It was Fri., January 21. I received a message from the Rocky Mountain Foal Rescue (RMFR) E-Group that there were some horses in need of homes ASAP-a stallion, a mare, their baby, and a mule. Apparently, the owners had moved from Franktown to Golden, and could not come down to feed the animals.The next day, we headed up to check out the horses. I saw the mustang stallion as soon as we arrived. He was a magnificent bay with a white star, and I could not wait to get a closer look. His mane was in huge tangles, but was so long it wrapped around the other side of his neck. His feet were in need of some attention, but the rest of him was perfect.His baby, a 7-month-old filly, was as wild as a hare, and very cautious. We realized that the mustang would not fit in our small trailer, and the only way we could get the filly was to have her follow her mom, and both of them would not fit either. So, we decided to take the mule to her new home, and send out the call for help to see what we could do on Sunday. We went by a place called Emmy’s Trailers on the way home, and my neighbor told me when we were ready to get our trailer to check her out.I sent emails out to the E-group asking if anyone wanted the mare, and if anyone could help. I found someone who wanted the mare and could help, but neither of us owned a trailer. We both called friends and neighbors, but were not able to find a trailer on such short notice. I decided to check phone books to see if anyone rented horse or stock trailers. There was no one listed, so I started praying. I looked in the phone book again, and a name popped out: Emmy’s Trailers-the one my neighbor had mentioned. She was local, and if she didn’t rent trailers, she might know someone who did.Emmy informed me that she did not rent trailers, but then asked me what we needed it for. After I explained our mission, Emmy said something that I will never forget. “For such a noble cause, I am going to have to give you one of my trailers. What kind do you need”? I was absolutely overwhelmed, thanked her profusely, and told her what time we would be there. We headed out to pick up the trailer. Emmy was amazing. I asked to give her a credit card, a license or something. She said, “You are good people doing a good thing-don’t worry about that …” We headed up to Franktown.The second round of serious praying began. Two of these animals, including a large mustang stallion have never been in a trailer, and the mare hasn’t been in one for years. In addition, we can’t even catch the baby. We were running out of daylight, and I really didn’t want to damage this beautiful brand new trailer that didn’t belong to me. We couldn’t believe it when loading all three of these untrained horses took about 30 minutes, and there was not a scratch on the trailer when we got home.My husband and I were so impressed with Emmy and her trailer, that we decided we needed to buy it. When we were finished, Emmy hugged us goodbye and said, “Hope to see you soon”.Four more of Gods creatures are safe in new homes, and I have new wonderful friend named Emmy Detlof.Stacy RummelFalcon
