I adore this story and picture! What an amazing boy Buddy is and I am so happy that your mom was able to ride! (p.s. I also love that he doesn't have a bit in!)
This is absolutely wonderful!! I read the other page about how you got Buddy...wow... what a treasure you have there! Love the story of your mom riding him! I hope that you have added all this information with the page, because this is what scrappin' is all about!! Love it!
OMGosh..... I am sitting here in tears. You are such a wonderful person to do this for that beautiful horse and Scratch too. I have 2 friends that have rescued horses. I love those gorgeous animals, but haven't a clue on how to take care of them, so I'll stick to dog rescue! Bless you.
What heartwarming, tender, loving stories - both your Mom's and Buddy's. It appears that Buddy has found his calling thanks to your kind heart and determination. LOVE this BEAUTIFUL lo you have created preserving such a WONDERFUL moment. TFS!!!
I remember reading about Buddy when you first posted the picture- to see him here in this photo is AMAZING. He has a beautiful soul & this only shows it even more. I love the browns & creams you used on the page- really highlights that wonderful photo.
I just love the rich earthy colors here, and the flowers are lovely. The touch of red going off the edge into the background gives the LO movement. Beautiful.
Somehow they just know, don't they? . . . small children and injured spirits. Wonderful that Buddy found his calling. Gorgeous page. Love the muted color pallette and your gorgeous flower cluster.
ssweet story and great work on the layout! i like the splash of color on the side and the flowers ! i hope your mom will ride again and you'll scrap a few more pictures)
What a wonderful heartwarming story! You've given Buddy a good home and he has gifted you and your mom in such a special way! Sweet photo and lovely page-love the flowers!
Wow, your story brought tears to my eyes. That poor sweet soul, standing in all that water, in pain, feeling unloved and neglected and wondering what on earth he had done that was so bad that he deserved that awful fate. Now thanks to your kindness and patience, he has so much to live for and look forward to. What a shame that such a handsome horse in the prime of his life has been damaged so badly. Breaks my heart, animal cruelty. Thank you, from horse lovers everywhere for what you have done for him.
Thing is - the guy I got him from offered him to me with the words, "I don't want to just give you MY problem, but I don't know what to do..." He wasn't neglectful on purpose. Horses just demand a certain level of knowledge to care for properly, and without that knowledge things can go bad in a hurry. Buddy wasn't neglected in the sense of the owner being cruel - he just didn't know that horses can't stand in swamp land without it creating some major damage in their feet. Not his fault - but I'm glad that he had enough sense to give the horse to me.
WOW! You are such a special person. I'm so glad that this story has a happy ending. I seriously hate people that abuse or neglect animals. We really need better laws. Please give Buddy an extra carrot or apple from me. He is very beuatiful. God Bless You.
what an incredible story- He had a will to live & a purpose & you gave him that chance to become alive again. Amazing- I've got tears reading this- just amazing.
Ever heard the expression, "no good deed goes unpunished?" Well sometimes a good deed brings enrichment and joy into your life and makes you feel really good about yourself every time you remember doing it.
This is Buddy, my rescue horse. When I got him, his name was Buck, and he was three legged lame, living in a fescue pasture that was two inches deep in water. He had abscesses in both front feet and he was crippled to the point that it might have been more humane just to send him to Jesus. But I saw something in his eyes - a determination to live - so I brought him home.
Getting him in the trailer that first time was a project because he was so crippled he couldn't step up into it. We had to create a makeshift ramp from cinderblocks and wood boards. I dosed him with some Bute (like major horse asprin, big time pain killer) and he loaded like a champ and rode home without complaint. He came off the trailer ok - because I managed to back it up to a ridge so he could just step out.
My farrier and I set to work - packing with icthamal, digging out icky goop and all kinds of horrors - rocks, sticks... this horse had been in agony for a long time. He was easy to tend - stood like a rock and never moved, even though I know that standing on one front foot while we tended the other one had to be horribly painful. One abscess was so bad it had eaten its way completely up into the bone. We weren't sure if we were going to be able to save him, but his determination gave US determination. We promised him that as long as he was cooperative, we'd not give up.
Once his feet got dry and stayed dry, they healed fairly quickly - it took about six months - and eventually I realized that my good deed was going to pay off for this horse. He wasn't going to be a full blown cripple. But somewhere in his past, he's seen some hard use. He has an old bowed tendon, and whoever caused the injury didn't care enough about this horse to treat it properly. A bowed tendon CAN be rehabbed, but it takes daily effort of bandaging, hosing, liniments, and supportive wrapping.
I imagine that his former owner just tossed him out into the pasture to let nature take its course, and in this case, nature was unkind. The bow healed badly and as a result, he can't flex his right front fetlock. We did not know how bad the bow was until the feet were clean and healed. He kept getting progressively better, but at some point, my farrier and I both knew, "this is as good as we're going to get."
It's not perfect, but at least he's not in pain anymore. He trots and canters around the pasture with Java and seems to be happy. But he's mechanically lame and will be the rest of his life. He walks with a limp - not bad, but not perfect. Imagine an old war veteran with an arthritic knee.
He's only eight. He's in the prime of his life - and his usefulness as a riding horse is over. He was a reject until he met me, and I was looking for a horse just like him to help rehab another horse that had an injury and was in rehab at my house. Scratch was extremely stressed out being penned up and was fretting badly. He needed a quiet, calm, companion horse that would keep him company but not ask him to play or romp. This horse came off my trailer, walked over to Scratch, put his nose against the panel, and said, "hey, dude. Calm down. Let's eat some of this hay, okay?" From that moment, he was "Buddy."
He's not going anywhere. He's what's called a "Pasture Ornament" and he's worth his weight in gold.
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