I Love My Horses--Come & See!!

To All Dedicated Horsepeople,

There's one in every bunch... I am posting this in response to the Jan 31, 2008 anonymous personal attack directed at me. I invite any and all serious horsepeople to visit our farm. The house may be a mess, but the horses are all fed & watered twice a day (we don't forget the vitamins & horse "cookies"), with turnout in green pastures each day, stalls have rubber mats and are cleaned & bedded daily, all hooves are trimmed, deworming & vaccinations are kept up to date, etc. etc. etc. In 2006, I posted the following message:

****Due to an auto accident in July 2005, resulting in surgery and ongoing physical problems, I must sell the following straight Davenport mares:

Katy O'Krush LD
Hala AlKrush LD
CF Halalujah (Al Mujiz Jauhara x Hala AlKrush LD)
CF Karismah (Al Mujiz Jauhara X Katy O'Krush)

All offers considered, would make a package deal for all four mares. These horses absolutely MUST go to new homes before winter, as I cannot manage the additional chores when they are brought in from pasture into stalls as the weather declines. Please email with any questions. We are located in western Oregon, but could deliver.

We also have a half-Davenport weanling colt available who is spectacular.****

Just a note-- We still have these beautiful horses. I have never sent a horse to auction, and would rather give a horse to the right home than sell it to the wrong home. We are still looking for someone who might be interested in one or all--just not the person responsible for the negative posting. We have only had a couple of folks inquire about these horses, and we have always been open to offers from good homes. As you can see, I am definitely "in it for the money" and I definitely do "not care about the horses well-being", so much so that I found myself somehow cleaning stalls that winter, and each subsequent winter (as well as doing the feeding). I still cannot push nor dump wheelbarrows full of manure, so I draft others to do that for me. Picking stalls is like cleaning a big kitty pan, my problem is that I can't pick up the bag of kitty litter anymore.

I prefer the horses be out when the weather is pleasant, but bring them in when the weather turns bad. They have turnout in "sacrifice areas" so as to allow for non-muddy grassy pastures for spring and summer months.

The LORD, my family, and my horses are my life and my passion. I have no reason to have any of my horses "on steroids", nor have I ever. It makes no sense to me as to why someone would post message this about our farm, nor about me personally. To my knowledge, no horse I have ever sold has "died from a heart attack". As a matter of fact, most of our horses have lived to a ripe old age. I do have a BLM Mustang mare that I adopted in 1994 who colicked in 1999. The local vet recommended euthanasia, but we had him refer us to the OSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital where she successfully underwent colic surgery. My $125 initial investment in adopting her turned into a big investment. This is just another example of how we "don't care about our horses". I was a Horse 4-H leader for twelve years and taught lessons (youth and adult) for more than twenty-five years. I did my best to teach people to understand and communicate in a positive manner with their horses, teaching mutual respect and cooperation for the benefit of both horse and handler, both on the ground and under saddle. Starting young horses was my specialty. Retraining damaged (a.k.a. "problem") horses was both challenging and immensely rewarding. Teaching young people to think of their horse as their partner instead of as an object was my mission as well as my profession. Former students are now adults teaching these same principles, from Texas to Oregon, so I feel that I must have done something right. Obviously someone else thinks otherwise for some unknown reason.

I apologize for this long-winded posting. I am not often online anymore due to neck pain and headaches. I am making an exception in this case due to finding (at long last) this attack ad. Please feel free to contact us to arrange a visit to our farm. I am almost always home (except for ongoing medical appts.) and would love to visit with other positive horsepeople. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Barbara Wallstrom
Carefree Farms
Veneta, Oregon
carefreefarms@yahoo.com

Posted on Apr 26, 2009, 5:59 PM

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