I was just sitting here thinking about a comment that one of my nephew's made to my sister about me and my "horse rescue" business.
When she asked him if he had seen my new website, his response was "You mean the one where she is begging people for money for her horses?"
When she told me that it kind of hurt my feelings that he would say such a thing... but then I got to thinking... is it wrong for me to "beg for money for my horses"??
I don't have the answer as to why God brought these horses into my life and why I was the one chosen to care for them. Especially being as unprepared as I was and still am for this costly venture. I just hope that it doesn't cause too much of a strain between my husband and I. It is certainly a costly adventure to his bottom line!!
so with that in mind... is it wrong for me to beg for money for my horses???
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
What a time we've had.......
Well it's been a while since I last visited here and what a time we've had.
My brother-in-law Steve succumbed to the cancer on April 14, 2008. My sister along with my husband and I were there by his bedside during the last few hours of his life. It all ended too suddenly. We are still in shock and grief.
Don and I sang about 20 songs at Steve's memorial service on April 19th. We both held up pretty well but I lost it while singing "A Picture of Me Without You" which I had dedicated to my sister and Don lost it while singing "Go Rest High Up On That Mountain" which was requested by Steve's family.
So now here we are 5 weeks later and life goes on but not without it's many struggles......
Three weeks ago our 7 year old German Shepherd named Scooter was diagnosed with Perianal Fistuals... a really nasty disease. She's been on steroids and anti-biotics since the original diagnosis was made and yesterday her vet decided to put her on Cyclosporin is a fungal peptide ... a pretty expensive drug that will hopefully give us some quality time with her. The prognosis is very grim!
And I still have my 5 horses, who are eating me out of house and home!! My husband reminded me that I could have a pretty nice car or truck for what it's costing me to care for these 5 horses. A minimum of $500.00 a month for hay... and God forbid if one of them gets sick.
I would like to build a barn... but I can barely afford the hay let alone build a barn too! And now summer is upon us and I need shelter for them so they can get some escape from the heat. Don and I did construct a metal double carport that provides shade for Spook and Ebony.
I visited a Thoroughbred race horse farm not far from me. She has 5 of her own horses and another dozen that she is boarding. She has a beautiful stallion and the rest are brood mares. She loves horse racing, while I, on the other hand do not like horse racing one single bit!
She and I had a friendly disagreement about the pros and cons of racing. For her it's the thrill of seeing your horse win and the money that comes along with that. For me, it's the heartbreak of seeing what happens when a horse goes down or is injured and considered a throwaway and/or unwanted by many.
I'm out here in "cowboy" country where the only animal that is considered a "real horse" is an American Quarter Horse. Well I understand that but keep in mind, I am only about 30 miles away from Prescott Downs... a new state of the art horse racing facility! So herein lies the dilema. I haven't met anyone who wants any of my Thoroughbreds for a pleasure horse. I've been told I'll be lucky if anyone would want one for free and the only breeding opportunity would be if a Paint Horse breeder wants a Thoroughbred mare to pair up with her Paint Stallion.
My newly acquainted Thoroughbred friend suggested that I breed my mares with her stallion (beginning in February 2009) and sell the foals as potential race horses... well of course that is not an answer in my book! Gee do all Thoroughbreds have to be race horses?
I did see that Big Brown won the Preakness (in front of over 100,000 adoring fans) ... making him a contender for the Triple Crown title. If I only had a nickle from each ones of those adoring fans, I wouldn't have to worry so much about being a real "rescue" business. But while these fans love to win, I wonder how many of them give one hoot about what happens to those horses that don't win?
Check out what they say is being done to some race horses in Puerto Rico:
Losing racehorses killed in Puerto Rico
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0518racehorses0518.html
How can this be happening????????
I guess there are a lot of people in this old world who don't carry that "horse loving gene" (as my husband calls it! Though I don't really think he'd kill any of our horses cause he couldn't feed them) I've heard that some folks are just turning their horses loose to fend for themselves on the open range. That has to be very difficult for domesticated horses!
Well I guess I've blooviated enough, so I'll end for now. But I would like to thank everyone for their recent comments and love and support for me and my family! The prayers are appreciated and if you've got an extra nickle or two.. could you send it my way?
My brother-in-law Steve succumbed to the cancer on April 14, 2008. My sister along with my husband and I were there by his bedside during the last few hours of his life. It all ended too suddenly. We are still in shock and grief.
Don and I sang about 20 songs at Steve's memorial service on April 19th. We both held up pretty well but I lost it while singing "A Picture of Me Without You" which I had dedicated to my sister and Don lost it while singing "Go Rest High Up On That Mountain" which was requested by Steve's family.
So now here we are 5 weeks later and life goes on but not without it's many struggles......
Three weeks ago our 7 year old German Shepherd named Scooter was diagnosed with Perianal Fistuals... a really nasty disease. She's been on steroids and anti-biotics since the original diagnosis was made and yesterday her vet decided to put her on Cyclosporin is a fungal peptide ... a pretty expensive drug that will hopefully give us some quality time with her. The prognosis is very grim!
And I still have my 5 horses, who are eating me out of house and home!! My husband reminded me that I could have a pretty nice car or truck for what it's costing me to care for these 5 horses. A minimum of $500.00 a month for hay... and God forbid if one of them gets sick.
I would like to build a barn... but I can barely afford the hay let alone build a barn too! And now summer is upon us and I need shelter for them so they can get some escape from the heat. Don and I did construct a metal double carport that provides shade for Spook and Ebony.
I visited a Thoroughbred race horse farm not far from me. She has 5 of her own horses and another dozen that she is boarding. She has a beautiful stallion and the rest are brood mares. She loves horse racing, while I, on the other hand do not like horse racing one single bit!
She and I had a friendly disagreement about the pros and cons of racing. For her it's the thrill of seeing your horse win and the money that comes along with that. For me, it's the heartbreak of seeing what happens when a horse goes down or is injured and considered a throwaway and/or unwanted by many.
I'm out here in "cowboy" country where the only animal that is considered a "real horse" is an American Quarter Horse. Well I understand that but keep in mind, I am only about 30 miles away from Prescott Downs... a new state of the art horse racing facility! So herein lies the dilema. I haven't met anyone who wants any of my Thoroughbreds for a pleasure horse. I've been told I'll be lucky if anyone would want one for free and the only breeding opportunity would be if a Paint Horse breeder wants a Thoroughbred mare to pair up with her Paint Stallion.
My newly acquainted Thoroughbred friend suggested that I breed my mares with her stallion (beginning in February 2009) and sell the foals as potential race horses... well of course that is not an answer in my book! Gee do all Thoroughbreds have to be race horses?
I did see that Big Brown won the Preakness (in front of over 100,000 adoring fans) ... making him a contender for the Triple Crown title. If I only had a nickle from each ones of those adoring fans, I wouldn't have to worry so much about being a real "rescue" business. But while these fans love to win, I wonder how many of them give one hoot about what happens to those horses that don't win?
Check out what they say is being done to some race horses in Puerto Rico:
Losing racehorses killed in Puerto Rico
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0518racehorses0518.html
How can this be happening????????
I guess there are a lot of people in this old world who don't carry that "horse loving gene" (as my husband calls it! Though I don't really think he'd kill any of our horses cause he couldn't feed them) I've heard that some folks are just turning their horses loose to fend for themselves on the open range. That has to be very difficult for domesticated horses!
Well I guess I've blooviated enough, so I'll end for now. But I would like to thank everyone for their recent comments and love and support for me and my family! The prayers are appreciated and if you've got an extra nickle or two.. could you send it my way?
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