Provide Quality Care for Rescued Horses in Texas

Horses come into Easy R Equine Rescue in all sorts of conditions.  A few are relatively healthy, but most are malnourished, injured, and/or ill.  Even though it is still hard to see a horse in these conditions, we aren't surpised. That's what we do--rescue neglected and abused horses.  In April of this year, we received a call from the Lubbock County Sheriff's Department notifying us they were in the process of removing 6 horses from an owner that was being neglectful, and completely resistant to any help or remediation of the situation.  Three of the horses went back to a previous owner and three came to Easy R.  We placed each horse in a different foster home and began the process of rehabilitation.

One of the horses is a 16 year old Thoroughbred mare, whose foster mother renamed Blessed after a few days of caring for her.  Blessed is a "typical" Thoroughbred--highstrung, often anxious, and resistant to new things.  The foster mother has worked diligently with Blessed to walk calmly beside her while being led on a halter, to not try to jump out of the stall when being sprayed with fly spray, to allow a blanket to be put on to keep her warm, and to tolerate eye medication for an eye condition.  She is still very convinced that the farrier is to be feared, and needs sedation in order for her feet to be trimmed.  Blessed has become fast friends with Robbie, the foster mother's 27 year old gelding that is in the pasture next to her.  

Blessed responded very well to her new feeding regimen and started putting on good weight.  And more weight.  And more weight.  Her belly started extending toward the ground and not just out to the sides, which is typical with weight gain in undernourished horses.  We joked that she was gaining so much weight that she looked pregnant.  A visitor to the foster home who was very familiar with Thoroughbreds took one look at Blessed and said to the foster mother, "That mare is pregnant".  It was then we remembered one of the other horses seized by the Sheriff's Department was an Arabian stud horse.  So....after a trip to the vet yesterday, it was confirmed that, indeed, Blessed is going to have a baby. 

Even though foals are about the most precious things, this baby will provide some challenges for Easy R Equine Rescue.  We will have increased expenses to ensure quality care for Blessed and the baby.  The foal will need safe handling and eventual training.  And finding an appropriate adoptive home for a Thoroughbred/Arabian cross might be a bit challenging.  But, Blessed and her little blessing will receive the utmost attention and excellent care.  

We say it so often, but it never ceases to be true--we cannot do what we do without donors who support and believe in our mission.  Thank you! We will keep you posted on the little blessing that should be arriving in February or March of 2017.

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