Equine WellBeing Rescue Inc.

07/01/2025

Daily Junebug... What's in here???

06/30/2025

Sweet Gunner, the 3yo rescued with 9 others on April 17th, went to his new family yesterday. The kids are going to fall in love with him. We are going to miss him. He put on over 100 pounds and got all his Healthcare needs met before going. Great little pony.

06/28/2025

Sable and Jazz had molar teeth extracted this week. Interestingly, they were the same tooth in both horses, the 109 molar on the upper right side of the mouth.

Sable's was fractured down the middle and part of that tooth is intentionally in her mouth. The 109 and 209 of Jazz's were both very loose which is why he was gaping his mouth while eating. He is not doing that anymore.

All three of the teeth pulled were expired, meaning the enamel through the middle of the chewing surface is gone. That weakens the tooth and takes away the chewing capacity. As many know Sable quids hay, meaning she can not chew it. She rolls it around, sucks on it and spits it out.

At age 30 this year her teeth are very worn so we have started to soak her pellets to prevent any further fractures. She seems happy with the soaked pellets. When soaking pellets you need to put in twice as much water to get the pellets totally melted.

You can see the white line I have drawn on the teeth. That shows you the root above and the chewing area below. The roots are is about 1/2 inch. Very short. A 6 year old's root is 3 inches or more so these are very short...hardly enough to keep them in the gum tissue.

Horse's molar teeth usually start to expire around age 20 and usually these upper teeth, 109 and 209, expire first. It is essential that horses getting dentistry in their 20's have a very thorough exam to check for fractures and looseness. That requires a lot more than a 'float'.

The arrow in the 2nd picture shows where Sable's tooth fractured right down the middle and split the tooth. Hay was packing in between the 2 fractured pieces. Had we not found this, that area could have become infected. Another reason a thorough exam is so important.

Many of you have older horses, so these are things you need to look for. Hopefully all your equines are getting dentistry every year!

Please ask if you have any questions.

06/28/2025

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06/27/2025

Junebug tried on a halter for the first time. Getting a foal used to a halter is essential (and easy). You never know when a vet call is needed, and it help control their head when you work with their legs and pick up their feed. Never leave them unsupervised with a halter on, nor work very long. It is a matter of getting them used to the feeling, you handling their face and a little at a time is the way we roll.

We see lots of pictures of foals with halters left on and everyone trains differently, but we take a very conservative approach.

Junebug took it in stride. Yay.

06/27/2025

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06/27/2025

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06/27/2025

Junebug is growing fast. On these hot days, she has found she likes the salt lick. Ellie does too. Electrolytes and water, so important on these hot days.

Look at her tiny tongue....💕❤️💕

06/26/2025

Today I made the drive out to the forest east of Heber again to put water in our permitted troughs. Saturday 1600 gallons was put in them, today another 600. That's a total of 6130 gallons so far in June. Water for the Heber horses and all the wild life in the area.

Unfortunately, I got a flat on the trailer. With limited cell reception in the forest that was not what I wanted to see. I was able to get a text to Lary who drove out and changed it for me. Thank you Babe!!!

I think it's time for new tires on the trailer so this doesn't happen again. Tires wear out fast when you are hauling 600 gallons of water on rocky, forest roads.

Saw a few horses, but none at the troughs this time.

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06/26/2025

4-17-25, Heidi arrived with 9 other horses and donkeys, severely malnourished, emaciated BCS 1.5, bad hooves, bad coat and depressed. Today she has reached a BCS of 5...ideal. She arrived hungry, weighing only 822 pounds and 15.2 hands high.

Today she weighed 1088 pounds a gain of 278 pounds. She got her teeth done today and we aged her at 20 years old, not the 27 they told the assistant State veterinary, who inspected all the horses and donkeys at Heather F Bentons, be for 10 of them were taken away.

Heidi has a potential home and she is ready, with all of her health care needs met since her arrival. We are SO excited for her and she shows her gratefulness in her affection for all of us. What a wonderful thank you from her.

Standing tall, standing strong, head held high and no longer depressed. Well-Being at its best.

How do you think she looks?

06/25/2025

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