Be My Valentine - Mayhem

Meet Mayhem
Mayhem came to us as a three month old filly in September 2011. She was Rabbit's last baby and the owner didn't want either Rabbit or Mayhem as Mayhem was guaranteed blue roan and she obviously didn't come out blue roan. There are no guarantees in life other than death and taxes. So the owner wanted to find them a new home. We'd been looking for an "older" horse for our late 20s mare and there was Rabbit. The catch was Mayhem. We could either keep Mayhem for $50 or bring her back after she'd been weaned and he'd find her a home. I was worried because she was registerable but the papers weren't filled out properly so she never did get registered. She also had an umbilical hernia. Not many would take on that challenge and being sorrel, she'd be easy pickings for slaughter. So we kept her.


Mayhem had already had two strikes against her so she came to live at the Sanctuary. She's had a few additional strikes against her. We thought she was colicing and took her into the vet. We discovered instead that she has colitis. I will take full responsibility for that one. But in the  mean time, we also discovered that she has a heart murmur. Then during one of her runs through the pastures, she poked her eye and there is now a white spot on her left eye. She can see out of it but as she ages, I expect that she will have difficulty seeing.


So Mayhem is a bit of a horse who has been able to outlast the normal three strikes and you're out theory. Mayhem really does stand up to her name.


Personality wise, she's been around old horses so she's a bit of an old soul. But she also brings out the playfulness in the older horses, which is always a good thing. Mayhem is inquisitive but also a bit shy and unsure of herself. I blame that on me as we've never really done much with her. She always kept getting pushed to the back burner because another older senior needed our time, attention, and funds.


Mayhem likes everyone and seems to blend will with whoever she is in with. She can hang out with the ponies, or Lace and Junior. Or she can tease the boys and taunt them with her filly silliness. But overall, she's a solidly built mare who reminds me so much of her mother but with the carefree spirit that all horses should have.


Mayhem still has the umbilical hernia but we have the funds built up to get it repaired. We are currently waiting for the weather to warm up and for our vet to heal for an injury before we proceed. Until then, Mayhem is a very easy keeper and only requires hay. I'd love to send her to a trainer but that's not in the cards as I use my personal money for all horse training and there's a lack of funds right now for me.


If anyone would like to sponsor Mayhem, it would be $50 and would go directly to her hay bill and keeping a salt block in her pasture. She's a growing girl so she powers through the hay like no one else can. In return, you'll receive a monthly update with pictures.


You can send sponsorships through www.paypal.me/Borderlands or via mail at
Borderlands Horse Sanctuary
PO Box 164
Humboldt, SD 57035


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