Sunday, October 19, 2008

Working in the Wild Horse Nursery


Dear Readers,
The blessings wild horses have brought into my life just never stop. I've made such great friends, seen some of the most awesome sights,and... okay, you get the picture! And the picture here is of my friend Palomino, loving a wild foal on its first day around people.

Remember Palomino's name from the dedication to WATER LILY? She is a HARD WORKING volunteer at the Wild Horse Sanctuary where the Phantom lives.
Note: Next weekend is adoption day, so if you can possibly get to this spot in northern California, you can get a super-bargain on a young, range-bred mustang. Read more, here: http://www.redding.com/news/2008/oct/17/sanctuary-offers-horse-adoption-event/

Palomino never makes a big deal of the fact that she's had a bunch of surgeries over the years (most NOT horse-related. Half the times I've seen her, she's been wearing a cast :( but it doesn't slow her down. Besides being the (former) single mom of two boys (She just married a great, horse loving guy--YAY!!!!!), she's a baker for local restaurants & makes the best cheesecake in the world. She's the poster girl for the expression : COWGIRL UP!

Here's a recent note from her.

....Spent the day haltering three of our babies.
I didn't want these three to go through the chute as they have been through enough. One of them is the victim of a big kitty attack. (FROM TERRI: YES, SHE MEANS A COUGAR)
He is a sweet little palomino that has a deep cut in his side and a big slice and chunk out of his bottom. We doctored what we could, but not sure how to get under the tail.
The other one has a big owie on her leg and so we washed that and cleaned it and put on some meds.
Another one is very small and kind of sad and she needed lots of love. She is my little precious. (until someone adopts her).

It seems like you have to pull out their fear and the "bad" energy and almost absorb it into your self and then they calm down. I love doing it, but I find it very draining at the end of the day. Don't get me wrong, it's very satisfying, but amazing to me how much it takes out of me. Guess I'm probably weird, but it's so neat when they trust you and "need you".

Anyway, how was your day? Mine was awesome all in all.

Miss you.

Love ya

Palomino

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Posted by Terri Farley @ 7:50 AM

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Comments: Absolutely PRECIOUS(meaning the pic of the palomino)!!! And to anyone afraid of horses, it shows perfectly how gentle they are (the sterotypical rearing stallion with evilness in his eyes so is not horses) It's really sad about the "big kitty attack" though! I hope that foal goes to a loving home!!! Until then, we know he's in capable hands ;)
  Poor baby, sounds like he had it worse than Sam's cougar attack in Phantom Stallion The Challenger(book #6?)
The picture is really sweet!

Is Palomino a nickname?
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