Possible Animal Cruelty. HELP

[Murphy_s_Mom]

[QUOTE=Lady Eboshi;7687249]
:rolleyes: I’m betting the “Mary Sue” version of The Horse Whisperer. Plot, going forward:

Big scene of screaming breakup with Wussy BF, who is afraid of Evil Ethan (this being 2014, maybe they had some Brokeback action going on the side). “Mary Sue” runs to the rescue of trussed-up Misunderstood horse (preferably in thunderstorm, wildfire, tornado) where she gets in a fight with Evil Ethan, who proves his evilness even more by ripping her bodice.

“Mary Sue,” who of course is wearing a now-ripped Red Shirt and perfect hair and makeup, pushes Evil Ethan backwards down a ravine; and throwing herself onto Misunderstood’s back, they gallop for their lives through t-storm, wildfire, etc. Because “Mary Sue” understaaaaands him, possibly because she is an Animal Communicator with Second Sight inherited from her Clan of the Cave Bear ancestors, Misunderstood becomes her inseparable protector and in gratitude for the un-trussing, together in telepathic communion they beat both Evil Ethan and Wussy Ex in the big, annual, Cow-Catcher Rodeo!

Big Ray Hunk watches her, recognizes her brilliance, and carries both “Mary Sue” and Misunderstood away into the sunset in his Big White Dually. The End! :applause:

BTW–in this genre of writing, “Mary Sue” is almost always the Author.

Publishers actually pay for such stuff, because people BUY it! :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
I wonder if we can get some stick art for this?

[jenm]

[QUOTE=gottagrey;7689254]

OP should come back as there have been some good plot twists - the story as written in OP has a the makings of one of those swell Hallmark channel horse movies like the wonderful Flickas LOL. Except the heroine and fiance would’ve rescued the horse in the middle of the night, hid it from evil Ethan, and then it would become fiance’s famous money making roping horse where Ethan would then plot to steal horse…[/QUOTE]

I guess we will just have to wait for the teaser commercials when this is released as a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie.

The first post was at 7:46 PM on 7/27 and this person’s last activity was 7:51 PM on 7/27.

My guess is the OP started the thread, logged off and poured a glass of wine and sat back to watch the fireworks…oops I mean get help/get ideas.

[BlueLodge]

[QUOTE=Sparrowette;7689302]
BlueLodge, that’s a PUPPY! A Pup will suck up to anyone!

A cat would never have put up with it… And Mr. Politico wouldn’t be able to fool the audience that the cat loved him, or even approved of him, if it didn’t.[/QUOTE]

LOL! So true! But this!

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2013/9/26/1380206271944/Ernst-Stavro-Blofeld-in-t-010.jpg

[BlueLodge]

If this story is true (I don’t think it is), then the author needs to be concerned for her own health and safety. A guy that will truss up/tear a horse’s face like that will also abuse a human.

Yes, it would be a case for the humane society and cops.

[Sparrowette]

[QUOTE=BlueLodge;7689603]
LOL! So true! But this!

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2013/9/26/1380206271944/Ernst-Stavro-Blofeld-in-t-010.jpg

;)[/QUOTE]

That’s Chemistry Cat’s black sheep cousin, Thespian Cat…

[Anne_FS]

[QUOTE=Murphy’s Mom;7689551]
I wonder if we can get some stick art for this? :D[/QUOTE]

Ha! That’s exactly what I was going to post when I read “who will illustrate this?” I was going to say COHers can do it with stick art - remember how long that thread got?

[Murphy_s_Mom]

[QUOTE=Anne FS;7689696]
Ha! That’s exactly what I was going to post when I read “who will illustrate this?” I was going to say COHers can do it with stick art - remember how long that thread got?[/QUOTE]
Someone recently revived it. It’s on page 756!

[fooler]

Absolutely love Lady Eboshi’s spin-offs of the original post.

Adding another major red flag of the OP - trying to turn a barrel horse into a roping horse? Not logical, not logical at all. Two totally different mind-sets required of the horse. A good barrel horse knows the pattern and enters the arena looking for the 1st barrel. A good roping horse knows to run for the cow and hit the brakes when the rope is thrown, then either stands still and/or backs up to maintain a taut rope so the cowboy can “hog-tie” the cow.

[Kwill]

If anything is true about this story, that poor horse needs a lot of help and retraining to be good at anything, roping, barrel racing, or even trail riding. Sounds like he’s got previous pain (thus his head throwing needing a tie down, running away), of course pain/suffering from the brutal tie down, and goodness knows what other physical problems. Frankly, if we play this fiction out, I would buy him because he sounds like a saint for even being a) alive b) letting someone get back on him.

Here’s his fictional craigslist ad:

WTT for good roping horse: black gelding. We have trail ridden him on hundreds of acres to catch cattle. Goes out with others and alone. See pics of horse with baby on bareback in the field. For experienced rider, very fast and might be a good barrel horse. Trading because he needs more work and I don’t have the time. He has some cuts on his face, but they are getting better. Comes with beat up Western saddle and chain tie down. If I don’t sell him in three days, I will take him to the sale. Call Ethan.

[sdlbredfan]

[QUOTE=jenm;7686321]
Unless you have photos or video, there really isn’t anything the authorities can do. Even if you did, it wouldn’t necessarily mean something would happen. Cruelty happens in the show world and look how little the FEI does.

I want to know why you didn’t go get the horse as soon as you found out it had been tied up and abandoned.

BTW, if my fiancee had a friend like Ethan and knew what he was doing, he would be my EX-fiancee. Period.[/QUOTE]

Echoing this, big time! I would not spend any more time with such assholes, for any reason, and certainly would not be engaged to someone who thinks that kind of behavior is OK.

[BlueLodge]

[QUOTE=Sparrowette;7689685]
That’s Chemistry Cat’s black sheep cousin, Thespian Cat…

[/QUOTE]

:winkgrin: :lol:

[TBROCKS]

[QUOTE=Calamber;7687314]
What is funny is that OP has dropped out altogether, clearly plot twist has been solved.[/QUOTE]

Maybe her fiancé tied her to a pole, out in the woods.

[Kwill]

She secretly bought the black gelding and is our barrel racing him! Anyway, turns out he was a stallion and she’s the only one who can understand him.

[Daventry]

[QUOTE=jenm;7686321]
Unless you have photos or video, there really isn’t anything the authorities can do.

I want to know why you didn’t go get the horse as soon as you found out it had been tied up and abandoned.

BTW, if my fiancee had a friend like Ethan and knew what he was doing, he would be my EX-fiancee. Period.[/QUOTE]

Diddo!

That being said, this is sooooo a troll. A horse tied up in the wilderness for two days with his head tied back and legs tied together would be coyote food by sunset! :rolleyes:

[Lori_B]

Gee, I wonder where the OP has wandered off to. Probably hiding under a bridge somewhere with her / his troll friends. Jerk.

[Sparrowette]

[QUOTE=Kwill;7692227]
She secretly bought the black gelding and is our barrel racing him! Anyway, turns out he was a stallion and she’s the only one who can understand him.[/QUOTE]

COOL! Another BLACK STALLION book!! :applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:

[Kwill]

No, wait, he was DYED because he was stolen and he’s actually a fabulous pinto [or appaloosa, take your pick].

[merrygoround]

Mercy!! Mercy!! The first clue is in the title"Possible animal cruelty" “HELP”. How can anyone who doesn’t live under a bridge recognize all that as anything but cruelty?

Snort!!!