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(Adoption fee: $250)
Age 15, Quarterhorse mare
Madison came from a breeder who no longer needed her services as a broodmare. She is one of the sweetest, calmest mares we've had the pleasure to meet. Madison will make a super pasture friend for a forever family. Because she broke her left hind leg as a youngster, she is not rideable but she’s tremendously gentle and sweet. Her rehabilitation included nutrition appropriate for her – grass hay and lots of nutrients, herbs to help her clear accumulated toxins and chiropractic and farriery for her crippled leg. Like all our mares she will require PZP injections to prevent pregnancies.
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(Adoption fee: $500)
Age 5, Quarterhorse cross
Happy is a smart and well-started Quarterhorse cross mare. She spent 2-1/2 months with professional trainer Jess Holloway of Bozeman and did especially well on trails and outside the arena. She is ready for an experienced rider and lots of love. Happy joined the Sanctuary in 2008 and was spayed later that year. A wire cut injury of her right pastern will limit her ability to do sports that require lots of fast, tight turns or work in deep arena footing. But she does well on natural footing and has a great work ethic.
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Age 29, Quarterhorse
Jake is such a darling fella. After a very serious bout of ulcerative colitis early in 2008 we concluded that Jake’s health is too fragile for him to adapt to a new home and new horses. So Jake will live out the rest of his life here at the Sanctuary with his dear horse friends. Jake has been the ideal “uncle” to Isaac who looks up to him for guidance and advice. Jake joined the Sanctuary in 2006 when his owner became frustrated with his behavior. Turns out they hadn’t had his feet trimmed in a very long time which caused him a lot of back pain and an aggravation of his ring bone (an arthritic condition of the lower leg joints). Once his feet were trimmed properly and our veterinary chiropractor adjusted him, Jake calmed down and returned to his former sweet self. Jake continues to receive regular visits with the horseshoer (like all our horses) and adjustments from the veterinary chiropractor. We hope Jake will be with the Sanctuary for many years to come.
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(Adoption fee: $250)
Age 29
Georgia is really an old-fashioned kind of gal. She's calm, respectful and gentle. She's quiet around kids and adults but is willing to stand her ground with other horses. She is a wise soul who want to enjoy the rest of her retirement in a forever home.
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Weanling
Roxanne is a little bundle of love. She came to the Sanctuary from a neglect situation, much underweight and weaned too early by a mare who was also underweight and struggling. When she arrived in late 2009 she was skeptical that humans might ever be her friends. Because of the time and love given her by volunteers and staff, as well as a well-prescribed homeopathic remedy, Roxanne is becoming friendly, gaining weight and growing like a weed. She's still in rehabilitation and will be for some time to come. We are sure that someday she will make someone a great horse in a forever home.
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In Loving Memory
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Benjamin
After a serious bout of colic, Benjamin left us in December 2007 at age 36. He left lots of devoted equine and human friends. The Sanctuary horses who loved him most were Jake, Isaac and Coral. Visitors to the Sanctuary often decided Benjamin was their favorite. He was a smart, sassy and mischievous guy who liked to find escape routes from pastures and leadropes held by unsuspecting handlers. Benjamin was quite the ladies’ man and appealed to mares, girls and women alike. We all miss you Ben!
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 Teddy
When Teddy joined the Sanctuary in 2004 we knew he’d endured a lot of unfortunate treatment which had left him somewhat troubled and at times distrustful. During the next three years Teddy overcame huge obstacles mentally and emotionally and became friendly and gentle. He also became healthy, gaining around 250 pounds in the first 10 weeks at the Sanctuary.
In late 2007, Teddy started to slowly spiral downward and clearly became sad and distrustful. He began to incessantly chase his pasturemates. In mid-2008 he began to exhibit dangerous behaviors including biting and lunging without any provocation. After much discussion among the staff, board of directors, five veterinarians and Sanctuary volunteers, we made the terribly difficult decision to euthanize Teddy. Teddy, you are greatly missed and we wish you an eternity of peace and happiness.
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Horses who have been adopted: Update
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 Isaac
Isaac found his forever home in January 2009 with Sanctuary director and co-founder, Jane Heath. Isaac has grown into a big fella. At nearly age four, he is now nearly 17 hands and about 1,400 pounds. He's a gentle giant and Jane's madly in love with him. She reports that going through the adoption application and approval process gave her butterflies and a new perspective of how other adoption applicants might feel. After adopting Isaac, Jane sent him to Jess Holloway to have him started under saddle. He has turned into a wonderful saddle horse. |
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 Periwinkle
In early October 2008, Periwinkle's dream came true -- she found her forever home. She now lives with a loving family near Great Falls, Montana. Just before her adoption, Periwinkle completed five weeks of professional training under saddle. And, although she had been ridden before she came to the Sanctuary, she had learned only the most basic skills. We wanted her to be more advanced, supple and gentle under saddle, thus making her a more safe and relaxed horse to ride. Periwinkle was turned over to the Sanctuary by her owners when they decided that her carpus fracture injury would keep her from ever being sound again. After two years of rehabilitation including nutritional supplements and joint injections she is now sound and can be ridden lightly. Like so many horses at the Sanctuary, Periwinkle reminded us that healing takes time. |
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 Coral (far right, with Harry on her left, in her forever home)
Now living with Harry, the love of her life, Coral is one happy, content mare. Coral was adopted by a woman who owns Harry, a horse Coral lived with at a boarding facility near Bozeman before she came to the Sanctuary. Coral originally came to the Sanctuary when her owner decided that her stifle soreness wasn’t worth treating. We did rehabilitation work on her stifles but initially with little success. About a year after coming to the Sanctuary, Coral started showing serious hormone issues with long heat cycles and violent behavior towards her pasturemates. After recovering from spay surgery, where the surgeon found an enlarged and cystic ovary, Coral’s stifles became sound. She is now living a pain-free happy life and is still madly in love with Harry |
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 Alice
Alice came to the Sanctuary at age 2 with just one good eye. Her right eye had been injured and was shriveled and blind. It was also constantly infected and draining. The Sanctuary took Alice to a veterinary surgeon who removed the eye and inserted a prosthetic device which doesn’t look like an eye but partially filled the empty socket so that it didn’t become a reservoir for dirt and moisture. Alice recovered nicely from surgery and then spent time with a trainer who was able to help her deal with her right-side blindness. Alice was adopted by a young woman who adores her and she now spends her time as a cow horse on a ranch in Eastern Montana.
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