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Post by scarlet on Jul 9, 2012 15:57:30 GMT -7
My dads eyesbrows hopped up on his forehead. "And where are you two going?" I almost freaked on Beau. "We're just going on a trail ride Daddy." I said. He nodded and glanced at me. "Cassie, you must be forgetting you need to pack." Shit! i almost forgot. "We won't be out long." He nodded and finished eating and then cleaned up his plate and went outside to sit on the porch with Gizmo. "Okay. Let's go." i said to Beau and cleared the table. Then I pulled my hair down from its pony tail for when I was cooking and let my reddish auburn hair flow down my back. "I can't be out long." I said to him as I walked out the back screen door and started to the barn to get Rocky.
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Post by poppymartin on Jul 9, 2012 16:02:56 GMT -7
Beau watched her fumble and he almost couldn't contain his laughter. Saying a quick thanks to his boss, he walked out the door and started laughing out loud.
"Alright." He said seriously and hopped on Fool. "Why would I keep you out long? We're just going for a quick ride." He plainly said, and tossed a quick look at her. He nudged Fool and after a bit, they got onto his property and he breathed in the sweet grass.
{gotta put the boys to bed, sorry!}
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Post by scarlet on Jul 9, 2012 16:22:24 GMT -7
I got on Rocky and before I knew it, Beau was almost out of seeing distance. "Ugh. That jerk." I growled and Rocky dug in the dirt. I clicked and he took off at a canter and then went into a full out gallop. I gripped his mane as my hair flew behind me as we raced after them to his land. I slowed Rocky down when we reached them. "Way to just leave me. What are we doing here anyway?" I said to him as I patted Rocky's neck.
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Post by poppymartin on Jul 9, 2012 16:55:17 GMT -7
Beau heard them behind and slowed Fool.
"One of my mare's is supposed to foal tonight and I just want to make sure she's alright. And if she's not I need someone to help me, though I probably wont need it from you." He said simply and scanned the area. He didn't see anything yet and kept going.
Soon enough though, he saw the cremello mare's coat laying in the grass. Panic rose in his throat in anticipation of something horrible happening. When he came closer, he noticed her shallow breaths.
"Shit, no come on girl." Beau bellowed low, and the mare lifted her gaze to him and flicked her ear towards his direction. Her legs stretched out in a contraction and he watched as she fell limp with exhaustion.
"Cass, I need your help." He admitted reluctantly. "She's fucking dying, and I can't let her foal die too."
Before long, he had her calmed a slight bit but it wasn't helping. His adrenelin{sp} kicked in and he was frantic.
"Hang in there." He muttered. It was no use, she was fading fast and the life from the once spunky fillies eyes was dying out and Beau's heart sputtered. She lifted her head one last time and closed her eyes. That was it, his mothers mare's foal was dead. His mother's prized mare's foal was fucking dead. That was all he had left of his mother and she was dead.
"I need my pocket knife." Beau called out.
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Post by scarlet on Jul 9, 2012 17:00:18 GMT -7
I got off my horse. i knew she wasn't going to make it. Her barrel looked like it was going to burst. i had seen a lot of foals born and not many lived looking like that. I got out of my trance and grabbed my switch blade from my back pocket. "Here." I said to him. "I'm sorry Beau." I said to him. This had to be more than just a horse to him. I could tell by how he acted. I stood by Rocky and Fool. Making sure they didn't stir or become frantic by the things they sensed. Adrenaline from Beau and the life leaving the mare's body.
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Post by poppymartin on Jul 9, 2012 17:19:02 GMT -7
Beau pulled his shirt off and kissed the mare gently before making a neat cut into the mares abdomen. When he found the uterus he felt no movement but what... 6 legs? Cutting the uterus, he pulled out a gorgeous buttermilk buckskin colt. He soon realized the other foal, it was smaller and a cremello like it's mother. Taking the blade, he cut the incision a bit larger and pulled out the second. Neither were breathing just yet so he rubbed them down with his t-shirt and gave them modified CPR. Both began breathing quickly and when the colt opened his brown eyes, Beau breathed out the breath he'd been holding. When the filly opened hers though.. It was like a huge slam in the chest. She revealed two stunning blue eyes, but they were clouded.
"We gotta get them back, but they're too weak to walk. Do you think Rocky would have a problem if you carried the filly? She's small and light so she should be no problem, I'll get the colt." He said and lifted the colt and laid him in his arms. He stratigically got onto his horse and turned to Cassandra.
"Do you need help?" He asked.
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Post by scarlet on Jul 9, 2012 17:23:13 GMT -7
"I got it." I got my blade from him and carefully lifted the filly up onto my horse's back. "Take them back to my dad. He's got a mare bearing milk. He can help." I said putting the filly on his back. "Easy boy. "I said sniffing the new born. i got on and turned in the direction of my farm. "We gotta be careful riding fast though. Their bones aren't completely developed." I said to him as Rocky stood waiting my command and shook his head slightly.
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Post by poppymartin on Jul 9, 2012 17:27:00 GMT -7
"I have one at my barn as well, her foal just died. It would be easier if we took them back there, that way I could stay with them overnight." Beau said hesitantly, he waited for Cassandra to respond.
{braaainnn farrtt}
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Post by scarlet on Jul 9, 2012 17:31:41 GMT -7
"Uhh. alright." I said as I held the filly and started Rocky at a walk toward his barn. It was a shame this happened. And what sucked was it was getting late and my dad would kill me if I wasn't home soon. I'd be seeing Thunder and hearing him. His hell hooves. That's what I called his huge black horse. My dad's prized steed. My dad used to be a show rider. Barrels. He was still good and had his speed. If he was on that horse coming after me, I knew I was screwed.
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Post by poppymartin on Jul 10, 2012 7:28:31 GMT -7
After a ten minute walk, the two reached the barn.
"I'd call your dad if I were you.. I don't want to get you introuble." Beau called out from inside the barn. On Beau's property he had several barns, a 50 horse barn, a ten horse barn, an open shelter barn, and finally the one they were in, a four horse barn. Back in the day his grandfather was an advid racehorse breeder and now Beau was left to care for the horses and barns left over. A lot of TB's left over were descendents of Barbaro and Seabiscuit and to this day people offered on the horses. Usually he didn't breed or sell a horse, but sometime's he needs the extra money.
In the barn they were in currently was two normal european stall doors and the back two were for foals during weaning. Just simple rope that clips to a hook on the other side. The ground was actual hay and the back had a whole area for nursing, for moments just like this.
"Alright, just put them both in this one here." Beau directed to the stall on the left. It was lit red with a heat lamp and he sighed. He'd have a long night ahead of him.
"We just have to make their bottles." He murmered, and began preparing the ingredients.
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Post by scarlet on Jul 10, 2012 7:45:25 GMT -7
As he prepared the bottles, I got the 2 foals and put them down in the hay. I knew that most of the time when a mare had twins, one of them usually died. I knew the fully was weaker and hoped that she would make it. I let Rocky roam around the stable as I kept the foals near the heat lamp. I hoped they lived.
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Post by poppymartin on Jul 10, 2012 9:32:22 GMT -7
The timer beeped for the bottles and Beau pulled them out quickly and joined Cassandra.
"Thank you, so much." He said sincerly and walked towards the girl and the two foals. Kneeling on the ground, he looked at the weaker one who was sickly looking and with her nose sweeping the hay in slow fashion.
"Here boy." He murmered and the colt eagerly took the bottle. After several failed attempts of getting the blind fillies attention his sighed frustrated. Standing behind the practically albino foal he took turns snapping in each ear.
"Deaf and blind, fantastic. If this foal makes it through the night she's going to be costing me a lot of money, good thing she's worth it." Beau sighed, pulling the sick foals head up and nuzzling the nipple into her mouth. She slowly sucked rythmically, and soon was too tired and couldn't do anything but fall asleep.
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Post by scarlet on Jul 31, 2012 9:13:08 GMT -7
I nodded at him. "You're welcome." I held the colt's body next to mine as I fed him from the bottle. His suckling quickly at it. His little tail shaking as he enjoyed the taste of milk. I smiled softly at the foal. My dad hadn't had many foals on the ranch lately. I missed seeing the little balls of life and joy frolicking everywhere as they discovered their new surroundings.
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