Post by MegJazz on Jun 4, 2014 16:24:00 GMT 1
Today is a sad day - we had to say goodbye to Annie as she left us to cross the Rainbow Bridge following a short illness. Her story is a real life Black Beauty tale. She was bought online by an inexperienced owner in 2009 who wanted to learn to ride. She was much too small for the man who had bought her and much older than the dealer who sold her had claimed. He tried to ride her anyway, and as a result she threw him off several times and became difficult to handle. Eventually, her owner was given some help from a local riding school, and they advised him that Annie was totally unsuitable for his needs and offered to take her on a working livery contract to be a riding school horse. Unfortunately, due to her age and behavioural problems, Annie was also unsuitable for their needs and wasn’t allowed to stay. By then, Annie’s owner had bought another horse and decided to keep Annie as a companion. This arrangement didn’t last either, as Annie apparently became aggressive and bit the man’s children, and she was no longer wanted. Her owner made an appointment for her to be taken away and put to sleep.
Fortunately for Annie, a visitor from her riding school days arrived to see her just after she’d been loaded into a trailer to be taken away. She begged the owner to let her find an alternative so that Annie could live, and he gave her an hour to do so. She rang Shy Lowen, and the trailer brought Annie here instead.
Annie arrived at Shy Lowen in the summer of 2011, and we hope she found a happy retirement, she was loved by visitors, volunteers and the other horses. She was initially nervous, but her true personality soon came through and she was very quiet and sweet, and never showed any signs of aggression. RIP Annie
Fortunately for Annie, a visitor from her riding school days arrived to see her just after she’d been loaded into a trailer to be taken away. She begged the owner to let her find an alternative so that Annie could live, and he gave her an hour to do so. She rang Shy Lowen, and the trailer brought Annie here instead.
Annie arrived at Shy Lowen in the summer of 2011, and we hope she found a happy retirement, she was loved by visitors, volunteers and the other horses. She was initially nervous, but her true personality soon came through and she was very quiet and sweet, and never showed any signs of aggression. RIP Annie