SWEP representatives attended Hallworthy Market today. Prices were again low and many ponies were left unsold. We were concerned for three young ponies so purchased them and bought them back to our rehabilitation yard. The first pony was a very small black miniature Shetland colt, he was a lot smaller than the other ponies in his pen and quite timid. The second pony was again a lot smaller than the others in his pen and extremely frightened, also a colt. He was underweight and we were concerned that he would not survive a long journey in the back of a lorry, the third was a filly who although a good size was extremely frightened and was showing signs of trauma. We will work with all three ponies and they will be re homed when ready.
05/10/2011: All three ponies are now safe at our rehabilitation yard. The mini Shetland is called Black Beauty or Stewie, The coloured colt is called Davy and the filly is named Patchy. We will update readers on their progress.
11/2011: Stewie has been re homed. We noticed Davy was carrying his tail at a funny angle and looked uncomfortable, he was still showing signs of shock and trauma from his experience at the sale. Our vet came to check him over and diagnosed a broken tail, this could have happened through rough handling and pulling on the tail. It is not affecting him to badly so the vet is sure he will make a full recovery. This will explain why he is so afraid of people, but we will work with him and Patchy to gain their trust and we are confident they will be re homed as many other of ponies have.
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