December has been a long month. Winter storms and freezing temperatures have blasted us off and on for weeks. True to the quote, "the show must go on"....and on and on. When the weather is the worst is when they need us the most. We do everything possible to make them as comfortable as possible short of moving them into the house. Winter is the hardest time, hands down but we march on. This was Opal's first snow. She loved it. She's being weaned and has moved into the triplex with her cousins Abraham and Rayne. Abraham is so long and lanky now. Rayne wears boots and has been able to get up on her own now for the past month. That in itself is a miracle to us. Thor has completed his second round of medication for EPM and seems to be doing much better. Hopefully that will be his last relapse. As this year draws to an end we're busy "taking care of business" and making plans for the future. We've got several ideas of projects to make things better for "our" horses (which are horses everywhere which are in need or at risk of being put in harm's way). Please watch our slide show of scenes from the Triple O from December.
2014 will be the Year of the Horse.
Let it be the year that we finally put a permanent end to the slaughter of
American horses, wild and domestic. Let it be the year that communities come
together to fight against equine abuse and neglect. Let it be the year that
breeding is greatly reduced and gelding of stallions is vastly increased. Let it
be the year that rescuer scammers and foal mills / hoarders are exposed,
punished and shut down. Let it be the year that the only helicopters used toward
horses be those on rescue missions and not BLM round ups. Let it be the year of
no PMU mares & foals, no nurse mare babies, no bucket babies, no kill pens,
no Kill Buyers, etc., etc, etc. Let it be the year that our equine friends
finally get some of the respect that they deserve and that some of the dignity
we've taken from them be returned. We owe them a debt of gratitude.....time to
start paying 12-16-2013
***the background pic is Sage's BLM freeze brand & the running horse is Anastasia.
One rescued from starvation and the other saved from slaughter.
Let it be the year that we finally put a permanent end to the slaughter of
American horses, wild and domestic. Let it be the year that communities come
together to fight against equine abuse and neglect. Let it be the year that
breeding is greatly reduced and gelding of stallions is vastly increased. Let it
be the year that rescuer scammers and foal mills / hoarders are exposed,
punished and shut down. Let it be the year that the only helicopters used toward
horses be those on rescue missions and not BLM round ups. Let it be the year of
no PMU mares & foals, no nurse mare babies, no bucket babies, no kill pens,
no Kill Buyers, etc., etc, etc. Let it be the year that our equine friends
finally get some of the respect that they deserve and that some of the dignity
we've taken from them be returned. We owe them a debt of gratitude.....time to
start paying 12-16-2013
***the background pic is Sage's BLM freeze brand & the running horse is Anastasia.
One rescued from starvation and the other saved from slaughter.
Thor has a special place in the barnyard that he likes to take an after-breakfast nap. When the ground was covered he would walk around his spot and want to lay down but stop before actually laying down. We went to get some straw and made him a bed. In a few moments he returned and took us up on the invitation. Thor has had a hard time but continues to make progress and is enjoying life and making his own path. December 2013
By being awarded a grant from the ASPCA we are able to add four more stalls but in order to do that we had to have the chicken pen and hen house torn down. It was probably 20' x 30' in size and had given us 9 years of service. We only have a few hens left so we decided to downscale. This is our new "Chicken Chariot", which was designed and built by D.R. who did our pipe fencing. It is 4 feet wide and 12 feet long. There is a door on the side to open the hen house for feeding and cleaning. It has wheels so we can move them around to new grass. Everyone has to make sacrifices for the benefit of the horses, even the hens. I think they'll like being mobile so they can get a change of scenery from time to time. 12-20-2013
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