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How About Sponsoring One Of Our Residents ?
We have a few equines that are most likely staying with us for the foreseeable future for one reason or another. In order to help with the costs involved in their care we have decided to start a Sponsorship Programme.
For €10.00 per month a Sponsor will receive a Sponsorship Certificate, a gift and a card at Christmas.
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SPONSORSHIP EQUINES
Echo
Hi I am Echo and I am a Newforest pony who is about 10yrs old.
I am a long-term foster here who came from Cottage Rescue, at the end of 2007. I was in horrific condition when Hannah and Kelly, of Cottage Rescue, found me but luckily they worked their ‘magic’ on me and after several months I was in a position to move on to a long-term foster home which is when Armargos stepped in and offered a place to me.
A case was brought against my owner and he was successfully prosecuted for cruelty by the judge. Cottage Rescue were highly commended by the judge for the great job they did in bringing me back to full health and for all the work they do voluntarily on a daily basis for all animals in need.
I do not need much in life aside of food (I LOVE food!!!), my annual tetanus injection (ughhh), worming treatments and my hooves trimmed (aghhh).
Ginger
Hi, I am Ginger, a Shetland pony who is about 15yrs old. I know you will be looking at my photo thinking “I’ve seen him somewhere before” well of course you have because I am often chosen as the ‘Cover-Boy’ for Armargos so I am kind of famous ;o))
Here is the story Sheena wrote about me:-
At the beginning of September 2008 Ginger entered our lives, sometimes people will think they have ‘pulled the wool over your eyes’ when in actual fact it is the other way around just you do not bother to make a big deal about it because to you it is more important to get the animal to safety than the spoof that is coming out of an owner’s mouth. Ginger was being used as a lead rein pony in a riding school ... whatever about the supposed proprietors of the school but shame on all the people/parent’s who stood looking at him week after week and did not care about the state of his feet or think about the pain he would have been enduring as he numbly carried their child around the arena. From the moment we laid eyes on a photo of this sweet boy we felt it was highly likely that he had Cushings Disease and so we decided we would go take a closer look .... “oh dear”, well actually slightly stronger words than those filtered through our minds, when we saw him “in the flesh” ... his hooves were grossly overgrown and someone in their effort to shorten them had just cut straight across the fronts of them. There and then the decision was made, he simply had to come to live with us so we could ensure that he could receive proper farrier care and have the tests for Cushings done. It has been a slow road for Ginger’s hooves but with each trim theyare improving and with the overgrown turn-ups gone he has more comfort walking around. He is still getting hoof strengthening supplements to help build up their strength to reduce the crumbling. Our suspicions about Cushings Disease was confirmed after our vet ran the tests for us so at the moment Ginger is on a variety of herbs everyday in an effort to keep some control over the disease. Time will tell how this disease will effect the quality and longevity of this gentle well-mannered boy’s life. Of course it goes without saying that as soon as we feel the herbs are not sufficient for a good quality of life we will commence him on the ‘traditional’ veterinary Cushings medication.
This is how I looked when I first arrived
I am not too demanding in my daily needs at the moment but this may change as I get older so that is why I have put myself into the Sponsorship Programme. All I need is feed, my herbal remedies for my Cushings Disease, dentistry now & again and regular hoof-work to ensure my hooves stay strong & healthy like my body ;o)
Nanny May
Nanny May is our ‘late twenty-something’ (approx 28yrs old) 12’2 pony who came to us from another rescue to ‘retire from the rehoming scene’ in the Spring of 2010. At the time it was hoped that the younger equines here would benefit from her years of ‘knowledge in all ways equine’ .... Not only can we say that she has been of benefit to our youngsters but she excelled all expectations with the speed at which she offered her services to become ‘nanny’ to Rocky, who was left an orphan when his mother died when he was just 2 days old.
Nanny May will live out the rest of her years with us doing what she is happy doing, living in a herd without human interference unless absolutely necessary. On account of her leadership & maternal guidance we hope that equines will continue to benefit from our level headed friend for a good few more years yet :)
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Madge
“Hi, I’m Madge a 16h trotting mare and I am about 25yrs old (my memory isn’t as good as it use to be!!).
Life was not so good for me when I was found in April 2010 - I was only skin & bone and had just given birth to a stillborn foal ... Upon arriving to Armargos though I was given a nice cosy rug and several small feeds a day until my system regained it’s strength. I was very withdrawn for the first few weeks and had no interest in interacting with the other horses at all but thankfully I now have many friends here and enjoy running with them when my knee is nimble (I have a gimpy knee joint in my rear left leg from years of trotting on roads).
I ask for very little but have to say I would love a nice field shelter or stable for wet cold winter days. Don’t get me wrong I don’t mind wintering outside with my big heavy winter rug on but the winter of 2010/2011 with the weeks of freezing weather I did find the ground quite hard which my knee didn’t really like so having a field shelter or stable would give me somewhere comfy to take the weight off for a few hours a day.”
Madge will live out the rest of her life here at Armargos as a result of her dodgy knee because that way we can ensure she receives the care she needs as soon as it shows signs of stiffening/locking.
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