DESERT DUNS HORSE ASSOCIATION

The Rainbow Bridge

The Rainbow Bridge, is where your pet goes when he dies. Animals of all kinds wait there for their loving master to come and cross with them. One day, an elderly horse came, his head hung low and tail dragging. The old horse approached slowly, very sad. Unlike all of the other animals waiting, this horse had not been made healthy again. As he walked toward The Bridge, he knew he was out of place, the faster he could cross over, the happier he would be. But, as he approached, an Angel told him that he would not be able to pass, because only those animals who were with their people could pass over The Rainbow Bridge. The elderly horse turned around and saw a group of other horses just like him, they weren't playing, they were just standing there, looking at the pathway leading to The Bridge. And so, he took his place among them, watching the pathway and waiting.

One of the newest arrivals at The Bridge didn't understand what he had just witnessed and asked the angel to explain it to him. "You see, that poor animal was a rescue horse. He was sent to rescue by someone who didn't want him. He died before he could be adopted, he only had the love of his rescuer to comfort him. Now because he had no family to share his love with, he has no one to escort him across the Bridge.
Suddenly, the skies were bright and sunny. A person came up the pathway. A group of horses that were playing nearby, stopped and bowed low as the person neared. At each bowed head, the person offered a pat on the head or a scratch behind the ears. The horses that were bowing, are rescue horses, too, but they had found loving homes because of the rescuers hard work. They will cross when their new families arrive.
The person walked by the sad, old horses, too. As the person touched them, each one of the horses was washed in a golden light, they were all young and healthy again. The rescuer had come!  When a rescuer arrives, they are allowed to perform this one, final act of rescue. The golden horses got into line, the rescuer and the rescued horses, crossed over The Rainbow Bridge.    

An old Indian legend says, when a human dies he/she will go to The Rainbow Bridge, to enter into heaven. At the gate by the Bridge is every animal this person has met during his/her lifetime. The animals decide, which humans may cross the Bridge... and which humans are turned away!!
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