June 2009 Story Contest

KandyMan by PoniGirl409

Hi :), I'm leasing a silver dapple taffy gelding named KandyMan. He's absolutely beautiful and I love him so much. But I've recently gotten a big scare. I was on vacation and was messaged that Kandy was foundering and feeling very "ouchy".

The whole vacation, the only thing I could do was wonder if Kandy was okay.

I emailed my barn friends getting updates on him each day, apparently Jill (my instructor) had moved him from his pasture (K-man is a full-out pasture pony) and stuck him in a stall where he could recuperate.

Apparently the foundering started the day I left for the beach: kandy was eating obsessively.  

I was so worried. As soon as I got home and got a chance, out to the barn I went.

My dad had kidded around saying "KandyMan probably got sick because he missed you."

When i got to the barn, I cared for him (soaking his hoof in salt and rubbing alcohol, walking him, grooming him, and just talking to him). Soon, he was put out to a small paddock where I would go and talk to him. He would follow me and around and nudge me.

But sure enough, within 4 days, KandyMan had almost completely recovered. I believe that he loved me and that I made him feel better. It made me feel so good; knowing that he loved me as much as I did him. We have always been a pair; same "blond" hair, same personality, the same feelings.

People had often told me how much we were meant to be together, and knowing that just having me around him, helped him to recuperate made me feel so good, and strengthened our bond together.