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Post by jaybird on Jan 8, 2008 14:05:10 GMT -5
Through the hard work of a lot of people, SAFE has acquired two new horses: Pie, a 30+ year old chestnut quarter horse type gelding; and Isabelle, a 13 year old chestnut Appendix mare. Pie was advertised for sale on Craigslist and his description raised a great deal of concern with SAFE members: old gelding pasture pal or lawn mower - $50we have a very old gelding that really needs to go somewhere that he can be 1 of 2 horses. We have to many and he gets pushed around. he is very under weight but he is 28 years old and everytime we try to fatten him up he founders. so in the spring he gets fuller and is a great kids horse but winter is hard for him. he has to have a blanket and a shelter. i will supply the blanket if you can supply the shelter. he needs somewhere to enjoy the last of heis days in happiness and love. If you think you can take him will you please let us know. [/i] Gingersmom and Whitewolf821 attempted to contact the poster, and Whitewolf was able to get a response from her and start a dialog about allowing SAFE to help this gelding. Through her efforts, Whitewolf convinced this person to surrender the horse to SAFE. Cat67 then made a trip out to the farm, braving flooded roads, to take a look at this gelding. She reported back that he was indeed in very poor shape - a 1.5 on the body scale with rainrot, living in a dirty stall with poor quality hay. She also reported that he had a friend who shared his enclosure - a mare, 13 years old, whose condition was as bad if not worse than the gelding. Thankfully, the owner agreed to surrender both horses to SAFE. Yesterday, Chelsea and I made the trip out to pick these two up and deliver them to their new foster home. The two horses were very hungry and they could not believe their eyes as they were led into their stalls, deeply bedded with clean shavings, with handfuls of beautiful grass hay to eat and clean water to drink. Their new foster mom is extremely well-versed in bringing neglected horses back from the brink of death, and showed us--among the other horses in her barn--a beautiful dark bay 40 year old Thoroughbred mare...a gorgeous 17 year old Appy gelding who had been 24 hours away from death due to starvation and neglect when he arrived in her care...a younger warmblood mare that was unrideable due to an serious accident who happily showed us a few of the tricks she has learned (as well as the strong bond between her and her owner)...simply put, we could not have found a better place for Pie and Isabelle to start their rehabilitation. This is Isabelle after arriving at her foster home: And this is Pie, enjoying the taste of great hay in his new stall:
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Post by Rose on Jan 8, 2008 14:11:31 GMT -5
They are very lucky to have been rescued. I can't wait to see the transformation of these two. I'm a sucker for the chesnuts. Always liked the QH Appendix as well.
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Post by jaybird on Jan 8, 2008 14:12:17 GMT -5
Both horses are extremely thin, with rainrot. Isabelle is probably the worst of the two, and her problems are complicated by the fact that her unfloated teeth have caused the inside of her cheeks to be lined with sores. Due to their weakened condition, we cannot risk sedating either of these horses to float their teeth, so that will have to wait. They will each be wormed with Panacur in a few days once they are settled in (thanks Chelsea for donating that, along with 150 lbs of steamed low-carb hay pellets!!)
We have already gotten a report from their wonderful foster mom this morning:
Hello all, here is your first “Foster Adventure” installment.
I am pleased to report that Big Red* and Isabelle* are happily tucked into their spa suites tonight, warm, comfy, with full bellies, and smiling. The horses were chaffered here from their previous “situation” in Olympia, arriving skinny, muddy, and a little shaky, but with good attitudes, and they both settled in quickly. They seemed thrilled with our every 2 hour room service feeding schedule. (We have been mixing small serving of bran & hay mush in warm water, sprinkled liberally with probios powder & baby carrots.) By the second feeding, Red was already whickering to Melanie with eager anticipation, and the little mare, Isabelle, was right at her door to greet her feed bucket (and us, too, I think). Both are very well-mannered and polite. At first inspection, it looks as if Isabelle’s first big health challenge will be the infected sores inside her cheek which are causing a great deal of discomfort. She still tried to chew & suck all she could out of our super-soft orchard grass before she spit out the wads, co I soaked some hay in warm water for her to try, and she seems able to chew it a little easier that way, and is looking for more. Isabelle is licking her grain bowl clean at every serving...she especially likes her bran mash with probios. And GREAT news! Red is QUITE capable of chewing up his hay with no problem, and boy does he.....whoopee! And both horses are really chowing down on the pelleted hay mush and loving it, too. Neither one has a problem with a poor appetite! After her first few snacks, Isabelle gave a big sigh, and literally wallowed in her clean dry shavings (I swear I saw her smile) and had a little nap. Big Red has no time for napping....he is much too busy finding every last little wisp of hay. Given a little luck, I expect that the red guy will recover in a timely manner with care & calories..., but the little mare might be in for a tougher time. She seems a lot more fragile and worn down, both physically and emotionally. Still, they both arrived with bright eyes and a look of anticipation for a better life, and are eating, drinking, pooping like normal horses.... LIFE IS GOOD!! Tomorrow, their spa day will include their first treatment to start clearing up the rain rot, then removal of the last of the mud and muck from their legs, tails, and faces, and, next, (yikes), clean and treat their feet with a special medicinal pedicure, and finally, a brief turnout to refresh their vitamin D levels before they saunter back to their suites for a quick nap and several more meals. That’s all for now....
Goodnight, from the “Equine Spa in the Highlands”, Ginger
*We are using these names temporarily as their barn names while they are our guests, until their “ real” names are assigned....
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Post by slew on Jan 8, 2008 14:12:23 GMT -5
I want to go and live there........
congrats RED MALE HORSE and RED MARE! (names changed to protect the innocent!)
so glad to see you are out of that HELL HOLE.
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Post by jaybird on Jan 8, 2008 14:17:01 GMT -5
I'm a sucker for the chestnuts. Apparently SAFE is a sucker for chestnuts too! Honeycutt Jack Lexi Rusty Dobbin Redmond Trey Shante Vivian Desi Azalea Monica Bacchus Ollie BJ Vanna Delanie Jerry and now: Pie Isabelle Sometimes I think we should change our name to SACE (Save a Chestnut Equine) or SAFC (Save a Forgotten Chestnut).
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Post by jaybird on Jan 8, 2008 14:23:19 GMT -5
SAFE has received a donation in the amount of $50.00 from Gingersmom to help with Pie and Isabelle's rescue!!
Donation received 1/6/08 Net donation after PayPal fees: Thank you for your contribution!![/b]
SAFE has received a donation in the amount of $106.00 from REDMOND! sent for new rescues Pie and Bella
Donation received 1/6/08 Net donation after PayPal fees: Thank you for your contribution!![/b]
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Post by cat67 on Jan 8, 2008 14:26:53 GMT -5
Quite simply put, these are two of the nicest horses ever. They are great to handle and love people. The mare is very well bred - a classic case of a quality horse who almost slipped through the cracks. My friend Susan Larkin did a free analysis on her and if you scroll down, you can see her produce record. horsebooks.freeyellow.com/obviouslyright.pdfI don't think anything is known about her training at this point, but just from looking at that pedigree and her conformation, she should have a great mind and be athletic. I'm excited to see how she moves after her feet are done - both horses are too long to evaluate at present. I am going to predict that she will be another Rusty who can not only find a great home, but also go on to a competitive performance career! Pie is very old but super sweet and seems great with other horses - he seems like he'd make a wonderful companion horse or a horse to lead little kids around. I am so excited that SAFE found such a PERFECT foster home for these two! It is so good to see them in dry, clean stalls with quality hay in front of them. For those of you who saw the ad and got upset, good for you - I think we all must have had our instincts in high gear, because I don't think I've ever met two horses more deserving of being rescued!
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Post by cat67 on Jan 8, 2008 14:28:20 GMT -5
Hahahaha chestnuts are my favorites too!
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Post by leahlady on Jan 8, 2008 14:32:02 GMT -5
OH MY GOSH!! This is so GREAT!!! This makes me so happy! What a brilliant new life they both will have
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Post by Whitewolf821 on Jan 8, 2008 14:50:43 GMT -5
I feel honored to have played a part in rescuing these two. None of us had any idea when we saw the original ad that we would end up with a two for one deal. Personally, in my opinion, I think....WHAT A DEAL!
Many, many thanks to Ginger and the "Equine Spa" for taking these two on in such short notice. They need the spa treatment. I'm sure they've both done so much for so many it's heartbreaking to know that they almost fell through the cracks.
Thank you to everyone with SAFE for being the wonderful people you are. Thank you to Cat for going and checking these two out. Thank you to Chelsea and Bonnie for spending their day braving the ice and snow to pick them up. Thank you to Jaime and the BoD for making room for the one more we didn't really have room for. I have no doubt in my mind that the craziness of the last few days was worth it.
I look forward to hearing more and seeing them recover to happy, healthy, beautiful "chestnut punkins" as Redmond would put it!
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Post by pdevlieg on Jan 8, 2008 15:03:26 GMT -5
I'm a sucker for the chestnuts. Apparently SAFE is a sucker for chestnuts too! Honeycutt Jack Lexi Rusty Dobbin Redmond Trey Shante Vivian Desi Azalea Monica Bacchus Ollie BJ Vanna Delanie Jerry and now: Pie Isabelle Sometimes I think we should change our name to SACE (Save a Chestnut Equine) or SAFC (Save a Forgotten Chestnut). That is hilarious. I had never noticed how many chestnuts we have had before! They look so happy in their "spa". Thanks to everyone, volunteers and staff, who worked so hard and quickly to get these two horses safe. Ginger - you offer so much to these horses. Thank you!
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Post by jodycat on Jan 8, 2008 15:35:00 GMT -5
Donation just made to help these two horses, I am so GLAD they have been rescued! ;D
Amount: $78.00 USD
Transaction ID: 1V273675DC716790L
Subject: For Pie and Isabella
Message: A little bit to help with their rehab needs.
I am so >glad< SAFE has them!!
Mary Elynne (aka Jodycat)
Donation received 1/8/08 Net donation after PayPal fees: $75.44 Thank you for your contribution!![/b]
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Post by Gingersmom-Tate on Jan 8, 2008 15:56:45 GMT -5
I'm so grateful to everyone who joined together in this rescue. Those two have a bright future in front of them. A huge thank you to SAFE and the wonderful foster home for taking them in.
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Post by Rose on Jan 8, 2008 16:24:11 GMT -5
Cat67 said: I don't think anything is known about her training at this point, but just from looking at that pedigree and her conformation, she should have a great mind and be athletic. I'm excited to see how she moves after her feet are done - both horses are too long to evaluate at present. I am going to predict that she will be another Rusty who can not only find a great home, but also go on to a competitive performance career!
Oooooo I can't wait to see how she turns out. I checked out her stats last night on FHOTD. She seems to be quite the potential. Question? Can her papers be recovered?
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Post by jaybird on Jan 8, 2008 16:27:30 GMT -5
We have a photocopy of her papers. The difficulty is that as a rescue we do not allow breeding of the horses we adopt out. So I'm not sure if we want her papers to be released...not sure how to handle this at all.
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