We got some more ponies!

With a lot of patience, negotiations and time we finally were able to get 5 more ponies from the Highway 47 site. The conditions out there are still not good but they are definatley a LOT better then they have been in the past. There are now only 10 ponies left on the site and we are hoping to talk her out of at least 5 of those. All of the remaining ponies have a large pen with shelter and we are continuing to check to make sure that they are all being fed, wormed and cared for.

Here are a couple photos of the new residences enjoying a nice clean stall with plenty of food.

Rudy - ADOPTED

Rudy is a cute, very pathetic little stallion that just steals your heart the instant you meet him. He has the pretiest blue eyes I have ever seen and a sweet personality to go with them. Rudy loves to be brushed and pet, he just enjoys any kind of attention that we give him. He is best freinds with Frosty so we hope that they will go to a new home together.



Rudy was castrated in late April and adopted out along with his best friend Frosty to a wonderful home.

Eclipse - ADOPTED

Eclipse is an aged stallion with the sweetest personality. One of my volunteers fell in love with Eclipse the first time we went out to the site and would not let me rest until I got him out of there. His forlock is so long and thick that you can't see his face unless you move it aside and his mane is incredible. Eclipse is already adopted out but he is going to stay here until he is more healthy.

Frosty - Adopted

Frosy is an older mare, she is extremely shy and acts like she's been abused at some point in her life. We are afraid she might be pregnant. Frosty was brutally savaged by a stallion right before we got her so she is reluctant to be with other horses but she gets along really well with Rudy.

I have been spending a lot of one on one time with Frosty in an attempt to get her over her shyness. She is more comfortable with being handled and is easier to catch now but she is still a little fearful. I think with more time and patience she will come around quite nicely.

Ice

Ice is an aproximately 10 year old stallion that was used as a herd sire. He is a sweet, friendly little guy who really cries out for some attention. He appreciates any and all loving he is offered. I really like this little horse and think that with some time and patience would be a nice childs pony. He is going to need to have his teeth done and be castrated.

Lighting is Like a New Man

He is frisky, fat, healed and ready for a new home.....anyone???

Here are some recent photos I got of him running amoke last weekend.

State of the Union

The onset of winter always brings forth an abundance of horses that need new homes or an outreach of help. This winter it is especially bad with the economy being poor, high feed costs and hundreds of people loosing their jobs. I and a few other local reputable rescues here in Oregon work together as much as we can to find homes and help for these poor horses that are suffering. I have added a few more horses to my “Outside Horses Needing Homes” section this rescue website. Please take a few moments to look over the horses that are listed there and forward this to everyone you know that might be willing to take another horse on. If you don’t see any horses that work for you, make sure you take a look at Whispering Winds and Mustangs and Mohr

The State of the Rescue
My personal rescue, “Jamie Cheslock Horse Rescue” has been kind of quiet here lately. All of the minis have been placed in permanent and foster homes and are really doing well. I enjoy getting frequent updates from everyone especially if it has PICTURES! My husband has recently been laid off so we have to be really careful with our money. If we do get more rescues in I will be forced to ask for donations and help. I hate asking for donations, I’ve run my rescue for YEARS having never asked or accepted donations of any kind but this year has forced me to be humble and not only accept but also ask for donations. Good news is my good friend has been gracious enough to complete all of the paperwork for my nonprofit status 501 © 3 and once that is all approved by the State all donations of supplies, money and time will be tax deductible. Along with that, I will be able to apply for grant and trust money to fund the rescue.

Current Cases

Minis
We are still working towards getting more of the Minis out of there but of course this is a very delicate situation. There are rumors that pigeon fever has hit the minis, this had not been verified yet. If you are on the waiting list for a mini, please be patient I’m going everything I can to get as many out of there as soon as possible but I just cannot jeopardize the health and safety of the current residences of my rescue. Once I am able to make SURE that they don’t have pigeon fever or it has cleared up I will get right in there.

Lightning
Lightning’s foot is almost completely healed, take a look at Lightning to see the progress he has made. This little horse is really a fun guy to work with as he is extremely intelligent and enjoys all of the attention you are willing to give him. He is looking for a permanent home.

Carlton Horses
These girls are both doing great and should be ready to be adopted out by the end of the month if all goes as planned.

Remember, in order to keep up to date with what is going on at JC Ranch and enjoy my photography, laugh at my recent attempts to master the fine art of Photoshop CS and silly rants and raves of living the redneck life make sure to check my blog at JAMIE CHESLOCK it’s entertaining if nothing else!

Just Plunking Along

Not too much new and exciting going on with the rescue here in the past couple of weeks. It's actually really nice to have some quiet time. Lightnings foot continues to get better, it's amazing how fast it's healing. The two Carlton mares are doing great, we are just waiting for them to be released by the Sheriff's Office so I can adopt them out.

All of the minis have either been adopted out or are in foster care. I have a small list of people who would like to adopt minis once I get more in. At this point I don't really know when that will be because we suspect that they have pigeon feaver out there.

Tonight I'm meeting with the Sheriff to go look at a horse that was reported.

That's about it!

Major Improvements for Lightening

Lightening's foot has made a huge amount of progress! He has gained quite a bit of weight, is easy to handle and his foot is almost healed.

Rest in Peace Dear Woody

Your life here was short but I did everything I could to make it as comfortable and pleasant as possible. Having you in my barn was an honor. Every time I walked in, you serenaded me with your beautiful voice and it brought back fond memories of Jackie, the first donkey that I had who was also a rescue from 20 years ago. I am at peace with knowing that you are no longer in pain. Even though I only got to know you for just a short amount of time you will be remembered.

More Much Appreciated Help From Volunteers

We had more visitors here from some local mini fans. They brought their equine vaccuume and spent a great deal of time trying to vaccuume the lice eggs and dermatitis off of Mocha and Tornado. The eggs proved to be tougher than any vaccuume or comb so they ended up having to roach off both horse's manes. Even though neither of those horses had been handled much they both were really good about standing there and allowing everyone to vaccuume, clip, bathe and brush them. After all that hard work they bothed looked like champions.

Later in the day, I got a call from a great family that wanted to adopted a couple of my minis. They came and looked at Mocha and Tornado and decided to take them both. They showed me pictures of their pasture and housing facilities they have set up and it all looked great. These people came recommended by one of my volunteers who knows them personally so I am confident that they will provide an excellent home. I made sure they had plenty of feed supplies to get them started and sent them on their way. They don't have a lot of experience with horses but their grand daughter does so I'll keep in contact with them to make sure it's all working out.

One thing that I like to make sure of is that all of my rescued horses have good homes. All I really ask of my adoptive families is that they provide adequate shelter, safe pasure, good food and lots of love. I follow up with all of the horses that I adopt out to make sure that eveyone is happy and I make sure that everyone knows that I have a revolving door here. If for ANY REASON you can't keep the horse or it doesn't work out just bring it back NO QUESTIONS ASKED and I will take it back. I'd rather take any horse back then have the horse or the people unhappy.

I am a firm believer that my prescreening process, no questions asked return policy and the fact that all of my rescues are FREE are what makes my rescue so sucessful for me, the horses and my adoptive homes.

Making Progress

Tornado is doing so much better! Just take a look at this photo and you can see for yourself that he is already gaining weight and just looks so much happier.


Here also is a shot of Mocha and Tornado enjoying their breakfast this morning



And here is little Stormy enjoying a run with is adoptive mom Gigi


Lightening finaly enjoying a turnout with his new friend Kayla!


Jasmin was pulled from Foster Care last night and placed in her new permanent home. Her new owners called me after they got her home to let me know that she settled in very well and is getting along great with her new companion, a halflinger. I'm hoping that they will send me pictures soon.

We Get A Lot Of Visitors

Every day there are people comming and going. Some to come look at the rescues, some to drop off supplies for them, some to donate some time working with them, cleaning stalls, brushing etc. A lot of people bring a friend or two with them and this is all good because the more people that know about what I'm doing here, the more support I get. The more support I get, the more horses I can help.

Tornado continues to do well since his visit with the dentist Wednesday.
Mocha is getting a little more friendly.
Stormy is still a little stinker but he's fun to pet and play with.
Lightning needs his bandage changed today.

Today promises to be another busy day, I like staying busy so this is a good thing!

I'm really worried about poor Tornado

He is not eating well and in fact won't even touch his grain. I tried soaking some alfalfa for him, he picked at that for awhile and this morning I noticed that he didn't even eat that. I'm afraid that he needs to have a bunch of dental work done because we can feel that he has sharp points. I only have $200.00 in the account at the vet clinic so I'm going to try to raise some more funds to cover a dental for the poor little guy.

10/01/08
Last night I hand fed Tornado some soaked beet pulp and alfalfa and he really liked it so I gave him plenty in his feed tub to eat throughout the night.

Dr. Ross Cleland comes at 4:00 p.m. today to take a look at Tornado. On a good note, when I went out this morning to do chores I noticed that Tornado had eaten most of his grass hay and all of his alfalfa and beet pulp.

Spending Some Time Enjoying the new Residences

Every day around our ranch is a whirlwind of activity it seems that there are always people coming and going, phone ringing, emails flying and obviously stuff to do. With all of this constantly going on it’s hard to find the time to just sit down and spend quality time with each of the horses that are here so I decided to try to mix things up a bit. In this photo are the people that own Socrates a horse that I had in for training. They had come to watch me ride their horse, take him home and pick apples to take home and can. Since they had all of those children I gave each one of them a brush and let them HAVE AT IT brushing and enjoying all of the little horses. Everyone got brushed, walked and loved on while they were here.

Be sure to look at our newest rescue, Woody. He is also from the Highway 47 site.

My Adoption Requirements

I keep my rescue operation small and simple; this is my key to success and not going broke while trying to save animals. Most of the time my adoption fee is $200.00 if there is vet work that needs to be done when you adopt the horse, that fee goes directly to that cost and it is done here before the horse is taken home. This could be castration, dental work etc.)

In order to adopt one of my horses I just have a few simple rules and requirements.

o You must provide me with references from your vet, your farrier, a friend and a neighbor. I will also do a site visit and interview to make sure that the horse you wanting to adopt will fit into your situation and is suitable for your horse knowledge and experience.
o You must remain in contact with me either by phone or email on occasion because I like to make sure that you and the horse are okay.
o If for any reason you cannot or do not want to care for the horse any longer, bring it back no questions asked. I’d rather take a horse back then leave you stuck with more then you can handle or have it passed off to someone who might not take good care of it.
o You must promise to provide the horse with a habitat that has adequate fencing, shelter, food and water. I will do a pre-adoption site visit to make sure that your facility passes muster.
o You must promise to provide the horse with quality vet and farrier care at all times.
o You must promise to love and care for the horse.
o You must complete and sign the adoption application/agreement.

Stormy

Stormy is a 4 month old orphan who lost his mother at 2 months of age. He was out on his own with the large herd of horses and was at the very bottom of the pecking order. Stormy was nearly catatonic with I got him and I had to carry him from out in the field to the car. He rode home in the back of a Yukon. I put him in with my mini Gigi for company and she adopted him as her own foal. Stormy is not available for adoption at this time.

10/07/08
Stormy is doing really well and getting along grat with his new adoptive mother Gigi. He has gotten a lot more friendly and wolfs down all of his food. I've been trimming as much toe as I can off his feet so he'll stand up on them better and I am seeing some improvement.

here is little Stormy enjoying a run with is adoptive mom Gigi

Mocha - ADOPTED

Mocha is a 3-4 year old appaloosa stallion, like his little friend Tornado, he is very shy and needs a lot of special time and TLC so he can begin to trust humans.

10/07/08
Here is Mocha with his buddy Tornado enjoying their breakfast

Jitterbug - ADOPTED

Jitterbug is a sweet little 3 year old sorrel mare with an eye infection. She wasn’t one of the horses that was sorted out for us to take that day but luckily I was able to talk her owner into letting us have her. She was in with a little stallion so with that and the shape of her stomach we suspect that she is pregnant. Thank you to Molly and Shelby St Hillaire for adopting this sweet little mare.

Tornado - ADOPTED

Tornado is a 2-3 year old black stallion. He is painfully thin and will require a lot of good food and loving care to get up to a healthy weight. Tornado is very shy so he will have to be handled with loving care so he can begin trusting humans.

9/25/08
Tornado hasn't been eating well and really didn't look right so I had a vet out to look at him today. She said he needs to have some serious dental work done and soon so I'm hoping that there will be some money in our account for the Mini Rescue at Carlton Vet so we can get that done soon.

10/07/08
Tornado is doing so much better! Just take a look at this photo and you can see for yourself that he is already gaining weight and just looks so much happier.

Saphire - ADOPTED

Saphire is a 5 year old sorrel or chestnut mare, we are pretty sure she is pregnant. Saphire is very wild and will need to be handled with a lot of gentle patience so she can get over her fear of humans. Thank you Molly and Shelby St Hillaire for adopting Saphire

TC - ADOPTED

TC is a middle aged (12-16) grulla mare who used to be some lucky child’s 4-H horse. It’s such a shame that after all those years of loyalty to her humans she ended up in this horrible situation.
Thank you Jamie West for adopting TC!

Farra - In Foster Care

Farra is an older palomino mare (25-30) with scars on her back from untreated rain rot. She is extremely thin and still lingering rain rot that will need treatment. Farra’s main is really thick and she is looking for a little girl that would like to brush it for her. She is really sweet and loves any attention she can get. Farra needs to have her teeth done so she can eat better.

Farra is being fosterd by Tammy and Julie of Carlton Veterinary Services! Thank you Tammy and Julie!

09/29/08
Farra had her teeth done by Dr. Ross Cleland of Carlton Veterinary Hospital, he had to work on her for a very long time because some of her teeth were 2-4 inches long. He said it was the worse dental case he had ever seen and that she will probably never be able to close her mouth correctly.

Jasmine - ADOPTED

Jasmine was at the bottom of the pecking order in a large herd, has some bite scars and is very thin because she was able to get very little food. It is amazing this adorable little girl ( 5 to 6 years old) survived. Jasmine is an appaloosa mare and her markings make her look like a little fawn and she is easily frightened. Because she has had to fight for her life, she does bite but she also will take food from your hand without biting and just needs TLC and some one on one attention

Farra is being fosterd by Tammy and Julie of Carlton Veterinary Services! Thank you Tammy and Julie!

10/07/08
Jasmin was pulled from Foster Care last night and placed in her new permanent home. Her new owners called me after they got her home to let me know that she settled in very well and is getting along great with her new companion, a halflinger. I'm hoping that they will send me pictures soon.

Cuppie - In Foster Care

Cuppie is a loving and gentle little grey lady of approximately 18 to 20 years. She is very affectionate and good to other horse. Her biggest problem is that she has never had dental care and needs her teeth floated so she can eat, gain some weight and finally have a happy life

Farra is being fosterd by Tammy and Julie of Carlton Veterinary Services! Thank you Tammy and Julie!

09/29/08
Cuppie had her teeth done by Dr. Ross Cleland of Carlton Veterinary Services, he said her teeth were not in too bad of shape so he just did a little work but he did say that he suspects she might be pregnant. Let's hope she is not.

Lightening

Lightening was rescued from a junk yard. He came to us with a bad injury on his rear pastern that had been left unattended so a large growth of proud flesh set in that was so bad, it deformed his hoof.





This injury would have been a minor inconvenience if his owner had only taking care of it. Becuase of the negligence of an ignorant owner, Lightening had to have surgery to remove the growth and has to have his bandages changed every 3 to 4 days.

This is what the injury looks like 1 week after surgery:


Lightening will not be up for adoption until after he has healed up more unless someone with a lot of bandaging experience asks for him.

09/23/08
I did another bandage change last night and it went really well with drugs on board of course. This is what the foot looks like now.



9/25/08
The vet had a look at the photos of Lightings foot after the last bandage change and order me to wash it with a very weak betadine solution with each bandage change otherwise continue as I'm doing. She said so far it looked really good. Not only is his injury looking good but his weight is up quite a bit too. He is almost to a good, healthy weight.

10/01/08
I have been able to do two bandage changes on Lighting without having to sedate him. The wound continues to look better with each change.

10/07/08
Lightening finaly enjoying a turnout with his new friend Kayla!


10/29/08
Lightening's foot has made a huge amount of progress! He has gained quite a bit of weight, is easy to handle and his foot is almost healed.

The Gopher Valley Horses

These three horses came to me from a place ousite of Sheridan where they were not being fed properly and were escaping their pasture and getting into the road all of the time. The owners agreed to relinquish them to the Sheriff who then called me in to pick them up and adopt them out. They were all rather thin, I think the mustang mare is pregnant, I had the stallion castrated before he was adopted out. Fortuanately, they were all adopted out very quickly.

Woody - Deceased

Woody is really old, we are told somewhere between 35 and 40 years old. He has really bad founder in all four feet and his right front is severely deformed so he is in a lot of pain. We will have the vet out as soon as possible so we can find out if Woody can be made more comfortable or if it would be in his best interested to have him humanely euthanized. While he is here he is being treated like royalty and is giving a kings plate for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

10-13-08
Your life here was short but I did everything I could to make it as comfortable and pleasant as possible. Having you in my barn was an honor. Every time I walked in, you serenaded me with your beautiful voice and it brought back fond memories of Jackie, the first donkey that I had who was also a rescue from 20 years ago. I am at peace with knowing that you are no longer in pain. Even though I only got to know you for just a short amount of time you will be remembered.