For several months now, Lillan Roquet and Kerryn Armstrong from Intuitive Connection have been working with two of our foster horses, Shona and Joleena. With a very troubled past, Shona and Joleena have shown us exactly what the life of a broodmare can entail, and it’s often not good. (We frequently see the end result of poor breeding [...]
Posts Tagged ‘foster’
28 Jul
Frisky Jimmy!
Foster horse, Jimmy, had a frisky afternoon lunging while his stable mate, Leo, ran around in the background, urging him on Lots of life left in this fellow!
29 May
What do you feed your horse?
Feeding horses. It’s a huge and fascinating area of study. And unfortunately, a lot of us could do it better. A high proportion of calls that we get from people wanting to surrender horses can be attributed to incorrect nutrition or management. If you’re anything like me, you might not have ever given a lot [...]
25 May
Update on rescue horse, Jimmy
Grand favourite, Jimmy, has been with us for almost a year now. Here’s a snapshot of then and now: Jimmy, April 2011 Jimmy’s foster mum, Amber, has done a brilliant job looking after him on the Gold Coast. Jimmy is a sweet, gentle boy and everyone’s favourite! Jimmy saw the dentist the other day and [...]
8 Apr
New rescue horses on the way
We have two new rescue horses on their way into care. Molly and Murray are two shetland ponies, currently in Hervey Bay in Queensland. Molly was tied up to the side of the road for three months until the Council asked a nearby man to take her in. He later decided he didn’t want her [...]
23 Nov
Two special girls looking for a home together
Are you the kind of person who would like to offer a good home for life to a couple of horses that really need love? Are you happy to provide routine care, feeding and love to two horses who will never be ridden for the rest of their life? Are you the type of person [...]
12 Aug
Urgent! Please help our Gypsy!
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: [...]
13 Jun
Solomon and Ruben weaned and gelded
We have reached a milestone! Our two gorgeous colts, Solomon and Ruben, have been weaned and gelded. We picked the boys up along with their mums from a slaughterhouse holding yard in January this year, at just two months of age. They are purebred Standardbreds. Solomon will now be adopted by his foster mum, Donna, and [...]
15 Mar
Charlie’s Angels Goes Green
Charlie’s Angels had its first big outing on Saturday at the Green Earth Festival in the Brisbane City botanical gardens. We had a wonderful day networking with so many great people–potential adoptors, potential foster carers, lawyers wanting to assist us, a microbiologist wanting to assist us to test pet food for horse meat content, a [...]
