Gentle Spirit Horses Rescue

11/11/2024

Lots of good news at the vet today!

Maverick does NOT have cancer! We are going to watch a small spot by his eye but it's likely just irritation.

Lucy does not have kissing spine or navicular!! Just needs to get over her aversion to a saddle.

Sienna we took in already knowing that she has high ringbone but wanted more views and to discuss options. She is barely lame but a nerve block helped immensely. We are giving her Osphos, discussed many options, and ultimately were told and is rideable based on her comfort. So trails? Yes, unless she says no. Etc. More on that later.

The visit and meds was $1400, bringing our 45 day vet bill total to $5400. Please consider a donation to help. http://gentlespirithorses.org/donate

11/11/2024

Maverick is headed to Nebraska Equine today with Lucy and Sienna. He got to spend time with his friend Delegate while waiting!

Donations towards the $5000 we have spent on vet bills in the last two months greatly needed http://gentlespirithorses.org/donate

11/10/2024

In cleaning up files we noticed we never posted the winner of the Dakota Showdown quilt raffle!! Congrats to Jim!

11/09/2024

Helping Thomas breathe thanks to our friends at Silver Horse Care! They have an affordable nebulizer and great products and are all around great people.

Thomas has heaves and is recovering from Pneumonia.

11/08/2024

Check out Luna's amazing progress as she is finishing up her 30-days with Annika Greaney of Red Line Equestrian! Luna participated in the Dakota Showdown Horse Trainer Challenge this summer, where she got started under saddle but the anxiety of the event seemed to get to her. We chose to send her to Annika for 30 days to see if she could give her more confidence and work on calming her down and correcting a few behaviors ... and she went far beyond!

Luna can still be tough to catch, but will get better with continued consistency. She has calmed down a lot and is going well under saddle, but is still in need of regular handling, and we suspect she will test a new person with her feet at first. She needs someone patient but firm and fair, as she's a very smart mare.

We also invested in two chiropractic (and one acupuncture) treatments to help loosen up her hind end a bit. She has always moved stiffly but her joints x-rayed clean. The chiropractic and acupuncture work specifically on her sacroiliac (SI) joint did seem to help a lot. We do suggest continuing with chiropractic and/or acupuncture treatments if at all possible as she does seem to enjoy them.

Luna does already have someone coming to meet her who has been following her for a while, but if they don't end up being a good match, feel free to get an adoption application in!

Luna participated in the Dakota Showdown Horse Trainer Challenge this summer, and had a good summer but was very anxious and off at the Showdown. She didn't ...

11/07/2024

Baby or Belly update for Whitney ... plus a mystery injury. No baby!

Donations towards our vet bills appreciated: http://gentlespirithorses.org/donate

11/07/2024

Paige was checked for pregnancy today ... and unfortunately her update is sad. She is not currently pregnant but her body shows signs of a miscarriage :(

11/05/2024

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Congratulations Rapid City Stevens FFA of South Dakota, National FFA Horse Evaluation champions.

Elliot Hendrix
Kaiva Coleman
Ms. Genetie Hendrix, Coach
Patty Timmons
Ethan Hendrix

11/04/2024

Big things happening...

11/03/2024

Time for

11/03/2024

11/02/2024

We had a lot of great help and creativity with costumes this year and a great turnout!!

11/02/2024

Boo at the Barn starts in a half hour! Come out and have some fun!

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from all of us at Gentle Spirit Horses Rescue! We hope everyone has a fun and safe evening trick-or-treating tonight!

Give your kids a second chance to wear their costumes and join us this Saturday from 4-7 to trick-or-treat the stalls. The horses will be wearing their costumes and look forward to seeing yours!

Volunteers should join us around 2:00 p.m. to help decorate :)

Can't wait to see you there!