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Pray for My Baby to Come Home!

38K views 256 replies 29 participants last post by  KsKatt 
#1 ·
This is a very long story. I will try to summarize the best I can. If there's anything you don't understand, or need clarified, I'll do the best I can.
On March 28, 2012, I broke down and drove to Oklahoma to buy a pony. I'd been watching her ad on craigslist for 3 months. Old, half blind, pony, when they tossed in the word auction I was done for. I paid $200. and renamed her Luvy.


Here are her eyes;

 
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#36 ·
OP-this is your girl. Here is the email I got back last night.

Hi K, reason I am selling appy filly, is because I had a double masectomy done on June 11,2014 I got her the day I was diagnosed with breast cancer! My healing process will take about a year to 18 months! I don't want her to sit that long! She was born in Kansas and owners moved here in march 2014 then they were transferred back to a Kansas base(Air Force ) in May that is when I bought her! Currently she is 14 hands at 16 months! Get dam is a red roan appy and sire is a black n white pinto!her coggins is current done march 2014, good for the farrier and being wormed! Got her rabies shot July 2014! Just needs her 5/1 and wnv shots! She has a really nice temper men for a youngster! If I didn't have this surgery she wouldn't be going anyplace! Beth
Sent from my iPhone

She then sent another email that she is in Holley, NY, east of Rochester.

Now, how do you want to proceed? Wait and see what the rescue hears? If I am going to help, I would have to go see her before Thursday of this week, as I am having out of town guests arrive late wednesday. And next week only available Monday as I am going out of town. I would be willing to go see her and check on her condition if you want, but am not in a position to actually purchase her for you right now.

I will not answer the email until I hear from you. I would guess the rescue probably got an answer last night also.
 
#41 ·
Could you please pm me the contact, email address, or whatever it is that was on the email you got from the seller.
Do you think if I contacted her and told her my side of the story, the truth about Belle's history and how much I want her home, she'd talk to me? Maybe the sale isn't a done deal. It sounds like it's not one of "my" people"
 
#44 ·
Well, I have given the OP all the info I have right now. I just got another email from the current owner(who was looking to sell) and this is what she said.

My son decided we should keep her since we only have had her 3 months he wants to see what she will mature too! He said he would train her for me so i can show her next year in some local shows! and my grandson was upset when he saw the ad too!


So-that is that. I suggested the OP contact this lady and let her know that if she ever has reason to sell, she will take her.
 
#46 ·
Thanks-and you know what-as much as the OP wants her back-I have to say that if she can give a lady with cancer some happiness-that is a really good thing.

Sometimes all we need is a reason to go on. She may be just that for this lady…..and perhaps she was trying to rehome to "protect" her family if something happened. Who knows. People who get bad news sometimes react quickly and regret it.

I would tho, if I were the OP (which I am not) keep in touch with this lady. They both seem to love this filly and want the best for her.
 
#47 ·
Oh, I would be thrilled to have Belle with someone who would love her. That was why I gave her away in the first place, it broke my heart and I cried my eyes out watching the trailer pull out of my driveway. My dream was for Belle to be with someone with lots of time and love.
I do have to admit I did not like the looks of that stall in the pic, that does give me pause. But, if they truly want her, she wouldn't be in that stall much. I also didn't like the halter on all the time. But, nothing is perfect, I am far from it.
I don't know what the problem is with my computer, but it wouldn't let me respond to the listing. It, the computer, kept asking me about ip addresses or something that I don't understand. I asked the lady at the rescue to email her with all my info.
I feel like franknbeans has already done so much. If the time has run out, to respond, I will put up an ad of my own on Rochester cl. Saying I just want to share Belle's history and pictures.
I need to get ready to go to the store. I will update you as soon as I'm back, or have any info.
 
#48 ·
If you want, you can forward me a message via PM and I will send it to her in response to her email. I had a hard time using the CL address myself. Finally had to email it to myself as a link. If she knows pretty much anyone in the horse world around here, chances are she has heard about your email that was distributed to the email group this am.

Everyone has their own preferences in taking care of horses. As long as she is loved and cared for, that is all that really matters.
 
#49 ·
Well-it looks like we have a happy ending, even if it was not the one we thought we wanted at first. Here is the message I received from the filly's current owner, with her email so that the OP can stay in contact with her. I have forwarded it to the OP a couple of ways so that I am sure she has it.

Looking forward to updates on this little girl as she grows!

Hi K i would love to keep in contact with the original owner of prada. And see her pics of her sire and dam. She is a sweetie and such a ham. My grandkids love her so much! When i got her I had just been diagnosed with breast cancer, it's been a long haul! But they believe they got it all, since i had a double masectomy I did not need further treatments! I told everyone that prada was going to be my lope for hope horse and she was going to wear pink, when I start to show her! I am not on fb anymore to much drama! So if she has an email she can email me: XXXXXXX anytime thanks
 
#53 ·
I got an email from B (Prada/Belle's current owner) I responded, giving her a link to a thread I made in a cat forum way back when. It has lots of baby pictures, some including the dam.

What hurts is how M had to have just been being hurtful. I had been talking to friends about my own physical limitations and large number of animals I care for (almost all rescues) I said it would be so wonderful for her to have someone young that had fewer horses, more time, energy. A mutual friend on fb sent Megan to me. We had long talks, I got to see Megan's other horse and where Belle would live. Megan's other horse is in her late teens, Megen said and Belle would be her replacement when she retired, in a few years. That would give Belle lots of time to grow and mature. I am a firm believer in not starting horses too young. It seemed perfect. She came and picked Belle up.
There was lots of contact, pictures and a couple of visits. It was after the move to NY that contact slowed way down.Yhen M gave her to "a woman" with cancer. M made it sound like the cancer had been around quite a while and Belle was therapy. I was ok with that, I liked that Belle could help someone. I was concerned that if the cancer was that bad, is the woman going to die? Then what?
 
#54 ·
Contact really went down, then the news that M was coming back to Kansas.
Oh, hubby is in the military and was looking at getting out. I was not informed that the plan was to go to New York, one reason I liked M was that they would be close, going to New York was a shock. But, M had said, the horses would be staying at her Mom's farm until they got their own place. It sounded like a good plan.
All of a sudden, hubby gets promoted, stays in the military and they come back to Kansas. I hear nothing at first, so I contacted M for info. From there it turned into the nightmare. Remember, this is what I was hearing from M.
Megan goes on about the current owner, B, is "getting rid of" Prada because of getting hurt every time B worked with her. Made it sound as if Prada is being abused, to act out. Talks about her being shut in a stall, 24/7 for two solid months. Said that she (M) sent a friend over to get Prada, if B wants her gone, fine. Well, here is where M starts saying B has become a "psycho b-witch" and demands money for what has been spent. The messages are few and very short, cryptic little notes about Prada "not looking well", how I would not want to see her because she looks so bad.
I listened because, well I had trusted her with my baby to begin with, and why would she lie? It never crossed my mind that she would say things that she knew would hurt me, just for what??
I never did anything bad to her, why would she, intentionally cause me so much pain?? I don't understand.
I always have said that I like animals way better than people, for good reason. I've seen what humans do to animals, and each other. I just never imagined someone would be so hateful to me, when my only crime was giving them a great gift. I gave her my baby, what did I ever do to deserve this?

The only thing that makes this bearable is that I do believe Prada/Belle is in good hands. And the people I have met here. Thank you for helping me remember that there are wonderful people in the world!
 
#57 ·
Oh, I have said nothing to M. Unless B has said something to her, she doesn't know we are in contact. In one of the emails B said that she has "Written her off" She said that M was mean and nasty to her. B is happy to be able to get info on Bella, Megan stopped telling her anything. B's email this am asked for Bella's birthdate.

M has sent me a quick message that "the owner" decided to keep her (Bella).

I would love to see the look on M's face, if she ever heard. If she does contact me and make any comments, I may tell her. But otherwise I have no interest in having anything to do with her.
 
#58 ·
I feel like my head is spinning. I just got an email from B that she is going to have to sell Belle, for financial reasons.
I'm not going to ask, pry into her business. I just bet that, even with insurance cancer/double mastectomy would be costly.
I guess I'm back to hunting for a shipper. I did ask B for her address so I can get an estimate.
Am I being selfish? I can handle having her and there are trainers here. I have regretted her being gone. I'm not having to "rescue" her, but I hate her going to someone I don't know (don't get to pick).
 
#59 ·
No you are not being selfish.

You're just back where you were a few weeks ago, except better off because you're in contact with the current owner.

If the owner genuinely cares about her she should be glad to have you standing by!

Just be careful she doesn't hike up the price because she knows you'll pay it. Doesn't sound likely but you never know.
 
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