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At times, something good can evolve from a tragedy. April 15th, 2011 was the day we agreed to take in four starving horses who had been living with the carcass of a horse who had been dead for over six weeks. Three of the horses were wild and couldn’t be touched. The fourth, a grey Arabian mare was gentle and could be caught and haltered. We named her Georgia. The two males, Tiger and Tommy were very thin and shrunken all over. Therefore, we assumed they were young stunted geldings. Uh Oh! After almost getting down on our knees to look more closely—we had two mature STALLIONS. We built a trap in their pen in order to get the two girls out of there and away from their amorous corral mates. We hoped against hope that neither mare was pregnant. We had Georgia pregnancy checked in July and found out she was around nine months pregnant. We were afraid that the foal would be malformed or crippled because of Geor-gia being starved during most of her preg-nancy. However, she delivered a gorgeous bay colt on September 1st, 2011, whom we named Cody. (His sire may have been a fifth horse, a bay Arabian stallion, who was found dead on the property. Evidently, the stallion had chewed his way out of his boarded-up stall, but still had no access to food. He had been dead for about a week.) Cody turned out to be a pistol and real char-acter. His poor Mom had her hands (or hooves) full trying to keep up with him. When we tried out Georgia to see if she was rideable, Cody tagged along nipping the rider’s legs and constantly planting himself in front of the mare so she couldn’t move

forward (he was thirsty). Cody was also busy when Jean Gallagher would try to trim Georgia’s feet. He would even steal Jean’s hoof knife out of her back pocket while she was trying to trim the

mare’s hind feet. We can’t thank Jean enough for all of the farrier work she has donated to our rescue—even while being harassed by Mr. Personality (Cody). In March of 2012, two great gals adopted both Georgia and her precocious son to a wonderful home where they can reach their full potential. We are really pleased that from such a tragic beginning, there will be a fantastic future!

Georgia and Cody (Dakota) an Update: Grey Arabian mare, 6 month old bay colt, how could you say no? I have had animals all my life, all of my animals with the exception of a few had been rescues. It was time to have horses again, and I decided that it

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From a Terrible Beginning to a Great Future

Inside this issue:

A Great Future 2

Babe 3

Lauretta Boyd Trust 4

John Pearce Clinic 5

A Letter from JoJo 6

RMHR Officials 6

Up for Adoption 7

Free Use of Equipment 8

Memorials/Honoraria 9

Owls 9

Jasmine and Irene 9

Prairie Dogs & Eagles 10

Thank you Contributors 11

Volunteers 12-

Volunteers 13

Hoofprints & Letters WINTER 2012/2013 VOLUME 9, ISSUE 1

Please visit our website: www.rockymountainhorserescue.org

RMHR is a Non-profit 501(c)(3 )

organization and is 100%volunteer

Cody steals a glove from Terry Michel’s pocket

Cody bounds around with mom, Georgia

Cody sneaks up on Terry Michel

And—refuses to give it back!

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From a Terrible Beginning to a Great Future (contd) was time that the horses were rescue as well. My name is Jodi Connelly and I am an elementary school teacher. My partner in crime, Jennifer is a middle school teacher. I have raised and trained horses since I was 16. My first horse was a 16 hand Running Quarter gelding, I raised and trained 3 yearlings and 1 two-year-old Arabian. Since then I have trained for others and given lessons, but have not had horses of my own. I had been researching horse rescues since moving to Colo-rado. None of them really impressed me in any way. I found Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue, and liked what I read. The horses were well described, the situation they were removed from was described and it was evident that the animals were well cared for. We took one look at Georgia and Cody and knew they were the ones for our family. While we did not yet have our own property, we had friends who owned a boarding facility near our home. We figured that we could give Georgia and Cody a good home. We went to the rescue and met with Bini. I still grin when I think about the first time I met her! Bini is quite the charac-ter and her passion for the animals she cares for was quite evident. She took us on a tour of the facility and introduced us to all of the horses in residence. Finally we were introduced to Georgia and Cody. It was love at first sight. This was meant to be. And so it went; we spent time working with the two of them. We took Cody on his first walk outside of the corral and helped to scrape out the enclosure while Cody played with mom in the round pen. We also spent time w o r k i n g Georgia and determining what train-ing she had. Georgia has had some decent train-ing and is a pretty coop-erative little mare. She was rusty and in need of a refresher course, but other than that, seemed to be a great little riding horse. We adopted them both. In April, we decided to move the pair to our friends’ facility in Erie/Lafayette. They were loaded into a stock trailer and trailered well to their new home. We were thinking at the time that they would be there for quite some time. However

life has a funny way of changing and shortly thereafter we adopted Jasmine aka Jazzy, a 7-year-old quarter horse from

Pike’s Peak Humane Society. She was out of a really bad situation in Nunn. She is in need of a lot of love and work, but is getting better every day. In July, we decided that we needed to have our own property. The hunt began to find a place where these rescue horses could finally come home. After some pretty intense twists and turns, we ended up with a 4 acre mining claim in Neder-land, CO. Soon after that, we began putting together plans to build our barn. Time and weather turned against us and we were forced to change plans; however, with the help of some amazing people and companies, we ended up with a beautiful set up and now the horses are home! Thank you to Shelter Sheds of Fort Collins, Magnolia Building Company of Nederland and Magnolia home-owners group for all the help we have re-ceived. Within a weeks time we ended up with 2 tons of hay, livestock panels, gates, a new driveway, cleared areas for the horses, and a way to get the horses hauled up to the house. Cody is growing like a weed. He already knows a lot about being lunged, is well behaved on a lead and trailers well. He follows you like a puppy and has an instinct to please that is great. He seems as though he will be very easy to train. Georgia is becoming just a sweetheart of a mare, following us from place to place asking for love and affection. Jazz is still coming along, but at least she is not running from any-one! This just goes to prove that rescue horses just need love and understanding! Just like any other critter, or person; proper care and understanding can go a long way in developing a relationship. I am grateful to Bini and Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue for the relationship that we are developing with Georgia and Cody and I look forward to the years to come!

Jenn visits with Cody at his temporary boarding facility

Cody gets up close and personal with Jody

Cody inspects Jean Galla-gher’s trimming work while

Connie Caruso holds patient Georgia

Cody grabs a hoof knife out of Jean’s back pocket while she works to trim Georgia.

Both Connie and Jean donate their time and skills in trim-

ming all of our rescue horses

“If Mom won’t play, I’ll play by myself.”

Jody tries out Georgia while Cody chases after for a drink


t h r o u g h her lip tattoo. Dr. Deb M a y o evaluated B a b e , t o o k blood and tried to dec ipher the faint upper lip t a t t o o . Unfortu-n a t e l y B a b e ’ s tattoo was

too blurry to read to determine her exact age, but we knew she was at least 20. For the next few months, we worked diligently to put weight on her until she appeared healthy and

energetic enough to check out how well trained she was to ride. The former owner said that her family had ridden Babe and that she was OK. So, in September, Margaret Blaha tacked up the old girl and proceeded to get on. DISASTER! Babe immediately flopped to the ground. On the second try, Babe collapsed again. We have made the deci-sion to adopt her out only as a non-riding compan-ion horse. Although we could probably train her to accept a rider, what if she would later try her trick again and hurt someone! We’re now looking for her forever home. She has good ground manners, eats a ton of hay and therefore makes a ton of ma-nure. Could you be that special adopter?

Babe The mare’s owner lived in Sheridan, WY—the mare was in a junk filled “pasture” near Lochbuie. She was still trying to nurse her year-old colt even though she was covered with rain rot and had ticks embedded in her hind quarters. Her owner wanted us to accept her into our rescue, but she had no idea what a brand certificate was. To make matters more complicated, the owner had obtained the mare from her daughter’s ex-father-in-law because he owed her money; however she no longer had his phone number.

W e a s k e d o u r f r i e n d a n d s u p -por t e r , Colleen Ryan, to take a look at t h e m a r e . Colleen t o o k pictures of the old, tall

thoroughbred mare and reported that she was very thin and in need of help. Thanks to the help from the Brand Board and brand inspectors who were in the Southwest Colorado area, we were finally able to get the brand inspection mess resolved a month and 10,000 phone calls later. Colleen loaded and hauled the starving mare to RMHR on May 3, 2012. Oh my gosh—what a pathetic looking soul! I started to call her Babe (I call all mares “Babe” and geldings “Bud”) which turned into Rockaway Babe. We would revert to her registered name once she could be identified


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Billy Santiago slaves away in the rain while Babe observes

from her dry shelter

Kari Arvisais and Joan McMenamin groom and graze

Rockaway Babe while she recovers from starvation

Skinny Babe anxiously looking for more food

Dr. Deb Mayo tries to decipher Rockaway Babe’s illegible lip tattoo

Gaining weight and full of energy

Colleen Ryan trailered Babe to RMHR

2011/2012 RMHR Advisors

Jerry Burk, Attorney and CPA Scot Dutcher, Chief Colorado Bureau of Animal Protection Lois Toll, DVM

Steve Long, DVM Debbie Mayo, DVM

Charlie McKay Gary Pallaoro, DVM

Jeff Wells, DVM Shane Baird, DVM

Since we were founded in 2004, the Lauretta Boyd Charitable Trust has made significant contributions to Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue. In 2005, we received a grant which helped pay vet and feed bills and enabled us to purchase our first Anderson Sling which was immediately used to lift a horse out of a swimming pool. The Trust funds received in 2008 were used to pay a professional rider to break and train some of our more difficult rescues, including our two year old, Fox. In 2012, we applied for funds to buy a portable two stall barn and to pay a rider to break our two wild Arabian stallions who were impounded in 2011. The rider also worked with our other horses

to make them more adoptable. We desperately needed the barn to have proper shelter for Tiger and Tommy before we gelded them. Port-A-Stall built our barn according to our specifications which include gates, panels and partitions on hinges which allows us to change into one large 10x24 stall, two 10x12 stalls, or two three sided sheds. Our barn was built at the factory and then

delivered and a n c h o r e d down (we have 100 mph winds from time to time) by the Port-A-Stall crew. We chose to have the barn painted a bright Patriot

red instead of our usual duller barn red color be-cause the new barn was so special. It is great to

keep horses and hay dry and warm when we have a down-pour o r snow/s l e e t storm. M a r g a r e t Blaha, our paid rider, worked with 9 year old

Tommy and five year old Tiger even before they had their “attitude adjustment” surgery. Margaret had trained two wild mustangs for the Mustang Challenge and placed extremely well against the competition in 2011 and 2012. She doesn’t use treats as an incentive, but seems to have an almost magical rapport with the frightened, wild souls. Nothing seems to faze her, and after getting dumped, she just climbs back on and continues training. Tommy is now ready for an experienced

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First ride while being led by a friend

Our Wish list

Hay (grass or alfalfa), grain, stock trailer, truck to pull ambulance in the future, cash, your time

and energy, stamps and someone to sell items on eBay or . . ?

Tiger and Tommy love their new barn photo by Marie Hackett

Margaret Blaha’s first ride on Georgia, yeah! She was

well trained at some time in her past

The new plaque for the barn

Easing the trailer into place

The portable barn being delivered

Putting a leg over can be a scary time

Learning to accept weight

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John Pearce Clinic

adopter to advance his training. Margaret also helped us with new horses that were taken into our res-cue. She would get on

them first to evaluate their rideability and help us determine who could work them moving forward. Her help has been invaluable in finding forever homes for our horses.

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We are so very appreciative of foundations like the Lauretta Boyd Charitable Trust for assisting us in continuing our mission. Thank you all. Bini Abbott

Still green, but progressing nicely

Tommy learns to load in a horse trailer

Your contributions

are tax deductible

tingales, “gimmick” bits, and other restraints, prov-ing his philosophy that less is more. Some of the “rushers” became more relaxed and controllable when allowed to use themselves rather than be constrained. The riders practiced taking a series of jumps with a predetermined number of strides in between the fences. They would repeat the exercise then either adding or omitting strides, to increase their adjustability and range. The clinic featured a variety of exercises, all de-signed to bring horse and rider more in sync with each other, while emphasizing a compassionate riding style. John was so gracious and generous with his time, and all the participants gained knowledge and in-sight from this remarkable rider and great man. It was truly an opportunity of a lifetime for the riders, and amazing act of generosity for the rescue! Thank you John Pearce! You’re our hero.

Who would have thought that a well-known Grand Prix rider and Olympian would offer to teach a jumper clinic with all proceeds to benefit Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue? Well, John Pearce is that special person. In 2012, Colorado Hunter Jumper Association (CHJA) chose our rescue to be the beneficiary of some of the money raised at the Silent Auction and Grand Prix party during the Estes Park Silver Dollar Horse Show. As usual, John won the Grand Prix Jumper class and then graciously made a significant donation to our rescue. In 2012, CHJA decided to drop the silent auction and related festivities at Estes Park due to the economy and other factors. John, however, would not be deterred in his support of our rescue. He offered to hold an instructional jumping clinic at $200 per rider with all of the money collected to come to RMHR. Unfortunately, John’s sister be-came extremely ill so he had to cancel the clinic and rush back to Canada to be with her. After re-turning to Estes Park, John rescheduled the clinic even though some of the participants had already left the show for other commitments. Some of those riders even donated their fee although they had to leave. He even apologized for having to cancel and rush to his sister’s aid—what an amaz-ing guy he is! Finally on August 7th, a highly suc-cessful clinic was held with five participants. It was very interesting to watch John gradually have the riders remove severe controlling tack such as mar-

John goes over the plan

Warming Up

John Pearce and clinic participants

First bath

Hi, my name is JoJo, or as I refer to myself, the best horse at Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue. I came to the rescue last year with my whole family, when I was two years old. My mother, my father, my sister and I arrived on a very nice summer day, and I started learning things RIGHT AWAY. The first thing I learned was that apparently, I was called a “stallion”. I don’t really know what that means, but all my new people decided I couldn’t live with my sister and my Mom anymore, because I might “breed” them (whatever that means). Anyway, I had to go live by myself, which made me a little sad, but I got lots of attention and snacks, so that made me feel a little better. The next thing I learned was that I have something called “terrible conformation”. I don’t know what that means either, but it might be the same as terri-bly cute, because everyone says that about me. Eventually, all my family members went away to their new forever homes. I’m still at RMHR, and I think I’ve overheard people saying that I get to stay here forever, because the lady who brings me my food (her name is Bini, which rhymes with whinny) likes me so much she wants me to stay. That would be just fine with me. I’m very popular. I have my very own pen, and sometimes I go for walks with my friends—the volunteers. Overall, I really love it here except for the WORST DAY EVER, which I’ll tell you about now. The WORST DAY EVER started just like any other day, except my breakfast didn’t come at its normal time. I should have known something was up, but mostly I was just hungry. Then my friend Debbie Mayo, the vet, showed up. Usually, I really like Debbie because she just tells me I’m cute, then

goes and visits the other horses and does stuff to them. On the WORST DAY EVER, my friend Debbie came into my pen, and gave me a shot. Pretty soon, I felt all woozy and dizzy and then, in spite of my best efforts, I actually fell right over on my side. I had barely even had a nap when all of the sudden I snapped awake. I didn’t notice anything wrong at first, but then I noticed that Debbie and my food lady Bini were looking at some white things and talking about my mouth. They had just reached right in there and taken two of my teeth!! Can you believe that? It gets worse!! I also heard them talk-ing, and apparently I was no longer a “stallion” but rather a “gelding”. I wasn’t too clear about that, until I got up off the ground, and realized some-thing or rather, some things, were missing! It didn’t really hurt, but I had a definite feeling of unnatural lightness and a draft around my hind parts. Anyhow, I felt pretty sad and insulted the whole rest of that day, but by the next day, even though my face was all puffy and sore, and I still felt a suspi-cious draft in my nether regions, I felt up to having visitors. I even went for a jog in the round pen while everyone talked about how cute and sweet I am. That was a couple of weeks ago, and I feel fine now, but when that Debbie Mayo comes out here again, she certainly owes me an apology! And maybe a few snacks! I guess these are the things you have to go through to get to be the illustrious mascot for Rocky Moun-tain Horse Rescue. It’s not for sissies, I can tell you that! Come out and see me sometime if you’re in the neighborhood. Bring Carrots.—XXOO, - JoJo


Board Members

President Bini Abbott (303) 424-0037 Vice President Ranya Kelly (303) 431-0904 Treasurer Cathy Corcoran (303) 425-0646 Secretary Mary Norden (303) 978-1850 Western Colorado/Fund Raising Ruth Ann Burnett (970) 245-7774 Special Events Carole Kenney (303) 840-4384 Northern Colorado Laura Gill (970) 371-1446 Eastern Colorado Kris Nixon (303) 424-5972 Veterinarian Advice Lois Toll, DVM (303) 794-6359 Other Supporting Staff

Website & Newsletter Rob Nixon (303) 424-5972 Facilities Terry Michel (303) 464-0718

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A Letter from JoJo

JoJo recovers from “The Worst Day Ever”

Thank god JoJo is asleep for this. We can barely look!

JoJo tells Kris Nixon his tragic Story

Little horse, Big Dreams

Up for Adoption



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Houdini is a hand-some Missouri

Foxtrotter. He had a long ca-reer with the

U.S. Forest Ser-vice. He is really

smo-o-o-th and great for trails

and pleasure riding, but is

somewhat barn bound.

Tiger is a 5-6 year old and is almost ready to be ridden. He still has

trust issues, but has come a long way since being gelded.

Triveni is a handsome 11 year old Thor-oughbred Gelding who won over $300,000 racing. He had colic surgery Oct. 2011 and has been ridden lightly since. Re-quires a very experienced rider.

Billie Holliday

is an at-tractive

14 HH mare who

can be ridden

English or Western

pleasure. She is

good on the trail,

but not for rank

beginners. She would

not be happy in

speed or jumping events.

Visit our website: www.rockymountainhorserescue.org and call (303) 424-0037 for changes in adoptable horses

New horses coming in!

Six year old Reprieve is a

thoroughbred race mare who

was rescued out of the kill pen. Now that

she has re-gained her health and

strength, we will work on

her rehabilita-tion under sad-dle as a pleas-ure horse or ?

Tommy is an 8-9 year old Arabian gelding, 14.3 HH, green broke in Aug. 2012. He is being ridden at a walk, trot and canter by a trainer. He needs a very experienced rider to reach his full poten-

Mariah is a tall 11 year old Thor-oughbred mare who requires an excel-lent rider. She usually exhibits great stable man-ners, but can “freak out” at times.

Hope has many issues in trusting

people. She is 8 or 9 years old and does

have a slight breathing problem

from an indenta-tion on her face.

Cute as a bug, Hope needs a very under-

standing and pa-tient adopter.



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Free Use of Rescue Equipment

Large Animal Lift Used to lift a down (recumbent) horse to get it on its feet—e.g. out of a ditch or off a road. The LAL can be applied by one or two people in as little as five minutes to a horse with little or no sedation.

The LAL can be put on from the back negating the chance of getting kicked by flailing legs. The LAL is designed to maintain an animal on its feet for short periods.

The Anderson Sling Available in large, medium, and foal sizes. The sling uses straps, pads and pulleys to lift and sup-

Provided by Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue/ Bini Abbott, 9190 Alkire St., Arvada, CO 80005, (303) 424-0037, www.rockymountainhorserescue.org

Equipment available to rescue by helicopter

Barbaro being supported in an Anderson Sling

Glide with Slipsheets

For sliding a recumbent horse out of a field or into a stall

or trailer.

We rescued a horse out of a swim-ming pool with our sling

We offer training sessions on the use of the rescue equipment to veterinarians,

firemen, policemen, animal control officers and any other interested individuals.

The Dura-Pik Tripod Shown supporting “Lucky” – the practice horse model for training personnel in the use and application of the rescue equipment—made available by Horses Forever, contact S h i r l e y H o f f m a n ( 3 0 3 ) 6 5 1 - 3 0 7 0 o r www.horsesforever.org, email at [email protected].

port a horse while shifting his weight to his skeletal structure rather than pressure points. May be used long term, but only for several hours a day.

Come visit our website: www.rockymountainhorserescue.org

♦ Daisy Shepherd – in honor of Donna Rae Pugh ♦ Kim McCampbell – in honor of my father,

Larry Gupta ♦ Tracy James – in honor of the dedicated service

of Dr. Lois Toll and Littleton Equine Medical Center

Memorials ♦ Alice Gilborn in memory of Cee (Cynthia) Wolf ♦ Dennis & Michael Moore in memory of Candy

Epstein ♦ Pam & Gary Harding in memory of our dear

friend Louise Turner, we will miss her so much ♦ Kylea Taylor – in memory of the valiant mare

who saved my Grandmother’s life ♦ Dave & Shirley Thomas – in memory of Cody Honoraria ♦ Collette Carey in honor of her godmother Alice

Mary Drew, “a true horse lover” ♦ Marilyn Pipkin – in honor of Marie Hackett ♦ Rachel Weaver – in honor of Kristi & Lori Sea-

well, Suellen & Claire Walker, Leslie Farnham, Heidi Schmutz, Roxanne & Brooks Bergner, Judy Smith, Katie & Jana Thomas and Clint & Kelly Buringa

♦ Dru Anderson – in honor of Ashlee Tenn

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Fledgling Barn Owl – Photo by Melanie Hood

Owls Volunteers and visitors really enjoyed owl sightings at the Rescue this year. Two great horned owls took up residence in our hay barn and our pair of barn owls successfully raised three babies who practiced their flying and shrieking skills in the indoor arena.

After a hard day’s work grooming and shoveling, several volunteers would return at dusk to observe the barn owl parents and babies. Melanie Hood took this great picture of this fledgling staring back at the humans staring at it.

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A close up of how Cushings affects the coat of Jasmine

Jasmine & Irene Some of our volunteers will have a favorite among our rescues and spend extra time with their special friend (even though we love them all, we certainly love some more than others).

Irene Coleman has always loved our Cushings mare, Jasmine. She would bring her special treats and braid her unruly forelock to keep it away from her eyes.

Horses with Cushings will have a long hair coat which doesn’t shed in the spring or summer. Irene decided to use scissors over Jasmine’s whole body—what a monumental task.

Kudos to Irene for giving 30 plus year old Jasmine a more comfortable summer!

Irene Coleman demonstrates how she cut off Jasmines

Long hair coat

Jasmine with her full summer (winter) coat

Dr. Haley Burke says Goodbye to Sadie Jane and Cheyenne before they leave for

their forever home

Dr. Steve Long power floats Lonesome’s teeth

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What to our wondering eyes should appear? But four pinto prairie dog babies running around with-out fear. We had never seen such odd looking crea-tures before. We found out that they were a prod-uct of a form of mutation called leucism. This mu-

tation is a result of pigment cells failing to develop in either the entire body surface or on patches of the body. More common than a complete absence of pigment cells is incomplete pigmentation caus-ing irregular patches of white on an animal which has normal colors on the rest of the body. This mutation can occur not only between generations, but between different offspring from the same parents, and even between members of the same litter. Leucism has been noted in horses, cows, cats and dogs as well as many other species. Three of the four leucistic prairie dogs appeared to be from different litters since their dens were 100s of feet apart from each other, and their white

patches all differed in their individual patterns. Only two babies were marked almost exactly alike. As of November 2012, only on fat pinto baby had survived. Our volunteers would report on daily sightings as they arrived at the ranch from the

south. Prairie dogs are prey for hawks, coyotes and eagles; they are also vulnerable to cars and trucks speeding past our land.

Speaking of eagles, for many years, we have en-joyed watching a bald eagle nest a mile north of the ranch. This year, the eagles raised two babies who would fly over to our land and then land and beg for food from their parents. Although they flew

fairly well, their walking skills were awful! They would stagger around on the ground looking like drunken sailors. Both the eagles and pinto prairie dogs were on the same area in our south 20 acres. Our volunteers and visitors loved seeing the bald eagles fly by and even land on the telephone pole near our house and indoor arena. Hopefully, both birds and beasts will survive to see another year.

A fledgling eagle can fly far better than it can walk

A coyote holds his prey while a magpie hopes for leftovers

A coyote saunters through a horse pen and stops to look

after hearing the click of the camera (notice the prairie

dog in the upper right corner looking at the coyote-)

A baby bald eagle begs for food

November 2012, one pinto prairie dog still surviving

A pair of pinto prairie dogs

A bald eagle parent on the pole right in front of our

indoor arena

Wildlife Visitors

Two red tail hawk babies peer out of their nest while their parents scream at us from

above

A swarm of bees attach to one of our fence poles

William Hollingsworth – 3 horse trailer with living quarters, 12 corral panels Connie Caruso – multiple bags of horse treats, mini horse blankets, misc tack Dave Bell – wheelbarrow, pitchfork, rake, hay cubes Irene Coleman – big bag of treats Suzanne Yoder – packs of forever stamps, truffles for volunteers Jen Scheurer – treats, horse feed, tack, paid for a farrier for Triveni Cindy & Kristin Fuqua – fly spray, treats, hay cubes, rakes, grooming tools Jim Wilson – saddle, bridle, pad Candy Epstein Estate – dressage saddle Colleen Ryan – kid’s saddle, leg wraps, tack Nickie Collins – showsheen, polish, cowboy magic, more Cheryl Murl – saddlebred equipment, saddle, tack, supplies Jack & Jeri Davis – saddle, shipping boots, grooming tools, halters, hobbles, saddle stand, misc tack, wooden stirrups Margaret Blaha – saddle, salt block, mosquito donuts Kris Nixon – plaque for the Lauretta Boyd Charitable Trust barn Mary Wolf – show driving harness, 14 bits, blankets, tons of tack, riding clothes Loren & Dar Klimek – 43 bales alfalfa, tack, blanket, supplies left over from Little Britches Rodeo Melanie Hood – manure rakes, treats Carolyn Kavinsky – flymasks, fly sheets, saddle pads, clothes, tons of tack, blankets, buckets, more Jesse Heimer – bridles, misc tack Gisela Lefor – many bags of senior feed and carrots Chris Simms – loads of supplements and medications Contributors – Manpower Billy Santiago, Marie Hackett, Melanie Hood, Betsy Alves, Jan & Ellen Pelton, Paul Kornafel, Meade Ab-bott, Haley Burke, Stacy Warwick, Mark Husmann, Angela Johnson, Marty & Pat & Kris Glapa, Leighona Bernstein, Ellie Wilkins, Toni Rautus, Alana Byrne, Terry Michel, John Sharp, Rob & Kris Nixon, Marga-ret Blaha, John Krol, Randy Kerr, Pat Spetz, Irene Coleman, Kate Corcoran, Mary Norden, Jean Galla-gher, Connie Caruso, The Cory Job Family, Cindy & Kirsten Fuqua, Jen Scheurer, Jodi Connelly, Jen Congedo, Elisa Bilby, Jess Heimer, Kari Arvisais, Joan McMenamin, Robyn Grant, Megan Brothers, Angela Johnson, Rusty Shank, Cathy Gilbert, Liz Celis,

Our heartfelt thanks to our generous contributors. You have given us your time, talent, supplies, cash and even moral support since 2004. We wouldn’t be successful without you! Cash Contributors—Dec. 2011 - Nov. 2012 Up to 50 :: Mindy Miller, Janice Eckhardt Miriam Paisner, Wilson Dennehy, Kathy Davis, J.P. Garscin, Carrie Olson, Patricia Rothdiener, Paula Brown, Helen Gridley, George Horgan, Edward Allen Kohlhepp, Betty Manolakis, Liz J. Olde, R.T. (Ruth) Schrock, Daisy Shepherd, Ray Wilson, Lynn Wyman, Irene Coleman, Lucille Zaffree, Aura Ayler 50+ :: Jen & Jack Davis, Carolyn & Michael Gahar, Celeste Marsh, Fred Mimmack, M.D., Donnis & Mi-chael Moore, Becky Osborne, Ellen Pelton, Frederica (Fritzi) Riahi, Fran Sisler, Pat Spetz, Lois Toll (Illinois), Ed Tomlinson, Charles & Diane Wiese, Glenna & Mike Day 100+ :: Dru Anderson, Carolann Besch, Christopher Carmichael, CO Equine Vet Services, Barbara Collett, Suzi Conrad, Jane Desserich, Ben & Laurie Duke, Jennifer Flynn, Marie Frederickson, Roxy Goss, Chris Green, Christine Hancock, Pamela & Gary Harding, Shawn Harris, Bette Heller, Cathy Hupka, Carolyn Kavinsky, William J Keller, Mary Miklos, Jennifer Pes-nell, Stef & Marilynn Pipkin, Jane Rose, Lisa Schneck, Shirley & Dave Thomas, Linda Vellman, Bobby White, Walt Williams, Peg & Marsh Link, Chuck Spinella, Mark & Leni Striegnitz, Carole Kenney 200+ :: Kendra Alcock, Pat Burnett, Elizabeth Certain, CO Fall Charity Horse Show, Melissa Cromwell, Bar-bara & Don Daniel, Jennifer Duffy, Alice Gilborn, Marie Hackett, Emily Heitzmann, Malcolm & Maude Mann, Kim McCampbell, Mary and Will Norden, Ashley Ogden, Sharon Regan, Dena Schlutz, Judy Smith (Colorado), Suzy Sweitzer, Nikki Kylea Taylor, Rachael Weaver, Catherine Anderson, Maude Duke, Valerie Layman, Candy Owen 300+ :: Heidi Schmutz, Jan Wilkins, Chad & Phyllis Chapman, Kathy DeLaPaz, Melanie Hood 500+ :: Michelle McDaniel & Colleen Ryan, Mary Wolf 1,000+ :: Tracy James, Elizabeth B. Taylor 8,500+ :: Lauretta Boyd Charitable Trust 10,000+ :: The Harold and Mary Shaw Foundation Contributors – Items Marie Hackett – stamps, flycatchers, chew stop Alaina Richards – four bags of beet pulp & alfalfa pellets Jana Easy – seat warmer, saddle pad, splint boots

Thank You Contributors!



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Life on The Ranch

Bini Abbott loads manure into our archaic manure spreader

pulled by our ’55 truck

Hannah Ballinger, Kris Pipkin, Tanya Fairclough, Mekaela Flag-eolle, Mackenzie & Kelsie John-son, Jeremy Beegles, Kaelyn Davidson, Cari Kalamaya, Ashley Powell, Jenny Alsberg Safehomers/Foster Care Givers Kris Nixon, Pat Burnett, Stacy Warwick, Wendy Haas, Colleen Ryan, Laura Gill, Eunice Baer, Jill & John Milton Transporters Laura Gill, Kris Nixon, Wendy Haas, Colleen Ryan, Eunice Baer

Our fertilized field

Sunset at the ranch

Our Wonderful Volunteers



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Paul Kornafel works on one of our horse sheds after the roof metal blew off

Toni Rautus (our bird authority) cleans Billie Holliday’s pen

Robyn Grant grooms Houdini until he shines

Kirsten and Cindy Fuqua groom Bobby upon arrival

Kris Nixon helps Reprieve forget her racing background

John Sharp caught lying down on the job while repairing a shed roof

Our wonderful neighbor and friend, Randy Kerr, operates our swather to cut our hay Jen Scheurer

exercises Triveni in a hackamore

Mark Husmann exer-cises our foxtrotter,

Houdini

Liz Celis takes out Houdini for a session of grooming and

grazing

Melanie Hood and Marie Hackett prepare to clean our

donated horse trailer com-plete with living quarters

Randy Kerr repairs puff the magic wagon

Our Wonderful Volunteers



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Alana Byrne exercises our 27 year old Morgan—Bobbie

Loren and Dar Klimek deliver and unload leftover hay from the Elks sponsored

Little Britches Roadeo in Evergreen. They also donated numerous items left behind

by competitors

Rob Nixon helps on the ranch

Elisa Bilby works with formerly starved Tiger

Marie Hackett and Kris Pipkin shore up a shed in need of

repair

Ellen Pelton (from NM) and daughter Jan smile after ex-

ercising Little Bit

Our granddaughter Alex Abbott helps out while visiting from California

Betsy Alves and Granddaugh-ters Mackenzie and Kelsie Johnson groom Little Bit

Connie Caruso holds JoJo while Jean Gallagher trims his feet

Jeff Marshall “bites the dust” (literally) while holding down the drag in the outside arena as

Margaret Blaha stays dirt free driving her truck

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HOOFPRINTS & LETTERS

Silver has only been here a few days, but he is improving rapidly. This 19 year old Thoroughbred will probably be a companion

only.

100 Days later

on Arrival

Tinkerbell is a cute 13 HH mare who just arrived at our rescue.

Said to be “well broke”. She would also make a great com-

panion for a human or a horse.

Whiskey is an aged gelding who can be ridden for trail or pleas-

ure.

Chance—Quarterhorse

Stallion Adoptable Adoptable Not Yet Adoptable

Documents

Hoofprints & Letters - Rocky Mountain Horse Rescuerockymountainhorserescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/RMHR... · assumed they were young stunted geldings. ... too blurry to read