04/02/2024
Hello friends… I need your help. On Sunday March 31st I had the worst trailer accident in my life. There was a weak spot in the wall of my trailer - likely from the past eight years of adopting, training and finding good homes for so many wild mustangs and burros. The wall split apart from the floor and my horse Millie got her leg caught in the crack. The wounds were horrific and we had to have emergency surgery that night. She pulled through the surgery and is doing well but we have a very long road ahead of us to recovery.
Some would say I should have put her down, because this is a huge financial burden and there is still the risk of infection and death, and for most animals I would have considered humane euthanasia. Millie is not most animals - she is one of the special ones. I got her three years ago for one of the mustang competitions that Amber Lynne Espinoza was hosting, and the two words she used to describe her are true to this day “quiet and curious”. My friend Amanda Egan who hauled her home from me asked if she was sick because she was so calm. From day one of walking into the trailer, and letting me halter her like any other domestic horse she has been special. I’ve never seen her spook at anything, she simply stops and considers scary things before doing them. From walking inside buildings, to walking down flights of stairs, through downtown Flagstaff, and right next to Forest while he was pulling a carriage past busy traffic she has tried every crazy thing I’ve thrown at her. She is a friend to every animal on the property and she doesn’t have a mean bone in her body. Her goofy antics always make me laugh, from splashing in the water trough, to grabbing the hose and spraying the other horses while I’m trying to fill up the water. She’s always the first to come say hi at the fence and I don’t think she’s ever met a stranger because she treats everyone as a friend. She is the horse I chose to bring with me across the country because I knew I would need a shoulder to cry on after the last court hearing against my ra**st, and she was my rock through the severe depression that followed. She is only five now and deserves every chance at having the next 20+ years of her life, and I couldn’t bear the thought of not seeing her at the gate waiting for me.
Millie has given me her best try on everything I’ve ever asked and I owe it to her to do the same. I am asking for your help in giving her this chance. If you could help financially, that would be amazing and I’ve provided links to do so. I’ll be selling a huge amount of things soon - my old truck, my car, a few trailers, a lot of saddles, etc and every penny will go towards the vet bills so that would help as well. I am unable to do carriage rides without my trailer but I am offering birds of prey experiences with my saker falcon and my Eurasian Eagle owl if you would like to book me for that. If you would like to share this post that would help too. Please send out a good thought, prayer, vibe and wish to Millie for a full recovery!
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Hello, my name is Mary and this fundraiser is to help my horse Millie. We h… Mary Ann Mudd needs your support for Help Millie the Mustang recover from injury!
