October 3, 2010
Baby Huey was surrendered by his owner. He is a nurse mare orphan foal and is truly strikingly beautiful. Baby Huey was named by a friend of mine when I was telling her about him. It fits him to a T. Baby Huey is currently on stall rest while his swollen hock heals. He is a ...
Adopted, Horses
September 15, 2010
UPDATE: Anyone who has donated in September gets to 10 votes for the name of their choice for both horses!! Donors let me know your choice! No Name, just a number on his hip #220 arrived at CVHR with only a number but has quickly captured everyone’s heart. He is wildly marked but a sweet, ...
Adopted, Camelot, Horses
September 12, 2010
We have on two separate occasions purchased horses from the Camelot NJ Feedlot. These horses are basically on death row. They have from Wednesday, the night of the auction, until Saturday at noon to find homes. Several NJ rescues have banded together and publicize the horses on facebook and several other websites every week. In ...
Camelot, Horses
August 22, 2010
PT has been ADOPTED! Private Tom (PT for short) is named for all of our soldiers who will be coming home from Iraq. Like our warriors overseas, PT has done his duty and he has landed here at the rescue ready for a new beginning. PT came here a little worse for wear. PT ...
Adopted, Horses
August 9, 2010
Flame is a 15 year old Arab gelding. These pictures were taken the day that he arrived. Flame doesn’t need a special diet. He doesn’t have any health issues. He just needs grain, hay and some green grass. It is going to take him some time to get back to being fat and sassy. Flame ...
Adopted, Horses
July 26, 2010
UPDATE: GROOVY HAS BEEN ADOPTED!!! Groovy Heart is a 14 yr old Thoroughbred mare. She arrived here with Stop That Akki and they are best of friends. She is a gorgeous red bay although she is also a little thin. She retired from the racetrack in 1999. Groovy is about 15.2 hands tall. She is ...
Adopted, Horses
July 26, 2010
‘Stop That Akki’ arrived here in mid July with Groovy Heart. She might have the honor of being the first in a long list of horses that were at risk due to the record heat and drought in this area. Her owners simply had too many horses and not enough pasture. As you can see ...
Adopted, Horses
July 20, 2010
Magic’s VibraVM arrived yesterday. He has now had two treatments. Yesterday’s treatment was to acclimate him to the VibraVM and the noise it makes. Also to allow something to touch his nose which he hates because of the Albuterol inhaler. He likes the VibraVM much better and actually relaxes into it after a few minutes. ...
Horse Health, Horses
July 15, 2010
Magic continues to struggle to breathe when he is eating. I suspect that he is still inhaling parts of his feed. We are still trying to find a solution that will work for him. I have done some research into tracheal collapse. The Horse has an article on a new treatment involving a stent. ...
Horse Health, Horses
July 13, 2010
Magic went to see Dr Dunnavant for his second opinion today. When we got there, Magic was breathing a bit easier. I had brought a pan of grain because it seems to make his breathing worse when he eats. Sure enough, within 3 minutes of having grain, he began to have severe distress trying to ...
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