Our New Arrival, Yep

Yesterday morning this very sweet mare was found dumped on the side of the road about one mile from Shiloh. Our guys went out with the trailer and picked her up and brought her back to the rescue...
Poor girl. She is very friendly and loves people and attention. We have named her Yep after a Shiloh running joke. It's a cute name for a cute horse...

She spent the day settling into one of our Medical Units...
BUT- here is the condition of her feet. These are her hind hooves. She has three shoes on and a huge painful draining abscess along the coronary band on this one foot and her hoof is deformed and twisting...

Her other hind foot was incredibly overgrown with it's shoe. She was obviously not able to walk very well and was in pain...
Shiloh's farrier, Osvaldo, worked on her today. She was very good for him and stood quietly...

Leo had to help her stay balanced...

Yep tried hard to let Osvaldo help her...

He pulled the shoes off and trimmed as much as he felt she could handle. While she was still uncomfortable, she was standing and walking much better. We have her on Bute, she has a good appetite and she has a deeply bedded area in her stall to encourage her to lay down.

While we feel that we cannot undo the damage that has been done to her by her previous neglect, we will try to get her as comfortable as we can for as long as we can. We will continue to slowly work on her feet and she will be checked out by our vet. We will do what we can to get her to a quality of life level where she can enjoy what time she has left...

For now, we encourage everyone who comes out to Shiloh over the next month or so to spend some time with Yep to show her that she is loved and that she is now safe.