Snowy Update

Snowy has been with us for 4 weeks now and is doing very well. She is now going out with our guys into the pasture and spending several hours grazing and doing what comes natural for her. She seems to be very happy and contented. She has gained 85 pounds since she has been here but it is still hard to see a big difference on her. The next 85 should be more noticeable and I'll take a new picture of her then and post it so you all can see. Our other guys are all well and have accepted Snowy for the most part. Freckles being the "Other Mare"is causing the most problems however even she is starting to accept the fact that Snowy isn't going anywhere and has joined the herd.

Our rescue foster horse has arrived

Snowy, our rescue foster horse arrived on January 26th. a Saturday afternoon. I really wasn't expecting good but I was really surprised. I still can't get it in my head how people can do this to an animal. She stands 14.3 hands and only weighs 750 pounds. very little more that skin and bones....literally and remember she has been in the Rehab/Rescue Barn before she came here.
To start off our new venture, on the way to us Snowy reared in the trailer and put quite a cut on her forehead. The Vet arrived to stitch it up so here we were with an unfamiliar, neglected and abused horse dizzy with a gash in her head. What a first day!
It has been a very busy and stressful week but we have made great strides in having Snowy accept us and start to trust us. She is better and more calm every day. She has been in the big pasture with our other horses but while it was ok for the most part it ended in disaster. I guess it was a little early to expect her to socialize. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Since our pasture disaster we have slowed things down and put Snowy out only with Cowboy in the back ring. That went well and they even ate from the same pile of hay. The next day we tried the same thing and I'm happy to say with the same good results. Yesterday we put her out with Tom and while the results were not as good they were not viscious to one another so we tried it again today with better results. Being encouraged by this we also put Cowboy back in with them as well. All three stayed most of the afternoon together without any major mishaps. Cowboy was even acting protective of Snowy. Freckles and Monte (the jackass) will be where the next challenges will lie. I'll bet in another couple of days to a week we'll have them all together successfully.

Snowy's head is healing nicely and she is eating well. I'll post a picture of her soon so you can see for yourself. I think she will become a very nice little horse again.