A few months ago, one of the horses we had adopted out about 10 years ago came back when his owner was unable to keep him due to medical and financial issues. Hershey had been at a retirement facility for a number of years, and as a result lost quite a bit of his muscletone. When we got him back, we weren't certain if he would be rideable at all, and our focus was just on getting some more weight on him and building back some of the muscle he had lost. We decided this week that, although … [Read more...]
(Re)introducing: Hershey!
Hershey is a bay 25 year-old Appendix (Quarter horse/Thoroughbred cross) who we rescued over a decade ago. He had been a show jumper, but his owner was unable to keep him due to financial issues. We found a wonderful woman named Sara who adopted him and they seemed to be a match made in heaven! Unfortunately, after about a year, Hershey started to come up lame and he was diagnosed with navicular. Although horses with navicular can still be ridden for shorter distances, they should no longer be … [Read more...]
Hershey
Rescued May 25, 2008 Adopted February 22, 2009 Hershey is an appendix (Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred cross) who was trained as a jumper and competed in his younger days. Hershey was rescued because his owner could no longer afford to keep him. When Hanaeleh picked him up, he was very thin and very aggressive. He would bite and kick when he was groomed or tacked up, and was lame on his front feet. Eventually we had to put front shoes on his feet to make him comfortable, and worked to … [Read more...]