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This just made me sick!! How could somebody do this.

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  • #21
    I'm sure the owner would do things differently now but the trainer is the one who is majorly at fault here.
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    • #22
      wow... in the first pictures you can see that she is a happy happy mule. The one last pic of her in the pasture standing made me hurt You can see the pain. No horse/animal should ever have to go through that. I was hoping for a better outcome but at least she is no longer in pain.
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      • #23
        I hope there is a special place in Hell for people who do things like this..........Poor mule .
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        • #24
          So sick and so wrong. Poor sweet girl.

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          • #25
            Poor baby.
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            • #26
              I am always shocked when I see things like this. I cannot imagine what goes through these peoples' heads to injure an animal needlessly like this poor mule. As far as the owner goes, she is not blameless. She should have been more involved, but she may be new to the whole deal and many people are of the opinion that the trainers are somehow next to god. These types of owners can be very imtimidated to go and be present during the process. Regardless, I am sure this poor woman is beating herself up everyday over the senseless loss of this nice mule. My heart goes out to them both.
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              • #27
                my god...


                i hope she hires a bulldog lawyer and doesn't lay off that "trainer" until she ends up with everything he owns.
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                • #28
                  That poor beautiful girl!

                  Even the worse thing I can think of to do to this person isn't bad enough!!! Some people are a useless waste of skin!

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                  • #29
                    Tragic and gut wrenching!

                    Originally posted by Watermark Farm View Post
                    There are so many red flags with this sad story, I don't know where to begin.
                    There is indeed but the person who committed the acts of cruelty and abuse is the person who I'm thinking needs their toes running over with a steam roller, a point hammering home with a baseball bat and a plague of chronic painful infective boils on their private parts and a lifetime of misery. If he/she/they can be called to account at law and prosecuted as well then all the better.

                    I sincerely hope the owner has just learnt a valuable lesson.

                    Sadly for the poor innocent animal, the lesson is too late.

                    As a trainer I just wanted to make further comment re this specific posting as I think some of it is entirely unrealistic but rather than take over this thread which is about animal abuse - not trainers, I'll post a new thread on that matter.

                    I sincerely hope that all who read this appreciate that it's not about trainers and education. It's about intentional cruelty and abuse.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by Nootka View Post
                      wow... in the first pictures you can see that she is a happy happy mule. The one last pic of her in the pasture standing made me hurt You can see the pain. No horse/animal should ever have to go through that. I was hoping for a better outcome but at least she is no longer in pain.
                      That is what got to me.. In the foal pictures she is so adorable without a care in the world, not knowing the horrible fate she would encounter only a few years later..
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                      • #31
                        I can't imagine how anyone could do something like this. I made myself sick when a gelding I was working with got a spur rub!!

                        I feel truly sorry for the owner, but you never ever drop your horse off somewhere and not check on it. Phone calls are good intentions, but don't count. You need to physically see what is going on, regularly. You have to be an active advocate every single day for your animals. They can't speak for themselves, you have to be their voice.
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                        • #32
                          How can there be such awful people in the world

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                          • #33
                            Is there anyway to post the name or PM it to me? My current farrier has family that trains Missouri Fox Trotters and lives around trail areas and I can't remember where his main farm is at.
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                            • #34
                              I read that story the other day too. My first thought was she'd been dragged quite a distance for wounds like that. Poor stoic girl...
                              I feel for the owners who must be devastated...however an immediate vet visit and possible hospitalization would be the correct protocol for any animal in that condition.
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                              • #35
                                I just read and viewed each area of this tragic story. I am beyond words. I am in tears. I just wish I could help, but writing a letter, would that really be good enough? Please keep us updated, and email me privately if you know of another way for me to help. Sandy
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                                • #36
                                  I read this earlier.

                                  I just couldn't comprehend how those marks were made on the poor mule. I didn't understand how they were made. How you could do that to an animal and why? It's just too bad.

                                  That's why unexpected visits while the horse is in training is not a bad idea.

                                  But seriously, if I heard my horses/mules hooves were bleeding I'd be there in a heartbeat.

                                  I imagine some people are more passive and easier to persuade than others but still. If my gut has a feeling regarding animals I follow it.

                                  I feel for the mule owner and hope that others can learn from this.

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