31
Aug
Posted by Lucy Gabrielle in Uncategorized. Tagged: rescue, horse, charlie's angels, samford, adopt, adoption, shailer, arab, beginner. Leave a Comment
Shailer. Pic by Michael Battensby
Rescue horse for adoption in SE Qld.
Shailer is a 14 y.o. Arab x mare, approx 14.1hh. She has a history of pony club and trail riding. She is a confident horse, so may suit a beginner, though her confidence means she can be a bit too much in your personal space, so your assertiveness will help her. She has a beautiful personality. Her foster carer had planned to keep her but circumstances have changed so she is back up for adoption. Shailer is fostering in Samford and needs a new home.
To find out more about Charlie’s Angels Horse Rescue’s adoption process, visit our “Adopting a Rescue Horse” page on our website.
You can email us at charlies-angels@live.com.au to make a time to visit Shailer.
30
Aug
Posted by Lucy Gabrielle in Uncategorized. Tagged: rescue, horse, charlie's angels, donations, gypsy, eye, surgery, vet, bill. Leave a Comment
Gypsy doing well
Just a quick update to let you all know that Gypsy is doing very well after her eye surgery. She has a very strong constitution and handled the travel, surgery and recovery beautifully. She has now had her stitches removed, and the swelling under the skin where her eye used to be will eventually drain away.
Gypsy has been adjusted to one-eyed life very well. It’s taken her a bit of time to learn to sense when the other horses are on her blind side and not run into them! Or learn that when she turns away from the bucket of food that the bucket of food is still there; it hasn’t been taken away! 
But with the wonderful care of her foster carer and lots of love, time and great support, she is leaping ahead in bounds.
Thank you all so much for contributing to Gypsy’s surgery. We really appreciate it.
If you are still waiting to send through your donation, we can certainly still use it! The vet bill finally totalled even higher than we were expecting, plus we have two new horses in care and another coming next week so lots of vet bills coming up for those three guys. Every dollar really does count and it all goes straight to our horses. You can donate HERE.
Gypsy, post surgery, stitches out of eye
23
Aug
Posted by Lucy Gabrielle in Uncategorized. Tagged: all purpose, bates, charlie's angels, competition, horse, raffle, rescue, saddle, se qld, win, wintec. Leave a Comment
You could win this nearly-new saddle!
Here’s a wonderful opportunity to pick up a nearly-new Wintec all-purpose saddle for your tack room. This fantastic saddle was donated to us to help us raise funds for Charlie’s Angels Horse Rescue. It is a couple of years old but has only been used twice before sitting in storage.
It is in great condition, with a small amount of warping of flaps, but certainly nothing that is to be concerned about or that will affect your riding. It is 16.5″ (42cm) and comes with stirrup leathers and irons.
These saddles retail for many hundreds of dollars, even second hand.
Tickets cost just $5 each and we’re only selling 200 in total!! We will draw the raffle once all tickets are sold. If you currently live outside of SE Qld, you’ll need to arrange for postage or courier to collect your prize.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to Kirsty Hagger for helping us by donating this fantastic saddle.
Email us at charlies-angels@live.com.au to reserve your tickets. Money can be deposited straight into our bank account. Bank details are on our Donations page.
Good luck!!!
17
Aug
Posted by Lucy Gabrielle in Uncategorized. Tagged: rescue, charlie's angels, horses, adopt, bloomin beautiful blackbutt, festival, open day, ponies. Leave a Comment
Sparky, our "meet and greet" man
All supporters and volunteers of Charlie’s Angels are invited…
to come and meet some of the Charlie’s Angels horses, and some of our hard-working team. Pat some ponies, feed some carrots and enjoy the peaceful surrounds of the Charlie’s Angels HQ!
Meet foster horses Shona and Joleena, as well as former Charlie’s Angels adopted horses Sparky and Lincoln. And there’s another four horses to talk to, all with their own fabulous stories! Tea, coffee and light refreshments provided :)
The day coincides with the second annual Bloomin Beautiful Blackbutt festival, so there’ll be plenty to see and do in Blackbutt.
Email us at charlies-angels@live.com.au to confirm your attendance and get directions to the country!
Sunday 12th September, 2010, from 2pm.
12
Aug
Posted by Lucy Gabrielle in Uncategorized. Tagged: rescue, charlie's angels, horses, foster, help, mare, russell island, gypsy, eye, surgery, vet bill, removed, stockhorse. 1 Comment
Gypsy (pic by Michael Battensby)
22/8 Update: We have reached our vet bill goal!! THANK YOU so much to everyone who has donated. It means we can continue to do the great work that we’re doing. We appreciat it so much. Stay tuned for updates on how Gypsy is going…
17/8 Update: $480 to go… we’re getting there!
16/8 Update: We have just $700 remaining that we need to raise to pay off Gypsy’s vet bill. A huge thank you to everyone who has donated. It means the world to us and means we can keep our work going. If you are still wanting to donate, we’re still happy to accept!
14/8 Update: We have $523! That leaves $977 to go! Thank you, thank you!! Please keep going
13/8 Update: We have $215 towards our $1500 vet bill. Thank you to those generous people who’ve donated. We still have a long way to go. Please help if you can!! Every dollar counts!
Our lovely foster horse, Gypsy, needs urgent eye surgery to remove her eye. Gypsy is a 28-year-old stockhorse mare who is in great health, but has injured her eye to the point of needing it removed. We have battled along, treating it with medication but it isn’t working. Gypsy needs to go into the vet hospital for surgery.
Gypsy was rescued off Russell Island earlier this year, after her person died, leaving her alone and in a precarious situation. We took Gypsy off the island, travelling with her by barge to bring her to mainland to give her a chance to live out her life with a loving forever family.
Please help us to help Gypsy. We need $1500 to reach our vet bill target. If you can help us, please donate online HERE. On behalf of Gypsy and all the horses that we still need to help yet, THANK YOU!!!
9
Aug
Posted by Lucy Gabrielle in Uncategorized. Tagged: rescue, horse, charlie's angels, training, rehabilitation, feet, thoroughbred, donate, gelding, mares, support, slaughterhouse, gypsy, pony, shetland, arabian, eye, jimmy, dakoda, joleena, shona, quarter horse, katrina norton, horsewoman, blind, vet, bills. Leave a Comment
Dakoda... coming soon!
Well, there’s lots of activity going on for Charlie’s Angels Horse Rescue as always. Here’s a snippet of what we’re doing behind the scenes…
We have two new horses arriving soon and another in the wings on our waiting list to come into care. Firstly, five-year-old gelding, Dakoda (pictured left), is making his way into care. Dakoda is in fantastic shape and is a real people horse, but he has never been handled properly or broken in. Our resident natural horsewoman, Katrina Norton, has met Dakoda and begun his formal training with halter training, teaching him to walk so that we have half a chance of getting him on a float! Thankfully, Kat is an excellent teacher, and Dakoda is a very quick learner. “Dakoda” is a native American word that means “friend” or “ally”. We’re sure Dakoda will be an excellent friend for someone soon. Once we can organise some transport, Dakoda will be on his way to foster with Kat, where she can continue his ground handling education. Dakoda is a Quarter Horse x Arabian, and is a real charmer
We also have a young Shetland pony gelding on his way into care. Max has been worked as a lead pony in the past, but went blind in one eye and due to irregular handling needs a bit more patience and training to bring out his full potential. Max will be fostering in Sandy Creek soon.
Our elderly girl, Gypsy, also injured her eye recently, and has needed intensive care by the vets and her fabulous foster carer Jo in Samford to help get her right. If you can assist with Gypsy’s vet bills, please donate here.
Our very beautiful mares, Joleena and Shona, both rescued from the slaughterhouse in January this year with tiny foals at their sides, have begun some wonderful rehabilitation training. The mares are being desensitised to ropes and handling around their legs and feet, taught to have their feet trimmed, rugs put on, and all other basic groundwork skills that will make them wonderful companion horses, ready for adoption. If you can assist with Joleena and Shona’s training, please donate here.
Our latest stunner of a horse to arrive, Jimmy, is looking much better and we think he’s ready for the perfect forever home! Jimmy is a Thoroughbred gelding, suitable for light riding. He’s great with kids, gentle and winning hearts everywhere. If you think you can offer Jimmy a fantastic forever home, please email us at charlies-angels@live.com.au.
3
Aug
Posted by Lucy Gabrielle in Uncategorized. Tagged: bliss, charlie's angels, holistic, horse, magazine, rescue. Leave a Comment
A big thank you to our friends at Holistic Bliss magazine who featured an article for us and our horses. You can read the article online HERE.
31
Jul
Posted by Lucy Gabrielle in Uncategorized. Tagged: 1st august, big heart day, charlie's angels, gift, horse, rescue. Leave a Comment
Today is the 1st August, the international horses’ birthday. We’re celebrating today with Big Heart Day.
If you would like to help show your love for our horses, here’s some gift ideas:
- $120 for 2.5 hours of professional training for Joleena and Shona to help them move past their fear of people
- $50 for an hour of professional training for Dimira to move past her seperation anxiety from her mate, Shailer
- $125.95 for Joint Guard for Jimmy
- $16 for a bale of hay
- $34 for a bag of horse feed
You can donate here.
Wishing much love to all the horses of the world.
25
Jul
Posted by Lucy Gabrielle in Uncategorized. Tagged: 1st august, big heart day, charlie's angels, funds, horse, rescue, welfare. Leave a Comment
Show us your love for horses!!
Big Heart Day is next Sunday, 1st August!
Come and join us in Teralba Park, Mitchelton (near Brookside shopping centre) to celebrate your love for horses. It’s a relaxed family affair, starting from 11am. BYO picnic lunch and come and join us for cupcakes and share the love!
There’s still time to host your own Big Heart Day event at home. (And you could win a $100 Myer gift voucher!) So if you can’t make it, drop us an email at charlies-angels@live.com.au and let us know and we’ll help you host your own event.
Come on… show us your heart!! Help us spread the word of horse welfare, help us spread awareness, raise funds, and most importantly, spread the love!
21
Jul
Posted by Lucy Gabrielle in Uncategorized. Tagged: horse, horses, control, brumbies, wild, brumby, geld, australian, alliance, management, jill pickering, release, vaccine, stallion, fertility, pzp, gonacon, usa, mustang. Leave a Comment
From the Australian Brumby Alliance Inc. (ABA) in regards to the idea of reducing wild horse numbers by gelding stallions (geld and release).
“There are three reasons why in our view this is a non-viable option (assuming gelded horses are returned to the wild).
- If even one stallion is left ungelded, that stallion will mate all other females, so full capacity breeding continues and more importantly quickly lead to in-breeding & associated complications.
- Geldings & stallions do not mix; stallions hassle and fight the gelding, the gelding has lost fighting edge after gelding so receives serious injuries.
- Gelding has infection risks, not to mention costs for trapping, vet bills, anasthaetic etc.
Fertility control for wild horses is important and likely the most humane way to manage excess Brumby numbers. To raise awareness if these issues the ABA hosted a Fertility Control seminar in Brisbane, Nov 2009. While PZP & GonaCon vacines still have a long way to go to cope with the vaste numbers and rougn terrain where Brumbies live wild, we can learn from USA mustang PZP vacines applied by remote dart on a proportion of mares (i.e. vacine enough mares to keep numbers static).
If anyone wishes to contact me please email me on pickjill@hotmail.com. “
(Jill Pickering, President ABA)
