This month we’re pleased to introduce you to a wonderful family in the US who run Rolling Dog Farm (previously Rolling Dog Ranch), which rescues and shelters disabled animals. As part of their work, they come across a lot of blind horses, so much so that they created a separate website just to talk about the [...]
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17 Apr
Vegan Bake Sale and Voting, Enoggera, Saturday 28th April
Charlie’s Angels will be holding a vegan bake sale at The Green Edge (Wardell St, Enoggera) next to the polling booth on Sat 28th April, from 11am – 2pm. And it happens to coincide with the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale happening at the same time. Come along to try some delicious home-made baked goods (banana [...]
16 Apr
Resources for Feeding Horses
Feeding horses can be a tricky business and all good horse owners are constantly updating their knowledge about equine nutrition. The best place to update your knowledge is through expert resources, rather than friends or the people who work at a produce. So here’s a few potential sources you can go to: Feeding Horses in Australia. [...]
9 Apr
Jumps Racing Continues Despite Ongoing Deaths
“In New South Wales jumps racing is a crime” (RSPCA media release, Jotilla Dies in First Jumps Race of the Victorian Season.) One might question, then, how horses are different, or deserving of less treatment, in Victoria or South Australia. Charlie’s Angels is perplexed as to why there is ongoing debate about jumps racing when [...]
7 Apr
Update on Sienna: spinal surgery
Sienna arrived into care with a long-standing (many, many months, maybe longer) wound on her rump, over the spine, near her tail. Her previous person believed the injury to have been caused by a too-short rug that was left on for too long and created this wound. She also had serious muscle wastage in her [...]
2 Apr
Update on Joey
Joey has come through several weeks of intense care but we’re very, very pleased and relieved to say that after numerous vet visits to sedate him and change his bandaging, as well as penicillan injections, the vet thinks he has come for the last time and says that it looks as though the chances of a [...]
26 Mar
Friends of the Month: Animals Australia
With Lyn White’s recent speaking tour and her presentation now available online, it seems like a great time to highlight the wonderful, ground-breaking work of Animals Australia. Animals Australia is Australia’s second largest and the most dynamic national animal protection organisation, representing some 40 member societies and thousands of individual supporters. Animals Australia has an [...]
24 Mar
Feeding Horses Lawn Clippings
You’ve probably heard it said that you should never feed your horse lawn clippings. But have you ever wondered why? Here’s afew reasons to consider: Basically, any sudden change in diet can lead to colic and laminitis/founder. Grasses mown regularly have dangerously high levels of highly fermentable carbohydrates (which can lead to colic and laminitis). [...]
22 Mar
Update on Sienna
One of our most recently rescue horses, Sienna, is making some positive progress. We have treated Sienna with two lots of antibiotics for a chronic wound on her spine at her rump and are now following up with topical treatments, both from the vet and with Manuka honey. She is also on herbs to help build [...]
