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We had Dr. Hutchison out to do an acupuncture treatment on Sunshine last month. I have to say that Sunshine did not enjoy the treatment, but despite that we’ve seen improvement in her. Her apetite has increased as well as her attitude has improved. In addition, the herbs seem to be having more of an effect on her than they were. Which is just awesome! With all this rainy cold weather we have had to give her Bute several times as the herbs were just not strong enough to help with her arthritis. But we are hoping that she won’t be needing that any more.

Natasha just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Her udder has begun filling in and expanding, so she could be having the baby very soon, or maybe not. LOL Pregnant mares are never easy to predict when they are going to foal, even when you know their breeding dates.

We are very excited and wanted to let everyone know that veterinarian Dr. Mike Hutchison is back in Tucson! He has been greatly missed while gone, and we are thrilled he is once again practicing in this area. His new practice is called Pegasus Equine Veterinary Services. He can be reached at 520-370-0699 or check out his website at http://www.pegasusequinevet.com

Thanks go out to Dan and Polly for their generous donation!

And to Kathy B for her donation in honor of Karyn and Alec’s engagement. Congrats you guys!

Maverick and Sunshine are living together. Those two have just had this bond between them from the day they met, almost 4 years ago. They both like being by themselves, yet love being able hang out and do things like eat together. Maverick is definitely in charge, so when he’s had enough of Sunshine pestering him he lets her know and she backs off.

They are so cute together. They will often eat out of the same tub, and pull it back and forth from each other. Of course they only will do this when I don’t have a camera present!

Natasha is really recovering wonderfully. She has some wounds on her legs that are healing up very nicely. It was hard to tell how extensive they were at first, but since using the clay on the wounds, we’ve been able to see they weren’t as bad as we thought and are healing up. They’ve got nice pink tissue to them. And we’ve decided that when the bandaging is removed and it stinks, it just means that the clay is working. The more I use the clay, the more I love it!

Natasha’s tummy seems to just keep expanding. She’s beginning to look like she’s about to pop. It’s just amazing how big they can get. And she probably isn’t even done yet!

Happy New Year!

Have to get used to writing a new year date again. I keep finding myself writing/typing ‘01 instead of ‘10. Oh well, it will eventually seem normal.

We’d like to send out a HUGE thanks to the following people for their generous donations:

Sara S

Leanne C

Karyn and her fiancee Alec

We could not do what we do without your support and encouragement.

Natasha is recovering beautifully. She is a very lovely little mare, and is quite eager to please. She LOVES being praised and told how wonderful she is. Though she likes carrots even more. She is putting on weight, though it all just seems to be going to the tummy!

May God bless all of you richly throughout this new year.

This Christmas we offered shelter to an emaciated, pregnant mare named Natasha. She was in desperate need of help and a safe haven, not just for herself, but also for her unborn baby. While already full, we knew that some how, some way, we had to take her.

It’s a season of miracles, of hope. A time when remembering a baby born in a manager because there wasn’t room at the inn, helped prompt what might seem to some an illogical move. Yet we have already begun to see God’s hand move over this very special mare. People that have stepped forward to donate even a couple of dollars to make sure she and her baby have the chance they deserve.

Won’t you too please help Natasha and her baby?

And by the way her name means Christmas Day.

Wow! I cannot believe how fast this year has gone by!

We’ve had some exciting news that I wanted to share with everyone. Thanks to Sherry S., donations made through a donation box at our acupuncturist’s office, and other donations we were able to buy more panels and get a large turnout completely fenced in!

Also the Tucson Federal Credit Union generously donated money for us to buy 15 donation boxes! We are so excited to be able to get these out in the community to help raise awareness and funds.

The holidays are upon us once again and Christmas shopping is about to begin. (Though I know there are those of you who have already finished your Christmas shopping. )

If you’re shopping online this year don’t forget that you can use iGive.com or Goodshop.com to do your shopping. They often have great coupons and deals you can’t find elsewhere. But best of all your shopping through iGive.com or Goodshop.com raises money for Equine Recline with no extra cost to you!

And if you are researching that perfect gift don’t forget about using isearch.igive.com or goodsearch.com where each search raises money for Equine Recline.

So let the holidays begin!

Thanks to all of those who donated on Face Book during the giving challenge! We unfortunately didn’t win any of the prizes, but the donations are greatly appreciated!

We’d like to send out huge thank you’s to the following people:

Sherry S for her donation towards fencing

the other Sherry S for her general donation

Ann A for her donation of oat hay. What an unexpected and incredible blessing. The horses are loving this treat!

The horses are all geared up for winter with their wooly coats. Though as of yet it hasn’t been getting too chilly here. Just enough for everyone to be out kicking up their heels in the evening as the days are still fairly warm.

Hi everyone,

Our cause just entered in Facebook America’s Giving Challenge, which gives us a chance to win $50,000!

Please donate today: http://www.causes.com/donations/select_donation_method?m=eed19519&cause_id=190044

To win, between now and November 7th we have to get the most donations to our cause (every person can donate once per day and have it count as a unique donation). We can also win daily awards of $1,000 and $500 if we can get the most people to donate in any 24-hour period. The great thing about this Challenge is that it doesn’t matter how much you give, but instead how much you do to encourage friends and family to get involved in our cause. We all need to come together and start promoting the cause if we want to win.

Each of us has tons of friends on Facebook who we can ask to donate to our cause. But let’s think big too—can you put our cause in your email signature, can you throw a party and get people to donate through the cause when they enter, can you organize other people to go out and fundraise from all of their friends? As you reach out to your friends be sure to tell them why this cause matters to you. The possibilities are endless so let’s talk about what we can do to win on the Wall of the cause or by replying to this bulletin.

I think we can do it! But it’s going to take all of us. Check out the Giving Challenge (www.causes.com?m=eed19519), then visit our cause to see how we’re doing so far and get involved.

Donate right now by going to http://www.causes.com/donations/select_donation_method?m=eed19519&cause_id=190044

Let’s win $50,000 for Equine Recline!