President’s Message

Summer 2012

Newsletter

H.O.R.S.E. of CT, Inc. 43 Wilbur Rd, Washington, Ct 06777, 860-868-1960, www.horseofct.org

President’s Message

Our Newest Challenge

1

Horses available for

adoption

2

Beat the Heat

Vet treatments

Hot Rods & Horses

3

Calendar of Events

Gifts

4

Justice For Wilbur

Thanks

5

Farm Fodder

Three Stallions

6

Wish List/Donations

Change of Address

card

7

Mission Statement 8

Inside this issue:

HUMANE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING SUFFERING EQUINES

Spotlight

New Arrivals

Justice for

Wilbur & Shiloh!

Cooper & But-

terscotch have

been adopted!

Car Show

coming up!

“You are responsible forever for what you have tamed.” ~ Antoine de St. Expury

Volume 31 Issue 2

Our Newest Challenge

gift of $30,000 from the

family that started the Sam-

my Fund in honor of their

daughter, who loved hors-

es. We now have $10,000

left to raise.

It has been a long time

dream of ours to have a

covered area for the horses

& with your help we can

make that dream come

true.

Please give whatever you

can. While we know this is

not a necessity to help the

horses survive it will make

their lives & ours easier in

many ways.

I have great news! We’ve

been awarded a $100,000

grant to build an enclosed

arena from the John T. &

Jane A. Wiederhold Foun-

dation, which was estab-

lished by Jane to honor her

husband by assisting non-

profit organizations with the

care of animals.

Having the arena will allow

us to host our many events

no matter what the weath-

er, & more importantly, pro-

vide consistency in training

for the horses year round.

In order to receive the grant

we have to raise an addi-

tional $40,000. At this time,

we have procured a lovely

Please help us make our dream of

having this structure a reality!

Patty Wahlers, President

Endora & two new friends

enjoy their time together at

our July volunteer day.

Endora on her latest visit with her S.E.N.I.ORS

friends in June– she could do so more often in

the cool comfort of the of the arena, should

we raise the needed funds!

Bronson & rider Val

Francisco, during our

June horse showing.

Horses available for Adoption

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H.O.R.S.E. of CT See our website for specific information on each horse & adoption requirements

Celebrating 30+ years

Caramel, 15.2 H

20 yr. PMU Draft Mare

Sweet Pea 16.2 H

12 yr. Draft Cross Mare

Jack, 18.3 H

12 yr. Percheron Cross Gelding

Wilbur, 14.3 H

28 yr. Standard bred Gelding

Dara, 15.3 H

32 yr. Connemara Mare

Lacey 15.2 H

12 yr. PMU Qtr./Draft Mare

Breezy, 13.3 H

21 yr. Mustang Mare

Blondie, 16.2 H

24 yr. TB/Qtr. X Gelding

Charlie, 16.1H

17 yr. Qtr./X Gelding

Bow, 16 H

20 yr. Standard bred Mare

Justice 15.1 H

4 yr. Quarter Horse Gelding

Victory 15.3

8 yr. Quarter Horse Gelding

Alabama, 15 H

21 yr. Morgan Gelding

Dinero, 17 H

6yr Appaloosa. Gelding

Bronson, 17 H

8 yr. PMU Draft Gelding

Roxy 15.2 H

11 yr. Paint Cross Mare

Bayla, 14.3 H

Espirit, 16 H

25yr TB/Qtr. Gelding

Starr 14 H

8 yr. Morgan-Arab Gelding

Butterscotch

That time of year again...

water or many horses will not

drink.

Since horses have a higher muscle

ratio they produce more heat.

They also can not readily evapo-

rate the excess sweat that they

produce, so they do not cool well.

Hosing horses down if they are

overly sweaty is an excellent idea,

however, scraping them off after-

ward is an imperative. Not doing so

can also cause over heating when

the water reheats. The best meth-

od is to hose, scrape, then hose &

scrape again.

Keeping horses healthy & safe in

hot weather is a challenge but you

can meet that challenge success-

fully with knowledge & planning!

Local veterinarians recently stated

that horses can live outdoors dur-

ing summer 24/7 so long as ade-

quate forage, fresh cool water &

shade are provided.

Before summer hits its peak it is

very important you have horses

checked by their vet for any issues

such as lack of sweating, called

anhidrosis. This condition can be

severe & cause heavy breathing &

when over heated, internal dam-

age to organs.

For those times when horses are

standing out of the shade, fly

sheets with UV protection work

well to help shield horses from the

sun’s rays & biting insects, without

making them even hotter.

Because flies & biting insects are

so abundant it is also recommend-

ed that fly masks & sprays are

used to stop watering eyes, risk of

infection & even corneal ulcers

from animals rolling in the sand to

dislodge insects & stop itching.

It is also important to shield light

colored & light eyed animals from

UV rays in order that they do not

develop skin or eye cancers.

Dehydration is another real dan-

ger. An 1100 lb. horse needs a

minimum of 4-9 gallons per day at

rest. Adding electrolytes to feed is

helpful to encourage drinking & to

replace important minerals lost

through sweating. It is also very

important to make sure that buck-

ets are very clean & filled with cool

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H.O.R.S.E. of CT Celebrating 30+ years

Hot Rods & Horses Fundraiser

Check out the hot rides that go both zoom & neigh, at H.O.R.S.E. of CT! All

proceeds from your $5 donation at the gate will benefit the horses!

Horses:

if God made

anything more

beautiful he kept

it for himself~

unknown

The “boys”, Justice, Victory &

Starr were gelded after their

arrival at the farm. They are

all “calming down” as the

days pass & are available for

adoption “green.”

Wicked took a spill &

“opened up” his ankle. He is

recovering well after surgery

to debride the area.

Victory shown here after

approx. 8 weeks of proper

care.

Calendar of Events July to December 2012

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Pretty Pony sponsorship includes a cute stuffed

horse plus a visit with one of our horses. $25

o

T-shirts w/front logo $15 sizes S-XXL

Handmade Necklace featuring one of

our horses Only $12

July 21-10am-2pm Horse Seminar . Vet, farrier, training demonstrations, feed & hay sup-

pliers to answer your questions. $10 per person (call the farm for details 860-868-1960)

July 27 & 28 Come see our booth at the New Milford Fair Days!

July 29 10am -4pm Hot Rods & Horses Car, Motorcycle & Truck Show at the Farm!

Aug 11-2-4 pm-Horse Showing . Come see horses available for adoption in hand & un-

der saddle

Aug 25–11am-3pm Volunteer Picnic/Adopter’s Reunion– bring your swim suits, towels &

photos of your horses to share

Oct 6 –9am-4pm-Volunteer Day-cleaning/fixing, time with the horses, lunch served!

Bring your tools if you have them, use ours if you don’t.

Oct 13-Hallloween Dance, Plainville VFW Hall 6:30-11:00 pm, $10 per ticket, refresh-

ments included-tickets will be available at the farm

Dec 8-10-3pm-Holiday Open House. Come celebrate the holiday season with the hors-

es. Pony rides, boutique, tack & bake sales, Hourly tours. Don’t forget the carrots! Snow

date will be Dec 9

Gifts

Visit our web store, e-mail horseofct@gmail.com or call the farm & we’ll ship the items below

direct to you or a special someone !

H.O.R.S.E. of CT

A grant, along with a little help

from our veteran heroes, made

it possible to put in new fenc-

ing & gates in the center turn-

out/shed area !

Many thanks to the CT

Dressage Association!

They were kind enough

to collect blankets, tack

& supplies for us! What

we could not use our-

selves was used in the

tack sale to raise funds

for the horses.

The Horse:

Friendship

without envy;

Beauty without

vanity; Nobility

without conceit;

A willing

partner, yet no

slave.

~ unknown

Celebrating 30+ years

American Made Sweatshirts Front shown above w/white

logo on bac $32 each limited sizes M-XL

Sadly, Shiloh could not be saved

& was euthanized . While it was

touch & go for a while, Wilbur

has gained over 200 pounds

since last August & is thriving.

We are happy to report that he

is now available for adoption.

Jeffrey Harris entered guilty

pleas to two misdemeanor ani-

mal cruelty charges on June 13,

2012. He has been sentenced to

two, one-year jail terms, sus-

pended after 45 days, & he will

be on probation for two years for

his crimes. While it is not what

we had hoped for, it is far more

than what most other owners

have been charged with or have

had to serve in the past.

We are grateful for the state &

local town agencies & the prose-

cutor who followed through & did

not drop charges against this

man.

A guilty plea has ended the ani-

mal cruelty case from last sum-

mer that the state filed against

Jeffrey Harris, the owner of Har-

ris Farm, where both Wilbur &

Shiloh once lived. He had been

arrested after animal control

officers found both horses nearly

dead last August & H.O.R.S.E. of

CT was called see if they could

be rescued.

Our Horses Thank...

Molly Guglielmino who collected

$1535.00 for our horses in lieu of

birthday gifts for herself! This is the

2nd year she has done so.

Abigail Morris, also collected mon-

ey in lieu of birthday gifts that she

then donated to the horses.

The Nest Daycare & Learning Cen-

ter, of Long Meadow School, do-

nated the $290 proceeds from their

lollipop sales to H.O.R.S.E.

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Lynn Kelly helps treat Wil-

bur’s recent abscess with

hot & cold packs. She

drove from Danbury to

treat him several times

per week. Now he is fully

healed thanks to Lynn!

H.O.R.S.E. of CT

events. & Dawn for redesigning our

newsletter.

Deb Danowski for an excellent job

in doing our press releases & vol-

unteer articles seen in recent news-

papers.

Maureen Pratt for donating her time

& energy to do our horse laundry.

All the readers in The Voices News

who donated $3200 for the care of

the stallions.

Never doubt that

a small group

of concerned

citizens can

change the

world. Indeed,

it’s the only thing

that

ever has.

~Margaret Mead

Lauren Kalil shown here

with Dara, is one of the

students from Sacred Heart

that have been taking a

media class & helping

HORSE while doing so.

Celebrating 30+ years

Mark Stern & Stern Assoc. for

donating their CPA services

Joan Moreno & Annie Grills for

designing our past newsletters.

Margo Palma a contributing writer

for newsletters, along with Joyce

Corr, for donations of apples, fold-

ing, taping & sorting newsletters.

Dawn & Leo Hill for setting up/

taking down booths at all our

Justice for Wilbur & Shiloh

Wilbur’s pasture-mate, Shiloh,

was not as fortunate as Wilbur.

She had to be euthanized when

volunteers could not get her to

stand & into the trailer.

Wilbur above a few days after

his arrival at the farm. Mark

Calrson floats his teeth

Above, a healthy & happy Wilbur

poses for the camera on a crisp

fall day.

Jack & Caramel take a break

from their hard work of

“trimming” their field. It is a

very difficult task but they

are happy to oblige!

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The three “stallions” a few days after their arrival. They are now the three geldings!

H.O.R.S.E. of CT Celebrating 30+ years

JUSTICE, VICTORY & STARR

Three Stallions

Three sad young stallions we were

Without any love, without any care;

The buckets were empty, the hay cribs bare.

The coat is itchy, burrs in our hair;

The ribs start to show – our spirits are low.

Then one day – is it a dream?

Visitors arrive, a busy human team

Touching & petting, probing & talking

Before we know it we are walking

Into a trailer – where are we going?

To a place of our own to run & to roam?

YES, we arrive at a beautiful farm

Where everyone is so kind, friendly & calm,

Regular feeding, clean, cool water to drink

Is this really happening? We can’t even think.

We are at a place

where they rub our noses & kiss our face

Where there is green grass, trees, shade & sun

- to graze, to play & to run.

A shed to hide from storms or just rest & nap.

We have truly landed in luxury’s lap.

Then - the daily routine has begun.

Grooming, walking, hugging & checking the feet

The vets do what vets do to determine our need.

Yet, sometimes our wildness still comes through

And crashing the gate & wrecking the fence

Are hardly the right things to do.

But we promise that we will try to be good, we

really do.

Horse friends around us, curious watching with

big eyes,

who are these new unruly guys

they seem to say

And keep on grazing with a friendly neigh.

We thank our rescuers, they are the best by far.

Your grateful horse children,

Farm Fodder by M. Palma

Starr shown here fully re-

covered & on his first trail

ride with Miss Gracie

When God created the

horse, he said to the

magnificent creature:

“I have made thee as

no other. All the

treasures of the earth

lie between thy eyes.

Thy shalt carry my

friends upon thy

back. Thy saddle shall

be the seat of prayers

to me. And thou shalt

fly without wings, &

conquer without

sword; oh horse.”

Justice under saddle with

rider Emily Slosson in the

saddle. Justice is just be-

ginning his training.

Gift Cards for:

Blue Seal Feed

Agway

State Line Tack

Dover Saddlery

Horse Treats

Supplements for joints

Electrolytes

Mane & Tail Conditioner

Cowboy Magic, etc.

Fly Spray

Swat

Jelly Scrubbers

Spray Bottles

Plastic Blanket Containers

Rakes & Forks

The “Big Cart” (Stateline Tack)

Shavings

3 Rail Fencing

Hay-1st & 2nd cutting

10 & 12 Ft. Tube Gates

Breakaway Halters

Lead Lines

Waterproof Rain Sheets

(sizes 68-90)

*Waterproof Winter Blankets

(size 68-90)

Leg wraps

*Fly Masks with ears

(pony to draft sizes)

Gravel for drainage

Tube Wormers

Zimecterin, Zimecterin

Gold, Strongid & Ivermectrin Paste

Veterinary Antiseptic Cream

Vet Wraps

Medicine Boots

Funding for prescription drugs

Prescription medications:

Banamine, Bute,

Antibiotics, Pergoliide

Bandage Scissors

4x4 Gauze squares

Needs & Wishes

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Donations

$50

$25

$10

$75

Name

Address

E-mail

$100

$250

$1000

$500

Please send check or money order to:

HORSE of CT, 43 Wilbur Rd, Washington, CT 06777

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H.O.R.S.E. of CT

Many thanks for our new

donation box made by

Ronnie Cosban with let-

tering donated by Pine-

man sign Co both of

New Milford.

Butterscotch & Cooper

shown here with new

“mom” Deb Danowski in

their beautiful new home!

Celebrating 30+ years

Mission Statement The Humane Organization Representing Suffering Equines (H.O.R.S.E.) of Connecticut, Inc. is a non-profit, 501c3, all-volunteer organization dedicated to the rescue & rehabilitation of abused & neglected horses & ponies. H.O.R.S.E. is funded through sponsorship programs, member/outside donations, grants & fundraisers conducted throughout the year. The MISSION STATEMENT of H.O.R.S.E. of CT. is as follows:

In accordance with our financial & physical capabilities we are committed:

To rescue, shelter, protect, provide medical & grooming care to abandoned, abused, neglect-ed & starving horses & ponies, geldings, stallions, rehabilitate the animals & find suitable, caring, permanent homes.

To be & remain a horse rescue organization where horses accepted into the shelter will re-main in the care & the sole responsibility of H.O.R.S.E. Inc.

To raise funds enabling us to support our ongoing rescue, shelter & rehabilitation efforts.

To prevent cruelty to & promote the humane & ethical treatment of horses, ponies & animals in general.

To assist individuals & families with problems concerning horses.

To guide & educate the public in the humane & proper care of horses & ponies.

H.O.R.S.E. of CT. Inc. was founded in 1981 & moved to its permanent home in Washington, CT in 1995. It is staffed by Patty Wahlers, the founder & president & a team of volunteers who share their dedication to & love of the beautiful horse. H.O.R.S.E. will intervene on behalf of suffering equines by providing relief, recovery, shelter & rehabilitation. Once a horse is physically & mentally rehabilitated, we then begin the process of seeking a loving, permanent adoptive home. All respective adoptive homes are carefully screened. We require a contract that guarantees that the horse shall not be bred or sold. Adopting one of our hors-es is a lifetime commitment. H.O.R.S.E. is open to he public for tours of the facility most days of the year. Each year we host several thousand visitors at the spacious farm that is located in beautiful Litchfield County.

Wicked receives a Reiki

treatment post surgery

from volunteer Dawn Hill.

“You are responsible forever for what you have tamed.” ~ Antoine de St. Expury

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Washington, CT 06777

Www.horseofct.org

Phone: 860-868-1960

E-mail: horsectinfo@gmail.com

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