This message is from: Gail Russell <g...@zeliga.com>
One thing you may want to try to alleviate some of the immediate problem is to put up slow feeders that are a reasonable distance apart from each other. While it will not stop the sexually driven aggression, it should allow her to get something to eat. And it will ultimately help the geldings get along with each other. I was one who responded to a speculation that you were associated with a horse rescue, but I did further research shortly thereafter and reposted to the list that your e-mail was not the same. I do apologize for not doing that research immediately. On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Hope and Horses <hopeandhor...@live.com>wrote: > This message is from: Hope and Horses <hopeandhor...@live.com> > > > Thanks to some > explanation from a Fjord friend, I have (I think!) finally > figured out how to > use this email list/website/whatever it is considered. > > > > I would like to > start out by thanking the people who have posted responses > in my defense. I had been told that the Fjord community is a > great group of > people, but unfortunately that has not been my experience with > the negative > and untrue things that have been posted about me. Your positive posts have > restored some of my > faith in the Fjord community, and I thank you for that. > > > > I don't > personally care what the people think who posted negative and untrue > things > about me. They do not know my situation, > nor do they know me. If you > have some > imagined issue with the fact that I'm rehoming my mare, I would > suggest that > you do the mature thing and email me directly with your concerns > rather than > airing them publicly. I would also > suggest that you be very > careful and think twice about posting slanderous untrue > accusations - you may > have some unpleasant legal ramifications you didn't > bargain for. Defamation > of character is > nothing to take lightly. I will not allow > you to ruin my > reputation in this close-knit community. Of which I should really have NO > reputation...I > am relatively new to Fjords and am just getting to know some of > the local > breeders and owners. Let me be clear, > lest there be any further > misunderstandings - I am relatively new to Fjords (couple of years), NOT > new > to > horses. (Although I think we all know....Fjords are a whole different > creature > entirely!) > > > > I do, however, > care about the impression that the rest of you have about me. > I will not stand by and have my name wrongly > and unfairly smeared throughout > the Fjord community, when I have done nothing > but try to do right by my mare. > This mare's > life has value, and I know there is a home out there for her where > she can live > out her golden years without being repeatedly attacked, chased > off her food, and chased > out of her shelter. > > > > Please allow me > to address some of the comments that have been made. > > > > There is no implied > secrecy in my Facebook postings. I > have clearly > requested several times in my postings for people to PM me for the > specifics. > I am a very private person > and don't want all that information plastered all > over Facebook. I have fully responded to every inquiry that was > PM'ed to me > and answered all questions honestly. Fjord people know they can look up my > horses' > info on the NFHR website. > > > > My email has > not been banned from this list. It's not > possible to be banned > when I have never posted to the list until today. The email was familiar > to > one person because I > had previously emailed them on a personal level within > the past few years. But never with a negative connotation to it. > > > > I have never > run or been affiliated with any horse rescue. Nor have I ever > falsely represented or > mishandled a horse in order to get it sold. My email > address is called Hope and Horses > because I was a co-leader of a ministry > called Hope and Horses, which in no way > shape or form was ever (nor ever > intended to be) a rescue. > > > > I really cannot > separate my mare from my geldings in an immediate manner. > We > just bought a hobby farm that only has one small dry lot and one shelter. > My horses are only used to being in a dry lot > - I cannot separate them by > suddenly putting them out on long, rich grass 24/7. > And I will not leave any > of them without > access to shelter. > > > > Hopefully that > adequately covers/answers all of the comments that were > leveled against me. Since there's very few who know me yet, I'm baffled > why > there were such negative things posted about me...it's not like I'm someone > you > just don't like or have a grudge against. I'm just a normal person, > trying to be a responsible owner and do my > best in the current situation, and > trying to give this mare a chance at life. My other options are pretty > limited....euthanization being LAST on the list. But I will choose that > rather than watch her > slowly and painfully lose weight and freeze this winter. > Which would be a tragic shame, because she is > still healthy and sound and > rideable. > > > > With the > desperate hay situation here in the upper midwest, I am realistic > about > rehoming her. I know she is not perfect, > but I am being very forthright > about what I see as her "faults" - > maybe even too much. But I don't want > anyone to be unpleasantly surprised as I was (she was misrepresented to > me), > and I want to make sure she ends up at the right home. This is also why > she > is free. I don't see what I am doing as a bad thing, > although some of you > seem to have tried to construe it that way. > > > > Come on, guys! We're all drawn together by our common passion > for these > wonderful horses! 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