Name: Sweet Dream's End "Dawn"
Gender: Mare
Eye color: Golden
Coloration: Silver Classic Cream Champagne Sabino
Genes: Ee aa ChCh nCr ZZ nSb
Dam: Foundation
Sire: Foundation
Offspring:
♥ Standing in the Light of Dawn "William"
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Based on Dawn this tolter is one of 5 half siblings.
heyheygirl101 wrote:
Username: heyheygirl101
Show Name: Sweet Dream's End
Barn Name: Dawn
Gender: Mare
Coloration: Silver Classic Cream Champagne Sabino
Halter Color: the gradient of dawn colours
Personality: bubbly • friendly • active • early riser • morning tolter• sky enthusiast •
Art or Story:
Dawn was once a very sad horse, she had never seen the light of day, and had been kept in a barn for most of her young years. She was fostered by another mare becasue her own had abandoned her and her owners didn't very much care for this weak little foal so they to abandoned her, along with many other horses when they left for a new place, but know one knows where.
Dawn and Ketsia were 2 of 4 horses that were locked away in their stall in the windowless barn with no way to move and excersise and very little food to eat.
By the time the SPCA members had found the abandoned farm Dawn and Ketsia, were the only two horses left in the barn and the herd that had once been large in numbers had shrinked by half, some had escaped, while others had been trapped, and were stuck like Dawn and Ketsia. Ketsia could stand weakly but was able to be led to the large horse trailer that had been brought, knowing that this was going to be a very big rescue, while Dawn who could barely raise her little head and who had ribs showing was carried to the back seat of the truck and taken quickly to the closest equine clinic in the area. That day was the last time Dawn saw Ketsia.
Dawn was kept on a feeding tube for 2 months so that she would continue to get nourishment and gain the weight she needed too, while the doctors worked on getting her muscles built to the point she needed to be at for a 8 month old filly.
Dawn was on the aquamill everyday as they started to build up her muscles again and work on her walking, troting, cantering, and eventually galloping. Now of course this all happened on the aquamill, so that it was low impact but her muscles were being worked well. The doctors worked tirelessly for 5 months rehabilitating little Dawn, and many grew very attached to her. One of those people was me. I was her lead trainer, and was the one who worked with her day in and day out, everytime she saw me she would whiny because she knew that I meant time for her daily workup.
7 months after she arrived, she finally made it to the goal weight of fillies her height and breed, we were all so very exstatic and that was the day it was decided that she was ready to be adopted out of the clinic and into a new home. Now many of us wanted her, I mean we had been with her for 7 months and we had all made her connections, but many people knew that they didn't need another horse, me however, I knew I could live without this little ray of sunlight in my life. So I applied as well as a few of my other colleagues and went through the long process of adopting a rescue horse. I had people come and check out my facilities, make sure everything would be safe and made sure that all of my onw horses were already health. I had to be questioned about how I would treat my new Dawn and if she would be safe in my care until the day one of us passed on, and then after another month she was finally mine.
I pulled up with my horse trailer in the back lot, and signed the final papers that stated I was taking her home, so I took her out of her stall, she was quite giddy once she saw the trailer, and loaded her up. Off we went and upon arrival at my ranch, I saw all of the horses had gathered by the fence waiting for the new horse to be unveilled, so opening up the back of the trailer I carefully backed her out. Upon seeing the herd she jumped, but whinnied excitedly, and I took of her lead so that she could go meet them. That was the first time I had truly seen Dawn the happiest and I see the love she shares for both me and her herd mates every day when I watch her playing around with the other horses and then galloping excitedly to me when she finally notices my presence. Dawn is a survivor and will live out the rest of her days in a great place that will never mistreat her, because sometimes you have to be tested before you can be rewarded, and I think Dawn got the best reward of all... Love.