I know and people slag them off for ending the suffering of these poor horses, it's so sad!

Yes, that poor grey must have been in terrible pain for so long. Rightly called a last act of kindness. I just can’t begin to understand the depth of cruelty in some people that would keep an animal in so much suffering.

@@kerrybogdanski1027 yeah, the same people they don't realize, that those horses were in kill pens anyways. There you see exactly how smart those people are.

Kissimmee was adopted? That's awesome hope who ever got her will share pictures.would love to see baby.

@@kerrybogdanski1027 it's ignorance

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I thought Big Lick was illegal?

@@jackiewilson6249 I think it is in some states but not all

@@sparkle.-buggg3610 Thank you! It’s disgusting the abuse some people put their animals through.

​@@jackiewilson6249they like to do pop up type shows where only their community knows about them. So they still do it, farriers still get paid off to put the stacks on as do vets to do the inspections. If you make things illegal, theyre just going to do it anyway by going underground. It's gross. I found these two KZfaq channels of a Saddlebred/Tennessee Walker community of mostly black men acting like gangsters WAAay too big for their horses who can't ride, some even rode in those "slides" (flip flops without the thing between the toes) and they use the most abusive bits and use the reins to balance so the horses never close their mouths, theyre always wide open, the horses all have their heads way up in the air and their nostrils flaring with the whites of their eyes in full view all the time, terrified and treated so badly. They ride in these backwoods parade type things that are like the gangsters and their souped up cars that they make bounce up and down, only these guys can't afford cars like that so they use horses instead. They smoke weed riding, and drink different types of cheap alcohol. It's gross. I've sent the websites to Raleigh Link several times. I WISH so much she would do a piece on them because I found these channels by watching a Big Lick video. I watched that video because I was checking to see if KZfaq allowed them to post and they sure do. They demonetize SO MUCH but allow videos about soring and they get to have full channels about it. I've known about Big Lick for 40 years. My mom took me to a barn for a riding lesson when we first moved back to Colorado from New Hampshire where I learned to ride, I was 8, and it was a Big Lick barn, we had no idea what that was. They had me riding up and down the aisle. They NEVER leave the barn and neither do their horses. When the other teenage girls were messing around, one cracked a lunge whip over the back of the other girl's horse's behind and it spooked my horse and he reared up and flipped over and knocked my mom down. It took many many years of seeing that awful barn on my way to and from school every day, knowing what they do in there before they turned it into a that expensive pottery business just after I graduated and had taken my horse to the national eventing championships when I was in Pony Club with my B rating. Anyway.. sorry for the rant but I will post a link to the channels that I mentioned and maybe you guys can help me get Raleigh Link's attention. It really needs attention from her viewers.

​@@jackiewilson6249 we wish it was but not yet. If you can write to Tenn. Walking Horse Assoc. 😊OR your state legislators to get it banned where you live ❤❤ THANKS

One would hope so, but sadly there are monsters with back issues that happily ride a horse with swayback.

​@@GotAnUmbrella Where I board my horse there is one with a spine problem. Vet said it wasn't kissing spine, someone calls it a hunter's bump. Visible deformed spine and her former owner was an obese man. That poor mare.

I had a sway back that loved to be ridden, but, we only put light weight people on her, and only rode her in a bare back pad or bareback, and only light riding. ( Our vet cleared us to. She wasent painful.) But if she saw you carrying a saddle , she'd about try to saddle herself..lol if you were swimming in the river, she would siddle up, or go to a standing block, we asked our vet about riding her..he said ok. ( No heavy people, and we COULD use a saddle if we padded her well .( We only rode bareback pad or bareback. We used to to teach people how to tack, clean hooves, groom, and little rides. It all depends on the horse. If a horse had a sore back, I'd never dream of even sitting on it, but, sway back doesn't always mean painful back. No, I'm not an expert.

Not all swaybacks can't be ridden, there are some that are perfectly fine with light riding. Of course it should always be evaluated by a vet though and the decision be made with a professional.

@@Terry-lh8cnThat is absolutely awful. Obese people can ride horses as long as they follow the 20% rule. If you're damaging your horses' spine you should have realized ages ago you weren't a right fit and need a bigger horse.

Heading for insane-asylum need learn what’s up candy kissi and ___ ___?

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In case anyone missed the chat during this episode, Kissimmee is getting adopted next week and Candy is in the training barn getting halter trained. When she is haltered trained, she will be back on Baby cam live and will stay at HPHs until her baby is born.

Thank you!

Ah! Thanks Yara! I missed the live so didn't see the chat. I'm happy for Kissi, but sad for Candy because despite Kissi's standoffishness, Candy bonded with her. I'm glad she's being halter trained. Will make things much easier for everyone, including Candy, when she foals.

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Volunteered for more than a dozen years at our local parrot sanctuary. Retired in September as I turned 72 and still worry as it has been so very hot this summer.

Maybe Nancy can advocate for vet students to do a rotation though her practice at HH during auction days, including going to the auction.

@@P2Zip I was thinking of a video link they can pick so much up from just viewing the data and less expensive for all and horse plus are so good at filming.

Go see them ❤

@@yara5502 no Tawney said he's there for now until they find a witness protection stable. He has to protected because his former owner may want to steal him because glimmer is an ambassador for the big lick industry and that makes him vulnerable, he needs to be where his former owner can't find him.

This is what they wrote about Glimmer : "For 8 years he was in the Horse Witness Protection Program, after the passing of Clint Seay (aka Billygoboy) Glimmer has been returned to our facility where he will live out his days with us. He is available for Virtual Adoption! The funds through his virtual adoption will be used to provide for his care, and also help other horses like him. Virtual Adoption is $25 a month and you'll get special updates from Glimmer!" So probably he will be hidden in an undisclosed location, but he will stay with their organization and will not be adopted out.

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Kissi has been adopted? How did I miss that?

Really? Was Stephanie's application approved? I hadn't heard anything about it. I'm very happy for Kissi, but sad for Candy to lose her buddy. I know Kissi wasn't all that fond of Candy, but Candy is bonded to her. Wonder if they'll give her a buddy? I miss the mare cam and the Mare Crew.💗

@@HughLlewellyn Jason told us in the chat during the episode premiere. Kissi is going to her new home next week and Candy is in the training barn for halter training right now, so it will be eaasier for Dr Nancy to help her if she needs it. He said that after Candy is halter trained, she will be on the live babycam again. He didn´t say who the adopter was so I have no idea if it is Stephanie😊

@@karenduncan6004 Jason told us in the chat during the episode premiere

@@HughLlewellyn so do I miss it I’m happy for Kissi that she’s got her forever home but I sad that we won’t be seeing her on the baby cam I hope we get pics and updates when she has her baby

It's not just horses. Used to work at a vet's office for small animals (ie: dogs and cats mostly, sometimes small rodents, birds, and one owl). The number of people who refused to give their animals the last act of kindness was appalling. One woman had a terrier, cataracts, 19, kidney failure, and was on a lot of medication. The woman kept it alive and the dog in the six months I worked there spent more time in a kennel because she was constantly traveling and just shoved it into a cage with us every time she left. This woman was retired, she was traveling for leisure and doing this to the poor dog. It set my teeth on edge and when I mentioned to the other staff in private how utterly inhumane it was they told me it was good money and her choice. I didn't last long there. I see it over and over again with animals. My aunt's dog was suffering from severe kidney failure crammed in a small cage in the house that barely let out on several medications and she called it her baby she couldn't part with. I was actually relieved when the poor things suffering ended. People need to learn to let go, and not let their emotions (or religion because yes, that's a factor) allow such cruelty.

@@SaraNightfire1 That is unbelievable. My mother always taught my siblings and I as children that if one of our pets were in a lot of pain or had an incurable illness that would make them suffer, then we had to love them enough to let them go. Over my life we've had to give the last act of kindness to three dogs and one cat for different health reasons, more than the number of our pets that passed away naturally but we did it because we loved them.

Giving it away isn't the answer either, unless the new owner will do the right thing. Otherwise nothing changes for the horse but the stress of a move.

It's not always about money. I have a dear friend who has rescued animals her whole life, like I have. She will feed any animal that turns up, and she takes great care of them. Until they need to be put down. She waits too long, I think. She just put a cat down at 3.5 pounds. She's like the people on here who look at a blind 3 legged horse with a deformed spine and think it might get better and complain about the LAOK. She has a heart of gold...she just can't let go.

@@Terry-lh8cn That should be a hundred percent illegal, that artificial leg program for horses. Horses are not like dogs or cats, they're not made to adjust to three legs. Whether it's the weight or the fact they're prey animals or some other factor they're not able to adjust and all it is is pure torture for the poor horses until they die a slow painful death.

I was hoping she does play the bubble game and shows us her high score so we can compete but sadly she didn't 😁

It amazes me how many people feel no guilt for their abuse and have no common sense. Black hearts.

Trainers, owners, judges, farriers, vets, print publications, breed associations, everyone who's in it to make a buck and sociopathic enough not to care about the welfare of the horses that are making them rich. ALL of them need to suffer consequences for their cruelty or it will never end.

I agree. Disqualify them!!!!!

Yes the bay is so sweet!!!

Standies are such great horses. I had 3.