tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42209537670904646082024-03-13T11:40:30.574-05:00DoubleHP at New Hope Horse ShelterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger285125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-89778707412183955342023-11-05T13:08:00.001-06:002023-11-05T13:13:16.381-06:00Thank you Beal Distributing<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> Thank you to Beal Distributing of Sioux Falls, SD, for sponsoring our new sign. Thank you Dan and Greg for getting it hung up so professionally! 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Which is a huge job every winter but extra huge this year. Horses and humans here are all very happy to have barns. It helps immensely with everything. there are many more photos from today on our facebook page. Greg took the tractor snowblower out and made a freeway for the horses to exercise on. Mostly we just wanted you to know we are all OK.<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-22005706825105064132022-07-12T09:57:00.006-05:002022-07-12T10:09:17.737-05:002nd Annual Bonanza Fundraiser and Charity Auction July 28, 2022, at Critters in Crooks<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWtLuSHWRBWRmF_XkoPrZtJJlNMsWEc4_QI8O_92TGXRufNEkVZPzIGxHws2G7Oy8CKJWbv7XlWNWR8zQXxnW9pDCy_pA0Vz2xjC8E0PLqtmk641Rvs5dNM4XBxnf63ZM0rdR-1X-uq9kvxJ5OPl4ogu1mZPyG2cZV8Q0Mcy7gJyOJ5hLmtSIqKje-A/s526/bonanzalogo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="526" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWtLuSHWRBWRmF_XkoPrZtJJlNMsWEc4_QI8O_92TGXRufNEkVZPzIGxHws2G7Oy8CKJWbv7XlWNWR8zQXxnW9pDCy_pA0Vz2xjC8E0PLqtmk641Rvs5dNM4XBxnf63ZM0rdR-1X-uq9kvxJ5OPl4ogu1mZPyG2cZV8Q0Mcy7gJyOJ5hLmtSIqKje-A/s320/bonanzalogo.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><br /><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/688210445779171/?active_tab=discussion">Link to Bonanza Event Page here</a><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-74301650242282894922022-02-15T12:27:00.005-06:002022-05-11T11:48:27.428-05:00<p> Mainstream Boutique at Dawley Farms in Sioux Falls is having a fundraiser for us Thursday Friday Saturday. <span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1259335351221613/?active_tab=discussion">link to the fundraiser</a> </span></p><p>Meredith Opstad from Mainstream Boutique brought out a mannequin with some of their beautiful clothes. The horses loved it, especially Roman who got a little too personal with the white hat.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtyUks4YgcPYWiLkBheDZg82zgc_8oJUoeF-XpbRzx95DbpKVMX3cMXlAJDMiYqXfTHlOq9K3rM4Lv1ZJQWORswMJyaxZCpLv-o8Ua-6HAzGJGb7fMWKpji1lhdt0gN2tyBYXy-ZU-YKQEEofjftNEKSsM23fVBXo8EEyMEUya_f89xDMgHpUlhveueQ=s3302" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3302" data-original-width="2823" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtyUks4YgcPYWiLkBheDZg82zgc_8oJUoeF-XpbRzx95DbpKVMX3cMXlAJDMiYqXfTHlOq9K3rM4Lv1ZJQWORswMJyaxZCpLv-o8Ua-6HAzGJGb7fMWKpji1lhdt0gN2tyBYXy-ZU-YKQEEofjftNEKSsM23fVBXo8EEyMEUya_f89xDMgHpUlhveueQ=s320" width="274" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWO9XQqbOAs5Wx0RBRwL7GhoYPfTH0aNYx4Q40XymEwB622m8QSsjxVhbTzxgO9n0EulaQAfzdn7h8gMIMnLt4tslL4dmIKgrfPZcIHnjoucpcqhCLm1laRHOFw5S4Y2GDTTsaiG4DJXM0Vb7ZIo88Q8GG1SP5qxZ8LtVcz1Iw6AlDFwvXYtHMb1fMqw=s2784" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2724" data-original-width="2784" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWO9XQqbOAs5Wx0RBRwL7GhoYPfTH0aNYx4Q40XymEwB622m8QSsjxVhbTzxgO9n0EulaQAfzdn7h8gMIMnLt4tslL4dmIKgrfPZcIHnjoucpcqhCLm1laRHOFw5S4Y2GDTTsaiG4DJXM0Vb7ZIo88Q8GG1SP5qxZ8LtVcz1Iw6AlDFwvXYtHMb1fMqw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-1914142640999181742022-01-06T19:24:00.001-06:002022-01-07T07:41:45.020-06:00Ah there's nothing like a barn<p>It's that time of the year. COLD! I've been getting links and shares and such on my facebook page, about "expert advice" on how to take care of our horses in South Dakota this winter. okay, number one, let's make sure we know this: horse care in winter South Dakota is different from horse care in winter Texas. Some of the articles I read really surprise me. South Dakotans trying to decide if their horses need blankets or not. With no mention of putting them in a barn. </p><p>Dear everyone: it is okay, it is highly recommended, it is first-choice, to have a barn for your horses in South Dakota. Even if your barn is not heated, it is way warmer in there than it is outside. And you can still blanket your horses when they are in the barn. </p><p>Now, if you don't have a barn for your horses, which still is hard for me to understand in South Dakota, yes, of course you should put blankets on your horses. Good grief! Freezing is still freezing, even if they are horses. And this morning was minus double digits, withOUT figuring in windchill. And it was windy.</p><p>I don't have much problem with the articles that are written. There is some good info. in there about feeding extra when it's cold, making sure your water doesn't freeze, different weights of blankets, etc. I just wish it would be clearly stated that "this article is for horses that don't have barns." If the article has a title something like "how to take care of your horses in a South Dakota winter," shouldn't there at least be an option for putting them in the barn? Actually it shouldn't be an option when it's this cold. It should be common sense, automatic, understood, that the horses are going in the barn when it's this cold and windy. Certainly, the barn is the best option when it's this cold. </p><p>However, there are still a lot of South Dakotans who don't have a barn for their horses. Why? hmmmmm. why do you think?</p><p>When we started our rescue 20 years ago, we spent a lot of time talking to other rescues throughout the nation, and to veterinarians, barn managers, etc. When we wrote our "adoption application and contract" and our "care requirements," it was always our intention to set an example with very high standards of horse care. To be better than the average. I mean, anyone can go buy a little skinny horse for a few bucks and throw it out in a field with some hay and say they "rescued" it. But we have always wanted to be better than average for sure, and mostly with very high care standards.</p><p>And so, when we were doing a lot of rescuing, rehabbing, and adopting out, we never adopted out a horse to anyone who could not provide proper shelter for that horse. We knew there were a lot of South Dakotans without barns. But we have always promoted the common sense idea that it would be better to have a barn than to have no barn, if you have horses in South Dakota. And so that has always been written in our care requirements. No, not everyone could adopt a horse from us. We have always had strong principles regarding proper shelter for horses, and we have not backed down on that , even though we know we could do more adoptions with weaker care requirements. That's not the point. At all.. Even if it's not a real "barn," a building with an open door that the horses can go in and out of is great; at least the horses can stay dry and stay out of the wind. We do not consider your standard "3-sided shed" to be adequate shelter. What happens when it's open to the south, and the wind is from the south? Not much protection then. The forecast for tomorrow, for example, is well below zero in the a.m. with winds 15-20 mph from the SSE. So our little 3-sided shed that opens to the South isn't going to do much good.</p><p>I know there are a lot of horses living in South Dakota without a barn. I know that. I don't understand it, but I know it is true. </p><p>So, the articles written about how to blanket and feed, etc., for horses that don't have barns, are good for those horse owners. But we still hope they have a plan for how, someday soon, they will be able to build a barn for their horses. Because that's better than not having a barn for horses in a South Dakota winter.</p><p>What are reasons for not having a barn? Well, the expense of building one for sure. But also, many people don't want to clean stalls. They don't want to buy bedding. So why would they build a barn? Feeding horses inside does involve more time. And more bedding, and more cleaning up that bedding. And then there's the discussion about whether horses should be locked up in stalls. And the answer is probably not any more than they have to be. But sometimes some horses should be.</p><p>I will say that people who build stall barns these days are, for the most part, building the stalls bigger than we used to. So that allows the horses to move around more and keep their stalls cleaner, if they want to. Bigger stalls are better, that is for sure. But if you just don't lock them up any more than you have to, that's better than no barn at all. Some horses have to be fed in a separate area in order for them to get the food they need. Others will do fine with the general population. Until they get older. Or get injured. Then, they will probably get kicked out of the main herd and will need to be moved to a smaller group or to a stall of their own. Horses do that (kick others out of the herd) in the wild, and they do that in the not-wild.</p><p>For those of you who have barns/buildings for your horses, that's a good thing. Here's how we took care of our horses today. Keep in mind, this is a group of horses who all have barns/buildings/stalls. So except for one who came here from OK, none of them are blanketed (though that would be ok too). If we didn't have barns, they would all be blanketed. But we would not have horses here if we did not have proper shelter for them all. That's just the way we are. No barn? No horses.</p><p>Here's how we took care of them today.</p><p>8 a.m. 2 chore people begin the day</p><p>Six horses spent the night in oversized stalls in the small barn. The original part of the small barn is over 120 years old. I swear they built those things like a thermos. Warm in the winter, cool in the summer. Then there is an add-on but right now we have it all opened up together. It is always warmer in the small barn than the big barn. (this a.m. it was minus 12 outside without windchill; it was 20-25 above in the small barn and about 10-15 above in the big barn.) The big barn is really big though because it includes a 120X75 area that doubles as a riding arena and shelter for the main herd at night, so it's really big and always colder than the small barn. Anyway, five of the horses in the small barn each got a 10-pound bag of grass hay in their stalls. These bags were made up the night before, pulled off of a giant square bale that is kept inside the hay shed. We can easily stuff 10 pounds of this hay in an empty bedding bag, so this is a normal every-day chore: making hay bags. We have a little "fish scale" that will weigh up to 50 lbs. It's hanging in the hay shed. We can easily weigh hay nets, hay bags, or bigger tarps of hay that we then would put on a trailer hooked up to a tractor/Mule to put out in the hay feeders in the horse yard or pasture. The five horses in the small barn who each got a 10-lb. bag of hay are Roman, Lily, Spirit, Butterscotch, and Prince, all rescued as babies. Except for Roman, they were all rescued from severe starvation. In 2 of the cases, there were charges, trials, and "guilty" verdicts. Yes, way back then, 15-20 years ago, yes in South Dakota, we worked with law enforcement in neglect/starvation cases. Roman was not starving. He just needed to be rescued from going to the loose (slaughter) horse sale. The sixth horse in the small barn is Star. She is not really a rescue horse, though she has more health issues than most. She is about 24 years old and lived here before the rescues started coming. She has arthritis , really big knees, one year she had a mysterious hole in her tongue, she has a deformed epiglotis, an airway about as big (small) as a tiny straw, and for the last month we have been treating an eye ulcer. She mostly has to eat soaked alfalfa cubes and pelleted food. She can eat a little bit of clean (non-dusty) hay but not too much. But she is as sweet as can be, still likes to trot around and has great quality of life. These 6 horses spend the night in stalls every night. Lily and Roman because they are kind of social outcasts. They often get chased away from feeders and kicked out of the shelters that are available, so they just stay in at night so they get enough to eat and don't get stuck out in a storm. Their stalls are large and they have outside pens hooked on to their stalls. So, except when it is really really cold they can go outside whenever they want. And during the day they go out with the herd. It's just at night that they come in. Star and Prince also have in/out pens/stalls. Prince was severely malnourished when he came here as a yearling about 20 years ago. He has arthritis in his hocks and navicular-area lameness (wears special shoes) in front. But he too still likes to run and play and has excellent quality of life. </p><p>So, at 8 a.m., those horses all got a 10-lb. bag of hay (except Star, who got some pelleted feed with warm water and some soaked alfalfa pellets). We write down how much we feed her. We know how much a scoop of feed weighs, how much a small mixing bucket weighs, etc. We don't want Star to eat much more than 15 lbs of food a day. She is very small. maybe 14.1 hands, and with her arthritis she doesn't need to carry any extra weight. She is warm in her stall so doesn't need a lot of extra feed.</p><p>So those 6 horses in the small barn got food, we made sure they were all ok, no colic symptoms etc., and they all had plenty of clean water. We use the electric/heated buckets so the waters do not freeze. </p><p>In the big barn there are 10 horses.</p><p>Up until a few months ago we had 18 horses here (14 rescues). Late in 2021 We lost Princess and HotShot. Princess was 20ish but had a lifetime of lameness issues, surgeries, injections, special shoes and pads, etc., and we just could not keep her comfortable anymore. HotShot was almost 32! He did have Cushings and a few other things but, in the end, his liver was not functioning anymore and he was not eating anything. This is when you think about "quality of life." This is when it is selfish to try to keep them going. Because, they simply cannot. But, he was almost 32! He had a great life! And so did Princess, just not as long.</p><p>So, in the big barn are 10 horses. 7 of them (all rescues, 5 from severe starvation as babies) are the general population, the "in crowd," the 7 who can all eat together and be in a small space together without anyone getting kicked out or chased around. When it's cold like this, these 7 spend the night in the large arena. They are not locked up in stalls and do not have to be outside in the cold/wind. There is an auto/heated waterer in the arena, and they can and do all huddle together to stay warm. Often if you go out there later at night you will find many of them lying down comfortably sleeping. So, in the a.m., these 7 all go in to their separate stalls to eat hay. The stall barn for them is hooked up to the arena, so it's handy. It's right there without going outside. The other 3 horses in the big barn are not rescues. Flicka and Baylee have lived here most of their lives. Flicka is 27; Baylee is 24. They are pretty easy keepers, though Baylee has had episodes of founder and white line disease, which is why she stays up around the barns where the ground is soft and she doesn't go out in the pasture to eat green grass during the spring/summer. Flicka is your "perfect horse." She has been here since she was a yearling. She is now 27 and has had very few health issues in her entire life. She is as sweet as can be but does get chased around by the younger herd, so we keep her safe in the barn area. Flicka & Baylee are really good friends and get to "wander" around in the stall area at night (after the 7 have been let out into the arena after supper). The only one who is locked in a stall at night in the big barn is Melody. She is not a rescue. She came here from Oklahoma last year and is used to living in a stall. She is blanketed, even though she is in the barn. Oklahoma certainly wasn't this cold. </p><p>So, 8 a.m. in the big barn. The 7 are locked in their stalls (they were not at night) with 8-10 lbs of grass hay. Flicka & Baylee in their stalls too (they too got to walk around all night.) And Melody gets to wander the barn all morning, as she was locked in her stall at night.</p><p>There is some stall cleaning that goes on in the big barn in the a.m., since Flicka and Baylee were wandering all night. We just do a quick clean before we put the hay & horses in. And some of the stalls were cleaned the night before, after the 7 were let out from eating supper in their stalls.</p><p>Once all 16 horses have food and water in the a.m., we do other chores.</p><p>We start cleaning the 6 stalls in the little barn. There were horses in them all night, and there are still horses in them eating hay when it's cold like this. But they are used to us being in there, so we just go in there with a manure fork and pile up the poop/wet sawdust in a corner. We don't have to take a wheelbarrow in there. We don't have to disturb them from eating. We just clean around them. Then, when we do let them out later, it only takes a couple of minutes to scoop all the dirty sawdust/manure out of the corner pile we made.</p><p>Meanwhile, in the big barn, there is a lot of poop out in the arena from the 7 horses spending the night out there. So someone goes out there and cleans that up. When it's below zero outside, it does get kind of cold in the arena so things do start to freeze. It can be hard at first to tell the difference between a frozen turd and just frozen wet dirt. but you learn.</p><p>Anyway, around 10:30 things are pretty well cleaned up but the horses are still in their stalls if it's a really cold day. If it's not so cold they will go out earlier. But this morning was really cold. So, yesterday we had already made a feeding plan. We pay close attention to the weather forecast. We knew it would be horribly cold but sunny. And really windy, like 20-25 mph from the NW. But our horse yard is pretty protected from the NW. Lots of trees and buildings. So even though the air is still really cold from the NW, at least they don't feel the extra blowing wind, and the sun was strong. So all things considered we decided it was definitely really really cold and we fed them their full daytime 10 lbs of hay inside. But we also put out about 60 lbs of hay outside in the horse yard, at enough different feeding stations for 11 horses to be able to eat at without being too crowded. We decided all of this last night. And Kyrstin put the morning hay out in the horseyard last night. We try to think ahead and prepare for the next day a lot. So when we are doing chores and stuff, we are always thinking about how things need to be for the next morning.</p><p>And even though it was still really cold and windy, at about 11 a.m. we let 11 horses outside to eat the 60 lbs we had put out the night before. This would be about 5 lbs per horse. Plus they had already each had about 10 lbs in their stalls. The 11 horses that went out in the horseyard to eat are Roman, Lily, Spirit, Butterscotch (these 4 get chased away if we don't have enough feeding stations, so we always make sure we have enough feeding stations. These 4 also are 4 of them that spend the night in their stalls in the small barn, so they don't get chased out of shelter, etc.). And the 7 "in crowd" horses, the ones who spend the night in the arena when it's this cold. Those 11 all went outside into the horseyard from about 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. They were ready to go back inside after 3 hours. Sometimes they don't even want to be out that long, if it's even colder and windier. Remember, we don't blanket these horses. Instead, we put them in the barns. If we didn't have the barns we would definitely blanket them all. But then again, if we didn't have barns, we would not have horses in South Dakota in the winter. Just sayin'.</p><p>While the 11 horses were outside, we had lots of stuff to do. We scooped all of dirty bedding we had piled up into the wheelbarrows and dumped it out in the big pile. (We spread it out in the cornfield twice a year). We added about 1/2 bag of bedding to each of those stalls. Changed out any water buckets that we needed to. We keep track, and we make sure that each bucket is dumped at least 3 times a week. This winter. Every day in the summer though. We have a certain place that we dump the dirty water. It's in the ditch, so it doesn't create ice where any horses or humans walk.</p><p>We like to make sure that every horse gets a big area to run in every day, and gets some sunshine. Most days this happens. Star is the only horse that doesn't really care to run a lot anymore. But we still take her over to the big barn and let her wander around. Remember, we are talking about severe winter here. We aren't talking about summer, when it's easy to give them all outside time. So, while the 11 horses were out in the horseyard eating hay, there were 5 others that were not. Flicka, Baylee, and Melody spent a couple of hours in the arena. We brought Prince and Star over to the big barn too, so they could have some more room. They cannot go out with the big herd. And we wanted to keep the doors shut to the small barn to keep the warmth in there. Prince and Star both have noticeable arthritis and they get chased away from the food. It would be great if Prince could go out in the arena with the 3 divas, but Baylee will not permit that. So, after a while, we put Flicka and Baylee back in their stalls to eat some more hay, and Melody & Prince get to be together in the arena. This is an exciting time! Barrels, balls, other objects to push around and jump over. Mostly it is just nice to see them run and hear them squeal in glee. Especially with Prince's arthritis problems, he still really loves his play/run time. </p><p>Another thing we keep track of during the day (we have lots of check lists, etc) is how many times we give Star her eye ointment for her eye ulcer. We usually do it 4 times a day but 6 times would not be too much. So we write it down. Star is the best patient in the world, but even the best horse patient will move her head if you come near her eye. Everyone agrees that putting eye ointment in a horse eye is a very hard thing to do if you are alone. Sometimes we have 2 people here, so one can hold her head still. And today 3 of us kind of practiced how to do it if we are alone. We like to be consistent for the horses, so we like to try to do things the same .</p><p>So, at about 1 or 2 p.m. we have all 16 stalls cleaned, the riding arena cleaned from 7 horses spending the night out there, all the horses have had 8-15 lbs of food (that's how much it varies from horse to horse), all of the horses have had some sunshine and turnout time (unless it's like a horrible blizzard like Atlas a few years ago when many horses died only because they didn't have a barn to go into), if it's a storm like Atlas our horses would not go outside but they would all get some arena/turnout time. But if Atlas happens again, a lot of horses will die again, only because they won't have a barn/building to go into. You want to say, this will never happen again? Well, I'm pretty sure that wasn't the first time and I'm also pretty sure it will happen again. And all of the people who have horses outside during an "Atlas" type storm will say "well, that is extreme." Well maybe, but this is South Dakota folks. Every winter is extreme. Always has been. Always will be. Can we please just build some more barns!</p><p>Also by 1 or 2 p.m. we might have all of the hay weighed out for the night/next day.</p><p>and if it's not too bad out we might have gone out and cleaned up the horse yard too. We believe in keeping the manure picked up. </p><p>At about 1 or 2pm we have a shift change. The end-of-the-day person usually stays until 8 or 9ish p.m. On days like today when it's super cold and windy, our horses are ready to go back in their stalls and eat some more early. So they all go in their stalls usually by 3 p.m. and get some grain and supplements (all individual, some get joint supplements, some get gastric care, etc.) . At about 4 p.m all of the horses get supper in their individual stalls. They each get another 8-10 lbs of grass hay) and a few get a few lbs of alfalfa. Star gets her soaked alfalfa cubes and Sr. feed. Remember, this is winter feeding. They wouldn't all be in at other times of the year, just when it's so cold, I would say 30 degrees or colder.</p><p>If we feed them their hay at about 4 pm, they are mostly done by 7 p.m.. So then the 7 gen. pop. horses are turned out into the arena to cuddle/huddle at night. Flicka and Baylee wander the stall barn. Melody is in her stall cuz that's how it's been her whole life. In the small barn, 6 horses are in their large stalls. Everyone has access to water and a soft, warm place to lie down. And everyone has had 15-25 lbs. of food for the 24-hour period, depending on the individual horse. If they were having to stay outside all of the time, if they didn't have barns, etc., they would need more hay on a day like today. At night, the end-of-day chore person cleans up the stalls again, checks waters, and gates and doors and lights and a whole bunch of other end-of-day checklist items. This time of year, it's often 8 or 9 p.m. before that person is done and the lights are out for the night. There are 3 of us who take turns with this shift, so we each only do it 2 or 3 times a week. </p><p>Remember, this is winter time care. This is winter time care with barns available.</p><p>Remember, in the Atlas storm, those horses would not have died if they would have had a barn/building to go into.</p><p>Remember, the only people who say you don't need a barn for your horses in South Dakota, are the people who don't have barns. (or who don't want to spend hours cleaning stalls, because it's a big job, it really is)</p><p>Will your young healthy horse survive this winter without shelter? Maybe. Probably. But will that horse be comfortable? happy? Will he live to be 30? Or will the winter hardship take the years away? Some people don't care, I know. I have had people say to me, "I dont want to take care of an old horse; I just want to have him while he's young and healthy and then I'll get a new one." There are lots of people who feel that way. okay. just sayin'</p><p>When you are a rescue, a sanctuary, when you are a 501c3, whenever you think that you can take better care of horses better than the average person in South Dakota (and if you are a horse rescue/sanctuary you had better have that intention), you have to set your standards high. You can't think the best is a heavy blanket instead of a medium blanket. You have to think the best is a barn / building. and maybe a blanket too.</p><p>I often have people call me and ask me how to start a horse rescue. I tell them it's easy. Just say you are a horse rescue and you will be full in a week. But, if you really want to be a good horse rescue that makes a point and makes a difference, here's what you need. Minimum. You need at least 3 full-time volunteers. These are not people who can come after they get off their job at 5. These are people who can be there all of the time and also do the out-of-the-barn work that nobody ever thinks about. And the money. Well, I would say you need to have about $4,000 per horse per year, depending on how many horses you want to rescue. This does not include a facility or vehicles or anything like that. $4,000 seems like a lot. But, if you have a facility, vehicles, employees, etc., you will understand. Long story short, I wouldn't recommend you do horse rescue in South Dakota unless you already have a facility with barns, vehicles, at least 3 full-time volunteers, and at least $50,000 guaranteed income every year. This would probably get you 10-20 horses at your place at any given time. </p><p>It's not easy folks. But at the very minimum, you have to be able to provide proper shelter for the horses in the winter in South Dakota. Like I said, anyone can throw a bale of hay out in the field. That's not proper shelter. And that is not what rescue/sanctuary should be. Rescue/sanctuary should be above average. It should be encouraging our state to do better. You can't do winter care for horses in South Dakota like you can for horses in Texas. ok? it's different here. It's harder. It's really hard some days in the winter. But, barns make it better. For horses and humans. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-70582736431705824922021-12-13T17:54:00.013-06:002021-12-13T18:39:32.011-06:00Our 2022 calendar is available; its beauty is bittersweet<p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have a 2022 calendar ready, though it's late, I know. Sorry. It's been quite a year again, hasn't it! I think our hours got shorter. I mean, there's still 24 hours in a day but the hours must be shorter. It is so hard to get stuff done. One thing that is different, that has been changing as the years go by, is how many hours we spend directly taking care of our rescued beauties. Most of them came with issues anyway and, as they age, their days require more individual care for things like feed, lameness management, protection from extreme weather, safety among other herd members (who will play nice with whom), etc. It's really quite time consuming. But that's what we do. That's why we are here. We are a sanctuary home for 13 rescued beauties. In September, our number changed from 14 to 13. We had to help Princess go to heaven. And so our whole 2022 calendar is about Princess. And I spose I procrastinated its completion. Because it seems so final then. anyway, the calendar is done. This is a picture of the back of the calendar. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUKn8tBfdsuTEIfyqMPs3_f5DpHWMfhUQlXF13xCAlNLh0w8tRJ6vXttgzBUH5ngv7q63oYB6ioqIT6tU1l7FwbO62jwh-rML6V0SFXHRp6DraZahU7fTyRgsKAVdbtyLNkQuODrRWaYNza2U0m7PlctKt05B28SXmFlJYXoE-LLl1NLlvx0IEQ8oGIw=s2850" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="2850" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUKn8tBfdsuTEIfyqMPs3_f5DpHWMfhUQlXF13xCAlNLh0w8tRJ6vXttgzBUH5ngv7q63oYB6ioqIT6tU1l7FwbO62jwh-rML6V0SFXHRp6DraZahU7fTyRgsKAVdbtyLNkQuODrRWaYNza2U0m7PlctKt05B28SXmFlJYXoE-LLl1NLlvx0IEQ8oGIw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just a little summary of Princess: Princess and her brother Prince came to us when they were 1.5 years old. Emaciated, full of worms, you know the story. It happens to so many of them. and now we know, because we have kept stats, that more than 50% of our rescued babies grow up with bone and joint problems. That is too high of a number to just be a coincidence. Malnutrition in young horses does not allow them to grow up with good bones and joints, most of the time. Princess had lameness issues from about the age of 4. She had special shoes, lots of different padded boots to try, 2 neurectomy surgeries, numerous joint injections, and on and on and on. and that was just in her front feet. Then she developed ringbone in back. We were able to keep her comfortable and happy all of these years, but this year was real hard for her. And on Sept. 9 our Veterinarians agreed that humane euthanasia was best. Princess is buried here, at her sanctuary home, as it should be. We miss her so much and it's been hard to talk about it. But now, at the end of the year, we will celebrate Princess. Her calendar is beautiful, as she was. </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The calendar front looks like this:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEireXZsxC-BRDud6Xxt6nMv2VHyDYpX9l_CK5yZozu2mLytaQ2KCq9Y3CfP1QVHHCEJwAwQmeB2tBFQyAnLimLEbBfMXQvicO6e2R52OLxjY-KiuPx36NZ3STYGnVGgrtBG_8cJKaHyr0m14rbntybcaNon1-9gqNzsRNMPyqgV7U34OL6KpsZS-YJ9sQ=s2850" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="2850" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEireXZsxC-BRDud6Xxt6nMv2VHyDYpX9l_CK5yZozu2mLytaQ2KCq9Y3CfP1QVHHCEJwAwQmeB2tBFQyAnLimLEbBfMXQvicO6e2R52OLxjY-KiuPx36NZ3STYGnVGgrtBG_8cJKaHyr0m14rbntybcaNon1-9gqNzsRNMPyqgV7U34OL6KpsZS-YJ9sQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can find the calendar for sale in our online Zazzle store. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There's an easy link to it up toward the top of this page, off to the right.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> If you go there you can see all of the photos. every calendar sold makes us a few bucks to help feed and care for the rescued horses who live here. There are no production costs to our org. for this calendar. It's a great way for a small nonprofit like us to have a calendar without having to pay for printing and then have to try to sell and distribute them ourselves. You just order how ever many you want. the calendars are sent to you. And we make money on each sale! Thank you. </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-81530539057401744102021-08-17T11:04:00.002-05:002021-08-17T11:04:21.358-05:00thanks for helping us celebrate our 20th Anniversary<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks to our sponsors and everyone who donated, bought, and attended our Bonanza</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Charity Auction at Critters Bar in Crooks on July 22, 2021.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Special thanks to Kyrstin Baker and Bryon Farmer for organizing the awesome event!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bqJUg29ykjg/YRvdWsIdZ7I/AAAAAAAADc4/QMtYZc70BEs3LemLgcIYailp1KovZz6WQCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/bonanzatyletters%2Bcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bqJUg29ykjg/YRvdWsIdZ7I/AAAAAAAADc4/QMtYZc70BEs3LemLgcIYailp1KovZz6WQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bonanzatyletters%2Bcopy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-51051571389532955022021-06-20T16:30:00.003-05:002021-06-22T10:18:26.011-05:00<h1 style="text-align: center;"> CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HELPING HORSES AND HUMANS!</h1><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><b>New Hope Horse Shelter</b> is celebrating <u><b>20 years</b></u> of helping horses and humans through our 501c3 non-profit – Horse Help Providers, Inc. – and our “Horsemanship to Live By” program, and we invite you to celebrate with us! Not only will it be a fun, fabulous night filled with food, music, drinks, and games, but there will also be a <b>charity auction</b> to raise funds for the care of our beautiful herd of rescued horses. In addition to the auction, one lucky winner will walk away with a cash prize from a 50/50 draw.</div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;">A HUGE thank you to <b>Bryon Farmer</b> and <b>Critters Bar</b> for generously co-hosting this event!</div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><b>100% </b>of the funds raised from this event will go directly toward the care of the horses. Keep an eye on the event page for updates and a preview of our auction items!</div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Critters Bar & Dive Bar Pizza</div><div style="text-align: justify;">200 E Main St</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Crooks, SD 57020</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Celebration starts at <b>6 PM</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Auction starts at <b>8 PM</b>.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;">If you have questions about this event, would like to contribute to our auction, make a donation, or volunteer, you can send a message to our Facebook page or contact Kyrstin at newhopehorseshelter@gmail.com.</div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><b>EVENT PAGE</b>: <br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2813295518920566">https://www.facebook.com/events/2813295518920566</a></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3sS6YJmoQTA/YM7RYbCVCxI/AAAAAAAAH0E/DL_7zflZ2csoEX1BI4m6J9oIq7BStL8UQCPcBGAYYCw/s1410/204203638_10165783472300284_4588420948698692762_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3sS6YJmoQTA/YM7RYbCVCxI/AAAAAAAAH0E/DL_7zflZ2csoEX1BI4m6J9oIq7BStL8UQCPcBGAYYCw/w306-h400/204203638_10165783472300284_4588420948698692762_n.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-62636357253850283012021-04-28T10:22:00.001-05:002021-04-28T10:22:58.279-05:00Considering a Career as a Professional Horse Person? Consider this:<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Considering a career as a professional horse person?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Consider this:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">we will teach you things about horses; you will help us with
chores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No money paid either way. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some of the areas of education you will focus on:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">basic - advanced horsemanship skills including riding</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">how to manage feeding and herd dynamics</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">care for Senior/special needs horses, as well as those with
no special needs</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">basic Vet and Farrier care</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">how to get chores done quickly without wasting time or money
but always putting the horses first, so the horses are safe, comfortable, and
happy </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">About your chore schedule:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You should treat it like a job and a college course,
combined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be on time, stick to your
schedule, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ask questions, make sure you
understand instructions, stay busy,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We will coordinate a schedule with you, anywhere from 20 to
40 hours a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most days will begin at
8 a.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and will include Saturdays and
Sundays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your days off, if desired, will
be during the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You probably won't
have to include evenings in your schedule.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is a ground-floor learning opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our chore helpers who have been here longer
do get weekends off, and we do have some paid part-timers (something you can
work toward).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization as Horse Help
Providers, Inc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Volunteers are most
definitely appropriate and appreciated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of the horses who live here (there are 18 total) were rescued from
severe starvation, and now this is their sanctuary home.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have also had many college and high school interns
throughout the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They get course
credit for their learning experience here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But that is something you would need to work out with your school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This doesn't have to be a school
internship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be something you do
for yourself just because you want to learn about horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And hopefully, down the trail, this
experience<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will help you start your
career as a professional horse person, whether it's here or somewhere
else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will be our goal -- to help
you get started or advance in your career as a professional horse person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To express interest or ask questions, call Darci at 605
359-0961</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">or email newhopehorses@aol.com</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-5717820018552591512021-04-02T20:14:00.002-05:002021-04-02T20:23:35.867-05:00Mini-workshops in May.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a fundraiser for our rescued horses. All money raised will go to help feed and care for our rescued horses. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization as Horse Help Providers, Inc. (DoubleHP).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To register for one of these mini-workshops, or to get your quesstions answered, please send us an email newhopehorses@aol.com or give us a call. 359-0961</div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RluS8YQv_Sw/YGfASGkaWkI/AAAAAAAADXw/6O5qMB4P-7UzM0XwuqnDjZoSVe4O9ieWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1650/horsemanshipminiworkshops.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1275" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RluS8YQv_Sw/YGfASGkaWkI/AAAAAAAADXw/6O5qMB4P-7UzM0XwuqnDjZoSVe4O9ieWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/horsemanshipminiworkshops.jpg" /></a></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-84221353153737421672021-03-31T09:57:00.001-05:002021-03-31T09:57:31.084-05:00"Horsemanship To Live By" sessions to resume in May!<p> Like many other activities, our horsemanship program has been "on hold" for an entire year! But, we're ready to get going again. Anticipated start date is May 10, 2021. Watch for more info here. Or email or call if you just can't wait. doublehphorses@aol.com, 359-0961. There is a page/tab here on this website with more info about our horsemanship program. And there is a link to our videos on YouTube as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xDn2ljNhg4I/YGSNZM61g9I/AAAAAAAADXQ/PON7qVb4J1wgrEOP6onr9C2G5t_kXoppwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/lilyjumpfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1722" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xDn2ljNhg4I/YGSNZM61g9I/AAAAAAAADXQ/PON7qVb4J1wgrEOP6onr9C2G5t_kXoppwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/lilyjumpfront.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CRr_9nPtOlI/YGSNZEieDZI/AAAAAAAADXM/AnT0Qnhe46UH0tNZxkCrV-nuF3rlmGxlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/lilyjumpback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CRr_9nPtOlI/YGSNZEieDZI/AAAAAAAADXM/AnT0Qnhe46UH0tNZxkCrV-nuF3rlmGxlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/lilyjumpback.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kmYZG_B6iAM/YGSNZEcyrZI/AAAAAAAADXI/yuJO9j-q1IoYotL0yqwkOOkwtTp5HepmACLcBGAsYHQ/s1917/lilymehug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="1186" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kmYZG_B6iAM/YGSNZEcyrZI/AAAAAAAADXI/yuJO9j-q1IoYotL0yqwkOOkwtTp5HepmACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/lilymehug.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-40344719878148943612021-02-12T19:03:00.000-06:002021-02-12T19:03:07.884-06:00Show Some Love for Lovely Lily - February is her rescue anniversary!<p>We rescued Lily on Feb. 7, 2008. This month we are celebrating her rescue and her life. We were called to a different county for this rescue. It was just Lily and her friend. Only problem -- her friend had already died. So Lily was standing out in a field with no food, no water, no shelter. Only a dead friend. And it was cold. Kind of like this February. </p><p>We picked up Lily at the humane society in this county. The people there were very nice and one of them did know quite a bit about horses. Lily was severely dehydrated and emaciated. Her halter was growing into her head. She had rain rot, lice, terribly neglected hooves, and I remember thinking she looked like a shriveled up Shetland pony. But really she was a 4 year old Paint horse. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oD45hNy7a9g/YCcbZZfEjaI/AAAAAAAADUo/C9pv9a_txcMujHTy7PxGv-KzGe4g4yzBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s597/d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="597" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oD45hNy7a9g/YCcbZZfEjaI/AAAAAAAADUo/C9pv9a_txcMujHTy7PxGv-KzGe4g4yzBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We waited to transport Lily until after she had eaten some hay and taken a drink of water. Then we put two blankets on her and brought her back to one of our foster homes that had a double-sized stall where Lily could live for a couple of months. It was still Winter.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The very next day we had our Vet examine Lily. Our Vet then wrote up a report for the State's Attorney, because there were charges of inhumane treatment.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is part of the written report:<br />"During the exam the horse was quiet and lethargic acting. The horse was very thin with a body score of 1 to 2 (scale 1-9). All ribs were easily palpated, back bone, withers and hips were prominent, and there was no flesh/fat anywhere on the horse's body. The horse's feet were in terrible condition. The hooves were long and underrun with several chips and cracks present in the hoof wall.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CPzCv9GytrY/YCcd-7ph4MI/AAAAAAAADU4/1f9Vc9Uc1ZsEqlde_f514IVea8_uyRCzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s479/a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="353" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CPzCv9GytrY/YCcd-7ph4MI/AAAAAAAADU4/1f9Vc9Uc1ZsEqlde_f514IVea8_uyRCzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/a.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-mkkp_0nAY/YCcd-3AJFaI/AAAAAAAADU0/k-Mfq5JGNw8ZN_Kei0QPEYzb6uDLs31yQCLcBGAsYHQ/s614/c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="614" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-mkkp_0nAY/YCcd-3AJFaI/AAAAAAAADU0/k-Mfq5JGNw8ZN_Kei0QPEYzb6uDLs31yQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div>Dental exam revealed sharp enamel points on the cheek teeth with ulcers present on cheeks. Her teeth were floated that day.<p></p><p>She was also rectally palpated because there was a concern she could be pregnant. She was not found to be pregnant, but there were hundreds of small strongyles that covered the ob sleeve and feces after palpating. I rarely see a parasite load of this magnitude. I am more accustomed to having to float feces and look for parasite eggs. Actually having hundreds of adults following palpation represents an extraordinarily high burden of worms. I recommended beginning this horse on daily dewormer, so a slower consistent kill would be achieved, followed by an Ivermectin product in one month. In my opinion based on previous cases, I would say this horse has been neglected. She is severely underweight, has had no foot care, has had no dental care, has an extremely high parasite load and has no energy."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4cIhkE9tq5s/YCcfHM5MKzI/AAAAAAAADVM/YI9aoFL2OhkT8gVEvCv9IM35tqtb9swkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s573/worms%2B1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="573" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4cIhkE9tq5s/YCcfHM5MKzI/AAAAAAAADVM/YI9aoFL2OhkT8gVEvCv9IM35tqtb9swkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/worms%2B1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VlMcQFQcAF0/YCcfHKN5CWI/AAAAAAAADVI/J5fMV2tCqnkntH6w215f3XD0rq136aMvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s543/worms%2B2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="543" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VlMcQFQcAF0/YCcfHKN5CWI/AAAAAAAADVI/J5fMV2tCqnkntH6w215f3XD0rq136aMvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/worms%2B2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wMH_B_QVlyQ/YCcfHGlIsaI/AAAAAAAADVQ/l3djW92tSdMxxX768SCf4KYbrsU8e0sDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s678/worms%2B3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="678" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wMH_B_QVlyQ/YCcfHGlIsaI/AAAAAAAADVQ/l3djW92tSdMxxX768SCf4KYbrsU8e0sDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/worms%2B3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Lily was lame for quite some time. We could not guarantee she would be a riding horse. She has been lame on and off most of her life with us. She does fine most of the time with front shoes. She has done some trail riding.</p><p>But her biggest achievement is that she has graduated from Level 3 Parelli Horsemanship and has also passed Level 4 freestyle (bridleless) riding. She is very playful, loves to play with the big green ball, jumps over barrels, self loads into the trailer, stands on the pedestal, plays at liberty, etc.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VMx7bKksSGQ/Ux36l0khk5I/AAAAAAAACcs/cpr2rB-ZUrgzoPHCVS4NIv-Whwv1GKn2ACPcBGAYYCw/s960/lilyyankton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VMx7bKksSGQ/Ux36l0khk5I/AAAAAAAACcs/cpr2rB-ZUrgzoPHCVS4NIv-Whwv1GKn2ACPcBGAYYCw/s320/lilyyankton.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GsbRVwlsxF4/VmGsN-H7RKI/AAAAAAAAC-8/dHRfcbSBpYANjLfvlq26gAyt3Q2mzIw_QCPcBGAYYCw/s1047/lilyped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1047" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GsbRVwlsxF4/VmGsN-H7RKI/AAAAAAAAC-8/dHRfcbSBpYANjLfvlq26gAyt3Q2mzIw_QCPcBGAYYCw/s320/lilyped.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qBr59QHwcco/VXMbiYvaZ-I/AAAAAAAAC8I/uTJkwRCn0mQEMFdU1bXRqQJHgwYCdpOVQCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/lilyhelpahorseday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qBr59QHwcco/VXMbiYvaZ-I/AAAAAAAAC8I/uTJkwRCn0mQEMFdU1bXRqQJHgwYCdpOVQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/lilyhelpahorseday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fTDpb3usUHA/VsUum-cGbMI/AAAAAAAADAE/j21IZCKRpyInffnUmtcnAB21GTcHC0uGACPcBGAYYCw/s798/lilywillpower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="798" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fTDpb3usUHA/VsUum-cGbMI/AAAAAAAADAE/j21IZCKRpyInffnUmtcnAB21GTcHC0uGACPcBGAYYCw/s320/lilywillpower.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ts3DJyT_dtU/YACgBBI80mI/AAAAAAAADR0/gzHpYQg0pdkiR0ccGUOcBoni9hmJtyrBwCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/lovelylilystail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ts3DJyT_dtU/YACgBBI80mI/AAAAAAAADR0/gzHpYQg0pdkiR0ccGUOcBoni9hmJtyrBwCPcBGAYYCw/s320/lovelylilystail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0NLkC2i2B0I/YAirnivUK0I/AAAAAAAADUA/kEU1KuCa9P0MMoHPhKfGg_Y5_T2-OJ1oQCPcBGAYYCw/s2016/nicolelily.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0NLkC2i2B0I/YAirnivUK0I/AAAAAAAADUA/kEU1KuCa9P0MMoHPhKfGg_Y5_T2-OJ1oQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/nicolelily.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>She has had colic symptoms a couple of times this Winter. She does not handle long spurts of cold temps. So, this month, her rescue month, she is wearing a blanket and is living in the barn. She is very happy to be inside. It is supposed to be 20 below zero for the next couple of nights. That is withOUT wind chill. Lily will be very happy inside.</p><p>Last year she had more lameness issues than normal. Our Vet did xrays and we even had a specialist look at her and do ultrasounds, etc. It was decided to inject her hocks. That did seem to help, and she has been sound this Winter. </p><p>Lily has a lot of years left. She does require quite a bit of special care. But, after what she went through, she sure does deserve the special care.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-6519749569951127772021-01-08T12:13:00.022-06:002021-01-31T10:25:03.140-06:00January Photo Frenzy. Photos eligible for voting are in this post. Scroll down to see them<b><b><b><b></b></b></b></b><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1jHSgi4jZ6U/YAirPXTKP_I/AAAAAAAADTs/pUF9v5emJgUNcupYZ6z_Ku5A27CSO4HawCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/kyrstin3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1jHSgi4jZ6U/YAirPXTKP_I/AAAAAAAADTs/pUF9v5emJgUNcupYZ6z_Ku5A27CSO4HawCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/kyrstin3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Come on out and take pictures of our rescued beauties!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This year is our 20th Anniversary. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And our year-long celebration has begun!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Throughout the month of January, our Chore Helpers will be taking photos of our rescued horses and posting their fave photos here on our website for everyone to enjoy. (photos are at the bottom of this post)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have also turned this fun photo frenzy into a fundraiser
for our rescued horses!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, we invite everyone to participate!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you want to participate from home, simply vote for your
fave photos by making a donation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">$10 per vote. (If you are donating 20 votes total, your
donation amount will be $200, for example.) </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>It's OK to vote multiple times for the same photo.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span>It's OK to vote for multiple photos. It's OK
to make multiple donations.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">To vote, use the "Donate" button here on our
website. Scroll up to the top of this post.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">When you use the "Donate" button to vote, include a note letting us know how many
votes you are casting for which photos. Each
photo will have a name and number for identification. You may also send us this note by email to doublehphorses@aol.com<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or message us on our Facebook page. www.facebook.com/newhopehorses</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Voting ends Sunday, Feb. 7 at midnight CST.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you want to participate in person, we would love to have
you come out and meet the horses and take your own pictures of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact Darci to get the details and to
schedule your visit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Darci Hortness (605) 359-0961. Email - doublehphorses@aol.com. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">We will then add your fave photos to our website for
everyone to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All photos must be
submitted by Jan. 31.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Voting continues a
week after that. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">The #1 vote-getting photo has a guaranteed spot in our 2022
calendar.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Names of photographers are anonymous during voting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once voting is completed, we are happy to add
your name as the Photographer to any of the photos you shared.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are a well-established photographer, we are happy to add<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>your business name and contact info to your
photos on our website.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are just getting a photography business going, we are
still happy to add your business name and contact info to your photos on our
website.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you don't have a photography business but do enjoy taking
pictures, you will be like most of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you are sincerely invited to join us, to participate in our
celebration, to meet our rescued horses and take their pictures, and to share
your pictures on our website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we are happy to announce you as the Photographer of your photos on our website, too, once
the voting is completed. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">You never know which photo will be the fave among the voters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe yours!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">All donation money from this event will go directly to our
rescued horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are 14 of them
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are very well cared for here,
very much loved, but very expensive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And we sincerely appreciate the support from the public. We are a 501c3 nonprofit, and donations are tax-deductible according to law.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Throughout the years, our volunteers physically and
personally rescued most of these horses from severe starvation, at the request
of Law Enforcement involved in neglect/cruelty cases. Once again, we really do appreciate donations from the public to help care for these rescued beauties that other people threw away. This January photo frenzy is a fun little way you can help.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are photos submitted. All photos here are taken in January 2021. Just use the donate button on this website (scroll up to the top of this post) to vote and include a note letting us know which photos you are voting/donating for. Enjoy. And thanks!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ePhMxYoyng/X_igPbxjyMI/AAAAAAAADO8/rXz7mU_gAnAYZWWpiuF75670ifSMb67EACLcBGAsYHQ/s1715/jan21spiritrocky.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1715" data-original-width="1233" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ePhMxYoyng/X_igPbxjyMI/AAAAAAAADO8/rXz7mU_gAnAYZWWpiuF75670ifSMb67EACLcBGAsYHQ/w288-h400/jan21spiritrocky.jpg" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #1 Spirit and Rocky playing<br />this photo has 1 vote</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MaKnlBMpHE0/X_igPbAGVUI/AAAAAAAADO4/71agqDzL-VImrnAnZ8tgkFRJvHzL8OdOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1826/jan213amigosspirit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="1396" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MaKnlBMpHE0/X_igPbAGVUI/AAAAAAAADO4/71agqDzL-VImrnAnZ8tgkFRJvHzL8OdOwCLcBGAsYHQ/w306-h400/jan213amigosspirit.jpg" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #2 Three Amigos & one Spirit<br />0 votes</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--baz9uNUCLg/X_vMtqtOFfI/AAAAAAAADPc/SnK4qPOTbDYyWZLCuFWLF2s_ez7fB_rEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1018/jan21minnieroman1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1018" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--baz9uNUCLg/X_vMtqtOFfI/AAAAAAAADPc/SnK4qPOTbDYyWZLCuFWLF2s_ez7fB_rEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/jan21minnieroman1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #3 Minerva and Roman A<br />1 vote<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vgavAkZrbWk/X_vMtrL7d5I/AAAAAAAADPk/EZib1AN0Nis9X349w-ynPBmJ6-jqIVY_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s994/jan21minnieroman2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="981" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vgavAkZrbWk/X_vMtrL7d5I/AAAAAAAADPk/EZib1AN0Nis9X349w-ynPBmJ6-jqIVY_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/jan21minnieroman2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #4 Minerva and Roman B<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zIV8nc9v55Q/X_vMtm8XeOI/AAAAAAAADPY/jXjUFbNGzS4b_gjppLl6QgVk2xqMy_GOACLcBGAsYHQ/s866/jan21minnieroman3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="866" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zIV8nc9v55Q/X_vMtm8XeOI/AAAAAAAADPY/jXjUFbNGzS4b_gjppLl6QgVk2xqMy_GOACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/jan21minnieroman3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #5 Minerva and Roman C<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AZnhS0LOttM/X_vMt_6RcUI/AAAAAAAADPg/65aNKiZGmhkkIomETW2AqxXCuSTCb3seACLcBGAsYHQ/s715/jan21romanrunning.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="519" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AZnhS0LOttM/X_vMt_6RcUI/AAAAAAAADPg/65aNKiZGmhkkIomETW2AqxXCuSTCb3seACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/jan21romanrunning.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #6 Roman running<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mPVKjNx9so0/X_vMuPneN1I/AAAAAAAADPo/PShc0QVd6HodTuWR2Nf9wbCPwfzS-shhACLcBGAsYHQ/s559/jan21shadowrocky.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="559" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mPVKjNx9so0/X_vMuPneN1I/AAAAAAAADPo/PShc0QVd6HodTuWR2Nf9wbCPwfzS-shhACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/jan21shadowrocky.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #7 Shadow and Rocky friending<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pA7Xqk_5tmw/X_5tlkWMjeI/AAAAAAAAHnY/qJLaCZVXIYg89A5qrq4uZ2d2F5USAVdmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/138882301_170483054863683_4425884825198086003_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pA7Xqk_5tmw/X_5tlkWMjeI/AAAAAAAAHnY/qJLaCZVXIYg89A5qrq4uZ2d2F5USAVdmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/138882301_170483054863683_4425884825198086003_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #8 Bella and Shadow A</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 vote</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JWH-Xou0FqA/X_5tnAEuZwI/AAAAAAAAHnc/ZUvG_7i1JuYaG8CH2IrNbakGADpWRZf2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/138719782_743132909956747_5711327842655175761_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JWH-Xou0FqA/X_5tnAEuZwI/AAAAAAAAHnc/ZUvG_7i1JuYaG8CH2IrNbakGADpWRZf2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/138719782_743132909956747_5711327842655175761_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #9 Bella and Shadow B</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i3pix2fKhoE/X_5tnzPXQ9I/AAAAAAAAHng/ap_-631tg1UwxI8fqwTxF3Icr5uzC5WNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/138429920_727519604857724_917591893540737204_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i3pix2fKhoE/X_5tnzPXQ9I/AAAAAAAAHng/ap_-631tg1UwxI8fqwTxF3Icr5uzC5WNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/138429920_727519604857724_917591893540737204_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #10 Shadow snoozing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Lu5p8vwfMI/X_5tofS119I/AAAAAAAAHnk/mCMCCGYWXyMqGMoWAkyAysjhL3RP8SqmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/138578994_1039286303223869_4545061594432505044_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Lu5p8vwfMI/X_5tofS119I/AAAAAAAAHnk/mCMCCGYWXyMqGMoWAkyAysjhL3RP8SqmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/138578994_1039286303223869_4545061594432505044_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #11 Bella close-up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8ZPhMnYruyU/X_5tpWoZ-QI/AAAAAAAAHno/pOqZAkAPESsZyPXVY_2meTCIYm_ATkCZACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/138236307_157633886136767_7597021445362783055_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8ZPhMnYruyU/X_5tpWoZ-QI/AAAAAAAAHno/pOqZAkAPESsZyPXVY_2meTCIYm_ATkCZACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/138236307_157633886136767_7597021445362783055_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #12 Spirit close-up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U1Tb-NTsNWc/X_5us_rp-DI/AAAAAAAAHn8/8S9UZRANvnQT9T5KX2rJFXjb3KxBvkK5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/138081764_171237981417349_6527503380844873462_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U1Tb-NTsNWc/X_5us_rp-DI/AAAAAAAAHn8/8S9UZRANvnQT9T5KX2rJFXjb3KxBvkK5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/138081764_171237981417349_6527503380844873462_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #13 Melody caught scratching</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_gooObeMlSk/X_5ut_jP3DI/AAAAAAAAHoA/UQJV5j1zlCc5uzI8xmrDmtI8Q7dPGqUTACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/138091231_210390117458827_5123148026848315880_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_gooObeMlSk/X_5ut_jP3DI/AAAAAAAAHoA/UQJV5j1zlCc5uzI8xmrDmtI8Q7dPGqUTACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/138091231_210390117458827_5123148026848315880_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #14 Butterscotch and Hero grazing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JID297zmVAs/X_5uuRT2VkI/AAAAAAAAHoE/cOXZRvg-C-MM-T1HLUHtdQLd8ojPDMR7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/138129423_2712940772350435_3143901718942070455_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JID297zmVAs/X_5uuRT2VkI/AAAAAAAAHoE/cOXZRvg-C-MM-T1HLUHtdQLd8ojPDMR7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/138129423_2712940772350435_3143901718942070455_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #15 Spirit's stripes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S9PsMH2-d24/X_5uvMtOdiI/AAAAAAAAHoI/fw2Urn9nXK05owCkZvY0s7FNjkj3SnoFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/138433489_4032151673482998_804319424313094718_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S9PsMH2-d24/X_5uvMtOdiI/AAAAAAAAHoI/fw2Urn9nXK05owCkZvY0s7FNjkj3SnoFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/138433489_4032151673482998_804319424313094718_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #16 Different Directions (Roman, Spirit, Lily)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--E7lCj0xSw4/X__AQBe_tVI/AAAAAAAADQI/U7KXJv_Mke4dLzlrqPBSLkqOQ8KMBg8YwCPcBGAYYCw/s1370/jan21lilromanbluesky.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="1370" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--E7lCj0xSw4/X__AQBe_tVI/AAAAAAAADQI/U7KXJv_Mke4dLzlrqPBSLkqOQ8KMBg8YwCPcBGAYYCw/s320/jan21lilromanbluesky.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #17, Lily & Roman & Blue Sky<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CtNOHLPMAbE/X__AQDM9yqI/AAAAAAAADQM/7lQyrQ7zC5cKRddJk5cfHOcrNMs0LPulACPcBGAYYCw/s1388/jan21lilromanbluesky2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="776" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CtNOHLPMAbE/X__AQDM9yqI/AAAAAAAADQM/7lQyrQ7zC5cKRddJk5cfHOcrNMs0LPulACPcBGAYYCw/s320/jan21lilromanbluesky2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #18, Lily & Roman & More Blue Sky</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gquVseH8PrA/X__IbQun_ZI/AAAAAAAADQY/ySakGaGHRfU783IzKR__JCLxJBekmOSPQCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/rocky.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gquVseH8PrA/X__IbQun_ZI/AAAAAAAADQY/ySakGaGHRfU783IzKR__JCLxJBekmOSPQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/rocky.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #19, Rocky<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iUzfqSzjkBY/X__J0XeYDSI/AAAAAAAADQk/hIFcVv0RXvwNE5MVVgVM-g94sbLCQoQBQCPcBGAYYCw/s1436/winter21%2B003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1436" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iUzfqSzjkBY/X__J0XeYDSI/AAAAAAAADQk/hIFcVv0RXvwNE5MVVgVM-g94sbLCQoQBQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/winter21%2B003.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #20, Shadow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qAXkc2Mi4qs/X__PRhhfoqI/AAAAAAAADQs/Jf43_JfBR6wJ8C21m6sSp95XuG4LmzaTACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/winter21%2B004.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1171" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qAXkc2Mi4qs/X__PRhhfoqI/AAAAAAAADQs/Jf43_JfBR6wJ8C21m6sSp95XuG4LmzaTACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/winter21%2B004.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #21, Attitudes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-blI5xyCGa-4/X__RLdRKMiI/AAAAAAAADQ4/l5GEuYFuY38bxa9HHv1nPDLoTYWEXsubQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1858/winter21%2B005.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1858" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-blI5xyCGa-4/X__RLdRKMiI/AAAAAAAADQ4/l5GEuYFuY38bxa9HHv1nPDLoTYWEXsubQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/winter21%2B005.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #22, More Attitudes, Jewel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aL-CzSPCFYA/X__SNBAJ8xI/AAAAAAAADRA/fAmyzp8ZtOIyaxVIupWNia5GaorZucdJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1355/winter21%2B006.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1355" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aL-CzSPCFYA/X__SNBAJ8xI/AAAAAAAADRA/fAmyzp8ZtOIyaxVIupWNia5GaorZucdJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/winter21%2B006.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #23, Lovely Lily</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tsvUvbKpiJ8/X__YKZSuTkI/AAAAAAAADRM/_cOYW-IICkg1AHwBCIOtIpXwS_yTZDp6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/winter21%2B022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tsvUvbKpiJ8/X__YKZSuTkI/AAAAAAAADRM/_cOYW-IICkg1AHwBCIOtIpXwS_yTZDp6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/winter21%2B022.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #24 Roman and Lily<br />1 vote</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P5Z9yRTA9sY/YACgBF1XCPI/AAAAAAAADRg/xEmUqRNPJyIUMQREDmGGtOK68-ALtbORgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/butterscotchlily.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P5Z9yRTA9sY/YACgBF1XCPI/AAAAAAAADRg/xEmUqRNPJyIUMQREDmGGtOK68-ALtbORgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/butterscotchlily.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo#25 Butterscotch & Lily<br />1 vote<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ts3DJyT_dtU/YACgBBI80mI/AAAAAAAADRc/4iWFQiEqB0453OqQomi4IpfIcbGdPdnggCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/lovelylilystail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ts3DJyT_dtU/YACgBBI80mI/AAAAAAAADRc/4iWFQiEqB0453OqQomi4IpfIcbGdPdnggCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/lovelylilystail.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo#26 Lovely Lily's Lovely Tail<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ReLqXhDHhDI/YACgBGo0ckI/AAAAAAAADRY/Hh3av7mjfzcjks28kvVgn1cKDdP6zAN-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/romanskipping.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ReLqXhDHhDI/YACgBGo0ckI/AAAAAAAADRY/Hh3av7mjfzcjks28kvVgn1cKDdP6zAN-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/romanskipping.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #27, Roman Skipping<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13nNx12nTxo/YACgBhxk8BI/AAAAAAAADRo/df39B6QiGQcb0j9168OMIFp8hpgxpkp0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1064/romantailup2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="841" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13nNx12nTxo/YACgBhxk8BI/AAAAAAAADRo/df39B6QiGQcb0j9168OMIFp8hpgxpkp0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/romantailup2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #28 Roman The Look A<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xI808hZ-uGw/YACgCKALyqI/AAAAAAAADRs/XhmKF8UPg8kbDb3MxsiJHKnoobZx_oFYACLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/romantailup3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="934" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xI808hZ-uGw/YACgCKALyqI/AAAAAAAADRs/XhmKF8UPg8kbDb3MxsiJHKnoobZx_oFYACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/romantailup3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #29 Roman The Look B<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpT-l0Mpzz8/YACgBbyAxiI/AAAAAAAADRk/2wilGJyN3CoQiaXq4KSYmTNoYu4_JgmnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1208/romantailup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1208" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpT-l0Mpzz8/YACgBbyAxiI/AAAAAAAADRk/2wilGJyN3CoQiaXq4KSYmTNoYu4_JgmnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/romantailup.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #30 Roman The Look C<br />4 votes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X8IMWbVptCo/YANs9VbpRVI/AAAAAAAADSI/_8k1eCKKF28pSFrdPauEj8euJtgHDdVdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/bella2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X8IMWbVptCo/YANs9VbpRVI/AAAAAAAADSI/_8k1eCKKF28pSFrdPauEj8euJtgHDdVdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bella2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #31, Bella<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LErJOXWymFg/YANs9qJMtWI/AAAAAAAADSQ/agqb5MVi-wsYc7N2wY8hVNVIBoN2SC9rgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Bella.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LErJOXWymFg/YANs9qJMtWI/AAAAAAAADSQ/agqb5MVi-wsYc7N2wY8hVNVIBoN2SC9rgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Bella.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #32, Bella2<br />1 vote<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9x4MstG7Zyw/YANs9e-cYRI/AAAAAAAADSM/JkChA26PiGk8Zy8uIVbNGoPeLL_Y1mUWACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/butterscotch.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1570" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9x4MstG7Zyw/YANs9e-cYRI/AAAAAAAADSM/JkChA26PiGk8Zy8uIVbNGoPeLL_Y1mUWACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/butterscotch.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PHoto #33, Butterscotch<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dy2BDE4NlNM/YANs-Mjj-PI/AAAAAAAADSc/X4w2lElBfcMEmy_NbAXUuNubMhFrcixzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/butterscotchromanstrutting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1790" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dy2BDE4NlNM/YANs-Mjj-PI/AAAAAAAADSc/X4w2lElBfcMEmy_NbAXUuNubMhFrcixzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/butterscotchromanstrutting.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #34, Roman strutting his stuff<br />1 vote<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9dNoB6074EI/YANs966MYqI/AAAAAAAADSU/QHVzNiVUEnYnbYE-pS37kCuMbATDiF9KwCLcBGAsYHQ/s923/butterscotchthelook2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="650" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9dNoB6074EI/YANs966MYqI/AAAAAAAADSU/QHVzNiVUEnYnbYE-pS37kCuMbATDiF9KwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/butterscotchthelook2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #35, Butterscotch the look<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xLC0VDUrz9o/YANs-AJu0vI/AAAAAAAADSg/r7o6s9YXni4dYAG95tUD0SOqujzHjEtswCLcBGAsYHQ/s1089/butterscotchthelook3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="782" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xLC0VDUrz9o/YANs-AJu0vI/AAAAAAAADSg/r7o6s9YXni4dYAG95tUD0SOqujzHjEtswCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/butterscotchthelook3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #36, Butterscotch the look B<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-icfT8A--K38/YANs9z5gNQI/AAAAAAAADSY/df69L6bwuJE8BXQrojuKnLfEqqXa1U1dwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1229/butterscotchthelook.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1229" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-icfT8A--K38/YANs9z5gNQI/AAAAAAAADSY/df69L6bwuJE8BXQrojuKnLfEqqXa1U1dwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/butterscotchthelook.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo#37, Butterscotch the look C<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3wmmbt3g5s/YANs-SMHmPI/AAAAAAAADSk/S9CO3_LknXwUhIIIihcQq6NytTjbjIgEACLcBGAsYHQ/s1998/flicka.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1998" data-original-width="1588" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3wmmbt3g5s/YANs-SMHmPI/AAAAAAAADSk/S9CO3_LknXwUhIIIihcQq6NytTjbjIgEACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/flicka.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #38, Flicka most beautiful girl<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hIbBTSGR-a4/YANs-s48NaI/AAAAAAAADSo/0dewUXmXqr0ZqW13N5ze1aYANPlRTL-8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/flickamost%2Bbeautiful%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hIbBTSGR-a4/YANs-s48NaI/AAAAAAAADSo/0dewUXmXqr0ZqW13N5ze1aYANPlRTL-8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/flickamost%2Bbeautiful%2B2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #39, Flicka most beautiful girl B<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nlqJNmStuZk/YANs_GGtzhI/AAAAAAAADSw/uCHUWzgRCNYK0UM4ISHmhmUKQOabrbl_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/flickamost%2Bbeautiful.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nlqJNmStuZk/YANs_GGtzhI/AAAAAAAADSw/uCHUWzgRCNYK0UM4ISHmhmUKQOabrbl_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/flickamost%2Bbeautiful.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #40, Flicka most beautiful girl C<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CbfC6zlH_Wc/YANs-yoZc6I/AAAAAAAADSs/MddXQS6aw30Ahy9NBDY5oD4ElRhR5ruBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1606/lil.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1606" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CbfC6zlH_Wc/YANs-yoZc6I/AAAAAAAADSs/MddXQS6aw30Ahy9NBDY5oD4ElRhR5ruBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/lil.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #41, Lovely Lily headshot<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qMC_wuSy6-Y/YANs_KCbuFI/AAAAAAAADS0/dnTMFc26ExwAYvs-OvpbGKU9509cfRYXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1053/rockyrockstar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1053" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qMC_wuSy6-Y/YANs_KCbuFI/AAAAAAAADS0/dnTMFc26ExwAYvs-OvpbGKU9509cfRYXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/rockyrockstar.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #42, Rocky simply handsome<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hClLD07JRhM/YANs_leYMOI/AAAAAAAADTA/Q7OGgObhNCMzjhOYi94AfNuqCGH0KF-1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/romangallop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hClLD07JRhM/YANs_leYMOI/AAAAAAAADTA/Q7OGgObhNCMzjhOYi94AfNuqCGH0KF-1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/romangallop.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #43, Roman galloping<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_RF1H77S6po/YANs_qLNUWI/AAAAAAAADS8/k6JS0bBYoSo1HgFQyOSpDsyf4oJ7cAujACLcBGAsYHQ/s1844/romanlil.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1844" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_RF1H77S6po/YANs_qLNUWI/AAAAAAAADS8/k6JS0bBYoSo1HgFQyOSpDsyf4oJ7cAujACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/romanlil.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #44, Roman and Lily having a "conversation"<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y2yB4xBOPds/YANs_yFbkXI/AAAAAAAADTE/oTB71Zj97BoORpLuWbz7w4Tp98r-PsJ3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/spiritshadowhelterskelter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y2yB4xBOPds/YANs_yFbkXI/AAAAAAAADTE/oTB71Zj97BoORpLuWbz7w4Tp98r-PsJ3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/spiritshadowhelterskelter.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #45, helter skelter, Spirit & Shadow<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLwiYwJVZAU/YATXcI6Os7I/AAAAAAAAHqg/I9RLt67AglgLEpQYDb63TMh7PLDwkVcvgCPcBGAYYCw/s2016/139284205_722235151766154_1885511444759782268_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLwiYwJVZAU/YATXcI6Os7I/AAAAAAAAHqg/I9RLt67AglgLEpQYDb63TMh7PLDwkVcvgCPcBGAYYCw/s320/139284205_722235151766154_1885511444759782268_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #46 Beautiful Flicka</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 vote</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rLWWJYLK4Uk/YATXbDFlyHI/AAAAAAAAHqc/csTWA55zwXk0uN33bb7sgPrcU5cZxYFaACPcBGAYYCw/s2016/139266138_240865314074457_1914578577504202977_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rLWWJYLK4Uk/YATXbDFlyHI/AAAAAAAAHqc/csTWA55zwXk0uN33bb7sgPrcU5cZxYFaACPcBGAYYCw/s320/139266138_240865314074457_1914578577504202977_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #47 Prince & Princess Arena 1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cVRt_QnkxSg/YATXUnVOYII/AAAAAAAAHqU/4L0TYAk98boEv0E_eeIo7Joj54LlzYtdQCPcBGAYYCw/s2016/138949315_901840563976815_7589913664110445223_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cVRt_QnkxSg/YATXUnVOYII/AAAAAAAAHqU/4L0TYAk98boEv0E_eeIo7Joj54LlzYtdQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/138949315_901840563976815_7589913664110445223_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #48 Prince & Princess Arena 2</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r7DzQ1j2_B0/YATXaJlkDaI/AAAAAAAAHqg/0nZRklJw2wkKGkPMncKvtUnCwH833u6yACPcBGAYYCw/s2016/139209908_756588018615217_2789839578250206121_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r7DzQ1j2_B0/YATXaJlkDaI/AAAAAAAAHqg/0nZRklJw2wkKGkPMncKvtUnCwH833u6yACPcBGAYYCw/s320/139209908_756588018615217_2789839578250206121_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #49 Star & HotShot</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iGm4G7GibWE/YATXSqJog8I/AAAAAAAAHqM/3KllUsq_A-M3dDbW7eZkDq_3F695MqQ2QCPcBGAYYCw/s2016/138752942_186796846478657_4357166949613054764_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iGm4G7GibWE/YATXSqJog8I/AAAAAAAAHqM/3KllUsq_A-M3dDbW7eZkDq_3F695MqQ2QCPcBGAYYCw/s320/138752942_186796846478657_4357166949613054764_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #50 The Arena Gang</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EQr4JjMRvwk/YATXacwVxUI/AAAAAAAAHqY/b65Su1RmSckU0eVmaU0472BIn-GSHcpHwCPcBGAYYCw/s1933/139249994_215777556907304_6478719267668654654_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1933" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EQr4JjMRvwk/YATXacwVxUI/AAAAAAAAHqY/b65Su1RmSckU0eVmaU0472BIn-GSHcpHwCPcBGAYYCw/s320/139249994_215777556907304_6478719267668654654_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #51 Chase the Photographer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WL-U5T7W758/YATXZaIAY-I/AAAAAAAAHqg/3In4cWZklVkqA3B5hyootv5-nTxcbs-fgCPcBGAYYCw/s2016/139138066_408854116852271_6879625735512969745_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WL-U5T7W758/YATXZaIAY-I/AAAAAAAAHqg/3In4cWZklVkqA3B5hyootv5-nTxcbs-fgCPcBGAYYCw/s320/139138066_408854116852271_6879625735512969745_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #52 Flicka's Faceoff</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k5CEB0AVj8Y/YATXVEqrFdI/AAAAAAAAHqQ/-kq7nsF-0RcH96PduAJcxJuvewog1S1kACPcBGAYYCw/s2016/139127730_163049251920767_754477831837802470_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k5CEB0AVj8Y/YATXVEqrFdI/AAAAAAAAHqQ/-kq7nsF-0RcH96PduAJcxJuvewog1S1kACPcBGAYYCw/s320/139127730_163049251920767_754477831837802470_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #53 Rocky looking cute</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IDldsUHe994/YATXU7ZpbBI/AAAAAAAAHqU/k-MeN0skxzcmO35sa-bd20RPV1brxKX6gCPcBGAYYCw/s2016/138992826_149568290264284_7849711568980815401_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IDldsUHe994/YATXU7ZpbBI/AAAAAAAAHqU/k-MeN0skxzcmO35sa-bd20RPV1brxKX6gCPcBGAYYCw/s320/138992826_149568290264284_7849711568980815401_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #54 Lovely Lily soaking up the sun</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PMU9THmYoHE/YATXUWNLKdI/AAAAAAAAHqc/CjZ0f9PdElsJ7U6MupNiCP9pdQAJaExKACPcBGAYYCw/s1900/138939297_3637241306367720_7734148070403735946_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1259" data-original-width="1900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PMU9THmYoHE/YATXUWNLKdI/AAAAAAAAHqc/CjZ0f9PdElsJ7U6MupNiCP9pdQAJaExKACPcBGAYYCw/s320/138939297_3637241306367720_7734148070403735946_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #55 Fun in the Snow</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FBT0e1EMe5s/YATXSsla9eI/AAAAAAAAHqc/g59Xa4gnJvoo_uIVZWnbcTL1Oo_Q9K4fwCPcBGAYYCw/s1670/138823080_491862441783386_100541102888903684_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1670" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FBT0e1EMe5s/YATXSsla9eI/AAAAAAAAHqc/g59Xa4gnJvoo_uIVZWnbcTL1Oo_Q9K4fwCPcBGAYYCw/s320/138823080_491862441783386_100541102888903684_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #56 Fun in the Snow close up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NPgX8lw5MzM/YATXSUVbdxI/AAAAAAAAHqY/558i8xGlIjklnCF0D-KTbBVdUYTZLIy5wCPcBGAYYCw/s1805/138821647_322192399043745_7067046178887390958_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1297" data-original-width="1805" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NPgX8lw5MzM/YATXSUVbdxI/AAAAAAAAHqY/558i8xGlIjklnCF0D-KTbBVdUYTZLIy5wCPcBGAYYCw/s320/138821647_322192399043745_7067046178887390958_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #57 Butterscotch and Roman flying</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x0GJ8PlwmbQ/YATXTDvUpGI/AAAAAAAAHqc/_Q2hedhDnZcKHJ2UDvmSr_GrN4Q_YVtkACPcBGAYYCw/s2016/138864456_164566822102353_2642024914074725528_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x0GJ8PlwmbQ/YATXTDvUpGI/AAAAAAAAHqc/_Q2hedhDnZcKHJ2UDvmSr_GrN4Q_YVtkACPcBGAYYCw/s320/138864456_164566822102353_2642024914074725528_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #58 Always beautiful Jewel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qGN6yU8ws-4/YATXTZp5IyI/AAAAAAAAHqg/fSwTBkAhrA0d0Mu_tX2on3FrvYXsritCACPcBGAYYCw/s2016/138869948_410291043581512_7784576138444680709_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qGN6yU8ws-4/YATXTZp5IyI/AAAAAAAAHqg/fSwTBkAhrA0d0Mu_tX2on3FrvYXsritCACPcBGAYYCw/s320/138869948_410291043581512_7784576138444680709_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #59 Sun's Out, Tongue's Out (Hero & Rocky)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2RgLqhm7i0/YATXTaCblPI/AAAAAAAAHqM/MbD6rwH-p98-PgZ1YLfM6g5IN41eyo9PwCPcBGAYYCw/s2016/138920721_1131546073966400_6642839032561749637_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2RgLqhm7i0/YATXTaCblPI/AAAAAAAAHqM/MbD6rwH-p98-PgZ1YLfM6g5IN41eyo9PwCPcBGAYYCw/s320/138920721_1131546073966400_6642839032561749637_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #60 Lily and Roman discussion</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CphDZjx-F80/YATXTo7yT8I/AAAAAAAAHqQ/4cnogKpp02cuT6_Pbcw4Yvp9tLS9FFryQCPcBGAYYCw/s2016/138928439_153505556356577_7956593112573239720_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CphDZjx-F80/YATXTo7yT8I/AAAAAAAAHqQ/4cnogKpp02cuT6_Pbcw4Yvp9tLS9FFryQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/138928439_153505556356577_7956593112573239720_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #61 Roman curious (Spirit in back)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hu286di2Zqg/YATXULRGNpI/AAAAAAAAHqU/kAF22Gj-Fj0QDNlqU4gW5NsAJgQFh6WXwCPcBGAYYCw/s2016/138937831_757552154881520_1080128046027463380_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hu286di2Zqg/YATXULRGNpI/AAAAAAAAHqU/kAF22Gj-Fj0QDNlqU4gW5NsAJgQFh6WXwCPcBGAYYCw/s320/138937831_757552154881520_1080128046027463380_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #62 Roman and Flicka frolic</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5OKTHzFFwc/YAirntp--iI/AAAAAAAADT4/Ge9qnnWwixg9BS3FyWr4r-C2hBSjy5QUQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/nicolelily2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5OKTHzFFwc/YAirntp--iI/AAAAAAAADT4/Ge9qnnWwixg9BS3FyWr4r-C2hBSjy5QUQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/nicolelily2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #63, DoubleHP Lily with her friend Nicole<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0NLkC2i2B0I/YAirnivUK0I/AAAAAAAADT8/IX69WIbqnFki1aGJUAa8_VGLe7imVBagQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/nicolelily.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0NLkC2i2B0I/YAirnivUK0I/AAAAAAAADT8/IX69WIbqnFki1aGJUAa8_VGLe7imVBagQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/nicolelily.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #64, Lily and Nicole a smooch<br />1 vote<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gxxGzjmtIVE/YAirndcgWeI/AAAAAAAADT0/el3OW1zDscEydWcVfEOz46VVtA8Uf0g-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1751/sydneyprincess.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="1751" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gxxGzjmtIVE/YAirndcgWeI/AAAAAAAADT0/el3OW1zDscEydWcVfEOz46VVtA8Uf0g-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/sydneyprincess.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo #65, DoubleHP Princess with her friend Sydney<br />1 vote<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c84C40xEUUc/YBbY94jzisI/AAAAAAAAHrY/a-MCbQGrcigaCb-hlwZPbh7InXkQ2ETdACLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/138388768_10165068317310284_6222092156135040010_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c84C40xEUUc/YBbY94jzisI/AAAAAAAAHrY/a-MCbQGrcigaCb-hlwZPbh7InXkQ2ETdACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/138388768_10165068317310284_6222092156135040010_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #66, Greetings from RJ</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-poTmOrjXk8g/YBbY-cXbQzI/AAAAAAAAHrc/7rvv4QFPHU4j58qner0zli1Zc-2pt0RtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_9874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-poTmOrjXk8g/YBbY-cXbQzI/AAAAAAAAHrc/7rvv4QFPHU4j58qner0zli1Zc-2pt0RtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_9874.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #67, Jet & Hero at the feeder</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IOaFAebGUsw/YBbY-Uca4zI/AAAAAAAAHrk/4EX2Px5ehzgmAtwX_kMRn0HwVSeQwisSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_9891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IOaFAebGUsw/YBbY-Uca4zI/AAAAAAAAHrk/4EX2Px5ehzgmAtwX_kMRn0HwVSeQwisSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_9891.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #68, RJ on duty</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lc8NY8sPsCo/YBbY-_2EQZI/AAAAAAAAHro/fd-WpZNVyr0A8WoIm9Tqk-_a2Dron7bPACLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_9926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lc8NY8sPsCo/YBbY-_2EQZI/AAAAAAAAHro/fd-WpZNVyr0A8WoIm9Tqk-_a2Dron7bPACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_9926.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #69, Best Friends (Bella & Shadow)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FZ7l75S-VPM/YBbY_XcaRSI/AAAAAAAAHrs/rscmKLds1d0tpgVC17Htb3RPQBaacDVMgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_9945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FZ7l75S-VPM/YBbY_XcaRSI/AAAAAAAAHrs/rscmKLds1d0tpgVC17Htb3RPQBaacDVMgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_9945.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #70, Kitty Cuddles (Tina & Ralph)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RguXM55kTlc/YBbY_3YaeEI/AAAAAAAAHrw/iuRDchwvzrsg6BJSxjFDnggRWR5jnDgQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_9960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RguXM55kTlc/YBbY_3YaeEI/AAAAAAAAHrw/iuRDchwvzrsg6BJSxjFDnggRWR5jnDgQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_9960.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #71, Sydney & Shadow</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jjD2AfNlX20/YBbZAdLf39I/AAAAAAAAHr0/IYgslo-4biAIMz-o1FUoY4cqEyefXiD3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_9969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jjD2AfNlX20/YBbZAdLf39I/AAAAAAAAHr0/IYgslo-4biAIMz-o1FUoY4cqEyefXiD3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_9969.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo #72, Sydney with Bella & Shadow</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-70021275694740544412020-11-16T22:37:00.001-06:002020-11-16T22:37:51.242-06:00It's our 20th anniversary! <p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In April 2001, we held our first organizational meeting - a group of neighbors and friends - and we compiled a list of names and numbers to present to law enforcement, so they could call us when they needed help with horse cases. Now, nearly 20 years later, we are still a resource for law enforcement, but mostly we are a horse sanctuary. Our calendar for the upcoming year celebrates our 20 years of helping horses. The photos are a collection from years gone by. But all of the horses in this calendar do live here now at our sanctuary. <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/2021_unbridled_beauties_of_doublehp_calendar-158898413266289935?fbclid=IwAR3K7QRUpB3PQP_7KJP7kRfQIIYYtB1rTdnTXUxth8DUgkX_N0etq83JmFw" target="_blank">Here is a link to our 2021 calendar</a>, available to order now! All money earned from our Zazzle store goes to our rescued horses. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KLKxDmC222o/X7NTAvWlCZI/AAAAAAAAHi8/N_FLDAcT0XUi3zHQrQas9cEdhhLOWmPWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s530/calendar.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="530" height="310" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KLKxDmC222o/X7NTAvWlCZI/AAAAAAAAHi8/N_FLDAcT0XUi3zHQrQas9cEdhhLOWmPWwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h310/calendar.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-74715687916178536722020-10-29T18:18:00.000-05:002020-10-29T18:18:07.183-05:00Chore Helper Wanted. Part time or Full time.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9x2FqmzSZ04/X5tNJd6KHcI/AAAAAAAADN4/PqP5bKCn7M8WDsQ9ZucQw-1r5sYLnhEWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/safenewweb%2Bcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9x2FqmzSZ04/X5tNJd6KHcI/AAAAAAAADN4/PqP5bKCn7M8WDsQ9ZucQw-1r5sYLnhEWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/safenewweb%2Bcopy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Would you like to work here? And help take care of Bella and Shadow, along with 12 other rescued horses who call this their "forever home"? If you might be interested, please send us an email to doublehphorses@aol.com. We'll email you more info. and ask you some questions that you can answer about yourself.<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-38260448838271561332020-05-24T23:19:00.001-05:002020-05-24T23:20:47.613-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our friend Carola Russell has started a Scentsy fundraiser for New Hope Horse Shelter! For every purchase from Carola's Scentsy page (which has things such as wax warmers and essential oil diffusers), she is donating 100% of her commission to the horses here. You can see the event by following this link: <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/event.php?id=2600530096941026&extragetparams=%7B%22source%22%3A3%2C%22source_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22newsfeed%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22feed_story%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%2C%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARB8IhjbWfMirwHLWITQ1Eoa5xph0Jik6FfQA6BgbR1ZVTCjtDg4AufRvm4xYNR5oJWuw81syTdFXYoI%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2600530096941026/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A3%2C%22source_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22newsfeed%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22feed_story%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D&source=3&source_newsfeed_story_type=regular&action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22feed_story%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D&has_source=1&__tn__=K-R&eid=ARB8IhjbWfMirwHLWITQ1Eoa5xph0Jik6FfQA6BgbR1ZVTCjtDg4AufRvm4xYNR5oJWuw81syTdFXYoI&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAkCD7AoBOHUKxOvWU7qExOyUos611zs6JJZF0mjoZ5BoGIwo3Nt7jalnrwfn9usnqChea6g4ubCTuayKLfDJz8wmWl2sI1gUilr6Kt3EerANPATo6mWIO7haibp9unDwz8_t-TmBsxzILBYbgFyqidrvhqEmegnVDm4fsoZ_RdTv2BJd2jiTq0lwDJU3rY45D1cuvedXXqLVfXaE6uZkxhy3PfgF6NwG3G2xCMvn-gPyUZOu-nn41ckE6qCAuKThBa6tSO4nbCJxvFtQfDiiDRy1GnrhGIQxZEz7mBxlRnH_fEJaMNxzOQqav3szwNvgaow2_9vhFNsI95XmGT" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">https://facebook.com/events/s/scentsy-fundraiser-for-new-hop/2600530096941026/?ti=cl</a></div>
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Or see the event details quoted below and use the link at the bottom if you'd like to tak<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">e a look at what Scentsy has to offer. They even have a few beautiful horse-themed warmers!</span></div>
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"Welcome to the Scentsy Fundraiser for New Hope Horse Shelter. Who doesn't like to have a wonderful smelling house/office or car? Scentsy can help and the products are safe to use around pets! </blockquote>
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If you are new to Scentsy you are in for a treat! We have a variety of warmers and waxes and Essential Oil diffusers all that make your home smell great. We also have laundry and skin care products that are amazing. </blockquote>
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At the end of the fundraiser I (Carola) will be donating 100% of my commission to the group so I hope you find something you love and you will be helping all the wonderful Horse at the Shelter at the same time! </blockquote>
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As you may or may not have heard
by now, we have an intern! Hailing from Sioux Falls, 17-year-old Sarah
graduated early from Roosevelt High School and started the Livestock Management
& Production program at Lake Area Tech in Watertown in the Fall of 2019.
This February, she reached out to us about interning at New Hope Horse Shelter.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Prior to joining us, Sarah
started volunteering at HorsePower (formerly Handi-Riders) at 9-years-old. In
fact, her own three geldings – Diesel, Doc, and Uno – are also resident
volunteers in HorsePower’s therapeutic riding program and her mother Shelly has
been their head instructor for the last two years. Sarah’s family also includes
an 11-year-old brother Caleb who lives with their dad Scott, a 27-year-old
sister Alyshia who is in the nursing program at STI, a young nephew Cole
(Alyshia’s son), several cats and an Australian Shepherd named Sky. Since
becoming horse crazy, she has tried what seems like a little bit of everything
– barrel racing, roping, team penning, dressage, and (most recently) jumping.<o:p></o:p></div>
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By now, Sarah’s been with us for
about seven weeks, so we decided to sit down with her and chat about her program
and what she has learned so far. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I didn’t want to go to a
four-year university, and I pretty much knew since my third semester of the
last year of high school that I wanted to go into Lake Area Tech’s Large Animal
Tech program, which has been combined with a bunch of other ag and livestock
programs to become the Livestock Management & Production program. Right
now, it’s pretty much background information. I’m learning about medicines,
wound care, hay, bugs… a little bit of everything. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I want to have my own business
being a farrier. After this program, I’ll take a 6-12 week farrier course, but
with all this background info, I could go into just about anything with horses,
cows, sheep, pigs, etc. A friend in Minnesota finished the farrier program this
winter and we’ve talked about possibly going into business together down the
line.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are no strict requirements.
It can be part-time or full-time, paid or unpaid – it just has to be with
animals and I have to show up. I’m the only person this year who is doing a
horse-specific internship. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I wanted to do something related
to horses. A lot of the horse-related stuff is in Minnesota, though, which
would have been really expensive since the internship is technically only from
March through May. Margaret (Margaret Doom of HorsePower) actually told me to
contact Darci (Darci Hortness of New Hope Horse Shelter), and it just worked
out. Now I can live with my mom in Sioux Falls and it’s nice to be able to see
my dad on the weekends, because he works on the road during the week. <o:p></o:p></div>
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All this stuff is new, which is
nice. It’s a lot of riding and Reining and Parelli stuff. Different ways to do
stuff to help with certain things. The other day, Darci taught me some reining
maneuvers to help with the Sideways Game [a Parelli game]. It’s cool all the
things you can do with Parelli. I was trying to bring in one of the mares the other
day and she kept walking away, so I “disengaged” her [a Parelli maneuver] and
had her come to me. It’s also cool to be able to work on Parelli with my horses
because they’ve never really had much ground work done with them beyond the
basics. It makes it challenging. Like, what can I do for them to understand it
better? I’m all about the horses. Like, if I fall off, whatever. I’m like, “are
you okay” [to the horse]? Which my mom hates. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Probably Spirit. I like Spirit. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I got my Quarter Horse Diesel
four years ago from my old lesson instructor at CK. I was riding Diesel in my
lessons and my instructor wanted to sell him to buy a new horse, but I said,
“You’re not selling him, because I’m going to buy him!” We got Doc [Quarter
Horse x Thoroughbred] about a year later as a sort of confidence builder for my
mom after she had an accident. Then we got Uno, who is a one-eyed Quarter
Horse, about a year ago around Christmas because he was a good horse for
HorsePower and I wanted to get another horse, just because. <o:p></o:p></div>
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How much you can learn from them.
They can teach you a lot.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thanks so much for reading! We
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excited that she is going to be with us until classes start again in the fall!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you follow our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/newhopehorses/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>, you may have already seen that <span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">New Hope Horse Shelter is raising money for our feline friend Freddie.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit;">With the uncertainty of everything going on around us at the moment, we’ve held off on this fundraiser for a bit. As a 501c3 non-profit organization, we get little to no income as it is, and have to rely on the generosity of sponsors, donations, and participation in our Horsemanship program. Since our Horsemanship program has been put on hold indefinitely in </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: inherit;">the interest of keeping everyone safe and healthy, the financial strain is beginning to show and vet bills wait for no one. That’s why we’ve decided to go ahead with Freddie’s fundraiser.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit;">Freddie is one of the many feral cats we have live-trapped over the years. He was de-bugged, vaccinated, and neutered, and now he lives here with the twelve other cats that come and go from our heated garage. They love to go out into the trees (their jungle) to pretend they’re still wild, then come back to the garage for food, warmth, and safety.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit;">Freddie is only about 3 years old. He has a fracture of the head of his femur that the vet says was probably caused from jumping down from a place that was too high up. He can walk but he doesn’t put his full weight on the leg due to pain. The good news is that the vet can perform an FHO, or femoral head ostectomy, which is a surgical procedure to restore pain-free mobility to Freddie’s damaged hip.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit;">So far, his vet bill is already over $600, and the FHO will add close to another $800, so we are hoping to raise $1,400 for Freddie. Please help us relieve Freddie’s pain so he can live out the rest of his natural life as a pampered house kitty. Any small amount is appreciated!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit;">If you'd like to contribute to the "Friends with Freddie" fund, you can click the donate button on the right side of this page, or you can go to </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/newhopehorses/posts/10163693211705284" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">our post on Facebook</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit;"> and use the donate link there. </span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-3236510702614250752019-05-16T10:36:00.000-05:002019-09-12T06:43:05.862-05:00Life after WinterIt wasn't such a long winter, really. It was a LATE winter. It was pretty nice until mid-January. and then, oh boy. We even had a few snowflakes on May 8 2019. It wasn't cold and blizzardy that whole time; there were moments of niceness. And we still have some mud and sounds like lots more rain to come this weekend and next week.<br />
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But, it's warm finally. So things will dry fast now.<br />
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We are officially open for a few new horsemanship participants. Go to our horsemanship page on this website to learn all about it. Or click on the youtube video sidebar to watch videos from our horsemanship program here. or copy and paste this link http://www.youtube.com/gentlereins<br />
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Toward the end of July we will probably need to hire another chore person, to replace one who will be going off to college. It's not too early to let us know if you are interested. If so, call Darci 359-0961.<br />
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another change. We lost our website temporarily this past Winter, and the easiest way to fix it was to just use a new name. So, our website, which you are on right now, is newhopehorseshelter.org. It used to be newhopehorses but that one will not work anymore. Let us know if you run into any broken links. We have found several and there probably are some more somewhere. Thanks! You may email us at doublehphorses@aol.com<br />
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that's just a brief update to let you know that we survived the Winter! And everything is beautiful again.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-9575483258721479972018-11-25T10:10:00.002-06:002019-05-16T09:56:27.111-05:00Let's raise money for 29-yr old OTTB HotShot in 2019. Great Xmas idea -- do a sponsorship in someone else's name. It's only $10 for a day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Although it costs us about $6,000 per year to maintain HotShot's health and happiness, you may sponsor him for a day for $10.00. <br />
Because, we have a very generous anonymous sponsor who is picking up the rest!<br />
And, because we get several hundred dollars worth of feed coupons from the Purina Horse Feed and A Home for Every Horse program.<br />
So, choose which day or days in 2019 that you want to sponsor HotShot on. And send $10 per day. And we'll let the world know how nice you are!<br />
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Here's how:<br />
send checks to Horse Help Providers, Inc., 25337 470 Ave, Crooks SD 57020<br />
or use our donate button here on this website.<br />
or, visit HotShot in person and bring your donation along! He would love to see you.<br />
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Send us emails <a href="mailto:doublehphorses@aol.com">doublehphorses@aol.com</a><br />
call us 605 359-0961<br />
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we (Horse Help Providers, Inc.) are 501c3; donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed within law. HotShot is a rescued OTTB and lives at our sanctuary, New Hope Horse Shelter, near Sioux Falls, SD.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-62555580620650517002018-06-27T15:11:00.001-05:002018-06-27T15:20:02.643-05:00the Peggy Kessler RideOn Award, by DoubleHP / New Hope Horse Shelter<div style="text-align: center;">
We are honored to introduce our Peggy Kessler RideOn Award,</div>
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in memory of our friend Peggy Kessler.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Loving Memory<br />
PEGGY A. KESSLER<br />
August 12, 1959 - May 4, 2018<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peggy was an avid sports fan, as well as a talented participant. In high school and college, Peggy participated in basketball, volleyball, track and softball. She graduated from SDSU in 1981 with a B.S. in Public Recreation. Peggy loved playing softball from 1977 through 1988, helping her team win 2 state tournaments, and was inducted into the South Dakota ASA Softball Hall of Fame in 1990. Peggy officiated volleyball for 21 years and was the first volleyball official to be named NFIOA Outstanding Official for South Dakota in 1990. In 2008, the SDHSAA presented Peggy with the Officials' Leadership Award from the SD Girls and Women's Sports.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peggy loved her family, her friends, and meeting new friends. When not at work, Peggy could be found out camping, riding horses, golfing, watching football, traveling, geocaching and just being outdoors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After being diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in 2001, Peggy was an advocate through the Cancer Treatment Centers of America and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, answering countless emails and phone calls to offer help and support to others. Peggy also hosted 7 golf tournaments to raise awareness and funding for Pancreatic Cancer. In 2009, she received the Randy Pausch (author of the Last Lecture) award presented by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in Washington, D.C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">SPECIAL NOTES FROM JANA CARLSON:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peggy had a love for not only people but also for her horses. She wanted a horse from the time she was in kindergarten. Her mom saved every Christmas letter Peggy wrote Santa asking for a horse. Peggy would like the idea about rewarding good behavior and getting kids more involved in the outdoors and to appreciate nature and all its animals. If Peggy could have lived and camped outside every day she would have. I know Peggy would be very honored (about the Peggy Kessler RideOn Award).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Jana sent us the original memorial donation, she wrote this note:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Enclosed is a check in memory of Peggy Kessler. </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>She loved her horse and all horses.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Now she can ride every day.</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">We thank Jana and all of Peggy's friends and relatives who contributed to the original memorial donation.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">We also thank Mary Lou Dahms and Christine & Douglas Jacobson for individual gifts in memory of Peggy.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">The original amount came to $555.00. The owners of New Hope Horse Shelter, Greg Schjodt and Darci Hortness, matched that amount.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Instead of just buying hay with the memorial money, we wanted to make it last and grow. So, we started the Peggy Kessler RideOn Award, a kind of scholarship for people in our horsemanship program. Original donations to the Peggy Kessler RidoOn Fund are used to buy hay for the rescued horses who live here. The matching funds from Greg and Darci are used as the scholarship part, to help with the horsemanship program we have here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Greg and Darci will match up to $5,000.00 for 2018. <span style="font-size: x-large;">If you are interested in contributing to the Peggy Kessler RideOn Award,</span> you may call Darci 605 359-0961. Send checks/notes to Horse Help Providers, Inc. (DoubleHP), 25337 470 Ave, Crooks SD 57020. Or use the donate button on this website. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Darci played softball with Jana and Peggy, and Greg & Darci often visited with them while riding horses on the Newton Hills trails. Or ran into them on the golf course or at other sports/outdoors events.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you would like to add to this Memorial, or start your own, just let us know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Just call 605 359-0961 or email <a href="mailto:doublehphorses@aol.com">doublehphorses@aol.com</a> if you have any questions or suggestions. Thank you.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-52046187167044388262018-04-28T11:14:00.001-05:002018-04-28T11:14:57.905-05:00Horsemanship / Horse Riding Lessons in Sioux Falls, South Dakota area. at DoubleHP / New Hope Horses.Are you looking for a place to learn about horses in the Sioux Falls South Dakota area? Here we are! Our horsemanship program is getting a little later start this year. But it is time. This year we have an application for you to fill out. Our program is a little different than others, so we want to make sure it is what you are looking for. Ours is not just riding lessons. It is riding lessons, but it is also horse safety, care, behavior, and non-riding activities. If you don't want to ride, we have lots of non-riding activities and programs too. We encourage and reward greater participation, dedication, and try. Come more often, learn faster, lower your hourly rates. We provide the horses, saddles, etc.<br />
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First, take a look at our horsemanship audition videos at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/gentlereins">www.youtube.com/gentlereins</a>.<br />
These are videos right here at our facility with our horses.<br />
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Here is more info about "how to sign up":<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How to
sign up for the horsemanship program at New Hope Horse Shelter / DoubleHP<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. Watch our horsemanship / audition videos at
www.youtube.com/gentlereins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
some of our horsemanship students in the last few years, right here at our
facility, with the horses who live here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2. Look at your schedule, to see if it will work with our
schedule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first, we want you to come
2-5 times a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twice is fine, if that
is what works for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We schedule in
advance, on a monthly basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sessions
are 1- 2 hours each.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are scheduled
M-F.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Start time can be between 10:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is our goal that
as you advance through our program you will need less supervision/coaching and
your schedule can become more flexible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our weekends here are reserved for advanced students. If you have
recently received your certificates for Level 3 online and freestyle, you will
probably<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>very quickly receive a great
deal of schedule flexibility here, low or no costs, and the opportunity to help
coach our beginners, if you would like to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you are just getting started or are a beginner yourself, that is
something to look forward to!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Previous
Horse Experience - There is no previous horse experience required; however, if
you have quite a bit of horse experience, you will probably speed through our
first two levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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There really is no age limit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have
riding and non-riding programs, so you don't have to ride if you don't want
to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are younger than 18, we need
to involve a parent or legal guardian in all of this planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For youth 12 and under, we require an adult
to participate in the sessions with the youth, at least for the first few sessions or until we all feel comfortable with the youth being here without the
adult who brings the youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have had
children as young as 6 in our program, but it can be difficult at this young
age. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Weight
& Height - This is important for riding and saddle-fit purposes, but not so
much for non-riding activities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
beginner- approved riding horses are medium sized, so beginner riders cannot
weigh much more than 170 pounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
advanced riders, we do have a couple of bigger, younger horses that might fit
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These horses need further training
before they are beginner-approved. So if you are advanced, perhaps you will be
interested in these horses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Physical,
emotional, and mental fitness - Are you fit enough for a 2-hour session with a
horse?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don't need to have any
previous horse experience to do this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
you need to be able to focus on what we are teaching you without having
thoughts about other things that will distract you from learning and practicing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will need to develop non-stop awareness
and be willing to find and use an appropriate level of assertiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a self-improvement program for
humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes you will learn horsemanship
skills, and you will ride if you want to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But you will also explore (and hopefully enjoy) new ways to communicate, move, excel, and have fun with a horse (and actually with life in general).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
enjoy music, rhythm, dance, either individual or team athletics/sports, you
will enjoy this with horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
don't know if you like those rhythmic things, you can find out here with the
horses!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When something isn't going quite
right between a human and a horse, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>usually there is something the human should do
differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's hardly ever the horse;
it's almost always the human. Once you get to that realization, your
advancement will be incredible! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why we talk about fitness. Physical, emotional, and mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. Complete/submit our 2-page Application; and contact us to
further discuss schedules, rates, and goals. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Darci Hortness, Horsemanship Coach. 605
359-0961<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>email doublehphorses@aol.com <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Here is the info. on the application. We can email it to you, or you can just copy/paste the info. here. Email it back to us or send to DoubleHP, 25337 470 Ave, Crooks SD 57020.</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Horse
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">25337 470
Ave, Crooks SD<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>57020, 605 359-0961,
email doublehphorses@aol.com www.facebook.com/newhopehorses,
www.newhopehorses.org<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Name of
participant ________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Name of parents/legal
guardian (if participant is under 18 years of age)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(city state zip) ______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">phone
numbers ____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">email
address _____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If you manage
your own website, blog, facebook page, youtube video collection, etc., that you
think we might be interested in, write down your internet links here. (this is
optional)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Participant
age ___________<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>height _________________<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>weight
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220953767090464608.post-54596106917945717712017-12-24T10:43:00.002-06:002017-12-24T10:43:39.938-06:00We wish everyone a peaceful Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Merry Christmas from our rescued beauties Jet and Prince, and all of the other horses and humans at DoubleHP / New Hope Horse Shelter.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com