On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:34 AM, neilo97333<neilo97333@...> wrote:
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> --- In BeyondBasicsEquineCT@yahoogroups.com, "Dolores Arste" <darste3@...>
> wrote:
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>> Road to the HorseNeil, did you wind up competing. If not, what happens to
>> your mustang?
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> The mustang competition and adoption had a disappointing end to a project
> that was very disappointing for me. Little Sally and I did better then I
> thought we would in the ground work but the next day her neck swelled up
> where she got some injection 3 days earlier. She stopped eating and drinking
> for almost 2 days. Finally she started to eat again but because of the
> swelling they did not put her in the adoptions. Another trainer took her to
> finish her off her training. It was a disappointed ending to a disappointing
> project but I can only blame myself for not having the time to do it to the
> level I had hoped for.
>

You are still my hero, Neil, for giving it a go. I know you did the
best you could (and then some) and Sally will be much easier for the
next person, because of your patient efforts to find 3rd gear.

Glad you horse facility situation is working out well enough. These
are strange times, but they help us find depths we never expected.

Cheers,
Cindy M