Whiskey, pictured above, returned from a week in the hospital on November 1, 2023, needing nursing care for enteritis and colitis which took 10 weeks till he was considered recovered and able to go out into pasture. Much of his time in the barn was under quarantine where I was the only one giving him treatment, feeding, cleaning his stall and handling bio-security. Through it all, no other equines got sick and he is now 100%, so the high level of work was so very worth it.
Three with hospital stays and all needing extensive care was costly and we thank you all so very much for the funds you donated to help us provide the level of care that was needed. Having equine specific Certification through the American Association of Equine Vet Techs (AAEVT) and dual certification for equine dentistry has been a huge cost savings to the rescue as we can provide a higher level of care on-site that most other rescues are able to. Our volunteers do such a fabulous job of helping with many tasks and they are eager to watch and learn too. We have a most wonderful team of caring volunteers.
I want to follow up with some statistics from 2023. On January 1, 2023, we had 40 horses, donkeys and minis at the rescue. During the year we had 82 requests from people to take in over 130+ equines, of those requests we were able to assist and bring 40 horses, donkeys or minis into the rescue. During that same time, we had 31 adopted or go to long-term foster (which usually become failed fosters and are adopted), and sadly seven, Teddy the General, Cheyenne and Scout who came to us from Journey's End Ranch Animal Sanctuary, Coco, Layla, CeCi and Trooper crossed the rainbow bridge during the year. We ended the year with 44 equines so you can see it was a VERY busy year.
We had planned to do our spring on-line auction the end of April, but things were just to busy taking care of all the equines so we have scheduled our big FUNdraiser for June 4-7th. We have some wonderful donated items and gift certificiates that will be great items to bid on and just in time for Father's Day. So mark your calendars. We will give you some reminders over the next few weeks.
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We have some other exciting news so look for another email shortly!!!! In the meantime, now that the barn is empty, we are taking much needed time to rest and enjoy the 34 horses, minis and donkeys that are currently at the rescue and give them the special TLC they all deserve.
Wishing you a fabulous weekend and thanking you always for your support and care you show the rescue and all of the horses, donkeys and minis we help.
Many blessings to each of you,
Christine and all of us at the rescue.
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