Archive for January, 2008
Why do things right when you can intimidate with pain?
Anyway, the commercial break came and we were quickly even more horrified to see a commercial for a contraption called the “No Buck Trainer.” This is a leather headpiece with pulleys that put severe pressure on the poll. It’s all rigged up so that when the horse throws his head down to buck, it hurts like a mofo and he stops. Hey, why waste time actually training the horse? Why waste time only putting experienced riders on green horses? Now you can skip all of those steps and go straight to the pain and intimidation method, which will allow you to put beginners on broncs! (This guy brags on his site that his device is perfect for trail string places. Awesome.)
What is this, Fugly Buckskin Stallion week?
Horse Pony Welsh Stallion – $900
“Orion is a beautiful 3 1/2 year old buckskin stallion. He is 11.2 hands. He is very calm and loving. He was halter broke at a young age, leads well, does well with the furrier. Loves to be brushed. He would be a easy horse to break. Great 4-H project, kid safe family horse. We love him and wouldn’t part with him, however we just don’t have the time for him. He has a lot of potential and with enough time could do about anything. To good home ONLY, references will be checked. Re homing fee is $900.00.”
OK, you folks do get a little credit for caring where he goes. That’s all the credit you are going to get. OMFG geld this thing IMMEDIATELY. This is one of the saddest examples of a Welsh pony I have ever seen (I doubt this thing has papers, maybe you are guessing what kind of pony he is?) He is calf kneed, cow hocked, narrow as a board fence, no hip, upside down neck…the overall effect can best be described as “blech.” He has NO business still having his testicles. NONE. He looks like someone shrunk Bucky from two days ago!
But I’m a rescuer! GIMME GIMME GIMME!
Just an egregious example of the “I think I’m a rescuer, gimme gimme gimme” syndrome posted here. This is a Paint breeder who has decided they are opening their “EQUESTRAIN RECUE DIVISION.” And OMFG the spelling. I am sorry, but here are some highlights:
” HORSE WAS BROUGHT IN WITH SUCH SEVER RAIN ROT THAT THE SIST THAT PATROODED HER BACK WERE SO LARGE THAT WHEN OPENED THEY DISPLAYED THE THOUSANDS OF MAGETS THAT HAD BEEN LIVING INSIDE EACH OF THE OVER A HUNDRED SIST.”
*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* My God. Can you spell your own names? And of course, they have a list a mile long of shit they want. They want volunteers to do everything around the farm and also volunteer vets. They want wormers, vaccinations, all kinds of barn supplies including “water trofs.” They want saddles, bridles and halters to sell to finance the rescue. They are even asking for a “stock type trailor.” Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme…GET A DAMN JOB, LAZY ASSHAT! (He actually calls himself the CEO of Dream Maker Farms. DELUSIONAL! DELUSIONAL! DELUSIONAL!)
But hey, I’m sure they will do as well rescuing as they do breeding. After all, nothing says “responsible breeder” like standing a deformed fugly paint at stud! LOVE the use of the saddle to cover up his back. That is awesome. Don’t even try to tell me you ride that thing.
“HE WAS BORN WITH A BIRTHDEFECT, HE HAS A SPINAL CURVE IN HIS BACK. IT LIMITS HIS ABILITY TO CANTER BUT LITTLE ELSE IS EFFECTED.”
Heck, who needs to be able to canter? Hey, maybe we can breed him and Miss Camel and make a whole new breed! We can start the Camorse Registry! He’s only $1000 to buy!
And don’t even get me started on their mares. You know you are a BYB when you brag that one of your broodmares was champion 4-H halter mare of DeKalb County!
Final touch – I am just dying now. They are offering their web design services. Ah, delusion, you know no bounds…
OK, now for some positive things…
Really amazing blog on the rehab of a Thoroughbred who had never been out of his stall in 16 years. I internet-know this woman and she has helped me previously with a rescue…the horse is in very good hands and the organization funding him is accepting donations if you would like to help.
And here is the update thread on the Mason Cty. stallion previously featured on the blog. Thanks to all of you who contributed, I can’t tell you how grateful I am for the extra help with this guy!
Bucky needs a cold shower!
“BUCKY is 15.1 sweet as can be and ready to have fun making more foals his past foals are very big and stocky contact me for a great deal weather u want to breed just one mare or a heard”
*sigh* Bucky would not be a bad little gelding. He looks like he’s built to stay sound. He’s just fugly. He’s got a fugly head and a fugly neck and he’s pony sized and I’m guessing he doesn’t have any papers. Actually, he looks like something our professor friend from the other day bred! After all, he is a dappled buckskin and QH-Mustang cross looks about right. Another day, another stud that shouldn’t be…
Just when I think I’ve seen the worst thing on the Internet…
Wow. Wow. Wow.
My faithful readers know that I do not shock easily, but I have to say that I read about today’s “rescue” with my mouth hanging open in utter astonishment. I just don’t even know where to begin, and I’m not sure I can even snark about this because it is just ghastly and awful and I (standard disclaimer applies, note use of “feel” to clarify lack of action) FEEL like dragging these people behind my car with a big rope. And after you read all of this, you will too.
Original link.
Just to summarize, this is a deformed filly that lived three years. Those three years included being hit by a car and bitten by a rattlesnake, a couple guys trying to sever her spinal cord with a knife, battling massive infection in her hugely deformed leg and finally shot in the head after being down for God only knows how long. And I’m sure He knew because these asshats talk to Him ALL the time according to their site.
Allow me to quote from their description of Blaze’s final days “With help, Blaze could stand. Then it came to the point where even with help, Blazes legs just couldn’t hold her up. In her weakening condition, Blaze would try to stand. She would try so hard to just sit up…but she couldn’t. She was quickly acquiring sickening sores on the underside of her body with the smell of death emanating from her skin.”
While there are many other horrors on this site, including a rescued mare and foal behind barbed wire (the foal “didn’t make it,” imagine that), I want to focus on this one. YOU DID NOT DO A WONDERFUL THING KEEPING THIS POOR, POOR CREATURE ALIVE FOR THREE YEARS! Why are people SO damn death-phobic that they make an animal suffer like this? The entire story is a horror from start to finish.
The vision of this filly lying there unable to “sit up” and covered in sores is not one I needed swimming around in my head. And these asshats have a 501(c)(3). OMG. And they’re our Bad Parents du Jour, as well!
And of course they take Paypal.
As they say on their site “With the opposition we receive from government entities and local people, we trudge on.” Why let animal control stop us? We’re gonna keep that filly alive! It’s the will of God! He told me so!
Folks, we really need a better system for evaluating what is and isn’t a legitimate rescue than a 501(c)(3) application. Any thoughts on licensing rescues? I’d like to see them evaluated and pass a test before the tax status is granted, since after that it’s just a gimme-gimme-gimme free for all. What do you think?
