Nevermind...Issue resolved, Thanks

[Lil Chickie Mama]

I went over with the bucket of goodies and knocked but no one was home. Confrontation averted! I left it on the doorstep and I hope they will use it. I will be cautiously watching from this side of the fence and just praying for her condition to pick up. If she gets worse or doesn't get better in a month or so (weather permitting pasture grazing) I will at that point call AC and ask them only to educate these people, though I know it is their choice not mine. Again, thank you for all replies!

 

[dianneS]

That sounds like a good plan. You've done what you can do for now. Keep an eye on the horse and see how it goes. Are you sure that the horse may not be a "rescue" situation? It takes a long, long time for horses to put weight on, its not healthy for them to gain weight quickly, so I would give more than a month before calling AC.

At least they know now that someone is concerned for their horses condition and will hopefully try their best to do something about it. If they are ignorant about how to care for horses, they may need some education. If they know someone is concerned about the horse perhaps they will seek out that education. You can find anything online! So lets hope for the best for this horse.

Good for you for doing what you can and caring about that horse!

 

[currycomb]

curious, how was it resolved?

 

[big brown horse]

Sometimes us horse owners take for granted that non horse owners know everything we know. My sister knows nothing about horses and she had a similar situation happen to her out in the country. She was lucky she had me to help her assess a small group of horses in her neighbor's paddock.

They lived down a dead end dirt road so nobody else drove by these horses like she did. She noticed one day that they looked thin so she called me.

She and I walked over to the lady's place to have a talk with her. The lady seemed completely oblivious that anything was wrong and totally denyed her horses were starving...which they were, IMO. (My sister would have taken the lady's excuses as truth had she not had me to ask even more knowledgable prying questions.)

The horses that we could see in the paddocks looked almost like the one that Lil chicky mama showed us. (We had no idea what the ones looked like that were stuck in the stalls b/c she wouldn't let us see them.)

It was then that we decided to call animal control. I helped her tell animal control all the right things to say etc. We had to call more than once too. By the time they got there some of the horses were sadly beyond help and some that were stalled were already dead.

We didn't find out until AFTER A.C. seized all of her horses AND she mysteriously moved away in the middle of the night, that the poor stalled horses were so bad they ATE their stalls, really!! There was almost no wood left to seperate the horses. It was sickening.

Anyway, Little chickie mama, bless your heart and thank you so much for having a heart and the guts to confront these neighbors. I hope all of your efforts pay off for the sake of the horses.