If she was local to me, our occasionally overzealous SPCA would likely be onsite and considering seizures. I’m not sure how AC works in the deep South.
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Yes, this is on Facebook now – her excuses are not legitimate and she is backpedaling like crazy but this is neglect and cruelty - unacceptable on any level, but especially in the case of young growing babies whose futures will be affected. She should be ashamed, and with luck this will help put her out of business.
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The rescue I volunteered with got a foal out of a deplorable starvation situation.
It appeared to be a weanling.
It was a yearling.
In that sense, it’s actual age very much could be relevant.
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It really depends on where you are in the south. Wealthier city? Sure. Common red state backwater? Nothing.
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My weanling the day after flying over from France (which I am sure caused him to lose a little condition)
I cannot believe the condition of some of these foals?!
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See this thread on the HJ forum for more info and photos Opinions on DHH crosses for jumping?
Whoops, didn’t realize it had been posted up thread.
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I’ve recently been coming across a lot of posts from her on groups I’m a member of on social media where she is selling dairy quality alfalfa she trucks in. Everything I’ve read indicates this is not the best food for sport horses because it’s way too high in protein. There’s analysis posted of it as well but it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me because it includes some numbers relevant to dairy cattle and not horses. And yet her own stock looks like they are barely eating anything?
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Just saw the thread over in H/J. Despicable.
@vxf111 here is a close up shot of mine at 5 months, you can see being a little ribby but also what 1. A decently fed weanling looks like, even one that had to be weaned early, and 2. What a decent coat is. Your baby looks great especially after a LONG trip.
Kate’s babes look appalling.
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Yours looks fine. You can tell from the coat condition he’s healthy. Looking at the photos of some of those foals they look so poorly, not just thin but really poorly. I can’t imagine what could happen in less than two weeks to cause that?! Something really appears to be amiss.
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Exactly. Our foals aren’t fat, but they are in good weight. Any of the pictures posted are not like our foals.
I’m so glad in retrospect I started this topic.
When I started it, was just about online craycray and wierd conformation. Eventually it seemed rather infra dig to keep updating on more of the same manufactured online drama. There were indeed some hints on FB that she had starving mares in Oklahoma a few years back, mostly because KS herself posted rants about how it was all a lie she hadn’t paid her board and how lazy could a young person be that they couldn’t get out of bed to feed horses and now she was bringing them all to her own farm in Florida. But no photos of horses or corroboration of any of this.
Now that her horses are closer to a big horsey area it’s maybe harder to hide.
I honestly did not expect this to spiral into a major horse abuse/neglect scandal. But in retrospect I not that surprised.
Anyhow I’m really glad I started the thread, and that KS had time to let us know who she really is so there is context for this really horrible turn of events.
I expect she is never coming back to this thread.
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I had just weaned this guy. Not a pro pic, no photoshop, just a dirty fluffy weanling in a field. Still has shine, muscle and flesh. There are no excuses.
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Not the best pic but the most recent one I have of my little guy. I’d be utterly horrified if he looked anything like the DHHs posted up thread!
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This leads me to be worried about the dogs she breeds and owns too. German Short-haired Pointers, I think.
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She has now deleted all mention of this on FB.
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The internet is forever.
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My young horse as a weanling:
It’s just inexcusable.
I photograph mine regularly (he’s 2.5 now) and he goes through some weird phases, but never looks starved.
Edit: he lived out with other youngsters. Free choice hay, grass, water, a huge straw bed in their giant shelter, and fed a little grain for developing foals. He was at the breeder’s place until he was about 1.5 years old. She breeds about 5 to 10 mares a year I would say.
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Aww. Look how cute they are there.
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I love his color! Nice background scenery too.
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