29/08/2023
Baby Rose is 1 year old today. We celebrate because she has escaped the hell that is BGHR.
Here is a letter from a follower:
𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞!
On August 29th, 2022, our beautiful Percheron foal was born in a dark corner of the back forty, in a horrible, barren lot in the middle of hurricane season. Her mother, Belle, stood over her for hours along with the herd’s self-appointed guardian, Gunny, a stately Belgian draft.
It didn’t have to be this way. Belle was pregnant when purchased at a kill pen auction in February 2022. Upon her arrival at the Titan Ranch, Van DeMars and Emily Domagtoy made plans to build a sturdy pole barn in preparation for her upcoming birth. A few poles were sunk, a small roof was attached. Then, lazy Van stopped all construction and what was left was a useless, white trash version of Stonehenge, certainly not a suitable maternity ward for a 2,000-pound mare and her foal.
At several weeks old, Princess Rose developed a serious eye infection, temporarily blinding her. During treatment at an equine hospital, she suffered a serious side effect. Emergency colic surgery was performed to save her young life and, miraculously, she survived, and she and Belle came back to the Ranch.
Aftercare instructions from the hospital were completely ignored and never implemented. No instruction was given to the volunteers on how to manage Rose’s condition. Belle and Rose were stuck in Stonehenge so Rose could be kept quiet and not rupture her surgical site. Van and Emily provided no comforts, no clean bedding, no fly repellant, seldom fresh water and/or grain. Belle spent her days protecting her baby from the curiosity of the other horses as they were always within reach.
By ignoring Rose’s aftercare protocol, after only 4 weeks on stall rest, Van and Emily allowed Rose to roam freely with 20 other horses. Van and Emily were simply too lazy to come to the property to care for Rose. Within a week or two of Rose’s freedom, the volunteers started noticing a bulge in Rose’s belly and it was determined she was developing a hernia at her incision site. Van and Emily called it ‘suture failure’ and publicly insinuated the equine hospital was to blame. As Van and Emily never returned to the equine hospital for aftercare, totally ignored discharge treatments, and took a long time to fully pay their debt to the hospital, and other various reasons including not wanting to wean the foal despite being an appropriate age, they were advised to go elsewhere to have the hernia repaired. At six months of age, another equine hospital agreed to treat Rose. Again, this little foal survived another serious health scare despite the owners’ incompetence, apathy, laziness, and a total lack of compassion.
Rose was returned to her Mama at the Ranch, again confined to her nasty stall, again all discharge/aftercare instructions were ignored, cleanliness protocol non-existent. An elastic belly band was part of her aftercare instruction and this was left on for 3 weeks without checking anything underneath. The reuseable belly band was then placed on Rose and they rarely removed it or cleaned it. Rose developed pressure sores on her withers due to the careless use of the belly band.
This beautiful baby survived her first seven months, not because of anything Van and Emily did, but solely by the care and work of the veterinarians and the volunteer staff. Van and Emily would take videos and post pictures on FB and TikTok capitalizing on Rose’s story and using her misfortune to beg for donations. They used Rose to line their own pockets by pulling on donors’ heartstrings and misleading them into believing their donations were being used to help Rose.
Van just recently posted that Belle and Rose have been adopted out to a real home, one where they will have a chance to recover from the previous abuse and neglect, and an opportunity to regain their health. Mom and Baby will no longer have to wonder where or when their next meal will be, no more wishing they had grain, alfalfa, and good quality hay, no more longing for a shade tree to escape from the Florida sun and torrential rains. Getting regular baths and brushings and having a loving family around you constantly. Finally, Belle and Rose are getting what they always deserved.
Princess Rose, God has kept you on this Earth for a reason… Not sure what that reason is, but you have survived the abuse and neglect in your young life and have been victorious against your adversaries. You have been blessed with a nurturing and protective Mother and have valiantly fought your way to your first birthday. Your perseverance has finally paid off Little One.
Oh, that green stuff you see at your new home… that is called pasture grass. You’ll love the taste of it, the feel of it under your hooves, and on your back as you roll around on it. Enjoy!
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From all of the Animal Allies at the Truth Page, Rose, we are so excited for this new chapter in your life. We have watched you grow from almost the moment you were born and have rallied around you at each misstep BGHR has taken with you. No more exploitation, no more starvation. Just love, and food, and care, and attention, and living life to the fullest.
From Van and Emily's neglect resulting in the hernia (which they tried to play off as excess hair after clipped), to them begging their followers to pay for the surgery to repair the hernia that THEY caused, to the drama associated with this idiotic and nauseating "Mommy" concept, to failing to train her to load (they had 5 months - WTF were they thinking?!) which made going to the clinic for surgery a multi-day, multi-hour long stressful ordeal (she wouldn't even walk to enter the building once there!)... All of this made for dramatic "Van stories" to pull your heartstrings and beg for even more money to fix their mistake.
That's all done now. Rose and Belle can go on and have wonderful lives - like all the others who have left BGHR care alive - and flourish and succeed.
We'll include some of the highlights from Rose's first year on earth - it's been a crazy 12 months.
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