KARMA

Karma, came to LCR through a very caring young lady who purchased her from a sale. Karma was only 5+/- months old when she came to us. She was another example of an unwanted baby. She, along with several others and pregnant mares, were tossed away because no one took responsibility for them. Karma had a rough time of things and didn’t even know how to eat when she got here. Her delicate condition turned critical and she ended up in intensive care for over a week with IVs and tubes, etc and then we had to teach her how to eat and drink.  Karma had an injury to her left hind hoof which left her with a deformity and a new hoof growing underneath. The x rays were amazing telling the tale of how her hoof was injured. He hoof has grown out now and she seems to have no ill effects from her ordeal. She is sound and a real love to be around. She is fine now and growing like a weed. We don’t feel she will be much bigger than a large pony or small horse. She has the temperament to go in any direction and will make someone a wonderful project if you know how to handle a youngster. Her training has been limited to leading, handling, and hoof care. She has had a lot of handling due to her initial condition so she is very desensitized to people and things around her. She is a joy to work with and be around.

Placement fee: $ 600

How she got her name:

One morning can start so normal. You get up, get all the animals fed, come in to find a message on your phone. Can you go with me to drop off a horse at his new home? I knew we were going to Maryland, and it would be an all day ride. I said sure and we started out.  We are driving along Rt15 and talking when my cell phone rings. It is Cindy “you’re not going to believe this.” A woman just called from Maryland, she went to an auction last night and bought a filly. She thinks it is 6 to 10 months old, her hooves are over grown, she looks wormy, and is nothing but skin and bones. She doesn’t know what to feed her and she is still at the auction house because she has no way to get her home. She has never taken care of a young horse before. “Oh, no” we all said together. We asked Cindy to have her call us and we’ll see if we can help. Fifteen minutes pass by, and Erin calls. “I never go to the auction, only one other time. I did not want to buy a number but I did. I did not want to bring money, but I did.”

She told us about this little filly who was in a pen with nine other young ones. This one looked the worst. Something is the matter with her hoof, she is very thin. Erin bought her for $45.  We told her we are on our way to Maryland to place a horse in a home. Maybe we can stop by, have a look, and see if we can help. She needed to call us back with a location for the auction house and see if it is anywhere near the route we are traveling. We talk about what we can do for her. As we drove, we looked out the window and said hey that looks like an auction house, I wonder if that’s it. We laughed. It’s just not that easy!

We delivered the horse with us to his new home. Very loving couple with a young son. That is one great accomplishment for the day. We phoned Erin back as we left. We told her we are on our way back north. Where is this filly? She gave us the directions to the auction house. It cannot be. We had joked about the same place. O.K. this is getting weird.

We made our way back to the auction house. We arrived there first, and looked around. We went through the whole auction house and saw nothing. Just then, Erin arrived and showed us where the filly was.  She was so small we had missed her. She looked as bad as Erin had described her.  Erin asked for our help. She signed a release form and signed her over to LCR. It took some effort to get a halter on the filly, but she is a trooper. We loaded her up, and off to LCR we went.

The moral of this story is we had been guided in a direction that day.  We could have taken another route. We could have gone another day. There were a lot of “could haves“. However, on that day, that road, in another state we received a phone call. From a  person who does not go to auctions, to buy a number, to buy a horse for 45.00 dollars. To have seen us once at an expo. Someone guided us that day.  Now that’s Karma!

Jo