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On a new path

Group Lead: Jessie Hansen
Created: Nov 07, 2008
Members: 113

This group is for those who have had a hard time in life and got a horse. To tell the store about how horses have changed your life.


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Posted By Jessie Hansen
on October 4, 2011, 1:57 pm
On Aug. 22nd, 2011 My mustang Echo Died. She got stung over a hundred times by killer wasps that came through Iowa and also popped her hip out of place. She was going to have a baby around Sept 22nd, 2011. I called the vet on Sat but he wouldnt come out. He told me to give her some pain meds which made her whole left side swell up. She was so weak that nobody saw the sighs she was in labor. It was only 3 hours after she passed that we figured out what had happened. I called the vet and said thanks for killing me horse! She had come a long way in the year I owned her. She had a * year old riding her by her self and 2 and 4 year olds sitting on her. She owould not walk anywhere with them on her or near her. She got out on day along with some of the other horses and she stayed by the gate. My dad who had his left broken wrist and being blind in the right eye reached down and put 2 fingers in her halter with his arm in a cast and she went with him no questions asked. I couldn't ride her much. I found out I have a couple things wrong to if I fall off any horse I could be parilzied from the neck down. I just bought a mini to train to pull a cart and be a friend to me.

Posted By Jessie Hansen
on February 12, 2009, 5:42 am
I have my story of Molley finaly posted on my page if anyone wants to take a look at it. It is the about me part. I will tell u this now its not for anyone under the age of 16. I wrote it when i was about 16 or 17. I hope u all enjoy.

Comment By Trina Lusse
on July 27, 2009, 1:58 pm

great story!

Comment By Jessie Hansen
on January 18, 2010, 1:41 pm

Thank you. She is a well missed friend not just for me but for everyone who knew her.

Posted By Trina Lusse
on July 27, 2009, 1:55 pm
Hey I thought I'd let everyone know I recently had a horse whisper come out to give my horse a reading for the first time...if you have gone through something it affects your horse alot ( when the physic picked this up i had to turn away to hide my tears) cause I felt so bad that i had put him through confusion and worry) But she also told me how much my horse knows hes loved and loves me in return so it was all worth it

Posted By Hope Sali
on July 5, 2009, 2:08 am
i'm so upset, i spent a really long time writing out my post and in the mean time i got signed out so i lost the whole thing :( i will have to write it again i guess when i have some more time :*(

Posted By Pam Kruger
on January 13, 2009, 10:21 pm
hi i have 2 wonderful horses for sale. if any one is interested in buying a horse you can look at them at my web site www.freewebs.com/kruzer16
one is starligh/lena pine bar and the other is romeo/royal tango. thanks

Posted By savannah kamp
on December 29, 2008, 12:07 am
my horse sweetie has saved my life ssoo many times that ive lost count. theres ben times when ive gotten in trouble and had wished i wasnt alive and i honesly thought about suicide but my horse saved me cuz i would just go out and sit on her backwards and lay my head on her butt and back and listen to her breathe adn her heartbeat. the only thing that made me stop thinkin about suicide was just imagining what sweete would think if she never saw me again...and what she would think. i also got in trouble and my parents took my horse away for 2 months so i couldnt see her at all and i almost died of heartache i couldnt stand not seein her everyday and hearin her nicker to me when i walk out in the morning and at night when i feed her and the people who had her told me she wasnt eating or drinking and i got worried about her because she missed me and she was probly wondering what happened and what she did wrong and i cried myself to sleep every night til she came back then i could sleep good even thoughi would stay out in the barn for hours on end making up for lost time. Shes never left me again and shes never going to. So sweetie has saved me and kept me alive and on track since i had a rough childhood growing up around drugs and alclhol everyday and whenever im around it all i do is think of my horse and i know i wont ever do drugs or drink because shes always there for me and never lets me down so im gunna return the favor until the day she dies.

Posted By Jessie Hansen
on November 7, 2008, 7:41 pm
If u look at my profile You will see Molley as one of my horses. I bought Molley when I was 13 years old. I payed for everything till the day I had to put her to sleep. I went through a lot growing up and I was sure I was going to get into drugs and other bad stuff. Then I got a horse and I had someone else to take care of. I could go out and talk to her about anything and not be scared. I would sleep out in the cold just to be by her. Molley was put to sleep on June 2nd, 2005. I wrote a story about her life if anyone wants a copy let me know I can email it to u.

Comment By savannah kamp
on December 28, 2008, 11:56 pm

i would love to hear your story =-)

Posted By Heather Danis
on December 13, 2008, 12:27 pm
hi everyone, i now im only 16 but horses have helped me so much in the short time ive been on this earth. my parents devorced when i was very young and of course we all now what problems can come from that. unfortunately for me they did not divorce happilly they still can't stand each other. i grew up close to barns and lucky for me my mom had connections to horse people everywhere. at a very early age was cleaning stalls and starting to learn how to ride at an old barn with 3 old horses. the horse that i rode was named captin and he was 30 when i started to ride him. he was an ex polo pony and had done pony club too he was perfect for a youngster because he was quiet but had just the right amount of spunk to keep you oin your toes. i soon got my own horse and kept him at the same barn that i started at because thw one at my house was not ready for a horse. when i was 11 and went away to camp for the first time i was a little afraid to leave my boys for the few weeks it would take to finish camp. the night before i was to leave my mom took me to the barn and i spent hours with my horse wrorking with him then another hour saying my goodbyes to the whole barn. when i went to captins stall (last because he was my favorite besides my boy) he was down and against the back wall of the stall. i called to him and he looked at mean with this peaceful look and i think thats when i new that this would be the last time i would see him. i sat down by his head and he laid it in my lap with a sigh and then when i told him i had to go he put his head on mine and ruffled my hair in goodbye.

smore was the next horse that had a great influence on my life. he was my first horse and i still have him. my mom found him online of all places and he lived in northern NY in a field with his full brother and no barn or blankets. he was 2 at by the time i got him. he had no training and had never been in a barn but my mom and i did all his training. it was wonderful. we have a bond that can't be described. other horses have helped me too. the same people who owned the 3 old polo ponies where i got my start with horse hired my when they got into the raceing world. they desided that they would buy horses who weren't running well and retrain them for pleasure horses. of course this exposed me to all sorts of horses. the next horse to come into my life was a little shetland/wesh mare who had been owned by friends of ours. she was emaciated because they had her turned out with a full welsh mare and 2 huge cows and she hardly ever got any grain. she HATED people when we got her but i free lunged her everyday and at night would sit in one corner of her stall and read while she stoof in the other corner hind end to me with one foot poised to kick. soon, she turned around and watched me when i would come and read and one evening she finally walked up to me and let me pet her. from then on we were a team. when i would get off the buss she would winny and run to the gate because she new i was about to get her harness and start to work her. she loved to work. she was the horse that tought me that patience and love are the only way to get to a horse. NEVER FORCE.
When my mom finally found a horse named Sony at a rescue that we volinteered at called LIve and Let Live Farm she was the only person who could get anywhere near him.

Posted By Emie Allen
on November 10, 2008, 8:28 am
Hello,
I'm auctioning my beautiful equestrian facility in Keswick, Va., a suburb of Charlottesville. The auction is on Nov. 18th. You can view the details of the farm at www.albertburney.com Please pass this along to whomever you know. Thank you. Emile

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