This is it! Our 3 new arrivals made it home safe and sound yesterday! Meet Charger, Asher, and Mavis!
Freedom Ride!
This is it! Our 3 new arrivals made it home safe and sound yesterday! Meet Charger, Asher, and Mavis!
Just made our final stop to top off the tank and offer the horses water- of course we’ll share their entire journey home but until then here is a sneak peak of one of the new rescues!!
Last stop before Sanctuary!
Just made our final stop to top off the tank and offer the horses water- of course we’ll share their entire journey home but until then here is a sneak peak of one of the new rescues!!
Flint is one of the 19 horses that was rescued during our New Year, New Life rescue mission. Poor Flint was suffering from years of neglect that left him with a severely deformed hoof. It was so bad, he was walking on the front/ top of his hoof. Today, he underwent a Deep Digital Flexor Tenotomy and received a special shoe to help reposition his hoof. He was a stellar patient and is already back home in his recovery stall. Tomorrow, he’ll start slow, daily hand walks as he begins his recovery and we’ll be sure to keep everyone posted on this adorable little guy!!
Flint’s Big Surgery!
Flint is one of the 19 horses that was rescued during our New Year, New Life rescue mission. Poor Flint was suffering from years of neglect that left him with a severely deformed hoof. It was so bad, he was walking on the front/ top of his hoof. Today, he underwent a Deep Digital Flexor Tenotomy and received a special shoe to help reposition his hoof. He was a stellar patient and is already back home in his recovery stall. Tomorrow, he’ll start slow, daily hand walks as he begins his recovery and we’ll be sure to keep everyone posted on this adorable little guy!!
Astrid has a deep corneal ulcer that puts her at high risk of losing her eye if not treated rapidly and aggressively. She needs medication applied to her eye every hour and it’s imperative that the medication actually gets inside her eyelids and onto her eye, which can become an increasingly difficult task when your patient is about 1,600lbs and is getting irritated with her eye constantly being touched. We totally get it! To give her some relief, and to make sure she’s getting her critical medications, our veterinarian, Dr. Brokaw, inserted an SPL right here in the treatment room of our Healing Barn. What’s an SPL? We’ll let Dr. Brokaw explain 😁
Check out Astrid’s SPL!
Astrid has a deep corneal ulcer that puts her at high risk of losing her eye if not treated rapidly and aggressively. She needs medication applied to her eye every hour and it’s imperative that the medication actually gets inside her eyelids and onto her eye, which can become an increasingly difficult task when your patient is about 1,600lbs and is getting irritated with her eye constantly being touched. We totally get it! To give her some relief, and to make sure she’s getting her critical medications, our veterinarian, Dr. Brokaw, inserted an SPL right here in the treatment room of our Healing Barn. What’s an SPL? We’ll let Dr. Brokaw explain 😁
Are you team winter or team summer? I personally LOVE the snow, but will admit everything is harder when it’s cold out! It’s hard to walk with heavy bibs, it’s hard to push heavy wheelbarrows through the snow, it’s hard to yank frozen spigot handles open…but our team doesn’t shy away from hard work and we wouldn’t miss being here for the horses for anything. Here’s a preview of a snow day on the farm!
Baby it’s Cold Outside!
Are you team winter or team summer? I personally LOVE the snow, but will admit everything is harder when it’s cold out! It’s hard to walk with heavy bibs, it’s hard to push heavy wheelbarrows through the snow, it’s hard to yank frozen spigot handles open…but our team doesn’t shy away from hard work and we wouldn’t miss being here for the horses for anything. Here’s a preview of a snow day on the farm!
Gentle Giants was formed to facilitate the rescue of draft horses from slaughter, abuse, and neglect. horses for human consumption.
