PART 2: Mif homecoming from eye surgery. We were surprised (not that much) at what Mif did upon entering the barn after having surgery to remove her right eye… Here is the recap! #springreinsoflife #njvirtualherd #njvhjuniormif #midatlanticequinemedicalcenter #eyesurgery #familymatriarch #mommagirl
So gratefully glad to be picking up our matriarchal momma Junior Mif “Miffins” from #midatlanticequinemedicalcenter MAEMC after having surgery to remove her right eye. Since October 16, 2022 Dr Elbert, Mif and us have been fighting to keep her eye. We had times where it looked really promising and we were hopeful. On August 26, 2024 called our vet bc it looked different than ever before. Mif was also spooking on the right side. Ocular exam concluded that she was indeed blind. We hung our heads (Mif included) for about 12s in grief of her eye. Then we promptly proceeded to make steps to get her into surgery for removal. Yikes! No openings for 2weeks. Except Dr Elbert called Dr Gasiorowski and explained the situation and we were able to bring Mif at 8am on 9/3/24. Surgery was successful, Mif was standing and local anesthesia. There was an infection brewing behind the eye which made it REALLY good that we could do this sooner than later. So proud of you Mif. The next week will be hardest on her bc 7-10 days stall rest (she hates confinement alone) and must worship this bandage. No rubbing, no messin with it! Also will be hard for her. More to come… #springreinsoflife #njvirtualherd #njvhjuniormif #njvhmif
Today we took Junior Mif to Mid Atlantic Equine Medical Center. She is having surgery today to remove her right eye. Since October 2022 we have been battling chronic uveitis in that eye. It’s had some good times where we thought she would pull through it. And lately more bad times where it would not calm down. July and most of August she was doing well. Then got an ulceration and it wouldn’t come back. On Monday August 26, suspected blindness. Dr Elbert confirmed that for us. The three of us stood there and grieved the eye for a few minutes. Then we began discussing surgery bc it would be best to let her stop the fight. Past week she has been very swollen, in pain, massive discharging. And super confused. Scheming surgery was difficult. Financially yet being that there were no bookings available until 9/10! Dr Elbert got her into the clinic first thing this morning to have Dr Janik Gasiorowski do the surgery. 💛🐴🌹💛 Mif will stay overnight due to her age (24) and that this is a long term chronic issue. More to come. Grateful. #njvhjuniormif #chronicuveitis #eyesurgery #eyeremoval #springreinsoflife #njvhdane #midatlanticequinemedicalcenter
Use code “NJHERD15” for 15% off first order 💛 Mif started SmartEarth Camelina oil this past winter. She had a avalanche of decline shortly after her husband Dane tragically and suddenly left us in 2022. Chronic Lyme, which opened the door to chronic uveitis (still dealing with that) and various physical weak-spots. After several treatments 2022/2023, we began a physiotherapy program for her. Camelina oil has helped her progress in that she put back on weight, has more fluidity in tissue and joints, and her coat is amazing! Our matriarch “Junior Mif” aka Mif, Miffins, is a former AQHA broodmare. She joined our herd of Healers in Sept 2015, since then she has served more than 1000 trauma survivors to find their way to a better life. She is a MoM, yet a toughie, will not tolerate tantrums. Authentic intention and internal suffering are what brings out her majesty. 💛🐴🫶🏼🙏 #horses #bestofnewjersey #instahorse #beautifulhorses #horseoftheday #njvirtualherd #springreinsoflife #equinassistedtherapy #equineassisted #horselove #therapyhorse #serviceanimals #quarterhorsebroodmare #matriarch #njvhjuniormif #smartearthcamelina
Redcat Tuesday 3 (June 2024) ❤️😻😽😺🙀Once we learned Redcat was part of the Horse Herd (his choice and kinda cool) - we then began to discover he wanted to work with them as well. We noticed that on certain occasions he would voluntarily enter the arena when we had clients. At first it seemed like he was just hanging out, yet as situations arise with clients he began interacting. This became regular enough to not be coincidence although not all the time. As we learned his reasons for joining us his role with the Herd became more defined and clear…❤️😽
Redcat. Self-appointed therapist on our team since 2014. He was a perdiem worker by the minute, in that he entered the healing arena by decision only when and as long as needed. Most often for a specific reason such as anxiety from a human about integrating with the horses. Or he flys in like Superman to aid with a paw on foot seconds before onset of a panic-attack. Redcat did not mouse, not even a little bit - hence only posed as a barn-cat. On occasion he would take the role of equine nurse alert- if one of them is ailing and we don’t know yet - he holds vigil until help is provided. Once, Redcat took over for the HerdBasically this cat more than earns his keep. Redcat is loved by all, especially those who are not “cat people”!
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#cuteanimalplus #followus #love #cute #serviceanimal #therapyanimals #reelsvideo #bestofnewjersey #catlife
#barnlifestyle #springreinsoflife #njvirtualherd #equineassistedtherapy #catoftheday #catlover #anxietysupport #fancycatsuit #njvhredcat #njvhredcattuesdays
Come Celebrate Summer Solstice
When:
Saturday, June 22,2024
4:30 to 6:00PM
Hosting:
Spring Reins of Hope and Friends for Pegasus
Where:
Hunt Cap Farms
401 Main Street
Three Bridges, NJ 08887
Facilitated by, Ellie Campolei, Ceremonialist
As the seasons change and give way to the next, we take this opportunity to give away those things blocking our journey and asking for things we are willing to have in our life.
Please join us for a sacred ceremony, surrounded by our engaging horses and donkeys.
Offering of $25.00
All offerings will go towards the continued care of our beautiful MOLLY Girl!
Ellie Campolei has been a student of Native American teachings, traditions, and ceremonies for most of her life and has worked with many teachers of the First Nation People.
For more information please contact:
[email protected] or call 347-886-2798.
If you cannot join us yet would like to still help Miss Molly - you can donate directly here: https://donorbox.org/help-miss-molly-return-to-work-she-saves-lives
To learn more about Miss Molly’s story: https://nancyjaffer.com/good-golly-miss-molly-needs-help-so-she-can-help-veterans-and-others/
Watch Miss Molly’s Journey (a short film, Winnie Award winner 2023 Equus Film and Arts Festival): https://youtu.be/ihQyJoXSFjU?si=UD3EsZ08_uMa9cYs
Redcat met a red spotted horse...
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REDcat Tuesday #2 May 2024
Rescue Redcat (or) Redcat to the Rescue! In some ways he always knew who needed rescue whether it be a horse or a human – he was happy to be the savior to both. If someone you love it hurting or ailing, yet they do not speak of it, how would you know that something is wrong – do you ever feel that about someone you care about.
We met Mr Redcat in April 2014 when we moved to Foxx Creek Farm in Hillsborough NJ. There were 6 barn kitties at FCF and three of them were ginger. So, at first Redcat didn’t really stand out, he was “one of the orange cats”. Looking back on our 10yrs together and began to examine at what point did it become notable that this cat was different. What was our meeting point?
It was the morning of April 29th, 2014. That morning our dear lady Straw was found down the third day in a row on her “good side’… we did not waste time calling for help as we knew in this scenario, She would need assistance one way or another. As we waited for MAEMC to arrive it became a challenge to keep Straw calm, she began thrashing and getting too close to the wall in efforts to get herself up! Straw was a very strong personality in heart, mind, and spirit and she didn’t take kindly to being told what to do, especially if she disagreed.
This place of “please lay still, help is coming” became an argument which I did not want to have. The stall door was open wide, and while we were doing all we could to keep Straw in place She kept working to get up.
Then, in a precise manner, this cat, this orange tabby cat calmly walked into the stall, and then walked right up to the back of Straw’s neck, and then onto her neck and just sat there.
The cat looked up at me with confidence and a smile in his eyes as if to say, “this will be good now’.
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Today we are introducing Syriana and her @smartearthcamelina supplement plan. Syri is our last remaining founding horse and she is a 21yo TB mare. A redhead and highly sensitive, she has helped 1000’s of clients since 2009. She also has sustained a broken neck twice! C6 (2006) and C2 (2014). Her weight is not as hard as it used to be. Syri is on 2oz of Camelina oil per day - more so for her skin sensitivity and digestive issues (she gets loose and bloated when anxious. Yes bloated in this vid, over time will see how the oil has an effect - we see improvement in and out with the bloat and she is on other treatments for that specifically). We have noticed an improvement in her coat and the moisturizing of her derma. She’s on a lot of digestive aids so harder to tell if the oil is part of that…yet we know it helps her brain organize and in that way have more confidence. 💖🐴💕 NJVH is now a brand ambassador and we are so excited. Each equid in our barn is requiring different needs for essential fats. It’s been a struggle to meet these varied needs with one product. Come with us as we initiate this promising solution! 😁🙏❤️
Anyone following us (or seeing this) can receive a 15% discount off first order with code NJHERD15 😉👍🏼
#njvirtualherd #springreinsoflife #essentialfats #horsenutrition #smartearthcamelina #camelinaoil #njvhsmartearthcamelina #njvhsyriana Music: Redline by Enjoymusic
Redcat Tuesday #1. April 16,2024. Lessons from the Ginger feline. Self-appointed therapy animal since 2014. There will be 12 one for each month. Today happens to be REDcat’s Gotchadate. As we left Foxx Creek Farm in 2017, realized we had to ask that he come with us. Permission granted. On April 16th 2017 went to pick up our Orange friend and bring him to Hunt Cap Farms. And the rest is history…
In 10y of service Redcat helped SRoH and SRoL with 4 panic attack alerts, 100’s of anxious clients connected to the horses, and 3 equi-nurse incidents were Redcat helped Straw, Spring, and Gloria! In this time he also never moused, and successfully converted countless ‘non-cat-people’ to feline lovers.
Happy Birthday Redcat (in heaven)! Thank you, doesn’t really cover it, yet we are so grateful you were here.
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Redcat. c.2008 - March 26, 2024
We had to say goodbye to our esteemed colleague and friend last week. Redcat had not been to the farm in several weeks due to an upper respiratory infection that would not resolve. After several treatments he stopped eating on 3/20. Went to Paw Prints Hospital on morning of 3/26, cited in renal failure. We brought him home to the farm where Dr Oliver could help him go home, surrounded by family and the place that he lived and loved.
This video is shortly after Redcats little big heart stopped at 6:37pm. https://gofund.me/7cf7b49f
#love #cute #serviceanimal #grievingyourfriend #therapyanimals #reelsvideo #bestofnewjersey #catlife
#barnlifestyle #springreinsoflife #njvirtualherd #catoftheday #catlover #anxietysupport #fancycatsuit #njvhredcat #njvhredcattuesdays
Today we are introducing Chubby and his @smartearthcamelina supplement plan. Chubby is our newest horse and he is a 7y OTTB. Has some severe neck damage and is a hard-keeper (burns calories thinking). We started him on a basic maintenance dosing of 2oz a day (1 and 1). As it got cold he began to drop weight and Chubby isn’t exactly chubby to begin with - so we doubled his oil to 4oz a day (2 and 2). That is holding well for him. As the grasses begin to grow we will monitor and pull him back to a maintenance dose. Anyone following us (or seeing this) can receive a 15% discount off first order with code NJHERD15 😉👍🏼
#njvirtualherd #springreinsoflife #essentialfats #horsenutrition #smartearthcamelina #camelinaoil #njvhsmartearthcamelina #njvhchubby Thanks @laurelpiegarii for video skills.
Herd taste test challenge. Peanuts. NY Mets or NY Yankees!? #tastetest #horses #donkeys #njvhherd #saturdayvolunteering
This video is from 2wks ago. Went to check on Molly and found her flat out sleeping in her lunch. Most horse people would say, Yes, and… yet for this girl it is something! Really something. Follow #njvhmissmolly to learn more. 💚🫶🏼🙏Miss Molly is a special girl. Read more about her in the link below. Consider following her story of recovery.
Each week we hit markers of improvement with Miss Molly. Please consider contributing even $10. This allows FfP to help this girl so she can continue her work with veterans.
For those that don’t know the story, Miss Molly is with Spring Reins Of Life(SRoL), another nonprofit. Their Co-Founder, Christianna Capra reached out to FfP for help in Miss Molly’s recovery. Dr. Maria Katsamanis travels to Hunt Cap Farm, homebase to SRoL 3x a week to work with Miss Molly. Through the week volunteers are given supplemental instructions to work with her under FfP’s, Dr. Maria Katsamanis’s supervision.”
To learn more about this girls story and how you can help visit https://donorbox.org/help-miss-molly-return-to-work-she-saves-lives
#rescue #concussionawareness #horses #mariakatsamanis #friendsforpegasus #alwayshelpfulveterinaryservices #officialdrmariakatsamanis #njvirtualherd #njvhmissmolly #njvhmissmollyrehab
It’s a donkey standoff! Can we pass? Momma says no! Taking a pickup truck out to the field to clean up and bring hay. Or, not… All in the Fam of Donks. Edith, Gloria, and GusArchie ❤️🫏🧡🫏🩵🫏 #donkeys #standoff #njvhedith #njvhgloria #njvhgusarchie
Yay! We got treats in the mail. From Equine Balanced Support. When Dane are I were in training his trainer, a good friend of ours and myself stated a supplementation and equine nutrition business called Equine Balanced Support (EBS). As our lives shifted – I ran off to help save the world with horses, Emily was living part time abroad, and Elizabeth was busy with horses in training. The business stayed alive yet did not thrive, this past winter Elizabeth King contacted me to sign out of the business as a partner, as she has found another partner that can help take it to another level. Gladly I signed out and am so proud of her for keeping this alive. Kindly EBS sent the Herd some healthy treats called Nutri Bites (metabolic safe), and so we are doing a little tasting test here. You can learn about the products and their origins on the website www.EquineBalancedSupport.com
The Herd was a solid seven thumbs up for the Nutri Bites. Thank you for the gift, we will be following your success.
#healthysnacks #metabolicsafe #nutribites #njvhtheherd #equinebalancedsupport #tastetest
Miss Molly dosing for @smartearthcamelina oil. Miss Molly has an incredible story. You can catch up with her by searching #njvhmissmolly 💚✌️and/or the top links on our tree in bio. Dr. Shoemaker set out a list of “nutrients” needed for Molly’s #neurologicalrehab journey. We started with Camelina oil as it is clean, and has the right balance of omega fatty acids for her brain to recover. We loved connecting with SmartEarth Camelina once we learned about their family run business to how the oil is made and kept super clean that we are happy to promote this product. #brainfats #concussionmanagement #concussiontreatment #njvhmissmolly #njvhmissmollyrehab #camelinaoil
