In two days Luna and Girlfriend will finally get to start their trip to Michigan. Lisa and Hannah are waiting with their breaths held for the arrival of these wonderful girls. I am looking forward to seeing these two go to their forever loving home and cleaning 2 stalls less every day. BUT at the...
I will admit there were days when I didn’t think we would make it through. We have gone through so many ups and downs- horses being adopted, people changing their minds; barns burning down; PCR tests; quarantines, EPM, strangles that became chronic and required surgery; horses doing their normal thing and damaging their deep flexor...
It’s the 6 am alarm. I roll over and think…its Sunday, it’s going to rain, sleet, snow and blow 50 mph. Why am I getting out of bed? Oh yah, horses have to eat and stalls need to be done. OK maybe I can crawl back to bed afterwards….nope- today is the fundraiser for the...
As horse people we certainly understand that word- riding is all about patience- with your horse and with yourself! But patience has taken on a new dimension for us at the Santana Center- it seems like all we do is wait!! We wait to see if they will get sick. We wait to see if...
Please visit the winstonsdogtreats.com page for the Santana center fundraiser. We really appreciate the efforts being done on our behalf. The horses are finally on the move! Luna and Misty should be coming to our facility in the near future. We all tested clean! Pilgrim still has some stuff to clear out of his pouches...
When people tell you that the cheapest part of rescuing a horse is the bail from the kill pen, believe them!! It is astounding how complicated things get when you add in quarantine, shipping, vets, and the meds. Just to make it more complicated, each state has different rules and each vet practice follows different...
If you do this long enough, one of the things that becomes very clear is that these horses have been stressed and exposed to all sorts of germs in their journey. Our Charley Brown, Chance, Pilgrim, Luna, Misty and Orchid all have gotten strangles. The young ones get very sick- Chance is still trying to...
Hi everyone, thanks for checking out our new webpage and the new blog. This will be a quick way to update everyone on the status of the horses (adopted and ready for adoption), and share info on other activities! We have some wonderful horses available for adoption. Keeping fingers crossed for Misty PCR tests today-...
[highlight align=”left, right, center” style=”different”]With International Helmet Awareness Day coming up this Saturday, June 22, equestrians will be hearing a lot about the danger of head injuries. One of the biggest concerns—particularly for children—is concussions, and recent studies are shedding some light on the problems that come with diagnosing and preventing these injuries.[/highlight] In a recent article...
