This coming two-yr-old colt came to MHARF from Kanabec County humane case in which we worked with the Animal Humane Society of MN. He was suffering from severe malnourishment, hypothermia, and dehydration at intake. He was taken directly to Anoka equine Veterinary Services for emergency care but sadly he did not survive.
Zip is a nice palomino gelding who was foaled in approximately 2007 and 15.3hh. He came to us from a St. Louis County humane case in 2019. He is now in decent body condition. He was treated for heaves at intake and had recovered from that episode after initial course of treatment with dexamethasone. However, when he went back into training in spring 2020 he again became symptomatic and is requiring treatment. Zip is a friendly gelding with great ground manners. We were told Zip was broke to ride at intake but he was most likely hurried in his initial training and developed some issues (such as evasive behavior, spinning, etc.) He is now being restarted by Marirose Berner of MJB Horse Training. We will post more details on his training as we have them!
Secret Black is a paint gelding in his late teens who was originally adopted form MHARF in 2009. He is a nice gelding and is well broke to ride. However, he requires a joint supplement and is best suited as a companion horse or for light riding.
Madre is a bay Arab mare came to MHARF from a July 2019 Crow Wing County humane case. Luckily she isn’t in terrible condition as far as weight goes, but she was no longer being cared for by her owner and was removed along with many other companion animals. Madre, who is in her early 20’s, was recently diagnosed with EOTRH (Equine Odontoclast Tooth Resorption and Hypercementosis) She is currently being treated for this and we will have updates soon.
Update: We are extremely sad to say that we had to make the very hard decision to have Etan euthanized. We consulted with multiple veterinarians. The consensus was that Etan’s fetlock joint could not be saved and to put him through difficult anesthesia (due to his body condition), lengthy surgery, and long recovery period (while trying to keep him immobilized and manage his pain), was not the humane thing to do when the probable outcome was a less than 15% chance of ever being sound and free of pain. As much as we would have loved to keep this beautiful boy around, euthanasia was the only unselfish option.
This 8-9 year old stallion was signed over to MHARF on 07/25/19 in an ongoing Carlton County humane case. He has an older, infected injury to a hind leg, We are currently having him vetted and will post updates on his prognosis soon!
