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Jane and Lauren

JANE - Big Bold, Beautiful describes Jane.  A Belgium that arrived at Sunburst Farm along with a blind Pertron.   Jane was jealous of her blind partner and was a trouble maker because it forced us at the barn to pay attention.  Breaking gates and knocking down doors were part of her forte.  Out of condition and unable to work a full riding lesson.   We put Jane on a diet and began a conditioning program. First, just 10 minutes at the walk and a little trot work.  Then we built the trot work and presto, she could work for almost a full half hour.  Now, we needed to rebuild confidence on the turns and circles.  Jane is so big, she has trouble bending those turns!  And who shows up?  Miss Lauren.  14 years old, a big smile and a love for that pretty horse.  Did not matter that she could only work ½ hour.  No matter that she took twice as long to brush, and bathe, and it took forever to pull all the dirt out her beautiful feathers.   No matter to Lauren.  And then the miracle happened.   Lauren’s Mom and Dad recognized that Jane and Lauren were meant to be a team.  And so, Christmas Day, December 24, 2007, Lauren adopted Jane.   The team progressed to the point that Jane now jumps 2-6 easily and Lauren has progressed to 2^nd level dressage.  Extended trots, collected canters, lateral movements. Jane and Lauren are in the ribbons for their competitions and Jane loves it all.  What a great success story for both horse and rider.   

ZEUS – One of the farm workers purchased Zeus right off of the transport truck.  He was black, tall, had presence and boy, was he thin.  April called and asked if she could board Zeus here.   When he stepped out of her van I said “April, he needs a lot of groceries”.  You

Could count all of his ribs and you could see the hip bones.   And so we started feeding him hay.  Lots and lots of hay.  And oats and a little bit of corn every day.   Now, Zeus is big and beautiful.  A wonderful riding horse.  Too strong at the canter or lope.  But terrific at the walk and trot.  Now he is in a horse training program with Rosemary to remind him of his old training.   Zeus acts outside and in his stall around food.  He threatens with his back feet.  A warning to all that “This is my food – I need it – Stay Away”.    We are working on correcting this.  It can be fixed, but the fix is a slow, time consuming overlay to old habits.  After all, Zeus was in starving condition when he arrived here and remembers.  

SWEET HEART (SWEETS) - Poor Hair Coat, Skinny, Skinny, Skinny. I was not sure if Sweetheart would make it through winter. We took the standard action – worming, blood work-cbc, immunizations brought up to date and started giving her food. Lots of food. The horse dentist was called and she was floated. Still she remained thin. We added a higher protein to her diet. Improved – but still thin.
We gave her medications. 1 month, 2 months, 3 and 4 months. Lots of dollars spent, but there was not much improvement.
The Vet looked at me hard and said, Rosemary, if she does not improve soon, we may need to put her down. We don’t want her to suffer.

We brushed her, we walked her, and we started supplements for weight gain. We gave her parabolic for her intestines to help her gastro intestinal tract to be more efficient in its digestive processes. YES, SUCCESS! Sweetheart was making the turn around!

2 more months have gone by and Sweetheart looks so much improved, you would hardly know she came into Triple H as a horse rescue. We are continuing to give her supplements and we watch her closely. She is still brought in for extra food at noon. A big Thank You to everyone that helped her. Especially Tiffany, who was diligent in making sure that she had plenty of TLC (Tender Loving Care).

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