Unfortunately, he broke the promise and accepted the gift of a rare exotic breed that no doubt came from a puppy mill at worst, or a "high class breeder" at best. Instead of adopting a dog from a shelter and saving thousands, if not millions, of lives by their example, they chose to promote puppy mills and mass produced dogs. Well, now that the damage is done, Bo needs a friend. Simon Cowell of American Idol fame has offered to buy all the food the dog will eat in its lifetime if the Obama's rescue a dog from a shelter. You can help out by writing the Obama's and encouraging them to make our house, the white house, a multi-doggie home. Read all about it by clicking here.
An adoption update. Brecc, the Tennessee Walker, is doing great! His family put a video of him on YouTube, Brecc racing a Paso. Click here to watch it.
The two skinny girls that went to be fostered yesterday arrived safely and are enjoying their new home. Thank you Sandy for taking such great care of them. Their foster mom says "Both horses seem to have settled in wonderfully well. Both got a good grooming and further 'make-over' this morning - manes shortened, hooves painted w/rainmaker, derma-gel on all of their 'boo boos', swat around eyes and a good wipe down with fly spray. Lyla & Tehya both really enjoy their carrots and horse cookies as well as their portions of hay three times a day."
Animal Control came out to visit us today. Yesterday they had talked to Jason and made arrangements to bring out a couple horses that were abandoned. Then Jason promptly forgot about it. Today Tawnee was manning the phone's and Animal Control called up to say they were on their way. Sure enough, they soon arrived and two beautiful horses were ready to get off the trailer.
They were abandoned in someone's pasture, and then the owners of the pasture turned them loose on the road. Animal Control headed out to pick them up and take them to safety. After the required wait to see if the owner would turn up, they brought them here.
They definitely enjoyed rolling in the round pen for awhile before going to their temporary pen.
The lady who have a hold on Benji and Gage came out to visit them today. It as decided that Benji was not a good match, but Gage is still tugging at her heart strings.
They also donated a couple bales of hay, thank you so much! It's something we sure use a lot of around here...
Shortly after they left, we got a phone call "Hi, I've got 5 bales of oat hay I would like to bring you." It seemed to be the hay donation day. They came out and also brought apples and carrots for the horses, which of course Dottie and Macho Man laid claim to immediately.
After Dottie was done, Prince and Honey were given use of the round pen. Prince didn't roll, but he really enjoyed prancing around.
He is growing so fast and is becoming quite the handsome young horse. He really loves people and has no fear. He will walk right up to people and want you to play with him. He definitely got imprinted with all the handling he received from birth.
The visitors were getting ready to leave, so Jason and the lady unloaded the hay. She kept remarking that she had brought her trailer so Dottie and Macho Man could go home with her. Certainly not!
"AQHA Official Celebrates Pending Slaughter of Quarter Horses." If that is as upsetting for you as it is for us, click here to read the article. Unbelievable that the AQHA wants horses to be slaughtered so they can make more money registering new horses.
Debi, thank for your donation dedicated to your daughters: Amber & Ileia. And thank you Joyce D and Rebecca O for your generous donations today! It really helps out, especially with the feed bill of just hay being about $100 a day. Click here to donate, helping us help horses, and see your name here tomorrow!
