Tuesday was Vet Day at Shiloh.
Sadly, we did have to have Maverick euthanised. His Founder had just gotten too much for him and his quality of life was diminished. We all stayed with him as he passed in his comfortable corral. He was a special horse and will be missed.
We also had to have Sanctuary horse, Eureka, euthanised. His condition had deteriorated over the past few weeks and Dr. Schur thought maybe he was in kidney failure. He also was surrounded by his Shiloh family and passed very quickly.
Because we were at the rescue so early to get ready for the long day, I was able to see the pasture horses way back in the Mesquites. They sleep in the Mesquites and don't emerge from the trees until feeding time...
Big Pasture...
The Okay Corral horses eventually wandered out for breakfast...
Clovis returned to Shiloh from his foster home to have his skin cancer on his sheath treated. He will go back to his foster home in a few days...
Dr. Schur relived some of our goat Blossom's chronic "goat bloat" with a stomach tube...
Jerome and Gomez in the Gummie Saloon...
New Shiloh Rider, Cece, worked with Slider...
While Okay Corral enjoyed their hay...
Dr. Schur's two young daughters spent the day helping their mom and then bathing lots of horses. Here Bucky enjoys the attention...
Then it was Mojo's turn...
Then they moved on to Aztec...
Who immediately rolled in the dust afterwards...
Dr. Schur worked on Hawkeye's summer sore on his sheath...
Lucky Run, Okay Corral...
It was a long and tiring day- Chia Pet's look says it all!
Some of the Big Pasture horses cooled off by playing in the mud from their flooded water bucket...
Reebok, Big Pasture...
Very happy news Sadler was happily adopted today by Heather of San Diego! Sadler will be heading down to San Diego with Jedermann and me next Sunday...
Sausage Patti and BLT tried to start a new pig mud puddle on the Cherry Pie grass...
Sabine worked with Lucero and then hosed her off...
I gave Beau and Anna a lesson...
Spider, Big Pasture...
Sparrow, Big Pasture...
Yukon, Big Pasture...
Storm Cloud, Big Pasture...
Chunky Monkey, Big Pasture...
The Carrot Brigade (Patti and Yvonne) handed out carrots to all of the horses in the rescue...
Breakfast, Okay Corral...
Meadow, Big Pasture...
Una, Big Pasture...
Belmont, Big Pasture...
His Magic Shoe...
Poor Yvonne got so overheated working with Baby Fortune- she had to be hosed off on CityCenter!
Her owner Vic has done amazing work with her and his other adopted horse, Helios (formerly Marley). Great job, Vic!
