2016 Miniature Horse WORLD Issues Spring - E-Magazine | Page 12

miniature tales
By Elizabeth York – Ellettsville, IN

When Dogs Attack

Double B Dandy Do Right is our
retired show gelding who gave his all in an active
show life both with our farm and Double B Farm.

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ur nightmare started when this 27 year old miniature horse was brutally attacked by
three pit bull dogs that got over the fence and into the horse pasture. We thought
initially our beloved gelding might have to be put down. After being chased from
the property, these three pits came back again while our neighbor and his son were helping
us make the barn safe for our other three minis. It was clear that they were on a mission to
kill something. Our only choice was to shoot them. Now they will not kill or injure a child or
another adult.
Dandy is a Miniature horse who loves children and is the sweetest animal. It broke our
hearts to think someone’s careless behavior
caused him such pain. The dogs not only bit
him numerous times on the hind leg and tail,
but by far the worst was the gaping wound
under his tail that had to be intensively cared
for by our vet and at first it was hour by hour,
then day by day. I had never seen such a horrid wound. We were numb and sad. But God
knows the number of the cows on a hillside.
We knew he could take care of a little horse
that was here only to bring joy to others.
All we could do was pray and hope Dandy
would continue fighting for his life.
A few days later, Dandy had major surgery to reconstruct his
colon/rectum. The Doc called him “Frankenbutt” with all the
staples and stitches he had. For several days he was kept quiet
with no walking. We visited him to just brush him and bring him
watermelon. We were encouraged and hoped he would heal fast
and well with no infection. He did enjoy his watermelon, too.

10 Miniature Horse World

SPRING 2016