Diosa 20 yo Andalusian

 

I was orginally rescued by a wonderful woman from severe abuse resulting in thick scaring of the inside of my upper lip from a barbed wire chain. I felt threatened by most humans and even a short jerk on my lead line would send me teeth barred charging...though I never followed through, I just threatened. Before I coould really get comfortable with my new life, the 2003 wildfires came and my world was turned upside down.

I hadn't learned to get in a trailer yet and TEARS had come to help evacuate.  I would have nothing to do with getting in. Since the flames were licking at my stable, TEARS decided to tie me to the end of the trailer and out I trotted. Along the almost 5 miles of Mussey Grade, TEARS stopped 4 times to try to load me.

The police threatened to shoot me if we stopped one more time. TEARS drove really slowly and I was tied long so as to not jerk me around, but I wasn't happy and tried to run up a hill. I ended up jumping back down to the asphalt where I injured my lip and neck.

The full extent of my injuries was not known for almost a year. Initially, the vet said I slightly bowed one tendon which healed perfectly. The cut lip healed well. However, my feet hurt so badly from all the trotting on asphalt and my neck hurt from my fall, I was almost euthanized until my farrier finally found severe, deep seated abscesses in all 4 hooves.

Once my hooves were attended to I felt much better. I was handed over to TEARS to retire. I was rehabilitated and actually was ridable until one of my previous owners decided to ignore all the restrictions TEARS trainer had for me and completely ruined me forever.

 

I am forever retired now due to the neurological issue that makes me not sure where my back legs are. I have a job as an education horse and I love my life. I have no pain and I have horse friends to keep me company.