On January 23rd six more horses from the Many, LA seizure arrived at Remember Me Rescue. The most anticipated was Be Bop Baby, the extremely thin grey mare in the video on the previous page. Be Bop is a 15 year old mare whose appearance would lead some to believe she was much older. She is literally bones, skin, and scabs. My heart broke the first time I laid eyes on her January 7th. Then she was too weak to travel far as were many of the others. Now she is here with us, safe, dry, and no longer hungry. Turned out with the mares was a still unidentified 3 year old bay thoroughbred gelding. He is scary thin. He also has such terrible rain rot that his entire back, shoulders, and withers are abscessing, just seeping through the skin. I am very worried about him and hope we are not too late in getting him to RMR. He is eating well and appears bright and alert. I will keep everyone updated on his progress. High On Punch also arrived on the 23rd. He is a 3 year old grey stallion who raced last year. He severely underweight but seems sound. He has a very sweet disposition and for now is quiet and content with the attention he is getting from everyone here. There are 3 young colts, all either yearlings or two year olds. They haven't been handled much so we are spending extra time with them hand walking and brushing.
First 4, January 12th, 2012
Ole Suzie Cue and Donna
Kipper
Kipper and Lilly
Ol Little Mike, Donna and Amanda Cage
Ole Suzie Q and Donna
More than ever we need people to commit to give on a monthly basis. This huge undertaking is going to last 18 months to 2 years before all of these horses can be placed in new homes. There are young horses that need to be broke to ride and mares that are so malnourished they may never return to their previous condition. Please help us continue our efforts to give these horses every chance in the world to succeed. They didn't deserve this. And now we are going to make it right. Please join us with a monthly gift for our program.
Straight Eddie and Donna
Straight Eddie
Be Bop Baby
Chestnut Yealing Colt
The first 4 horses arrived on January 12th. The next morning we evaluated them for behavioral issues and found quite a few. We had already been warned about Ole Suzie Q who had biting, kicking and striking issues. She was the first one I wanted to work with. I found the majority of her problem was fear and untrustworthiness. After a few minuets of one on one time Suzie was willing to do whatever we asked of her. She is very fearful of loud noises and we will be working on introducing her to new things over the next few weeks. She wants to bite when you take a hold of her halter so we will continue to work with her on a daily basis until she is totally trusting and accepting of our presence. Her trainer, Bill Young, had told me that she had been saddled twice while at the farm. Both times she jerked loose and ran around the farm saddled for a couple of days. She has the scars to prove it.
Suzie's white hair on her withers from the saddle
Suzie was so untrusting of people that she wouldn't even take grass from our hands. After several attempts she finally pulled a few blades from my fingers. Ol Little Mike and Kipper were very willing and wanted to trust us. They were very happy to see the lush green grass at the farm. They will be the first two ready for rehoming. Straight Eddie is going to be more difficult. He is the tallest of all the colts. He is very head strong and does not have a high opinion of people. After all he has been through I understand. He is quick to kick and has deadly aim. He will probably need a little more time than the others before I trust him with anyone else. We appreciate your continued support of our program and will keep you updated as horses flow through our program. Next week mares should begin arriving and one small gelding who was to weak to travel last week.
