Heal Fast Therapy donated several patches to Hanaeleh to use on some of horses with more painful issues. We have used it on both Ulysses and Maggie, both with long-term lameness issues which have not responded to other treatment. In addition to having several bowed tendons and the inability to stand on three feet because of his neurological issues, he started to develop some major swelling on his left knee. Ulysses needs to move around for his feet to self-trim, so when he was unable to move … [Read more...]
Ulysses
Ulysses Eating His Grain
Ulysses is one of our rescues from the Riverside Animal Shelter. He is a very beautiful horse who suffered an intense amount of abuse at the hands of humans; when we picked him up, he had scars from his head to his tail. His tendons were so damaged that it looks like they have been bowed multiple times. There are scars from rope burns on his muzzle and legs. Then the humans who had done this to him, abandoned him in a riverbed to starve to death. We have had Ulysses for almost a year now, … [Read more...]
Ulysses
Ulysses on Thursday. Most of his scars on his face are growing over with hair. He is looking so good! … [Read more...]