I promised introductions to the new horses tonight, so here goes. Anne and I made notes about gender and personality and named everyone on Sunday. The horses really didn’t look as bad as I thought they would, but the sheriff said the owners had been feeding them alfalfa and letting most of them out to eat next door at the quarry since Monday. He said they looked a lot better in just a week and were no longer eating their own manure. Bonus.
We named this gelding Chester. He’s the friendliest one of the bunch and is more than happy to stand around and be loved on. He’s a little guy, only around 14h tall. He’s missing a bunch of hair thanks to the lice and being chased and chewed on by the bigger stallion.
This Tennessee Walker mare is Dahlia. The neighbors told me that they used to see her being ridden up and down the road, so I assume she’s broke. But like most the others, she would prefer not to be caught. I was able to catch her tonight while she was eating and get her wormed. She wasn’t happy about it, but she didn’t fight me about it.
This is Don Juan, the Buckskin (Dun?) stallion. Of course he was running with all of the mares, so let’s just hope Don Juan didn’t impregnate any of the mini mares! He’s also got a lot of bald spots from lice, but his hair has started growing back already. He’s getting friendlier by the day and I was able to get my hands on him to worm him tonight.
We named this little girl Sierra. She’s also very shy, but once in awhile I can sneak up behind her and scratch her butt without her taking off. She seems like a youngster, but I haven’t had a chance to check out her teeth yet.
This is one of the two yearling(?) colts that have obviously never been touched before. They were both extremely difficult to catch and had no idea how to lead. They are still very skittish and are terrified of us, even when we have food. We named this one Fraggle. I can’t tell you how much I just want to tackle him and take a shedding blade to him!
This is Apollo, the biggest surprise of all. He’s a palomino AND he’s gelded! Unbelievable! He’s a long-legged boy who has been catchable since being rescued. He loves a good scratching and was more than happy to be wormed with apple flavored ivermectin tonight.
That’s it for tonight, I’ll introduce you to more tomorrow!
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They're not as thin in your photos as I had expected to see. It looks like their feet aren't real bad from the photos either. I wonder how long the owner had the horses? Man their coats sure look like heck though.
I was surprised when I saw so many horses. I figured most of them were minis from everything I heard. How did you end up getting so many horses out in your trailer, or did you have to make a couple trips?
That farm they're at now looks nice. Is that no-climb or welded wire? Either way they are definitely safe now.
I'm not sure how long they had these guys, but the sheriff said they looked 10 times better on Friday than they looked the previous Monday. I was able to talk someone with a LARGE stock trailer into going with me and we made two trips with his trailer, and squished seven minis into my trailer for one trip.
They've calmed down so much in just the last couple of days. And you can definitely see a difference in the overall attitude of most of them.
Glad to see you've made some progress with some of them already. Good name for Fraggle - I'd love to help you hold him down for the shedding blade! :-)
Kudos to you for what you do!
Glad that those horses are with you now.
On the news yesterday they reported that the owner of a dairy farm is being arrested and charged because he/she neglected the cows and quite a few of them starved to death. #*&^&*$@#$ people!!!
That is just gross. Add to the fact that two of the cows that I took aren't making enough milk for their calves because of their starved condition. If we hadn't gotten them on the trailer, their babies would be dead. Period. That guy would not be bottle feeding them, much less planning on constructing a catch pen so the girls can be wormed and vaccinated. Ugh.
SO SO SO glad you got them all. Just YAY.
And that bull, hanging in the tree? Un-freaking-forgettable.
my neglect case worker contacted Marion County about this guy a year ago and told them animals were being neglected and needed to be taken from him... A year ago!!! the authorities in WV like to ignore neglect cases and brush them under the rug and pretend they don't exist and then they act like this is the first time they heard this... many told them. The authorities should be going to jail too for ignoring the reports. pathetic.
And if people don't stay on it and let their opinions be known to the judge and prosecutor, the judge will give the horses back to him, that has happened in many cases. This guy was tossed out of KY or TN for animal neglect... they need to be listed somewhere like sexual preditors. We all need to make sure the judge says he can not own animals in WV again... then he'll move to another state... that is how he ended up in WV to begin with
There is a database for animal cruelty cases. - www.pet-abuse.com
The problem is this fellow wasn't on there. Nor are a lot of other cases.
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