I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS LITTLE HORSE BY CHANCE WHILE SEARCHING THE WEB LOOKING AT MINIATURE HORSES, i SAW A FARM IN NEBRASKA WAS SELLING SOME MINIS SO I SCROLLED DOWN THE PAGE. THERE WAS A NOTICE OF FREE MINI DWARF WITH LEG PROBLEMS
I EMAILED THE OWNER THAT I HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AND COULD I SEE PHOTOS OF THE DEFORMITY , I HAD STUDIED ON THIS AS WE ALLREADY HAD PHOEBE AND IM OBSESSIVE ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO DEAL WITH ANY HEALTH PROBLEMS WITH MY ANIMALS
HE WAS MUCH WORSE THAN SHOWN HERE IN THESE PHOTOS , HE WAS QUITE LITERALLY WALKING ON HIS REAR ANKLES ,,, IMAGINE THE PAIN HE WAS IN, IMAGINE A HORSE WHO IS MEANT T BALANCE ITS WEIGHT ON THE RIMS OF ITS HOOVES WALKING ON BONE AND FLESH AND BENT OVEREXTENDED TENDONS OUCH,
SHE TOLD ME OF HIS DWARF BROTHER AND HORRIBLEY INJURED MOTHER WHO HAD BEEN INJURED BY A FALLEN GATE SHE WAS TRAPPED UNDER IT FOR SOME TIME AND HER BACK HAD BEEN INJURED ....(WHY THEN WAS SHE BRED??)
SO I ADOPTED THE THREE OF THEM AND SPENT WELL OVER 1200 DOLLARS TO SHIP THEM HERE ,
IN NO TIME AT ALL. I HAD TRIMMED HIS HOOVES ,AND USED A PLUMBERS PUTTY TO FORM PROSTHETIC SIDES TO LIFT THE ANKLES AND BRACED HIM WITH FIBERGLASS RODS AND STRAPS I MADE FROM HOME DEPOT BAG HANDLES ,VELCRO, AND LAMBSWOOL USED TO APPLY VARNISH,,,, I WALKED THROUGH HOME DEPOT AND FIGURED THE BEST WAY TO FASHION HIM SPLINTS TO KEEP HIS LEGS THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE , I CHANGED THEM DAILY AT FIRST SO HE WOULD NOT GET PRESSURE SORES AND TRIMMED THE HOOVES AS OFTEN AS I COULD ... LIKE A NAIL YOU CANT DO TOO MUCH AT ONCE ,HE LAID PATIENTLY THERE WHILE I FIXED HIM AND HIS PUTTY SET ,,, AND AFTER A TIME HED RUN UP THE STEPS TO COME IN FOR FIXIN,,
WHEN HE FIRST CAME HE WAS NOT WALKING. I REMEMBER WHEN THE TRUCK PULLED UP AND I SAW HIM AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF UHOH I DONT KNOW IF I CANFIX THIS I THINK IM OVER MY HEAD HERE,,, buR HE WAS STANDING OR LAYING BALANCED ON THREE ANKLES AND I KNEW I NEEDED TO HELP HIM,
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF HARD WORK , WORRY AND PERSISTANCE , MY FRIEND BUDDY IS RUNNING AND BUCKING AND ACTING LIKE A LITLE STALLION ,
I HAVE STUDIED THE ART OF HOOf CARE HAVING PURCHASED A HUGE PILE OF BOOKS ON IT SO I CAN ADJUST HIM AND KEEP HIM HAPPY AND NOT IN PAIN
HIS OVER EXTENDED TENDEONS SHRUN K UP AFTER BEING SPLINTED TO NORMAL SIZE AND HIS LEGS ARE ALMOST PERFECT AND HE WALKS LIKE A HORSE ON HIS HOOVES AND RUNS AND FOLOWS ME EVERYWHERE, I LOVE HIM
LULU WAS ESPECIALLY FOND F HIM AND OFTEN LAID BESIDE HIM KISSING HIS FACE AS I ADJUSTED HIS BANDAGES.
HE NOW IS FREE OF BRACES JUST USES A BIT OF PROSTHETIC (PLUMBERS EPOXY )PUTTY TO KEEP HIS HOOVES THE RIGHT SHAPE . BUT I FIGURE 0WELL BE RID OF THAT SOON, IT HAS BEEN A LONG EXPENSIVE RESCUE BUT WORTH ALL THE TIME MONEY AND TROUBLE TO SEE HIM TROTTING AROUND HAPPY AND PLAYING ,
IWLL ADD SOME NEW PHOTOS OF HIM WITHOUT HIS BRACES AND I NOW MAY START A RESCUE FOR SMALL DWARF HORSE LIKE HIM WITH SIMILAR
DEFORMITIES AS MANY ARE LEFT THIS WAY AND SUFFER AND DIE
THIS IS bUDDY WITH HIS BRACES ILl ADD PHOTOS SOON OF HIM RUNNING,,
