Boarders can now pay their monthly boarding fees online with Paypal. Please go here to pay with this new feature. (Remember, your boarding fees are paid to Jill Curtis and Shiloh Ranch directly, not to Shiloh. The charity and the boarding business are kept separate.)
We are now accepting sign ups for the Parelli Clinic which will be held December 5-6, 2008 at Shiloh. Please email Dave Hickey at Hickey589@aol.com to sign up for the clinic or for more information. If there is enough interest, we are hoping to add a third day for Level One, Part Two which includes saddling and riding. Email Dave to sign up. Select Shiloh Horses are available for use in the clinic, please email Jill at shilohhorse@aol.com for more information about using one of our horses.
Lastly, The Animal House in Pahrump, NV is kindly donating 7-8 tons of old feed to the Shiloh animals. It is a variety of feed ranging from horse to chicken and pig food (if it can't be fed to the horses- the goats and pigs will sure love it!). Now we have to figure out how to get it to the rescue. The bags are on pallets. Is there anyone in Pahrump who might be able to bring all or some of it out to the rescue? Shiloh will reimburse you for your gas! You will need a truck and/or a horse trailer. Any ideas?
ADOPTED HORSE UPDATES:
Breezie, who was rescued from slaughter while pregnant, looking absolutely wonderful in her adoptive home...
And LOOK at Breezie's baby, Whirlwind, now named Zoey. She looks FANTASTIC! She is now 7 months old and was just recently weaned from her mom. What a beauty! And more good news, she is going to be adopted by her Foster Family (who adopted her mom Breezie). What a great ending to her Shiloh story and what a great beginning to the rest of her life!
4 comments:
Wow! It sure is good to see Breezie, and her colt is beautiful too! They look great and i can understand why you couldnt give up the colt! So glad they are with you good people.
Cheri
I have to share my thoughts on Sitka. This could probably make
history on finally helping perfectly good horses, too young too die and yet a having a deformity so traumtic,they cannot
live comfortably. We have helped humans, why not our best friends?
I am so glad Jill is taking this step to try to make our horse friends be able to live a better life. It really hit me when I saw this poor crippled horse give birth to Sunday, and how hard it is be to be a Mom with her affliction. Jill, you could be opening a whole new life to horses that may not be able to live. I want to help be part of it. I know times are tough, but dont forget what $5 can even do! Please help make history for horses!
Thought - maybe people who don't have much cash to donate could organise some kind of yard sale thing to raise cash for Sitka?? Heck, even emailing the nearest news radio/TV station about the story may raise some extra interest....
Just a thought.....
You know Cheri, you are right. I am going to have Ronnie take a look at Belmont as well. It's possible that something might be able to be made to help him live a more comfortable life. (Belmont is the chestnut with the crooked crippled leg who is seen trotting then cantering in the pasture in the beginning of the "Don't fence me in" video.) With these badly crippled guys the decision to euthanise is always so much more difficult to make. They are healthy and willing in every other way, but their deformity or crippled limb makes their lives difficult and painful. It's heartbreaking to euthanise a horse who has a strong will to live and who wants to continue on, but their body just can't. We let them tell and show us when they are ready. When they are sick with a painful colic, or something similar, it can be almost a relief to have them go to sleep, even though it still breaks your heart, at least you are ending their agony.
This is why we have the Wanderers roaming freely and our large senior pastures- we want all the horses, even the crippled guys, to have a stimulating and full horse life for as long as they can. We just could never allow a crippled horse to live in a small corral, never getting out. The more they are able to do, the better their lives and spirits.
Great idea, Andrea, about the yard sale. Maybe we should try to organize a big one somewhere...
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