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Our year end totals always amaze me - both the amount of money it takes to run the rescue, keep our horses healthy, provide the care that many of them did not receive before coming here and the amount of support we get from all of you that make it possible. Last year alone, 2023, we spent over $3000.00 on farrier care - that is an essential part of owning a horse - they need their feet trimmed at least every 8 weeks. In the wild, horses are roaming the rugged ground, searching for food 23 hours a day - they travel miles and miles, trimming their feet at they go. When we keep our horses in paddocks and pastures, making sure there are no rocks and rough terrain, and then give them food in from of them that they do not have to go searching for - well, those hooves grow fast! Many of the horses we bring to the rescue are in great need of hoof care. A healthy horse starts from the ground up. Andrew is the best. He never knows when he comes who we will have for him to trim - will it be a new intake that needs extensive work to rebalance? will it be an old horse that has foundered? a horse that has either never had their feet done, been mistreated? put in stocks? too weak to hold their feet up for long or even at all? Andrew is ready for anything and we appreciate him and all he does at our rescue. Thank you everyone for all your support.
The monthy amount is an average of each trim which, in most cases, is every two months ($50) |
Chesters Cancer Treatment
Over the past few years, Chesters has been suffering with chronic inflammation of both eyes. He has been to New England Equine Medical Center twice and this past December reveled Chester has lymphoma of the cornea in his left eye. Options are to do nothing (which would most likely allow the cancer to metastasize (not really a great option). We could remove the eyeball, and this would be my first decision if Chester's right eye was healthy, but it isn't and the possibility of him losing the sight in that eye is very possible. The third option is to do radiation at Cornell University - he is only one of two patients that have had this particular cancer of the eye that Dr. Clode (the eye specialist at New England) has seen. She believes radiation will not only save his eye and his sight but may save his life. Thank you for supporting Chester and helping him overcome yet another bump in the road.
Update: Chesters eye is stable at this time and we hope he will never need more cancer treatment. He does require an eye ointment that he will have for the rest of his life - any donations at this time will go toward this medicine. Thank you |
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