Helping an Old Horse

Oh for green pastures.



It's been fairly quiet around Borderlands. We haven't had much time to work with the horses. Little Garrett-Bear keeps me busy. Last weekend we moved fences around and got the herd at the neighbor's in to a new pasture. They seemed happy.  I enjoyed moving fence around. It's the first time since we put the horses over at the  neighbor's that I've been able to help. I'm hoping that we can keep them  in this pasture for another week and then move them to the other little pasture for another two weeks. That would get us to about the end of October and I usually start feeding hay in November anyway.

We are picking up Dude and King this weekend too. It's been nice to have them at Mom and Dad's so they could enjoy the green grass. I had thought of taking Bo up there, now I wish I had. Maybe then he wouldn't have contracted whatever it is that he has (I'm guessing West Nile). But the pastures are done so we need to bring Dude and King home. I'm thinking of putting Dude in with the horses at the neighbor's but leaving King at home. King is a fence pusher and I'm leaving all the fence pushers at home with a bale in front of their face. I'm still not in any condition to be rounding up loose horses. It'll be nice to have Dude and King home. I've missed them both (even though I played with them when I went to Madison).

The weatherman is calling for rain on Saturday. I'm hoping that we get some. I was worried at first about the rain. It wasn't supposed to be very warm. I was figuring on having to blanket/sheet Babe and Bo but it's supposed to be fairly warm. I may still throw a sheet on both of them just in case. Babe is the oldest horse we have at Borderlands, topping out at 30 years old. I prefer to pamper her as much as possible. I also think that Bo should be sheeted too because he is a little on the thin side and still hurting from whatever ailment he has. I'd rather make sure they were dry. So I guess tonight while doing chores, I'll have to find and figure out what blankets/sheet works for Bo. Babe has her designated blanket thanks to her owner. :-)

I had thought of bringing Rain home so that I could put a sheet on him, but the weather is supposed to only be in the 40s and he can get out of the wind. It's supposed to be 70 by Saturday afternoon so Rain will warm up pretty quick. I can't put a sheet on him at the neighbor's because we finally  moved the horses into the tree pasture. I've learned my lesson about putting sheets/blankets on horses that have access to trees that reach out and grab blankets.

Since I've been home after Garrett's birth, I've been trying to come up with some fundraiser ideas. We aren't able to take in any more because of all the medical bills between myself and Garrett, along with the additional high prices of hay. So I'm trying to come up with ways we can promote Borderlands. If we had money coming in that wasn't associated with my paycheck, we could possibly take in another deserving old horse. I've seen alot of old horses looking for homes in the past month and it breaks my heart that we can't open our doors to them. I am very worried about what will happen to them if there is no sanctuary available for them to go to. I wanted to have a sanctuary for these old horses and now it seems I can't do anything in their time of need.

I'd love to step up this winter and offer a place but the finances only allow us the horses that we currenty have. I've been doing some brainstorming and have a few ideas but I would love to hear your ideas. I'd also love to get some help with the fundraisers. I am really good at coming up with ideas but not following through. So if someone has lots of ambition and is looking for a challenge, I could use your help! Your help would help save the life of an old horse!