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Maureen K Clifford
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Re: Back from Enduring again

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:45 am

What a good girl she is - you must be proud of her - Well done both of you :)
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Re: Back from Enduring again

Post by Neville Briggs » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:22 am

I watched a documentary on TV the other day ( called Warhorse ) about horses used by the British military in WW1. Now that was endurance for those horses. Horrendous.

There was stuff in that show that I had never known about, too upsetting for yourself and Maureen I fear.
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Re: Back from Enduring again

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:42 am

I probably know about it Neville and the ultimate gift we gave them for their service was a bullet :( - I fear similar for our EDD dogs of war in Afghanistan since Australian quarantine informed me that no dog from Afghanistan would be permitted entry into Australia.
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Re: Back from Enduring again

Post by Neville Briggs » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:07 am

According to this doco, 60,000 horses returned to England and 500,000, mostly harness horses, were sold to French farmers who returned them to farm work. The other 250,000.. :cry: . General Seeley's horse " Warrior " got home and lived the life of Riley in the longyard until 33 years of age.
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