It actually took more than 5 weeks for the emaciated pony to be able to stand by herself.

Blood was donated by healthy horses, and padded dressings were placed on Heidi to help her pressure sores from further damage.

“Too many sores, worms, parasites, and infections had been given time to take hold and it took months and months to get Heidi well enough to run free in our pastures,” Wendy added.

But thanks to her feisty character and determination to survive she pulled through.

Heidi had suffered the level of cruelty and neglect the nonprofit sees once or twice a year but she can put all that behind her now and enjoy an award-winning life as the beautiful and vibrant pony she was meant to be.

Thanks to Wendy and her team Heidi is now “high on life,” her beautiful mane has grown back and she is living her best life winning rosettes.

I really wish whoever was responsible for such cruelty was brought to justice and banned from ever keeping an animal again.

Heidi may have been crushed in body but never in spirit.

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