A Huge thankyou to everyone. With the money promised
and the money already gifted we can take care of the horses now. This started
out as an overwhelming project and is now coming to an end with a happy ending.
I wish I could HUG each and every person who helped.
I just spent a very long cold day outside.
With the help of friends we managed to worm all the
horses .
I spent $320.00 on wormer, grain, salt blocks and
mineral block this morning.
We took really nice alpha hay to lure them into the
pens.
The horses loved the mineral block. They all took turns
licking it and slurping it down
Borrowed panels and hauled mine there.
We could make catch pens. These horses for the most
part are friendly but not used to being handled.
I can not believe the difference in the horses just
over the last few days
I think the delousing made them biggest difference. The
biggest difference I noticed was the eyes. There was sparkle in their eyes. Like
they had hope.
Brett Janzen and his mom Christy brought in the
renagades 2 stallions and a mare that went awol in the fall. They are in great
shape having made themselves at home on a field of hay that did not get a second
cut.
Brett made a deal and bought a beautiful palamino
stallion. (He will be a gelding Monday.) Simon is also is getting gelded.They
were the AWOL stallions.(I would not want a mare in that neighbourhood....lol
spring time surprise
The 4 round bales in the field are almost gone.More hay
on its way.
The cost of hay is $45 per round but they are huge
bales. 1500 to 1600 pounds. Delivery is about $200. We ordered 15.
A tractor is going to have to work very hard to get the
way cleared. The snow is really deep. I stepped off the path packed down and
sunk to my butt. This is going to be a big job getting the hay into where
it needs to be.
The owner also does not own a tractor so she can not
move the bales arround so the guy delivering will have more work then
usual.
Good news is she sold a couple extra horses she had
planned on keeping.
Dr. Roxy Bell is going tomorrow and will be looking
horses over. (she is not charging just helping out) Roxy is one of our best
endurance vets, She is also the vet that saved my Sidney when he was so sick. http://www.canadiantack.com/Articles/SID.htm
I can't thank everyone enough who has sent or gifted
money to help out. It felt so good to be able to load up my truck and take food
and meds to these horses.
Little Talisman is off to the vets tomorrow to get his
face cleaned up from the halter damage and he will be gelded as soon as the vet
thinks he is in good enough shape. He has found a good home to go to in a couple
weeks.Gin is going to foster care until her new owner can arrange for her to go
north to her new home.
Wildfire, Precious and her baby and Minnie Mouse were
the worst cases on the property. They are going to a farm in Lloydminster
Alberta. Debbie has box stalls for them and lots of food. Hopefully there will
be no lasting problems. Put them in your prayers.
The owner has agreed to geld or sell all but one
stallion. That stallion will not be running with the herd.
I had a long talk with her today. We will be keeping a
very close eye on her in the future. This will not be allowed to happen
again.
I will be talking with her about placing the foals from
this spring for sale as weanlings. She said she would not breed the mares at all
this year.
Money that is left over I would like to donate to a
rescue organization in Alberta.
The up side to this is the Morgan Breeders in this
Province are now looking into forming a Morgan rescue group.
We were so lucky to find good homes for these
horses.
I will post an updated list of horses on the web page
Sunday night.
