Abandoned Foal Gets the Most Unusual Adoptive Mother

[Playinghardball]

Hours after his birth, Breeze was found stumbling around by a farmer. The newborn foal was abandoned by his mother. That’s 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 bear’s 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]

1. What a sweet story with a happy ending.

Here's to the creative, caring caretakers.

[Larkspur]

2. Cute!!!

Love horses.

Guess teddy bears are for all species.

[polichick]

3. Great story - great pics!

[KurtNYC]

4. I guess it is just me but I beleive the foal needs an adult horse

And that is the cleanest, best-lit stall I have seen in years.

Another method:

She was just under 3 months old when her mum died. I put her in our very secure stock yards and immediately got my big TB gelding and put him in the yard next door. I left them like this for the next week, I feed them next to each other and let them get acquainted.

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. it saddens me to my heart it reminds me of the iraqi boy who lost his

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]

6. That picture kills me inside a little, every time I see it.

It is one reason my blood still boils over Cheney and his warmongering clan.

[hue]

7. Soo Sweet!! I love this!! K&R!

[SunSeeker]

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[The Wizard]

9. Ted (NT)