How did you get your name LEFTY?

Let me tell you how this horse is now known as Lefty! On Monday afternoon,while Linda R. was out & about getting the stock trailer back from being repaired & picking up some more feed, some very quick people walked this horse into Safe Haven & tied him up to the first pen we have just inside the gate, & LEFT him there & then they bamboozled out of there Fast! Rick was on the front porch with his friend, Butch, & when they focused on Lefty, & saw people walking away, they took off down the driveway but did Not catch up to the people who left him! So Rick untied him & brought him into Safe Haven & very appropriately named him Lefty! This is a first in all of the 16 years that Safe Haven has been in existence! Now you know why he is called Lefty! The picture here of Lefty is at Cottonwood Vets on Tuesday.

He is really sweet & he did come in with a full set of shoes & needing his feet done, which was done earlier in the day. He was very good for the farrier, Tracey said. Dr. Megan is going to check his teeth to see if we can get an estimate of his age & to see what condition his teeth are in, & what his overall condition is.

Open up & say AWWWW..............! Dr. Megan said he could use some work, but his teeth weren't really too bad! Then she checked his heart & has found a Murmur!!!! Lefty is estimated to be around 20 years old or so, Since we have no history on him, as to just how long has he had this murmur, we are going to watch him & see how he does. Really too bad the abandoning people didn't at least write down some of his history & attach it to his halter! 

Dr. Megan asked Dr. Hooten to confirm the murmur, & give his opinion too. You can see in this pic, that Lefty could use a few pounds!

The Vets were concerned as to how bad the murmur is, so they had Linda R. put him in the round pen & get him to exercise some. After a few rounds around the round pen!!!! Linda decided that he should be a nice pasture buddy for someone! He's not all that bad & we will keep you posted as to whether he could be ok for kids to be lead around on!

Look at that FACE! Isn't he just the cutest! We DO......... THANK .......'the people' for not giving or selling him to the 'meater' guy! & so that's as far as I can take Lefty's story today. I promise to keep y'all posted on him! Saturday IS Volunteer Work Day! Come on out & meet Lefty & a 'few' others, & help us do some chores! We'll make ya lunch!!!! 3950 W. Anderson Dr. in Cottonwood, just off of Gas Point Rd & I-5 in Cottonwood!

Bye for now,
Linda C.