Happy New Year

A very Happy New Year to all. 2010 was a busy year for me. For those of you who have been out to the rescue you know it is not fancy. Simply barns corrals and horses but still there is much to do. With winter rains of extra hands become few but the chores increase. The daily care as well as vet and farrier visits are handled by myself. Currently there are 16 horses to care for.

Added to the daily routine is the care of JP. One morning about 2 weeks ago JP was found to be severely lame. The vet was called and after ruling out an abscess we discovered he had fractured his coffin bone. The fracture is on the front left, and the coffin bone is fractured into 3 pieces. The consultation with the surgeon leaves us hopeful JP will make a full recovery. Meanwhile he is on strict stall rest for a minimum of 3 months, possibly longer. Until then he is in a custom shoe designed to immobilize his foot to allow healing along with pain medication.
JP has a wonderful personality and we are hoping he will come through this. We are in need of individuals to contribute to his care physically and financially. Each shoeing is $75 for that foot alone and vet visits and Xrays are required every 4 weeks. JP is very much a people horse and loves to have company and to be groomed. We are currently looking for a stall buddy for him.
Below is the Xray of the fracture.

Sunday Dec 19, a wonderful little female lab(?mix) wondered onto the rescue. She poked her head into the barn and looked very lost. She was cold, wet and hungry but looks to be in good health. I am sure she is missed greatly. If she is yours or you are able to take her in please contact us at info@loneoakrescue.org with LAB in the subject line. We would like her to get back home for Christmas... meanwhile she is tucked into the barn, even blanketed- what can I say, all the critters get blanketed!!

Christmas for Mia.....

This season has brought us a blessing.... a new home for Mia. We are excited to have Mia move to her new home, just waiting for a break in the weather. Macy too may be leaving for a new home, more details and pictures to follow.

There have been many rainy and cloudy days but the work continues. Thanks to our great volunteers who help with tasks from construction to cleaning stalls and grooming horses. Breaks in the weather have let us enjoy some riding and continue basic training.
Kalib has made great strides responding well to even new hands,showing us he does indeed understand the lessons.

Mya is under saddle and doing well, she has a potential new home.

Mia too has had visitors and her adoption is pending.

Macy has grown tremendously and at 7 months stands at 13 hands, we are expecting her to be a tall girl. She has moved out of Mia's stall and now shares quarters with "Uncle Duke", my own gelding who loves babies.
Lordy is back at the rescue, and enjoying the pastures, as well as our rides. He is a treasure,and all adore him. Here he is pictured with Liz. We expect to be offering day camps in the new year with Liz assisting. Liz currently offers riding lessons for both able and disabled riders. Please contact us if you are interested in working with us in the upcoming summer.

Every one of the horses here at the rescue has their own story, and unique personalities. I invite you to join us in caring for these wonderful horses and help us so we may find each of them a new loving home.

The weather these days has been up and down, with plenty of sunshine between the showers. A big thank you to those volunteers who come help, even on the rainy days. It is hard to come out on those not so nice days, and I am so appreciative, as I too get "under the weather".... speaking of which, I'll take this as an opportunity to remind you to all get your flu shots... tis the season.

Today was a beautiful day at the rescue......blues skies and sunshine shone over our hills and our horses grazed on new grass. JD is back with the rescue and today he joined the herd for the first time. He is a beautiful boy, and the mares ran around him kicking up their heels. Head and tail held high he snorted a time or two and trotted up the hill to join the herd.

During the night our Macy had an adventure.... the young calves next door had pushed on the fencing and lowered it just right that Miss long legs stepped over it. However the view from the other side of the fence was different.... The top of the fence was higher on that side and so there she spent the night..... 7 handsome black Angus calves kept her company, from a distance of course. Our Macy is quite the energetic filly, and was running around their pasture. On our side Momma Mia stood with Uncle Duke, ( My boy Duke has adopted Macy as his offspring).
It took but a moment to lead Macy to the gate and send her on her way with Momma and Duke, none the worse for wear but a small scratch from the fence. Myself of course... I did fencing to keep curious calves on their side, and all before breakfast.

I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and we see you again soon.

The winter rains are turning our hills green and the paddocks muddy. We do have a great barn now and all the horses are out of the rain and wind. The barns still need work to ensure the rains stay out, gutters to be hung and auto water and feeders installed, but the horses are happy in their stalls.

We have a new hay storage shed coming soon, and our Foaling barn is underway in preparation for any mare in need this coming spring.

Pictures still are unavailable due to technical difficulties..... but coming soon