Last month we noticed that Venus was beginning to look a little tender-footed. We noticed an indication of an old abscess that had burst and some bruising on her feet. We assumed this was due to walking on the new gravel driveway, so we made sure not to let her walk on it. We also put some boots on her feet and gave her some medicine to help her feel more comfortable. After a few weeks with no improvement (when theoretically the bruising would have subsided a bit)m we asked our farrier, … [Read more...]
UPDATE 2022: Venus
Venus is a little liver chestnut mare who was rescued from a now-defunct "rescue." She had gotten a splinter in her left eye at the rescue, which festered and created a great deal of scar tissue. The people at the rescue didn't bother to treat her eye, so a volunteer offered to foster her and was able to get Venus some veterinary care. By that time, however, the damage was done, and her eye was permanently scarred and she lost the majority of her sight. The "rescue," realizing that Venus … [Read more...]
Noelle and Venus Become Friends
It's been a few months since we moved Noelle up near Venus, but the girls have quickly become best friends! After a few weeks of being neighbors with Venus, Noelle started yelling for her and getting upset when we took her away from the stall, even though she had her buddy Rio to hang out with. Venus doesn't seem to care much if Noelle leaves, however, and Noelle has no issues when we take her away from her stall and leave Venus alone... we've all had relationships like that. The girls seemed … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Venus’ Eye (July 2020)
Venus came to us in August, 2018. She had been through a lot in her life before she came to us. She had been purchased at an auction by Hi-Caliber, a now defunct organization. Hi-Caliber had a number of claims of neglect of the horses in their care before it was shut down, as well as volunteers attesting to the fact that the leaders of the organization would shoot horses if they could not adopt them out in a short amount of time. When Venus was purchased by Hi Caliber, a volunteer saw her and … [Read more...]