Equine Recline Blog

Today we said good-bye to Dreamsicle. She was 26 years old and had been with us for almost 5 years.

She’s always had numerous health issues, including severe arthritis. However, pain management has kept her comfortable. But this past month the bad days began to outnumber the good days and changes to pain meds gave only brief improvement so we made the decision to let her go.

She went very peacefully after eating a lot of watermelon and carrots from us, and having gotten pampered with a bath the day before. The vet also gave her as many treats as she could cram into her mouth!

Rest in peace beautiful girl.

Today we said good-bye to our wonderful Welsh pony Alf. He has been an incredible joy for us here at Equine Recline with his bright personality and the constant nickers asking for treats and food. He especially loved mangoes, watermelon, and peppermints.

Alf was dearly loved and will be sorely missed. Shalom Mr. Pony.Thank you for the years of joy you brought into our lives and the lives of the people who knew you.

Donations to help with the vet bill and burial costs are greatly appreciated.

Congrats go out to Suerte as he’s found a foster home! He’s really settling in and was a very good boy making the transition.

Natasha has come back home. Thanks so much to Harmony Stables for their very generous donation of her board for the past several months while she’s been in retraining. And thanks to Carol G. for her donation of her time in helping to rehabilitate Natasha. Natasha is up for adoption and is looking for an experienced female owner who is familiar with retraining horses. Natasha enjoys and needs a job. She has been ridden some, but is going to need more work done with her. Adoption fee: $250

Okay, I know technically they all turn a year older on January 1st. But I just can’t help myself… HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHALOM!!!!!!!

I just cannot believe that he’s a year old already. Where in the world does the time go?

And since we’re talking about Shalom, we of course must mention his lovely mother, Natasha. She has come such a long way since we got her; starving, covered in wounds,  scars, and pregnant. She has blossomed into such a beautiful horse it is hard to believe it is he same one at all. She has now been started back under saddle, though she still has a lot of retraining work to do. But with her progress we are so happy to announce her as available for adoption!

Thanks everyone for your support, donations, encouragement, and prayers with these two. You have made an incredible difference in their lives.

All I can this is: wow! This summer has been a major roller coaster for us here at Equine Recline, especially on a personal basis. We haven’t been keeping things up to date much as it has just been a lot of running here.

A family member has been going through some major medical stuff. You just don’t realize how time consuming that becomes until you are going through it. It’s not just the disease/illness/issue. It’s everything that goes along with it; from doctor’s appointments to tests to picking up prescriptions to treatments and the list just goes on.

God has been so good and gracious with just getting us through this very difficult time. The treatments are over and it’s been moved into a monitoring stage. Yet in some ways the harder part has now hit: the medical bills. Between the bills starting to add up and the missed time from work all the way around, things are getting tight here and we really need your help.

Monetary donations are greatly needed and appreciated to help us get through this difficult time so that we can continue providing a safe haven for horses in need, now and years into the future. Your donation of even $5 can help make sure we are here for many years to come.

This month we are issuing a challenge to everyone to become an Equine Recline Champion by signing up to make a monthly donation of even just $5 a month. $5 doesn’t seem like much, but if enough people are willing to make that commitment, then it adds up and makes a world of difference.

Are you ready to make a difference with your $5?

You can sign up online at http://www.equinerecline.org/champion for automatic payments through PayPal. Or you can send a check made out to Equine Recline and send it to:

P. O. Box 926

Sahuarita, AZ 85629

Thanks everyone for your support. God Bless.

Just a quick post today. Shalom has outgrown his foal halter! Can’t believe he is that big already. The baby boy is growing up.

It’s always such mixed feelings watching them grow up. Part of you wishes they’d just stay a baby as they are so adorable. Yet it is also so awesome to watch them grow up, mature, and change.

The baby boy (Shalom) is getting sooooo big! He’ll be 5 months in another couple of weeks. So hard to believe, especially after waiting for what seemed like forever for Natasha to foal. Everyone sees him just comments on how adorable he is. I have to completely agree! Not that I’m biased or anything.

We’d like to send a HUGE thanks out to Greg and Kathy B. Their support has just been incredible. Alf especially sends his thanks!

We really need to find some foster homes for at least a couple of the horses. These foster homes need to be willing to take on complete financial responsibility of the horses. And also understand that two of these horses are high needs horses. The one is the Peruvian Paso mare Marina. She is 20 years old and needs a home where her foster parent is willing to watch her diet, and keep her on cinnamon for her insulin resistance. She loves being groomed and pampered. She may or may not be able to be ridden, possibly by someone light.

Dreamsicle is 25 years old and severely arthritic. She can be maintained on white willow bark and/or meadowsweet but she cannot be ridden.

Suerte is 7 years old and is just hoping for that forever home to come along, or at least a foster home where he will have a job for now. He has not been started under saddle. If you are knowledgeable about starting horses under saddle and would like to foster Suerte, please contact us. Or if you are a trainer that is either willing to foster Suerte and train him or to offer your services to train him here, again please contact us.

God bless.

Our apologies to anyone who has contacted us recently and not heard back from us. We’ve been dealing with a family medical emergency. While the emergency part has been dealt with, there is still more to deal with such as testing and what, if any, treatment may be needed.

We thank you for you patience and understanding while we are going through this difficult time.

Today we had to say good-bye to Maverick.

His personality has filled and overflowed this barn for just over 4 years now. He was so very, very loved. We are grateful for the years that he spent in our lives, and will be greatly missed.

We know he is running and playing with the others we’ve lost over the years. They are celebrating him home.

We’ll see you again someday Mr. Maverick.

Maverick saying hi to Shalom.

We’d like to send our thanks out to Dr. Hutchison for his incredible compassion and gentleness with Maverick (and us) today.

URGENT!

H.E.A.R.T. of Tucson and Equine Recline have partnered together to rescue 5 horses.

1 – 4 year old stud that needs medical care

1 – Arabian mare

1 – pregnant mare

2 – yearling stud colts that need medical care need and to be gelded before they can be adopted out.

It will cost $350 each for the colts to be gelded.

Both organizations are in need of financial assistance.

Donations can be made to:

Equine Recline

P. O. Box 926

Sahuarita, AZ 85629

Or go to www.equinerecline.org and click on any of the donate buttons

Donations can also be made to H.E.A.R.T of Tucson

1250 S. Houghton Rd. Ste 130-267

Tucson, AZ 85748

Or go to www.heartoftucson.org and click on any of the donate buttons.

Thanks so much for your help and support!