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Post by critterseverywhere on Feb 1, 2006 10:30:39 GMT -5
what a great shot!
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Post by falseimpression on Feb 1, 2006 11:15:53 GMT -5
Rob looks so pleased with his "mini human"...
So nice to have regular updates!! He looks happy.
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Post by safehorses on Feb 1, 2006 15:00:44 GMT -5
What a cute pic, what a love bug Rob is!
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Post by rainydayride on Feb 1, 2006 17:36:23 GMT -5
what a sweet photo - another deserving golden-oldie in a place he is fitting in so well.
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Post by schwung on Feb 5, 2006 16:17:48 GMT -5
Another updated photo of Rob, he sure looks great! Looks like CA is starting to look a lot like WA these days...
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Post by fancyherd@gala's on Feb 13, 2006 18:42:15 GMT -5
Hi all - I got Rob. He joined us on my birthday 12/15. He is a wonderful old gentleman and is a 'binkie' to our 11 month gelding*who is also a resuce story - prior to his birth. He also shares our home with 2 outstandingly beautiful mares. He is enjoying the mild Northern California climate and doing very, very well. We live just 38 miles north of San Francisco. We love Rob he is quite a cookie monster and has become a creature of comfort...as it should be. Gala
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Post by schwung on Feb 13, 2006 19:13:02 GMT -5
Welcome Gala!!!! So wonderful to see you here!
Thank you so much for the updates on Rob, for opening your heart and home for him, and for everything else you have done. Please keep those updates coming!!
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Post by jaybird on Feb 13, 2006 19:33:24 GMT -5
welcome Gala, and thanks so much for taking Rob in. He looks like he's doing wonderfully. Please keep the updates and photos coming.
I'd like to hear the story of the 11 month old gelding if you feel like posting it next door in the "Other Rescues" forum....
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Post by lessonlearned on Feb 13, 2006 19:57:30 GMT -5
So good to hear about Rob in his wonderful new home. It sounds like he is enjoying his status as the "resident binkie" -- I love it!
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Post by falseimpression on Feb 13, 2006 20:21:12 GMT -5
Welcome Gala..
Rob is living quite the life.. I love him with his "little human".
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Post by fancyherd@gala's on May 15, 2006 14:14:18 GMT -5
I apologize for being remiss in sharing the story about ‘Fin’ – originally ‘Fins’ (“Fart in a Skillet”). We got a call from our vet, late on a Friday night early November 2004; he had just come from a “Cowboy Poetry” gathering about 3 hours north of where we live. It was held at an animal sanctuary. He was over the top about the over all condition of this ‘sanctuary’. It was deplorable, it stunk, the pens were filthy; the animals underfed the water sources resemble thick pond scum. While all this was horribly upsetting it could & would be reviewed through proper state agencies. (The sanctuary has been closed by the state). What was so disturbing to him was a totally blind mare that was in foal. They had bred her to their resident stallion. Ribbon was small and a senior 22 years old and no less than 150 pounds under weight. Her feet were awful, she stunk; she had to ‘fight’ for what food was provided and very much in foal. To expedite her rescue we decided to buy her from the sanctuary. We showed up Saturday morning at 7am with $500. cash as a donation; just looking for a senior horse we could have as a pasture buddy. They leapt into our grasp, showing us several horses. We knew what we were there for, they didn’t; and finally they ½ heartily took us over to the pen….there stood Ribbon…we knew she was the one. We got our donation receipt and bless Ribbon’s sweet, trusting, exhausted heart – she stepped into our trailer like she did it every day. She was in such awful condition I hid her in the barn for 2 solid months; when we turned her out it was with a blanket on. No surprise she had rain scald to an extreme level. The farrier almost vomited when he saw her the first time. The life threatening condition to both Ribbon & her unborn foal was very real. If we could reverse the damages done to Ribbon it was still a crap shoot with the foal. According to the information provided she was due to foal mid February. If she didn’t die first. Every week our Vet came out donating anything and everything she needed and keeping close tabs on the foal. Our farrier would stop by adjusting a little here and there at no charge. February came and went no foal. Ribbon is responding magically. We are all on pins & needles. We can see the foal moving & kicking and Ribbon is getting her weight up and is getting a glossy cost and she is feeling good. March 11, 2005 at 11:56pm I go out to make my final check before going to bed. No dripping, no waxing no indication of anything. The Vet had just been out on the 8th and judges we have the best part of 2 weeks yet to go. I’m back out at the foaling stall at 5:30am March 12, 2005. My other 2 mares are glued to the opposite side of the fence at the far side of Ribbons pen. Standing like statues, Ribbon is standing there and then I spot a tiny ‘yellow’ bundle. I rushed back into in the house – warmed a terry blanket in the dryer – screamed at my husband “WE HAVE A BABY” – rushed back out, calling the Vet from my cell phone, scooped the little guy up in the warm blanket – he was still fairly wet –carried him into the stall with Mama happily trailing along. I’m a small person 5’2” and 108 pounds and I'm carrying this foal easily. He is teeny, tiny. He is alert, has already been up and standing, appears to have nursed. He is weak (he was walking on his pasterns) he can walk under his Mom’s belly. By his first afternoon he had earned his name ‘Fins’; by his 3rd day he was up on his hoofs and as of today he still has not slowed down. We had to have Ribbon put down November 11, 2006. Being blind she traveled in circles always to the right; her inside hip froze and she was starting to experience pain. She had her dignity restored and was able to move on with elegance and beauty. She knew she was loved, respected and honored for her endurance and strength it took to survive. I promised her that we would be life long guardians to her beautiful son; we would allow no harm to him. I owe a lot to Ribbon.
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Post by fancyherd@gala's on May 15, 2006 14:18:40 GMT -5
that should read we had her put down Nov11, 2005
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Post by dakota2mariah on May 15, 2006 14:59:03 GMT -5
How incredibly heartbreaking At least her last days were spent with love and dignity and you saved her son. You are a buetifull person for caring and going the extra mile to help this poor lady and her baby. While terribly sad it is also heart warming to know there are people like you who care enough to make a difference.
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Post by pdevlieg on May 15, 2006 15:12:43 GMT -5
Oh Gala - what a sweet, heart-wrenching story. Ribbon was blessed to know you and you saved her and her sons life. What a gift your kind heart is to all these animals in need!
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Post by safehorses on May 15, 2006 15:20:42 GMT -5
Gala, thank you so much for sharing this story with us...very touching and beautiful. Poor Ribbon, but I am glad she got to know love and a nice life before she crossed the Rainbow Bridge. So...Fin is the gelding who uses Rob as a binkie?
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