In Memory Of Micheal Vicks Victims Options

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Rest in peace my friends..you are in a better place now..

[AngelicLayer]

thanks Michelle and as for Brandy...

In June i was in a horseback riding accident which left me with complete transverse process fractures of L1-5, incomplete fracture of T12 and a cracked sacrum for a total of 7 broken vertebra, im ok i will recover most if not all the way. What Brandy did that day stands out as almost unbelievable..

i had Brandy out to keep the horse i was working company, he was outside the outdoor arena in the prep area/paddock. after i fell i tried to move- of course that hurt beyond all words and i screamed. Brandy came running to the arena but could not enter. He stood at the fence watching me. My boyfriend came running and entered the arena to secure the loose horse. Brandy saw his chance and even at 1,000lbs darted into the arena and ran to my side. Neither of my guys knew what to do, B (as i call Brandy) was sniffing and nickering to me, Justin had the other horse and i couldnt move and an ambulance needed called. Since B wasn't any real threat to my safety i had him take the loose horse in. When Justin returned to collect B, B did the craziest thing- he bite him. B does not bite, B loves Justin, but B wasnt letting anybody near me and he would be darned if he was being moved. Again tried to move B, and he actually tried to kick him and run Justin away. I had to hold in my pain to grab his head when he came back to sniff me and talk to him so Justin could lead him out. A passerby stopped and helped stabilize me while Justin fought to put B back in the pasture. When he turned to shut the gate B ran out of the field and right back to the arena. the gate was shut again and he was not letting a thing like a fence stop him- no sir'ee. So B proceeded to attack the fence separating him from me. Nobody could touch him- he was a horse with a mission, B was coming in there and there wasnt a thing anybody could do to stop him. He kicked and pushed until he broke several boards and was trying to step through and Justin caught him. Of course B did not go quietly, he fought him tooth and nail and started to scream for me. By now the paramedics had arrived and somehow Justin got B in the field again and shut the gate. That wasn't going to stop B. As they moved me around of course it was agony and i screamed and yelled in pain. B lost it completely. He ran back to the arena and bite a paramedic over the fence. (my arena shares a side with the pasture) Poor B was so worried and confused he really thought the paramedics were hurting me and in his mind he really thought he could help me. So again B started to tear at the the fencing, he broke more boards and by now was screaming more than me. As i was being taken away i saw B running and screaming all along the fenceline. He was howling and crying so loudly you would have thought he was the one injured. While i was in the hospital B quit eating, all he did was stand at the gate and periodically call for me. I had to have somebody drive me to the barn when i was released so i could talk to him. Brandy was so relieved to see me - he tried to climb into the car! im not joking he stuck his head into the car and put a front foot into the car. Brandy refused to eat unless i was where he could see me. so we set his grain next to the car and that was ok by him. For a few days he had to be walked to the front yard and fed while i watched from the porch.

I have never seen anything like this, a horse so desperate to reach a human and so gentle. he never once came anywhere near harming me. He stood watch over me like a mother would a foal. He's still the first to greet me when i feed and he makes sure hes the last one in the pasture. He still will not leave the gate until he sees me go home home safe. Hes never bitten Justin before or since this happened and has never ever attacked anybody- except that poor paramedic. I had planned on adopting him out but now i just cant bear to do that to him. so he will stay with me till his time is done here and thats ok.

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