Topsy and Tufty - Week 8

Topsy and Paul have had a triumph this week, as Paul has been able to pick up, and pick out (!) her feet.  So far Topsy doesn't seem to have any trauma triggers in these areas, so it's great that she's getting closer to having her feet rasped.

It's been a rather traumatic week for us, rather than for the ponies themselves!  I wrote to the national welfare charity/organisation that owns the ponies and offered Topsy and Tufty permanent places at our main base so that they can both stay with us.  I asked if the charity would pay or contribute towards the everyday costs of the ponies, but they say that they are unable to do so (and they are unable pay any of the bedding, hay, wormer that the ponies have already used) because of their funding crisis.  So, in accordance with their policy, they would choose to destroy/euthanise Topsy and Tufty.

We certainly haven't done all this work with the ponies for them to be destroyed - both ponies are happy and healthy, and trust us and our methods.  It looks like we will have to take on the everyday costs of the ponies and both ponies will be staying with us.

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