Gah! People, hold your horses!

Crazy week, full of decision I don't want to make.

I'll probably update more on my sister's inability to get home to Oz and such later, but for the moment, I'm thinking happily about the cutest stunted little sickly underfed mangy 2 year old filly known to man. Someone saved her off a kill lot about a month ago- they went to pick up a mule they'd bought at the auction and this little girl was so attached that it broke their hearts to take away her friend and leave her to die. So, she's with us now, in a REAL quarantine pen (not just in the incoming owner-surrendered horse "quarantine"). Everyone thought she couldn't be more than a yearling she's so little, I'll try to snap a picture to show you what I mean, but the vet's both guessed closer to 2 and a half based on her teeth! Apparently she's registered, papers from the QH world are on there way, but she slipped through the cracks somewhere...

So, I'm figuring out what to do with a 2 year old. She's sweet as can be, easy going, and clearly had been handled a lot in the past- she got right in the trailer, stands for the farrier, and lets you touch her all over, ears and everything! The negative side of that is it appears she's already been ridden- she has what appear to be saddle sores and her back is a bit swollen. Another volunteer who has experience with young horses is going to see what she can do with her, and I'll probably join the BM in haltering her, grooming her, enforcing some basics on the ground, etc on occasion just to up her human contact. She's gained enough weight in the past few weeks to look like a real horse again, and her coat's coming back in nicely. She really is a nicely put together horse with the sweetest face you've ever seen. I bet once she catches up with her growth, she'll adopt out quickly to a great home!

So, off to pick my mom up at the airport... more on that later. For now, just keep picturing the adorable little filly getting a grand new life with enough food to let her grow up big and strong and all the medical care she needs to feel better!