-- MONTPELIER, Vermont -- Patty Cooper's landlord normally welcomes tenants who use animals to help them get around, such as guide dogs for the blind.Well, that sounds pretty reasonable. So what's the problem here?
So after the disabled woman bought a 32-inch (81-centimeter) tall miniature horse to pull her wheelchair, she asked to keep the animal in her home. When her landlord rejected the request, she filed a human rights complaint.Wow... talk about hard-hearted... I mean, what's a little horseshit among friends?
Cooper, 50, paid $1,000 for the 1-year-old gelding named Earl, expecting to use it for trips to the bus stop and into town. The agency that owns the apartment complex in Waitsfield denied her proposal, citing concern about horse droppings, hay storage and lack of grazing space.Talk about unreasonable.
Cooper insists the 100-pound (45-kilo) tobiano pinto can be house-trained and said it "just makes me so happy whenever I'm around him. I'm not lonely anymore."
It's not like she wanted a water-buffalo.
