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Post by tintin on Oct 23, 2012 21:44:45 GMT 1
Recently I had a lovely day out at my friend Diane's stables
Not least of the joys was meeting the delightful Nabboo. He is a small horse and I am not sure if he is black or a very, very dark brown. Officially he is black, but seems to have a slight brown tint in certain lights (like a tonic suit almost) He has a somewhat luxuriant mane and tail and deep clear eyes
He is a very affectionate horse indeed, in fact I don't think I have ever met a horse that more liked a fuss made of him. He is also very obliging in the stables, actually stepping out of your way
He is a very fit horse, well muscled and takes part in the trick ride, including horse boarding. He is not quite a total paragon as he is not a novice ride. However he is probably as near as you get in this world.
Now here is the surprise. Diane showed me a picture of a horse in the most dreadful condition the other day - emaciated, legs like spindles, matted hair, narrow sad looking eyes, head down. This was Nabboo when she bought him!
I could not believe it. That a horse such as that could be brought to such a condition is remarkable enough, but that he is so good hearted a beast is almost miraculous - like something out of a pony book
Marvellous to know that there are happy stories out there
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Post by Claire on Oct 23, 2012 21:52:47 GMT 1
Thanks for sharing that with us tintin. Nice story! And a very unsual name. Do you have any photos of him?
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Post by tintin on Oct 23, 2012 21:57:25 GMT 1
I'm seeing Diane tomorrow and will see what I can do - its infuriating she does n't have the internet at work or at home as she has some fantastic pictures I will see if I can borrow one to scan
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 7:07:09 GMT 1
Sounds like you had a lovely time and so glad he was rescued.
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Post by tintin on Oct 25, 2012 17:26:32 GMT 1
I had a very pleasant and rambling horse related chat with Diane yesterday. Diane does the initial review of all the Honey stories for equestrian accuracy and yesterday we have had the first instance where she would have done it differently (I will raise this separately because I am in two minds).
We rambled on to side saddle in Sweden which led on to a lengthy discussion of Haflinger ponies before we got back to poor Nabboo.
Nabboo is 10 and Diane has had him for 2 years, he is pretty fit, but has a weakness in his hip on his off side hind leg and is periodically seen by a specialist. I was horrified to learn that his previous condition had been due to his owner "not knowing what to do with him". Well feeding him might have been a good start... Neither of us could understand the mentality of someone who could buy a horse and then just leave him alone to rot. It is not as if the horse world is short of people who like to give advice or people who would be happy to help. I have obviously come across horse abuse before, as has my father, but it was usually due to ignorance, poverty or brutality (poor or insufficient feeding, unsuitable or no quarters, ill fitting badly maintained harness, over riding, beating, over loading, over bearing, lack of veterinary or farrier attention, exposure) just not really caring is some how worse, because so easily avoidable.
I see Diane at a social club every Wednesday where she does the refreshments. I take along a man who has mental health issues and unfortunately it was at this moment he had a crisis and we had to go so I never got round to asking for photos.
Club is shut for Halloween so hopefully I'll get some in November.
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