Young woman and her horse screwed over by the system, can you help?

[Sedona]

This friend of my daughter and her horse are totally getting screwed over by the system. She's living paycheck to paycheck and this horse is part of her recovery from numerous physical and other challenges.

May we please try to help her out?

http://www.gofundme.com/deoklc
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Bunny has been my soul mate since she was 3 years old. Her 9th birthday, on July 3rd of this year, was spent with Bunny's vet who confirmed that she is now permanently blind in her left eye, and the neurological damage is so severe that she is dangerous to ride. Here is our story...

Bunny and I have been through many ups and downs. We have fallen and gotten back up, broke bones together in jumping accidents, and won championships with our jumping career. We have had to "start over" with working on the ground after issues and my surgery, and struggled to rebuild our way back up the jump poles. We have journeyed across the country together and moved to sunny Arizona from Connecticut.

Bunny is not just "a horse".

She is the glue that holds me together.

June 7th, 2014, Bunny and I were at a jumping in a horse show up in Flagstaff.

Three days later, June 10, my world collapsed.

The marijuana company across the street from the ranch where I stable Bunny did not correctly bolt down their roofing. The very common wind tore the sheets of metal off the roof, took the 5x10 sheets of metal over their fencing, across the street, and over into Bunny's paddock and over her fence. She scrambled to avoid the metal hurling towards her and ran into the metal fencing with her head, her body flipped over the fence into the next paddock, and she was unconscious for over 45 minutes. When she came-to, her tongue was hanging out of her mouth and she could not stand. After some time people managed to get her standing, and it took another hour and a half more before she was able to take a step.

My Bunny, my beautiful soul mate, is permanently blind in her left (Blue) eye. She has suffered severe neurological damage in which at first it was not certain she would even survive. She has survived, but the neurological damage has affected the connection between her brain and her back legs and the vet said that I need to be careful around her, and she is dangerous to ride.

I want to hop on her and fly over fences, but that is not in our cards now. The marijuana company is giving me the run-a-round and I need help with Bunny's medical bills, as well as a lawyer to get Justice for Bunny. Please help if you can, every little bit counts.

http://www.gofundme.com/deoklc

[SheilaT]

1. At the risk of seeming heartless,

How does someone who lives paycheck to paycheck afford to keep a horse?

And is it possible it is just time to let the horse go? Yes, I understand how beloved an animal can be, but this horse now has permanent neurological damage and is dangerous to ride, so the woman won't be able to ride any more. So she's going to need another horse anyway. Right?

[Sedona]

2. Heartless like condeming food stamp users for their ten year old luxury car or jewelry?

She acquired the horse during better times. The recession and career ending disability changed her situation drastically.

She's not in any way shape or form in a position to get another horse. She wants to hold the people who injured Bunny accountable and keep her comfortable in what's left of her life.

[SheilaT]

3. All I can say then is I wish her luck.

But given the very little information in the link provided, it does sound as if keeping this horse alive is not entirely in the best interests of the horse. Under the circumstances, a personal injury attorney ought to be willing to take on the case, as they work entirely on contingency. If no one is willing to take the case, that means none of them think she has any chance of winning. Or maybe the company she wants to hold responsible simply has no insurance.

So again, best of luck to her.

[newfie11]

5. Most people with horses don't have excess money

I have 2 still.

[Autumn]

4. This young girl needs to do the right thing. When a horse has problems

with it's legs like this one does from the neurological damage the harm Bunny can do to her self is horrific. It's not fair, the horse can't understand the limitations it now has. I had my darling Arabian put down this summer. It was the hardest thing I ever did but I did it for her.

[newfie11]

6. Same here

Over the years I've had to put down several of my horses (Arabs). 2 for severe colic at age 25 & 27. Years apart but difficult.
I feel for her.

[Autumn]

7. My heart breaks for her, I know what pain she is going through but Bunny

can injure herself so horribly. A horse will compensate and doesn't know when to quit, one injury will lead to another in this case.

[newfie11]

8. Very true. Nt

[Kali]

9. yep

next shying incident could really hurt the horse as well as a human