About Cody
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Cody is my husband Daryl's registered quarter horse. If you already read about Gabe, you might recognize the name Cody here. Yep, you guessed it. Cody was Gabe's next-door stall-mate for the eight years that Gabe was neglected in life. But Cody had a wonderful, loving and attentive owner, a Santa Clara County, California, Sheriff who used Cody as a police search and rescue horse, and also rode Cody for pleasure. |
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Cody had even been trained to allow a wheel-chair-bound former police officer roll his wheel-chair right under Cody's belly for mounting purposes. Cody is now my husband, Daryl's, horse that I surprised him with one Christmas. How Cody came to us: I was looking for a good, bomb-proof horse to give to Daryl for Christmas that year. When an NH trainer friend told me that Cody was being put up for sale because the sheriff wanted a horse now that he could also teach barrel racing to (and at 15 then, Cody was deemed too old to start that), light bulbs went on inside my head. I went to check Cody out and fell in love with him instantly. I put Cody through every maneuver imaginable and he passed my safety-tests with flying colors. I had a vet check and he was perfectly sound and healthy. Even better, Cody had good past-handling, knew what it was to be loved and was very gentle and willing. But he was also bombproof! (Cody had even been shot off of!). He'd actually gone through the required police bomb-proofing program. But his legendary calm, protective acceptance of wheelchairs under his belly sold me even more. But even more perfect: Cody was Gabe's former nearby stall mate. They were already best friends (Gabe's only horse friend for the eight years he was ignored and stalled). Well, by this point in time, Gabe's life with me was already turned around, and what would be more perfect than to bring the two of them back together again to bring Gabe even more life joy, as well as to Cody. I bought Cody. The owner/sheriff was sad at the parting moment, but he was happy that Cody was going off to a home and family who promised to love and care for his old friend well. The day we brought Cody into our stables (still keeping it secret from my husband until the next-week Christmas date), we first placed Cody in our stable's large turn-out arena. Then…we brought Gabe in to see Cody. It had been over a year and a half since they had seen each other, but the second they spotted each other, what happened next just blew us away and melted our hearts. If horses could jump for joy, that's exactly what transpired. They leaped happily all over each other, whinnied, danced around with such joy, such gleeful abandonment, like two young colts, that it took everyone's breath away. Horses never forget. Not even each other. And these two had a very special bond. Christmas came and we surprised Daryl with his new partner. It was instant mutual love at first sight. Happy ending for everyone!
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