Worming & the 3 from Colusa!

Colusa County Animal Control delivered these 3 to Safe Haven Horse Rescue on April 4, 2011. They are isolated from the general populous for now.

Saturday, April 10th it was time to get them all wormed! The grayer of the two geldings was first, he tried to resist but w/ Bonnie & Tracey administering, he had to take his medicine!

All done! He has his eyes shut! He is 'eating up' all the soothing words Bonnie is saying to him! It's safe to say, he's the favorite of the three! In the process of getting him wormed, we saw his teeth & discovered that he & the other two are quite young! Just a couple of years old! Real short little teeth on these guys!

Next, Tracey & Cathy tackled the whiter gelding! He wasn't too thrilled either, look at those ears!

Good Boy, Tracey says & gives some pats. Cathy is soothing him too!

The little mare is very standoffish & Bonnie did all the right moves to get her to join up & be haltered! Good Job! The geldings were really being mean to the little mare at feeding time, so she is going to get wormed & moved out of that pen.

Good girl! that halter looks good on you! She was very scared but she followed along nicely. She will be an awesome horse for someone someday soon! So, where are we, on their care? Worming done! Vaccinations coming up next! &........

The Farrier is on the list Asap! Quite the crack going on with the whiter gelding. Wonder if Cody will want to put shoes on him? I'll keep ya posted.

 Bye for now,
Linda C.

Colusa County Animal Control delivers the 3 horses!

Colusa County arrived with the three horses about mid afternoon. They could get a halter on the whiter gelding but not the grayer one, so the mare & the gray gelding traveled loose in the trailer. The plan was to put the geldings up in the back pasture, but when it was conveyed to us that he was hard to catch, the plans changed! That is why they were put in this pen instead, we opened the panels of the pen & the trailer was back up to it. We brought the panels to the trailer & opened the trailer door.

This mare was abandoned in the pasture where Colusa Cty Animal Control were holding the geldings for two weeks all ready, so she is behind in the weight dept. The CCAM conveyed that the geldings packed on about 150 pounds or so with the abundant green grass.

OK! Everyone is out of the trailer, we had a oh oh moment when the first 2 were out & the white gelding was all alone in the trailer tied up still! But he did not panic & stayed nice & quiet & awaited his turn to be let out!!! Yeah! Love the cute tail swish!

Scared, & tired, the three horses start to explore their new surroundings.

We pulled the feeder over to the middle of the pen, so there would be access to the food all the way around. We kept an eye on them as we fed, & they all were well mannered & shared their food nicely! That is such a plus! We'll keep an eye on them to make sure the group stays serendipitous with the food. That's about all I can post on them for now, as their saga at Safe Haven is just starting, so we'll keep you up to date on their progress & antics! Oh! Almost forgot, they did not come with any names! Any suggestions?

Bye for now,
Linda C.

Wow! Look at Ivory (Sugar) now!

Well! Here's our boy Ivory, you will remember him as Sugar, the Volunteers at Safe Haven have renamed him Ivory as he was sharing a pen with the little kill pen rescue, Ebony. This pic was taken on Thursday, March 31, 2011. The next pic of him, was taken on January 17, 2011 when Linda picked him up from the Butte County Animal Control.

We, at Safe Haven see the horses every day, so when I reviewed the first pics of Ivory, it just shocks you all over again at the condition we first met him in! Quite the improvement wouldn't you say!

Ivory still needs some more weight as you can see, his butt still needs to fill in, but that will come in time! Volunteers weight taped Ivory on Sat. April 2, 2011, & he came in at 800lbs. That's a 100 more than he came in with!

Linda R. has Ivory on the 'mush' & he is capable of chewing Alfalfa, so he gets both for breakfast & dinner.

Ivory sure was a mess, when he came to Safe Haven Horse Rescue! If you go to January 2011, you can review the blogs on Ivory.

Ivory is eating his dinner here & has a mouthful of the 'mush' so that accounts for the funky lips!!!! Saturday, April 9th will be Safe Haven's Volunteer Work Day & we sure do hope to see you! Lunch will be served, & as soon as we make the executive decision as to what we'll serve, I'll be sure to post it! Bring the kids! The Mini's, Minime, Dandy, Gambie, & Buttercup are waiting for them! See You there!