Freedom!
I have a lot to celebrate! It is early August and I have just been adopted by a young woman, Donna, whom I really love. My mother Liberty and I love our new place. Donna will foster my mother until I am weaned, and then she will return to FSHR unless already adopted. I am halter [...]
...read moreThe second day of Freedom
Freedom chats with Princess Freedom began his second day of life with a nice drink from the milk bar. At the same time, Mama Liberty was enjoying a drink from the water trough…a perfect exchange of fluids? After a quick check to make sure all was well with the rest of our horsey world, [...]
...read moreA new world for Freedom
Liberty noses her new foal, Freedom After many sleepless nights of waiting and worrying, I checked in on the pregnant Liberty one more time on Wednesday night (5/4) before bed, and felt a strange peace. I knew I could leave her to the Lord and that he would protect her. The next morning I awoke [...]
...read moreLiberty’s false labor
Well, yesterday I fooled them all into thinking I was going to foal! A couple of evenings previous I had waxed, and yesterday morning little drips of colostrum had appeared on my teats. I was peeing a lot, and had bouts of restlessness, experiencing contractions, and pressure in my rear that was all too real. [...]
...read more3 Marekateers at 3 weeks
So for their three-week updates, I thought I’d leave the blankets on to start. At and around Easter Sunday the April weather turned on us, as usual. I call April the cruelest month, because we all get excited for the warm weather and in a routine of working and playing with the horses; and the [...]
...read moreNewbies day 2 . . . Sis, Little Mama & Baby
Little Mama and Baby in the quarantine paddock this morning Today was eventful for the newbies. I’ve been calling the pregnant sorrel mare “Sis,” and the dun “Little Mama” and the foal “baby.” So…the vet came out today to check-up the newbies and fix that nasty hole in Sis’s shoulder. She gave Sis a small [...]
...read moreLuna, Astro and Ripple
Rescued May 26, 2010 – Now we’ve been adopted! I, Luna, was at the livestock auction, being bid upon by dealers who would send me to be horribly slaughtered in Mexico. I don’t know what would have happened to my foal. But Fresh Start Horse Rescue got me instead, helped with the bidding by a [...]
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