H.O.R.S.E. Rescue Sanctuary

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JOIN US FOR THE 2nd ANNUAL NATIONAL RESCUE RIDE

October 3, 2009

At beautiful Mendon Ponds Park in Monroe County just 10 miles southest of Rochester. We have a heated lodge reserved for the event and everyone is encouraged to participate whether on horseback, bicycle, or in sneakers to help support rescued horses. This is a national event with horse rescues from all over the country riding on the same day. To see Mendon Ponds Park online click on the following link Mendon Ponds Park http://www.monroecounty.gov/parks-mendonponds.php

Link to more information and how to register for your favorite participating horse rescue. http://www.nationalrescueride.org/

Hello Everyone! This myspace has been created to further network with people all over the country and even overseas. We would like to share with you what HORSE is all about and send out updates on occasion and more. We hope to increase awareness of what many horses are facing today in terms of abuse and neglect. I am a volunteer at the rescue and run this Myspace to help the rescue. I am not the founder or operator of the rescue, but I love the rescue and what they are all about! I am very thankful for what Chris and Mike have taught me over the past 3+ years. If you would like to donate to this worthy cause, please visit their website at www.hrsny.org. They are a registered 501(c)3 charity and all donations are tax deductible. I run this Myspace along with my friend Nico, who has learned a great deal about the horse world over the past year! Thank you for your help and support, the rescue couldn't exist without the support the public gives to them!

Thank you,

Michele

Horses Available for Adoption

**Adoption Policies**

The rescue has the horses best interest at heart when it comes to finding the right home. All prospective adopters must meet certain criteria, including but not limited to, site approval, background checks, reference checks, farrier and vet checks, must be within 100-150 mile radius of rescue (located in Pavilion, NY), and the rescue retains ownership of horse to ensure that the horse is not sold or given away. Also, the rescue conducts annual site visits once the horse is adopted. The rescue will provide any and all info known on the horse, which is often more info than many private sellers disclose to prospective buyers.

If you are interested in adopting a horse, please contact the rescue for more information. Please go to www.hrsny.org or scroll down for contact information.

Honey

Honey’s story started out when her past owner passed away and his family contacted the rescue because they didn’t want to keep Honey or her pasture mate, Babe. They had been together their entire lives; however neither of them had been trained. Although, Babe was able to be trailered, Honey would have nothing to do with the trailer. With help from many of the Geneseo student volunteers, and even a police escort during the busiest stretch, Honey was walked 15 miles to the rescue!

Unfortunately, in May of 2005, Babe had to be humanely euthanized after another horse had kicked her and broken her leg.

Honey is blind in one eye (sustained in previous home) and has trust issues. However, once you get her trust, she loves treats and to be scratched. She is not rideable and is suitable to a companion home only.

Bonnie Sue

Bonnie Sue arrived at the Rescue on October 31, 2003. She is a twenty-six year old Tennessee Walker mare and could no longer conceive so she was placed with us. She has shown many times and is a little swaybacked from bearing so many foals over the years. She was born on the farm that donated her and is an exceptionally sweet mare.

Bonnie loves having her butt above her tail scratched! She is quite comical when she wants her butt scratched, and will move her butt towards you to let you know what she wants. Don’t let her big butt coming your way alarm you. She’s not going to kick, she just wants some scratching! If someone stands in front of her face while someone else scratches her butt, she’ll even give back massages in appreciation!

Bonnie is an awesome mare. She has been there and done that and she knows her stuff with any rider. She is beginner safe.

McGee

McGee was placed in a loving home with Lorrie Rhinehart fourteen months ago but Lorrie passed away suddenly in January 2008 and we brought McGee back into the rescue on February 3, 2008. When McGee went to stay with Lorrie he was recovering from a broken sesamoid bone in the left rear leg. Since then he has healed and become sound through layup. McGee is now four years old and ready to start saddle training and a new permanent home. He has a kind temperament and will make a nice home and friend for the right person. He is available.

Tootsie

Tootsie is a fifteen(sixteen in April, 2005) year old Arab/Quarter mare. She is a large pony and has had some hock problems from too much jumping. We will be using magnetic therapy on her and will see if she improves. She doesn't spook and seems to get along with other horses. She loves to be brushed and groomed and doesn't mind her feet being done. She hates clippers. She might be a little headstrong with a small child but is fine on a lead rope. The prior owner has had her for about five years and with the kids growing up and getting ready for college, there isn't much time for Tootsie. She will be available after a short evaluation period.

Shadow

Shadow is a one year old Paint filly recovered from the same situation as her half sisters, Emmy, Cloud and Cali. They have the same sire but different dams. She will be two years old in May 2008. She stands right around 14.1-14.2 hands and weights around eight hundred pounds now but is still growing. She has been trained to lead, and will start ground training soon in the round pen (she’s too young to ride, but old enough to start some lessons). She is all white except for the right ear and a brown spot under her forelock. She got her name Shadow because she will follow everyone around and is very people oriented. She would make a good prospect for a 4-H child situation where the family owning her could not afford to feed her and her two sisters and dam. We purchased the five horses and placed them under the protection of the rescue. She is very people oriented but tends to be dominant in the pasture. She is sound and healthy with good legs.

Jate

Lumber Jate is a retired Standardbred gelding off the track at Buffalo Raceway. His former owner bought him off an Amish truck which meant he was already ready to retire but the owner decided to race him anyway. His left front leg has been pinfired approximately fifteen times. He should never have been raced again but the owner in his quest for money displayed his apparent lack of concern for the horse and raced him five more times taking two firsts, two seconds and a third. During his last race the leg went. We're sure the fetlock was fractured and the tendons so badly bowed that they were twice normal size. In his first six weeks at the rescue, we used magnetic therapy along with a twice daily massage using an herbal lotion to reduce swelling and ease pain. Our vet examined him and said that the fetlock would most likely fuse leaving him with a permanent limp but should be free of pain in two months. Jate's sire won $2.2 million dollars on the track but Jate was not so lucky. Jate still has trust issues with us to this day. One day he might realize that we mean him no harm. Jate is only nine years old.

Silent Moments

Silent Moments or Mo is a Standardbred mare off the track and came in to the Rescue on October 31, 2003. She tore the sheathing from her left front foot and is no longer able to race. She was a pacer but will now be retrained to be a trail horse. We plan on using magnet therapy to help her heal up. She has something of an attitude but will learn that her life has changed and she can just be a horse. She is about 150 pounds underweight so will get plenty of groceries. As of October 2004, Mo has now been ridden twice and seems to like what she is doing. She hasn't tried anything goofy with John and is doing well but she still has a ways to go before she becomes a trail horse. She is still a little food agressive but in the past year she has learned to trust the staff and volunteers and will actually follow anyone around like a puppy when it's not feeding time. On November 6, John again rode Mo and this time on the trail!!! She was absolutely perfect and did nothing stupid at all. She is coming along fine and by next spring, we feel that she will be ready for a new home. Fall of '07 and Mo is ready for a new home. She has done well in her lessons and is a willing partner. Her food aggression has waned and she's now in pasture with LeCie and Buddy.

Patches and Cali

Patches was saved along with her now almost 10-month old filly Cali, daughters Emmy and Cloud, and Shadow (who has a different dam, but same sire as Patches’ daughters). They were being starved by their previous owner who could no longer afford to have horses. Patches gained weight quickly and is a solid paint mare. Although she can be pushy and stubborn at times, she will make a nice pleasure horse. She loves to have the sides of her face scratched!

Cali came in completely unhandled at about a week old. She had a slow start with her handling, but now she is halter trained and knows how to lead. She has had her feet worked with as well. She is going to be as tall as her mom, if not bigger. She is a dark chestnut/bay and white paint. With training, she will make a very nice horse as she grows up!

Vixen

Miss Vixen arrived at the Rescue in August 2003. She is a twenty year old dark bay Thoroughbred mare. She has been ridden and does very well in English and western but more so in English. She stands about 16.0-16.1 hands. She came in with some open sores on her legs but those have healed nicely.

She is now available for placement and tends to be an alpha mare in the herd.

In Sanctuary:

Serenity

Serenity came to the Rescue on August 29, 2000. She was given up by her former owner because the owner became allergic to her after twenty-four years. Serenity came in with a case of heaves from standing in a barn for so many years so we had to work through that. After being in foster care for over a year, she came back to the Rescue in September 2003 because her foster parents bought another horse. She is thirty eight years old but doesn't know it. She is in Sanctuary at the rescue and will live out the rest of her life there. She needs caring people to sponsor her

Cookie

This little guy is 44.5" inches tall. He is nine years old. In late June 2004 we got an e-mail from a lady named Sharon who was very concerned about the welfare of Cookie. His feet were horribly overgrown and could barely walk. She said he was owned by one of her relatives and was suffering. We went out to investigate and found him in the condition she said he was in. Two days later we brought him home and put him in with Rosie and poured two feet of shavings in his stall so he could lie down comfortably. We didn't think his prognosis was very good since he had foundered and was in a pasture eating grass. One of our volunteers suggested we call her farrier, which we did and made arrangements for him to come out the next day. This man did an incredible job on Cookie. He spent nearly four hours working on him and the results were amazing as you can see by the before and after photos of his feet.

Before:

After

As you can see, he is greatly improved and his feet are almost normal. The farrier estimated that it had been 12-16 months since he was trimmed last, although, we were told that he had been trimmed within the last two weeks. I asked the owner how much did he trim off and he answered "until he bled". Cookie is safe now and as you can see very, very happy. He's so happy in fact, he is now developing a little bit of a pony attitude now that he is out of pain.

Zeke

My name is Zeke. I was donated to the Rescue because I couldn't do my job of team penning anymore. My eye really hurt all the time so the rescue people had my eye removed to make me more comfortable. It really helped since I couldn't see out of the eye anyway. I'm slowly adapting to only using one eye but I can't see very well out of the other eye. I am an easy keeper and only eat hay and a little pelleted food in the morning. I need a sponsor so the rescue can take care of the older horses that need special feed.

Zeke arrived in November 1999. He was used in penning and made his former owner alot of money until he developed Moonblindness in his left eye. His penning days were over but not his usefulness. He is a twenty year old Leopard Appy and stands 15.3 hands. He is now part of the Sanctuary at the request of Mike, his former owner. He will be used for our therapeutic riding when that program is launched. He is a superbly trained individual and exceptionally sweet. He is not for adoption.

H.O.R.S.E. Rescue and Sanctuary

A non-profit 501(C)(3) Humane Corporation

est. 1993 and incorporated in 1996

H.O.R.S.E. Rescue & Sanctuary

P.O. Box 432

York, New York 14592

Note: H.O.R.S.E. is a rescue operated in Pavilion, NY The person who is running this MySpace is a volunteer! She is 24 and in Western, NY. Sorry about any confusion!!

H.O.R.S.E. Rescue & Sanctuary

“H.O.R.S.E.”- An acronym which stands for Help Our Rescue Save Equines

History of the Rescue

Chris and Mike Dodge started H.O.R.S.E. Rescue and Sanctuary in 1993. At that time, they just took in one horse at a time and were self-funded. As time marched on and the demand to take in more horses grew, they decided to incorporate (in 1996) and file for their tax exempt status, which was granted by the IRS in September of 1997. With the help of many volunteers and public donations, the organization has saved nearly four hundred horses, placing most in good homes. Those horses that are deemed unplaceable due to age, health, or trauma from abuse will remain in Sanctuary for the remainder of their lives. Most of the horses are being cared for in the western New York facility but a few are in foster homes due to space limitations.

The Rescue is a charitable, tax-exempt Humane Corporation based in Wyoming County, N.Y., about forty miles southwest of Rochester. The Rescue was incorporated on May 16, 1996, in order to prevent cruelty to equines of all breeds and ages. From its inception, the Rescue has carried forward programs designed to ease pain and suffering endured by many thousands of equines in a wide variety of circumstances.

The Rescue is active in many areas that encompass horse interests and fosters the humane ethic and philosophy through education, community involvement, and networking across the country with other rescues and horse owners.

The Rescue's work is supported entirely by bequests, grants, and contributions. All income is used in accordance with the wishes of the donors and in effective efforts to fulfill the chartered purposes of the organization. There are no salaries paid.

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Major Goals of H.O.R.S.E.

Stop cruelty and abuse in the transportation and killing of horses used for human consumption. More than four million American horses have been killed in order that rich Europeans could eat since 1987 when records were first started being kept.

Eliminate the use of pregnant mares(and the subsequent destruction of their foals)used in the manufacture of Premarin (and similar HRT drugs)by Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals.

Stop cruelty and abuse of horses used in sporting events such as racing and rodeos, where horses are often exposed to dangerous activities.

Investigate complaints of horse abuse as outlined in the New York Meat and Agriculture Codes and to assist in the prosecution of those individuals or groups knowingly in violation of such codes.

Carry forward a continuous program of fundamental, widespread education, aimed at adults and children, primarily to develop humane attitudes in children inside and outside the classroom in the hope of breaking the cycle of abuse.

Monitor and assist in the development of improved anti-cruelty laws and their enforcement at all levels of government.

The Rescue's work is supported entirely by bequests, grants, and contributions. All income is used in accordance with the wishes of the donors and in effective efforts to fulfill the chartered purposes of the organization. There are no salaries paid.

Areas of Interest to the Rescue

SLAUGHTER

More than four million horse have been killed in the United States since 1987 for human consumption in France, Belgium, and Japan. The Rescue would like all slaughter for meat consumption stopped. The kill plants are owned by foreign interests with the meat going to the rich in foreign countries.

PREMARIN

Premarin, or Pregnant Mare Urine, is the most prescribed hormone therapy drug used today. Over 9 million American women take this drug to relieve symptoms of PMS or osteoporosis. An estimated 50,000 to 80,000 foals delivered by PMU mares are killed annually. This method of horses helping their female human counterparts is inhumane and needs to be stopped.

BREEDERS

Many, if not most, breeders today keep trying for the perfect foal, the star, that will make the most money for them. The ones that don't reach star status are sold at auction. Auction can be and in many cases is another term for slaughter.

RACING

The Rescue has taken in quite a few horses off the track(both OTTB and Standardbred)most with track injuries. Lately, we have become more involved with OTTBs(off the track Thoroughbreds). Many of these horse are just not fast enough to earn money and rather than have them go to Canada for slaughter, we are networking with individuals and other rescues to get them placed in quality homes where they have an opportunity for a second career such as hunter/jumpers or trail horses.

EDUCATION

Many children, especially those from broken or abusive homes, carry abuse into their adult lives. This vicious cycle can be broken by teaching the kids how others, horses or people, can recover from abuse and become loving wonderful companions. Horses are being used today in psychotherapy sessions with both troubled adults and children with astounding results that conventional therapy cannot do or cannot accomplish as quickly. We intend to target the urban areas where gangs and violence are common everyday occurrences. In addition, we have had our first horse donated specifically for use with physically and mentally challenged children.

The Rescue has had the opportunity to visit kids incarcerated in Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles. Juvi is the largest institution of its kind in the U.S. with over seven hundred inmates ranging in age from eight to seventeen. During these sessions the kids were having a great time just being kids. They were all polite and asked many questions during our visits. We hope to break that cycle of violence so prevalent today by introducing the kids to abused horses.

The following collection of beautiful photos by Suzanne McAndrew are of horses residing at the Rescue as of August 2007 and are used on our website with Suzanne's permission. They are available for sale by Suzanne and if you would like to purchase one or more, please see contact info below. All photographs are copyrighted by Suzanne McAndrew.

If you would like to contact Suzanne to purchase any of the following prints, with a percentage of the proceeds going to HORSE Rescue and Sancuary, or to have her take photo's of you pet, please contact her by email, jsmcandrew@roadrunner.com or visit her website at http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/gallery.asp?mem=193093

All of the above photographs are copyrighted by Suzanne McAndrew and may not not be reproduced or copied without express permission.