Equamore Blog

Magic is Gone

Magic died yesterday evening. It was so sudden. The day before we were groomed and loved on together in the cross ties. Yesterday we had a great day in the fields. Suddenly, Magic was very sick, and then gone. I was with him, as were his human friends, and I stayed calm for him. I remember after Hoover died, and Magic became my friend, how I felt safe when I called and he answered.  I hope last evening that when…

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Magic (aka “Buddy”)

Tragically for his close friend, Thor, Magic unexpectedly died as the result of a colic attack that came on with devastating speed and severity. Despite our veterinarians efforts to save him, Magic became another victim of this all too common malady which attacks a horse’s delicate digestive system.

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Reunion!

More than a year after these three Percherons were rescued and brought to our Sanctuary, they were finally together and content.   While the stallions Gandalf and Flint were gelded soon after their arrival, behaviors can take a long time to change.  While Gandalf settled down quickly and became part of the gelding herd, Flint continued to show stallion behavior.   The first time Gandolf and Flint were together after being gelded, they resorted to fighting behavior.   Flint continued to try to…

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Art in Motion

We love this!  A wonderful mosaic artist Karen Rycheck applied for a grant for a community art project.   The mural was designed from pictures of our horses!   Karen got the grant, and is now in the process of raising additional funds and designing the individual tiles. We can actually identify each horse in this beautiful work.   We sometimes think of our horses as art in motion. It is great to see art, horses and community come together.  Thank you…

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I Love Hay

One of the things I love about my stall and run is that I can see the hay deliveries even when I am in the barn. I stare at those giant bales coming off the truck – what an amazing and wondrous sight!   I admire the hay barn loaded with fresh hay, imagining it all coming into my feed bin. These bales are so big the people need the tractor to move them. Until we got our new hay…

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Taz (The Tasmanian Devil)

Taz’s stifle condition, at the end, made it impossible for him to get up when he needed to lie down to get the REM sleep horses must have. Again, we had to make the difficult decision humanely to end life when a horse’s condition no longer allows him to do more than suffer. We are heartened by the fact that Taz was an Equamore horse for over fourteen good years.

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NeighSaver Summer 2014

Thor and Bryant are featured as is a horse’s version of a famous song about fences. Come sing along with us as we make the kind of improvements to the Sanctuary which will allow us to save more of the estimated 100,000 “unwanted” horses currently without alternatives in the United States.

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Casper’s Big Day

Casper, once labeled “afraid of his own shadow,” has blossomed into a sweet and loving horse. Each day everything at Equamore gets a little less scary (including the vicious leaf blower and even the potentially horse-eating fly system), allowing Casper’s true nature to begin to shine through. He is an incredibly affectionate horse who is learning to truly adore human attention. He will trot to the fence when called, just to say hi, and follows anyone around in the pasture,…

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