I wish this fifteen-year-old and his new Tennessee Walker all the best. What a lesson in compassion for all of us.

East Texas News. A Nacogdoches County teenager is going from the sadness of losing one horse to the hope of saving another. Brain Huckaby,15, has a connection with animals. He volunteered all summer at the animal shelter. He has numerous dogs and likes to ride horses with his uncle, so naturally a horse loose on the roadside caught his attention. Brian recalled, "I told my grandma it was up there loose and I wanted to go catch it. And she didn't want me to catch, but then she finally gave in to it."

Brian slowly led the little paint horse home. The young colt was badly malnourished. Brian wouldn't leave its side. He even attempted to sleep with it in hopes of getting it well. Brian said, "I would give it water and bottles and stuff like than and feed it with my hand. I kept blankets over it so it wouldn't freeze."

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