Project Report
| Sep 16, 2024
Snow Receives Some Community Magic
By Kim Mosiman | Executive Director
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Snow after intake
20+ year old Andalusian Mare Snow, was due for a little community magic to make her next few years peaceful and loving.
We took ownership of Snow last week after Law Enforcement suggested that her previous owners contact us. Over the past 6 months, several people called to report Snow in thin condition. Her previous owners were able to put some weight on during that time but could not give her the veterinary and farrier care she needed.
Snow’s bloodwork is still within normal limits, but both hind suspensory ligaments are starting to degenerate. She has loss of range of motion in both knees but seems happy and sound in the pasture. She has come mild vision loss in both eyes and will be getting a dental soon. Basically, she is an old, well used horse that is now just a love magnet.
Snow is a doll. She trots up to meet you at feeding time and follows you around the pasture. Her days of being a ridding horse are over, but her current foster home is already considering adopting her! We will do our best to make her golden years happy until she becomes uncomfortable.
Thanks to donors like you, we are able to open up that safety net to a horse that has willingly given her all to people.
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Snow a few months ago
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Snow already getting pampered in her foster home.
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May 9, 2024
Bales for Bell
By Kim Mosiman | Executive Director
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Bell at the Vet's
Early in May, a Clackamas County Sheriff Deputy responded to a neglect complaint and found Bell, a malnourished 23-year-old Belgian Draft Mare. This was not the first complaint or investigation of neglected animals on the property, but this time Bell’s owner agreed to surrender her.
We loaded Bell up and headed directly to Eagle Fern Equine Hospital for a full intake examination. She was graded a 2.5/9 Body Condition Score. The weight tape measured Bell at 1350 lbs, while a healthy Belgian Horse should weigh between 1800 to 2400 lbs. She was easily 400+ lbs underweight. Bell also had a very high parasite load, for which she started treatment, and is in need of dental care, which will wait until her body is stronger. She has rain rot along her topline and hair coming out in chunks. Thankfully, she loves scratches and grooming.
With all of those concerns, the worst still, is the condition of her hooves. Draft horses' hooves absorb a tremendous amount of weight and pressure. When they are not maintained, they tend to break and crack rather than grow long like a smaller horse’s hoof might. Bell’s hooves are full of these cracks and defects that compromise their strength and strain the delicate tissues within the hoof wall. We expect it will take months for them to recover fully.
Though the road ahead of her is a long one, we got to Bell in time. She will get another chance at life where she is safe, healthy, and valued. On Saturday, Bell was transported to a foster home. There she will get the farrier and dental care she needs to thrive, tons and tons of love and TLC, and nearly as many tons of quality hay.
Proper nutrition from quality hay will help Bell gain vital fat and muscle and will allow her body to make healthy new cells in every organ in her body.
Can you help us heal Bell and others like her from the inside out?
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The condition of Bell's feet
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Bell starting her recovery in foster
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Feb 6, 2024
New Intakes Zazu and Nala
By Kim Mosiman | Executive Director
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Zazu
Meet our two newest intakes Zazu and Nala. They are both significantly underweight, scoring a 2 out of 9 on the Henneke Body Condition Scale. Both horses came in covered with lice and rain rot.
Zazu is a Paint type gelding who is about 18 years old. He had some harsh lung sounds and was not thrilled to bend his hind legs. We will radiograph his hocks and look for arthritis after he is stronger and feeling better.
Nala is a Quarter Horse Type mare that appears to be about 5 years old. She is sore on a front foot, likely caused by a thin weak sole. She also is off on a hind leg from what we are guessing is a weak stifle. Both conditions will be reevaluated once her feet have been able to dry up and she has had enough calories and time to build muscle. For now, this duo’s job will be to just rest, eat and gain strength.
If you would like to help Zazu and Nala’s recovery, please consider taking advantage of GlobalGivings New Monthly Donor Campaign. Any new monthly donation will be matched 100% after 4 monthly donations!
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Nala
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