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Hours after his birth, Breeze was found stumbling around by a farmer. The newborn foal was abandoned by his mother. Thats when the farmer took him to Devon-based Mare and Foal Sanctuary where they instantly started caring for him. What happened next is both adorable and heartwarming.
Staff put a 4 foot giant Teddy Bear in with Breeze.
The bears name is Buttons and Breeze quickly warmed up to him.
Without his mother, Breeze has found an adorable replacement .
The two have been inseparable and they expect Breeze to be just fine.
Thanks to the rescuers and those who cared enough to take this little cutie in. And thanks, of course, to Buttons.
http://www.viralnova.com/abandoned-foal/
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Here's to the creative, caring caretakers.
Larkspur
(12,804 posts)Love horses.
Guess teddy bears are for all species.
polichick
(37,152 posts)KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)And that is the cleanest, best-lit stall I have seen in years.
Another method:
I also did what your doing and used this time to get the basics of ground handling in. As I would now need to handle her more than if she was still with mum.
After the first full week, I then let the foal in the yard with him under supervision daily. This continued for almost another week and then I put them in the same yard together for the last week.
After this time I was absolutely convinced they would be fine together and I turned them out in a paddock. It was the cutest sight ever to have this tiny cremello foal with this big dark brown gelding. The odd couple
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100611095020AAKpWxa
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)mother to bombing and drew a human shape on the ground and laid on it in an attempt to be with his mother again.
http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2012/04/uncategorized/boy-sleeps-in-the-lap-of-his-mothers-drawing%E2%80%8F
Rex
(65,616 posts)It is one reason my blood still boils over Cheney and his warmongering clan.