Pony Tails Newsletter


March 2017  Issue # 32
In This Issue
Horse'n Around Rescue Ranch and Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Arizona Corporation and operates with money acquired through donations, fundraisers, and grants.  
Mark Your Calendar 

Open House
Mar 5 (Sunday)

All About Animals Celebration
Mar 18 (Saturday)

Jabez Ranch
Horsemanship Clinic
March 18-19 (Fri-Sat)


Colt Starting Clinic
Mar 24-26 (Fri-Sun)

Cal Ranch 3 Year Anniversary Event
March 25 (Sat)

ERF Trail Ride
Apr 1 (Saturday)
An Empire Ranch Foundation Event
Go to www.erf.org for application and details.

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Thelma & Louise Present Dignitaries during the Tucson Rodeo
  
Hi, we are Theresa Warrell and Steve Boice, co-founders of Horse'n Around Rescue Ranch and Foundation. 
 
We are dedicated to rescuing equines, restoring their health and wellness, and providing a nurturing and natural environment where "horses can be horses" so they can be adopted into forever homes. 
 
Please join us for our 
 Open House 
Sunday, March 5, 2017 1-3 pm
 
Location:  Single Star Ranch
7484 E Highway 92
Hereford, AZ 85615
 
We are extremely proud of of equines and would love for you to meet them and talk with our volunteers who take such great care of them.
 
Highlights:
  
Bruce Norton - Professional Trainer / 
Owner, Jabez Ranch Horsemanship
- ground school & round pen demonstrations  
 
Fodder Works - Growing sprouts to feed horses
  
Main Arena - Horses ridden by volunteers   

Kissing Booth - Show your affection for some of our critters
  
Main Corral - Visit & groom horses
  
East Arena - Visit more horses
 
Mountain Pasture - Meet this herd of beautiful horses in a beautiful setting 
(just 2 miles from the ranch)
  
Information Table by the Flag
 
Drinks and snacks at the shop ... and more
 
Directions to the Single Star Ranch  - On the south side of Highway 92 between mile markers 
335-336 in Hereford.  Entrance is 1 mile east of Coronado Memorial Road/Valley View Elementary School on south side of Hwy 92.
 
Questions: Call Theresa at 520-266-0236.
www.HorsenAroundRescue.org
 
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Since his surgery in January, Forrest continues to make great strides, both literally and figuratively!  Read all about Forrest's progress below.  We hope you will send a gift to help us with the medical bills.  Through generous donations we have received $2535 of the $4295.75 spent on Forrest's surgery.  We are so grateful for your response. 

Please help Forrest pay his medical bills...
 
  This newsletter is packed with information.  Please scroll all the way down so you don't miss  the "good stuff".  
 
Thank you for following us through this newsletter. Together we can do this... we can help the horses!
   
We Need A Forever Home  
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Angel  is 18 years young. She i s sound and responsive, and bonds well with people and pasture mates.  She is in an English saddle in this photo but has been ridden Western all her life.  She also handles easily in a hackamore.  


See our horses for yourself...
Come to our OPEN HOUSE this Sunday
(March 5th) from 1-3 pm
or call to schedule an appointment

We are currently working with many rideable horses to get them ready for adoption. It's hard to tell exactly when they will be ready. It takes what it takes. Keep your eye out ... we have some great riding prospects on the horizon.
 
***Not sure we have the right horse for you?  Give us a call.   In addition to the horses here at the ranch we networ k for people who are looking to place horses.  We may be able to make a match.
 
Call or email Theresa with your questions or to schedule a visit. Most (but not all) are on the website.
HorsenAroundRescue@yahoo.com     520-266-0236

Adopt A Companion Horse 
Companion horses ready for adoption:
 
Apple Jack - 16 y.o. TB gelding, stifle issues prevent riding but is healthy in every other way, has carrot addiction, tall dark and handsome.

Boomer - 25 y.o. gelding, retired from the Buffalo Corral with a shoulder issue, easy keeper, distinguished gentleman.

Browney - 32 y.o. gelding, retired, heart throb. He came to us looking like skin and bones but now he's a bit chubby. 
 
Chi Wi - 20 y.o. gelding, bad right knee but gets around fine, will become one of the family.

Henny Penny - 15 y.o. mare, club foot but gets around the mountain pasture like a champ, would thrive with some attention.

Ladybug - 13 y.o. Appaloosa Pony, blind in one eye and partially blind in the other, she gets around fine in our pasture, easy keeper, colorful beauty.

  Maggie  - 26 y.o. medicine-hat paint mare, did it all in her day (trail, kids lesson horse), could carry small kids but is very swayback and deserves to be retired, melt your heart sweet.  Maggie does not have any mobility issues. She's perfect for leading small children around.
 



Does your horse need a buddy?  Horses are social. They are "herd animals."  As a prey animal they are safer and more relaxed in a herd.  A buddy offers your horse interaction, entertainment, a fly swatting teammate, and general companionship. 
 
If you think you may want to adopt a Companion, please go to  www.horsenaroundrescue.org and check out their pictures and stories. Call or email Theresa with your questions or to schedule a visit. 520-266-0236 or horsenaroundrescue@yahoo.com.
   
Celebrating Animals
 
 
Thelma & Louise will be giving wagon rides!
 
Buster & Prince will be giving (or getting) KISSES!

   
SPRING TRAINING    

   
Colt Starting Clinic   
Colt Starting Clinic
at J6 Ranch in Benson, Arizona

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Tucson Rodeo and Parade
 
    The Rodeo was a huge success!

There is an excitement at the Tucson Rodeo like no other.  Cooler temperatures welcomed sold out crowds the final weekend.   We had a great time and sold lots of raffle tickets.   We are grateful to the Rodeo Committee for the support they offer our rescue.  
   
 Buster and Prince were magnets drawing people of all sizes and ages to their pen.  They were celebrities among the crowds.
  











Thelma and Louise wowed the rodeo crowd as they cruised around the arena.  Steve Boice is the driver with members of the Rodeo Parade Committee as passengers.

Keep scrolling to find the story about Forrest...
 
 

Fall / Winter Raffle  
CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR RAFFLE WINNERS

Winchester Rifle - Allen Niemeyer, Chandler

Quarter Beef - Adrian Fernandez, Tucson

Pork - Phil Evans, Tucson

Will James Print - Jay John, Tucson

THANK YOU to all who participated!


Volunteer Arena
 
WEEKEND VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Are you an animal lover who likes to be outdoors? Want to make a difference?
Consider becoming a "feeder" at the rescue.  
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Volunteers sell raffle tickets and meet and greet horse lovers at the Tucson Rodeo


Volunteer Arena
 
Natural Horsemanship Ground School
 
After meeting horses' basic needs our priority at the rescue revolves around our training.  Bruce Norton of Jabez Ranch Horsemanship leads the way helping our crew of volunteer handlers work with the horses on the ground and then under saddle.  No one calls asking to adopt a misbehaving horse.  Therefore, we prepare our horses for adoption by gaining their respect.  The must be responsive and manageable and relatively safe.  Remember they weigh 1000+ pounds so safety is a relative term.

 
Mama one rein driving for Greg


Jack flexing for Chris

Toquito/Spy one rein driving for Ed
 
Animal Nutrition Is No Longer Cut And Dried  
Thinking "Inside" The Box  
 
Steve Boice along with owners Curt & Diane Chittock and their son Kyle "wowed" crowds from all over the world with their  FodderWorks Automated Robotic Fodder System!  

This all took place at the  World Ag Expo 2017 in Tulare, California last month.
Additional information is available at  http://www.fodderworks.net .  Check out the robot... 
At full speed it travels  1 meter per second!

Video of the ROBOT

Foggy morning at the World Ag Expo
FodderWorks Booth

The newest agricultural robot is ready to grow! Imagine thousands of pounds of fresh feed every day without any human labor involved.  The industrial agricultural revolution is now.
 
We still have a need for more fo dder volunteers.  Yep we are the "robot" here at the rescue.  Please let us know if you are interested. 

Horse Health
at the Rescue
FORREST NEEDS YOUR HELP!
 
UPDATE:  Forrest will have his shoes adjusted for the 3rd time since his surgery this week.  This process continues to stretch his secondary suspensory ligaments so he can walk "heel to toe."  Forrest is moving better than ever before.  He seems to be pain free as he walks, trots, and even gallops in pasture.  His chest is developing and he looks terrific.  
 
Forrest 2-21-17

In case you missed this story last month, here it is again.
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The story of a tall red horse with 
BIG heart...
 
A couple of caring cowboys delivered a 6 year old gelding to our rescue in September of 2011.  His name, Forrest Gump, conjures up all kinds of images.   Like the movie, our Forrest Gump should receive an Academy Award for being "good hearted, but painfully slow."  Slow because he was walking on his tip toes on his front end.  Over the years we tried everything we could think of...  diligent hoof care to lower his heels, chiropractic adjustments to make him comfortable, Bowen Therapy, Body Work, time in pasture, low level  laser treatments, Veterinary Orthopedic Manipulation, and more.  Forrest was having fun in pasture with his buddies and there were stretches of time when he could handle light riding.  During the past year he was gimpy more often than he was sound.  But we never would have guessed what the future holds for him. 
                    
           January 2012                                   Summer 2015

             
     January 2017: Hospital                 Rescue style "Cat Scan"
 
 
Forrest:  1 week after surgery
 
Fast forward to now:  Forrest had nearly recovered from a laceration when a crippling abscess developed just above his left hoof and nagged at him for weeks.  Despite our efforts of soaking and resting the abscess hung on.   Gary Thrasher, our local veterinarian recommended we take him to a specialist where radiographs would tell the whole story of his hoof issues and the vet would be able to handle any and all of his needs once diagnosed.  Knowing that Forrest's mobility had been challenged all the time we've known him we decided that this was good advice but were guarded about a possible prognosis. 
 
A 5 hour trip to Cave Creek Equine Hospital brought to light possibilities for a wonderful future for Forrest.  The infection was from a quittor (damage to cartilage) which could be surgically repaired.  More importantly,  Dr. Martin Vidal and his amazing crew determined the cause of all his problems --  his secondary suspensory ligaments were too short. 
 
This ligament issue could also be rectified surgically by "trimming" the ligament so it could stretch.  Special shoes, a hoof care regimen, and rehabilitation is part of the antidote.  So we weighed the pros and cons and negotiated the cost and decided to give Forrest a chance at a pain free and productive future. 
 
The surgery was a success but there was a hitch in the recovery.  Forrest had temporary paralysis of his right leg.  This required him to stay an extra 4 days and nights at the hospital while Dr. Vidal and his crew cared for him. 
 
This doubled the expected medical costs... and then there are bills for the special shoes, travel, and additional radiographs to track his progress.  Our bills currently total $4,295.75.
 
Please help us meet Forrest's medical costs and build a "Special Medical Reserve Fund" for future needs.  If we each give $5 or $10 or more we will cover the costs of Forrest's surgery and begin a fund to help the next horse in need. 
 
Forrest is showing all the signs of making a full recovery deeming him better than we ever thought possible.  We anticipate that he will be a fabulous trail horse for a lucky partner.  Thanks to you we have given him the chance to be strong and whole.
 
Run Forrest run!
 
The Team at Cave Creek Equine Hospital:  Kelly,
Tammy, Landon, Dr. Vidal, Stacy, Katie, Rudi, Beth
 
Please send donations to Horse'n Around Rescue: PO Box 698 Hereford, AZ 85615 or send your gift electronically through PayPal on our web site at www.horsenaroundrescue.org

 

Please visit us on Facebook .  You will get a better feel of our day to day operations, our ups and downs, our celebrations and set backs.  Caring for 40+ horses is a daunting task.  Follow us as we deal with the baby steps, the small victories that eventually lead to healthy, well trained horses that will be adopted to fulfill someone dream.

Thank you for joining our Pony Tails Newsletter. We hope you continue to follow our Newsletter as each edition will introduce you to more stories of horses we have rescued, horses ready for adoption, and new topics of interest.

If you see a horse that you would like to adopt, please contact us and we will be happy to talk to you about adoption.
Sincerely,

 

Theresa Warrell and Steve Boice
Co-Founders
Horse'n Around Rescue Ranch and Foundation
520-266-0236     520-907-8765
horsenaroundrescue@yahoo.com 
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