horses, and Arabians. We were asked not to turn the man in that is in the nursing home. We are moving all the horses to homes that will keep them until they find new loving homes. Please contact me if you are interested in adopting any of these horses- or interesting in donating any funds. I will work on getting pictures.
My email is armbruer@yahoo.com. Does anyone know how I can establish ourselves as a rescue organization for horses?
I tucked my daughter in tonight and told her thank you for helping us today. I explained that we were doing a good thing. She said, " mommy, don't be mad at that lady, God just made her that way." My daughter is only five. How sweet! Thank you- Erin
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