Tracking

I think I found two horses I had known just a few years ago. I actually don't know the one but the other impressed me immensly. I inquired about them and am not so patiently waiting to hear back. If they are the two mares I know about, we'll see what happens.

Which brings me to a topic I have been thinking about lately. I know we all follow certain paths and cross paths with may people and animals. Sometimes those people/animals stay in our lives forever and other times it's only a fleeting moment.

I also realize that circumstances lead you to change your path and the people/animals that surround you. My question is, for those people changing paths, do you remember those you left behind?

I have Brego, Maverick, and Queen standing in a pasture. They all came from my neighbor. Does my neighbor think about them any more? I realize that they can see them from the road right now but what happens when they move. Will they remember them?

Of these two mares I found, does their previous owner think about them all the time? Does the previous owner worry about their wellbeing?

And that goes for all the horses standing at Borderlands. Some horses I have bought for my personal use. Others I have obtained because they no longer wanted them. For those that were no longer wanted, do the previous owners ever thinkg about them? Or will I be the only one to remember them, worry about them, and remember them when they are gone?

I know that circumstances make it so that you can't always keep your horse. But did those people do research to be assured that their horse when to a good home... a good permanent home? And did they make sure that if it wasn't permanent that they would take them back if it didn't work out? Maybe it's just my mothering instincts kicking in for the horses.

I also see that most people don't keep their horses for more than about five to seven years. If I go through all my correspondance, I could probably tell you on each horse, how long the previous owner had them. Well, maybe not but some I can.

Good ol' Zeke the previous owner only had for a year.
Maverick the previous owner had for two-three years
Brego is the same
Queen is the same
Sam the previous owner had for two years
Bob the previous owner had for six months
King the previous owner had for two to three years
Dude i think the previous owner had for three to four years
Chaos the previous owner bred him and gave him up after only one year
Rain I can't remember but previous owner bought him from someone else who ran him. So I know he's had at least three owners
Tommy the previous owner had for maybe three years? not realy sure
Skippy, same thing
Blondie (RIP) the previous owner had for two to three years
Ace (RIP) trader had him for only a few days but had at least 10 homes before we got him at the age of 16
TenMan (RIP) not really sure but I know that he wasn't cared for in his final years

So that leaves Babe, who's owner kept her as long as possible and did the right thing by finding her a good home. Although I have to admit putting an ad out for a free horse isn't the greatest way to assure her of a good home. But I know Babe had a good, steady home for 26 years before I got her.
And Dictator (RIP). The previous owner, my uncle, had him for eight years. He bought Dic from the original owner who had him for eight years. It's very rare to find a horse with only one or two owners.

I know there are a couple differen't forums to locate previously owned horses but how many people are using them? Ok, so I'll stop rambling. I guess it was just something that's been on my mind. For all the horses that are out there, is there anyone that still worries about where they are at?


....short pause to check email... the two mares in question ARE the two I was thinking of. I'm waiting for another response. Poor things. I wonder how many homes they've had in their 20+ years.