dwarf mini or mini sheland x at local carnival
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 4:12 pm
Okay we took a break from working on the new house(should be in no
later than the middle of next week) and took the kids to the local
festival that is going on across the lake. My seven year old asked to
go see the "world's smallest horse." I hate these kinds of
exhibitions with animals, I personally thought they has done away with
the "freak" animal shows, I was way wrong, long story short, let him
go see it. It was a young less than two year old possibly less than a
year dwarf mini or mini shetland cross, in a 4 x 8 or so pen, water
evident, laying in shavings and it tore my heart out to see it(I don't
know if it's a boy or girl) and when I told the person at the front
that she didn't look so good(not poor, just worn out and exhausted) he
got gruff and said "you'd be tired too if you just rode in from Fla."
I called the local animal services today and got really nowhere the
lady she would ask her supervisor if they NEEDED to look into it. I'm
just heartsick for this little one, this is a carnival not people who
know how to take care of an animal especially with the medical
problems that can come with the dwarfism and also when i mentioned
that maybe they needed to check the health cert or coggins on the mini
the animal services lady just kind of shrugged that hint off. I'm
sorry to fuss and ramble on this, but if anyone has any other
suggestions on what I can do for this little one please let me know. The
carnival ends this weekend and I really worry for this little cream
colored baby if he stays with them.
later than the middle of next week) and took the kids to the local
festival that is going on across the lake. My seven year old asked to
go see the "world's smallest horse." I hate these kinds of
exhibitions with animals, I personally thought they has done away with
the "freak" animal shows, I was way wrong, long story short, let him
go see it. It was a young less than two year old possibly less than a
year dwarf mini or mini shetland cross, in a 4 x 8 or so pen, water
evident, laying in shavings and it tore my heart out to see it(I don't
know if it's a boy or girl) and when I told the person at the front
that she didn't look so good(not poor, just worn out and exhausted) he
got gruff and said "you'd be tired too if you just rode in from Fla."
I called the local animal services today and got really nowhere the
lady she would ask her supervisor if they NEEDED to look into it. I'm
just heartsick for this little one, this is a carnival not people who
know how to take care of an animal especially with the medical
problems that can come with the dwarfism and also when i mentioned
that maybe they needed to check the health cert or coggins on the mini
the animal services lady just kind of shrugged that hint off. I'm
sorry to fuss and ramble on this, but if anyone has any other
suggestions on what I can do for this little one please let me know. The
carnival ends this weekend and I really worry for this little cream
colored baby if he stays with them.