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.