Blondie Mare of Mystery
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When we first brought her from the New Holland Auction, Blondie
was several hundred pounds underweight. She was starved half to death and
given the chance,
Blondie wouldn't stop eating.
We couldn't tell her age. Some can guess a horse's age by its teeth.
But Blondie's front teeth had been worn down to nothing from the
diet of hard corn on the cob she had lived on before she came to Freedom
Hill. The closest we could come to her age was just plain old as the hills.
After months of good veterinary care, appropriate feed, fresh hay
and pasture, Blondie's weight and girth were certainly increasing.
Everything looked better, except for some reason, you could
still see the outline of Blondie's ribs under her coat.
looking a little fatter by now?
looking a little fatter by now?
One day, Blondie gave us a clue to the mystery of where all this food was
going. By late spring her belly was unmistakably round, protruding out from her
persistent ribs. She was bagging up with milk !
Could Blondie be expecting a baby????
Volunteers were very confused. How could this happen? We
have never had a stallion within a mile of our mares. Then we learned that as
horses wait for auction on a feedlot, there's little effort to keep the stallions and
mares apart.
With the chance of slaughter all too likely, anything is allowed to happen, and
frequently, it does.
Blondie's foal, Mesa, was born in June 2006. He was a gorgeous palominio
paint colt that was a model and testament to Blondie previous beauty. Mesa
was born happy and healthy and knows nothing of the hard life his mother lived
prior to coming to Freedom Hill. Blondie was adopted by Chrys and Harry Hill
and will live happily forever on their farm. Mesa was adopted to a local family.
We are so glad to know that Blondie and her colt will have a brighter future!
Blondies Story