54 SIDELINES FEBRUARY 2014
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Follow Your Instincts
(And Your Husband’s Advice)
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My Story
Kristy’s truck after the fire. The fire
was a result of a seat heater that
malfunctioned.
By Kristy Truebenbach Lund, DVM
E
very once in awhile, an event happens in your life that
makes you stand back, slow down and take a look at
your place in this world and your relationship with those
who surround you. This is one of those events and this is my story.
Having just come off several wins at theRegion 3Championships
in Atlanta, Georgia and an uneventful trailering trip behind me,
planning a trip to Nationals in Kentucky didn’t seem like a big deal.
I had towed my own truck and trailer to Kentucky before and since
I was bringing three horses, it seemed economically better to ship
myself so I could also stay in my living quarters.
Well, I should have seen the signs the week before I was ready
to ship out. All the electric in the trailer went haywire and the TV
broke. On the way back from the repair shop the brakes failed …
with just 48 hours to the scheduled departure time. With just 24
hours to departure everything seemed back in working order …
until I hooked up my trailer at 5 a.m. and got stuck in the South
Florida sugar sand. Finally loaded, I headed down the road by my
farm on the way to Kentucky. My husband followed alongside on
his golf cart and told me later he had a gut feeling to make me stop
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Goldfish, known as Goldie,
unfortunately perished in the truck
fire. Goldie was taken to a pound
about a year ago and the pound
asked Kristy to foster him. “They
brought him to me and he never
left. Being on the farm he was
eventually able to walk without the
wheelchair,” Kristy said.
Drs. Scott and Kristy Lund with
Shorty (left) and Gummy (center)
who were in the fire. Goldie Junior
(right) wasn’t in the truck.
Shorty – he made it!
Gummy – he made it!
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