Calling BS

When I have more time I’ll write the full story of Savanna and Sahara but for now I’ll just keep you in suspense with a few details.

While we were looking through the loose horse pens, I spied Savanna and Sahara. I found the tag listing the owner, a Miguel Hernendez of Alvord, Iowa. My good friend D volunteered to call after the sale and see if she could get any information about Savanna and Sahara.

I did notice that both mother and daughter had at one point worn a halter. I wasn’t sure if the baby had ever worn one but there is just a slight mark that shows she had one on at one point in time, I’m guessing to get her into the trailer to go to the auction.

So D called but got Mr. Hernendez’s daughter. She asked if her dad had any horses and she said she didn’t know but that D should call back at 7pm when her dad would be in the house. D called again but only got the daughter. Luckily the daughter was nice enough to give a cell phone number. D called the cell but didn’t get an answer. After leaving a message, we kept our fingers crossed that he would call.

Mr. Hernendez did call. Now if the story is correct, we aren’t sure. I’m glad it was D who talked with him. I would have lost my patience. The daughter had to translate because Mr. Hernendez doesn’t speak English very well. So here’s what we know from the conversation.

The mare, Savanna, is five years old. The filly, Sahara, is one year old. They were actually owned by another person but they went back to Mexico six months ago. Mr. Hernedez took the pair at that time. The daughter said that they didn’t know anything about horses. And that’s about all we got out of them.

I then contacted someone from Alvord, Iowa (we’ll call them Jane Doe) to see if they knew Mr. Hernendez and if they were telling the truth. If it’s the same person (and I don’t know if it is), we were told that he keeps his horses in a barn and that his stallion has broken a fence and gotten in to Jane Doe’s pasture a couple of times.

Red Flag, Red Flag, Red Flag. Now, it could be that the person with the stallion is not Mr. Hernendez but if it is, he gave us a song and dance. And I’m beginning to think he gave us a run around. It could very well be that someone else owned the mare and filly but that he took them and still didn’t bother to feed them through the ENTIRE WINTER. Six months ago put us at the end of October. A few things just aren’t adding up. A road trip may very well be in order in the next few days. If Mr. Hernendez is the same person Jane Doe thought it was, I’m betting that there are more thin horses. And if he has a stallion, he’s causing a major issue. If there are more horses locked in a barn, I will have to raise holy hell. I have pictures of Savanna and Sahara to prove that he starved them. Savanna is so thin and Sahara has a crippled leg that should have been taken care of. I can’t tell if Sahara is thin because she won’t let me touch her yet.

So, does anyone else want to do some digging. The story isn’t adding up and I’m calling BS.