Thank you so much! They are both doing great. Simba loves being in with ponies his own size and Faith has easily made friends in a new pasture. Faith will be joining several other horses that were adopted to Camp Carol Joy Holling so will have tons of attention this summer!
Our kids program uses bitless bridles and side pulls, but most adopters and general people will not, so being able to be ridden in a simple snaffle is an important part of training to give them a better chance of safety and success in the future.
All horses who come in are technically available for adoption. We have a large Pasture Pals program which has a lot of support in our area for horses who are older, have maintenance issues, or for whatever reason are not good candidates to be riding horses. Homes looking for companions and understanding that they will likely be a hospice home often adopt. They usually take longer to find their homes and some will never actually leave but that ultimately doesn't matter. We have four horses that are documented over 35 right now, another 4 over 30, and 5 more over 25, for a total of 14 horses over 25 living at the Shelter. Most of them require full senior feed diets and we are always looking for senior feed sponsors. We go through about 50 bags of senior feed per month :) givebutter.com/seniorsponsors Obviously if a senior horse - or any horse - starts to have pain or weight issues that aren't manageable (we are comfortable with the use of daily supplements like Buteless or prescription meds like Equioxx if they are effective for light arthritis) we spoil them and let them go. Each horse has a different threshold for pain and what they will tolerate so you can't just look at an x-ray and make a call. Our vets often said if you start looking, and the more you look at, the more you will find and that nearly every horse will have a pathology of some kind, so you have to treat the symptoms and the diagnostics, not just the diagnostics.
Ben and his wife is from Heartland doc. love what they do. love there show wish they come back... love what you all do to rescue horses.
Love the Huskers logo on the stocks!🥰
This is my dream job! You have a wonderful place. So much kindness. Bless you for all you do.
Faith is gorgeous.
So enjoyed this video. Hope Simba and Faith continue their progress. You have beautiful.horses. Love your progress in rescuing. Keep ip the good work!
Thank you so much! They are both doing great. Simba loves being in with ponies his own size and Faith has easily made friends in a new pasture. Faith will be joining several other horses that were adopted to Camp Carol Joy Holling so will have tons of attention this summer!
Faith has the prettiest ears.
I wonder how many people have no idea the pain many animals live in daily and keep,on surviving?
Dock band is awesome. I have watched him for years.
Thank you for sharing.🐴
omg!!! love him and his wife... love there show... love what you do... rescue!!
They are smart and kind and we are grateful to have them as our local vets!
@@GentleSpiritHorses wish ben and his wife would come back o tv.. miss them.
Awesome rescue ❤
Thank you so much!
Great episode
Thank you!!
I watch Dr Ben and Dr Erin show on TV!
Heartland Docs DVM ❤
. . I would smell the tooth lol
Teaching horses to go bitless would benefit all parties.
Our kids program uses bitless bridles and side pulls, but most adopters and general people will not, so being able to be ridden in a simple snaffle is an important part of training to give them a better chance of safety and success in the future.
You might want to try a bit less bridle with Terra. Maybe that will help.
What happens to the elderly horses you save?
All horses who come in are technically available for adoption. We have a large Pasture Pals program which has a lot of support in our area for horses who are older, have maintenance issues, or for whatever reason are not good candidates to be riding horses. Homes looking for companions and understanding that they will likely be a hospice home often adopt. They usually take longer to find their homes and some will never actually leave but that ultimately doesn't matter. We have four horses that are documented over 35 right now, another 4 over 30, and 5 more over 25, for a total of 14 horses over 25 living at the Shelter. Most of them require full senior feed diets and we are always looking for senior feed sponsors. We go through about 50 bags of senior feed per month :) givebutter.com/seniorsponsors
Obviously if a senior horse - or any horse - starts to have pain or weight issues that aren't manageable (we are comfortable with the use of daily supplements like Buteless or prescription meds like Equioxx if they are effective for light arthritis) we spoil them and let them go. Each horse has a different threshold for pain and what they will tolerate so you can't just look at an x-ray and make a call. Our vets often said if you start looking, and the more you look at, the more you will find and that nearly every horse will have a pathology of some kind, so you have to treat the symptoms and the diagnostics, not just the diagnostics.