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Misty is a 17 year old Quarter Horse Cross mare that was in serious danger of being shot. Misty has a lot of baggage. She has obviously been spoiled but also has been treated very rough and beat on by someone. Her mouth is close to ruined from being jerked on by teenagers that were riding her previously with a severe bit. She pretty much had the attitude that this is how she would be treated and that's normal.
Misty is currently being retrained here. Working on regaining her trust and softening her mouth and her very defensively stiff body with dressage. We are putting her back in an eggbutt french link snaffle and turning her into a very happy horsey through the use of light hands and correct riding technique. She is already showing VAST improvement just from being treated fairly. She will be an EXCELLENT lesson horse here at DUM for beginners.
Riley
BLM Mustang gelding, 7 years old, foaled in 2002. From the Pine Nut Herd in Nevada. Starting under saddle now. Riley is a natural jumper - this horse can clear a 4 foot fence with virtually no effort. Would be a great horse for an experienced teenager. A victim of the economic crunch, this horse was abandoned by his owner at a boarding facility. Has had extensive groundwork done, is completely gentle, ground drives, Down Under Horsemanship trained. Ties, bathes, trims, lunges like a dream, trained to the bit, has had extensive desensitization with tarps, plastic bags, has been packed on, laid across, mounted, carries a mannequin but has not been ridden. Riley is an extremely smart and spunky little horse. SUPERB unheard of balance, can canter at the pace of a normal horse's walk, natural collection, also GREAT reaching leg flicking extensions. Would be incredible in the Dressage ring. Quick on his feet. Would also be great in gymkhana. Social, but does best with an Alpha horse. Picks on subordinates.
WNV, 4way, and worming UTD.
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Ziya
Ziya is a ten year old Quarter Horse gelding that was employed by the Forest Service for most of his life. He is a hunky 16.2 hand palomino. Unfortunately he sheared off most of his heel bulb in turnout. The vet in Scott Valley, Tish, did a great job patching him up. Ziya was taken for X rays at Mount Shasta Animal Hospital. Four views were taken and it was discovered that he has a fragment of bone that is sticking out and causing his pain. We did a course of 30 days of antibiotics in case the pain is caused by a bone infection. There has been some improvement. The vet in Medford at Rogue Valley Equine Hospital thinks that this bone fragment may dissolve with time, and that Ziya may not need surgery to remove it. He is worried about scar tissue or a bone spur beginning to grow from the trauma of a surgery, which would make him unusable.
Ziya is available for sponsorship now. He is not available for adoption until he is healed. He is in rehab for perhaps another year until the bone fragment dissolves. Please click on the donate button above.
Gracie is a thirteen year old purebred papered Arabian mare, with lineage to Bask and Khemosabi. She was found in deplorable condition in Hornbrook and was surrendered by her owners. She is on SafeChoice, Continuex Daily Wormer, and psyllium pellets. She has regained much weight but still has a way to go. She had to be totally retrained since she was terribly spoiled. She is now giving lessons and being used as a trail horse as well as Dressage. The first two photos of her were the day I got her, the third is a few months later.
Gracie has regained much of her weight, and she also does need her teeth floated, but not as bad as Merry. She is available for sale, but I'm not in any hurry to get rid of her. She has turned out to be a wonderful lesson and trail horse. And her bloodlines are just incredible!
Merrylegs
Merrylegs came from the same home as Gracie. She was also neglected and it took quite a few months for the muscling to come back along her topline, due to malnourishment. This doesn't really show on the photos but she was definitely losing lots of muscle mass. She had been able to evade being haltered by the owners - no wonder since there is a huge dent on the front of her nose where someone left a halter on her way too long while she was growing.
I got her in the round pen and was able to halter her easily, although she is afraid of the halter going around her nose. She is VERY easy to catch now. She just needed someone to trust. She is wearing both saddle and bit, ties great, is submissive in the herd. I will start her this Spring under saddle, and also teach her to ground drive. She will be extremely easy to start under saddle. She is very calm and not afraid of much at all. She would make a great driving pony, or a mount for a young girl.
Toukke
Toukke is a track run Thoroughbred. He is an owner surrender from Little Shasta. He has ringbone, a terribly painful joint disease that affects his back legs. He is on a pain management program, and is still usable and rideable in the warm weather, although lightly. One of the mellowest horses I have ever met! Surprising for a Thoroughbred. Toukke is not adoptable due to his problems, so will be a life resident, and able to be sponsored through Down Under Mustangs if you would like to contribute to his care. He is much loved friend and great pony horse for the young horses.
Jerry
Jerry is a five year old Quarter Horse gelding. He is in training as time allows and is aloso listed for adoption on this site.
Jerry was rescued as a colt from a backyard Quarter Horse breeder by Animal Control with many other horses. He was taken to a rescue and adopted from there. The woman that adopted him got in an accident (not with him) and was unable to work with him and unable to ride, so she sold him. The people that bought him tried to start him themselves and he reacted with fear. The first person that got on him grabbed his ears and scared him terribly. He bucked. He then thought that is what he was supposed to do. A few other people tried to train him, and didn't have any luck.
I got him here in training and was making good progress with him, but the people that owned him decided he was just too much for them and decided to sell him - when he didn't sell, they decided they were going to euthanize him, saying that he was "bad" and "untrainable". Which is not the case. Jerry just needs more time, and he is coming along just great. He has been restarted and needs more desensitization, and is even carrying a mannequin as a rider now, which he would not tolerate the sight of before.
If a home is not found for him, Jerry will remain in training until one IS found. He's very sweet and will make someone a great trail horse.
Mojo
Mojo is a seven year old Morgan and Quarter Horse cross. He is the result of a backyard bred mare - the owner bred her mare and then never did a thing with the colt. I got Mojo from another rescue located in Oregon. He had been adopted a few times but the people always brought him back. He has some issues with other horses - some he dislikes and will beat them up. He's also food aggressive (not with people at all, just with other horses.)
I restarted him from the beginning, and got him wearing a saddle, leading, tying, and beginning to lunge. I adopted him out once - and the lady that got him never did anything with him. He would hardly even lead when I got him back.
I had to restart him yet AGAIN and so took him off the adoption list - so that I could get him started under saddle. He is green under saddle now, has been ridden in the arena and is learning bit and leg cues. He is learning to be on the bit and self carriage. I have not been able to be very consistent with him since I am so busy training other people's horses, but I have been able to keep him going. He needs a home that has a non-spooking led horse to go out with, since he can be spooky. That is just because he has never been out in the world.
Mojo is also on the for sale list. To a good and consistent home ONLY.
Hank
Hank (aka Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo) is another owner surrender from Hornbrook. he has bone spurs in his front coffin bones and is sore in his front feet. There is no treatment for this, just maintenance trimming and shoeing to keep him sound. Hank is only nine years old and a wonderful horse. He is a big lovely guy and will also be a lifer here. He is not adoptable due to his condition, although usable on trail rides and giving lessons here at DUM. He could really used the donation of a pair of Old Macs or easy boots since I had to pull his shoes for the winter. He would take a size 4 Old Mac. he is not on any pain medication and is quite happy although becomes sore if his feet are not protected. He is a very talented Dressage horse with big strides and is learning self carriage, shifting more weight to the hind end, which will promote a longer and healthier life for him.
Valentino
I rescued this lovely horse from the slaughter yard - he is a 16.1 hand gelding (paint I think). He was near starved to death, but luckily the new manager at the ranch that he was at separated him and tried to feed him up. She put about three hundred pounds on him previous to the above photo. The owner of the ranch, who doesn't live there, came out for his once a year visit, and said "That one doesn't look good. Shoot it and get me another one." And since no one on the place would shoot him, they were told to send him to the slaughter yard. So it was either
rescue or death. This beautiful horse was supposed to die Saturday after Valentine’s Day 2007. I decided I had to go and get him from Joseph, Oregon.
Overnight in a motel parking lot in the trailer since there was no where else to put him, and twelve hour trip back from Hermiston, Oregon, Valentino rejoiced and rolled in the sand in the arena over and over again. And boy did I have a huge fuel bill for going and getting him!
The best part is, he is kid broke, and the sweetest. He will either make a nice addition here for a lesson horse, or will be found another home when he is back to health. He appears to only be around twelve years old.
I named him Valentino since he was rescued the day
after Valentine's day. He didn't have a name. He has some issues - he has an old injury on one hoof and is not sound. He will need corrective shoeing, and lots of rest and lots of food, to get back on track.
The first photo is the day I got back with him, the next are a few months later. I was able to get this horse completely sound and pain free. He put on hundreds of pounds and was glossy and gorgeous.
Valentino died six months after his rescue of complications due to colic. A sad and tragic end to a neglected and unappreciated life.
Rest in peace Valli, I will love you always.
Diva is a Sheldon mustang rescued from Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge overseen by Fish and Wildlife. Many of these horses have gone to slaughter. They have no rights like the BLM horses, who have the three strikes try for adoption. They are not freeze branded either, so they are quite untraceable.
These horses are direct descendants of the US Cavalry horses that fought and died for our country with our cavalrymen.
Diva was four when she was brought in with a foal at her side. Her foal got terribly hurt in the pens and his shoulder was badly broken. He is still at Strawberry Mountain Mustangs - probably a lifer, if his injuries do not cause him pain to bear his own weight as he grows.
She was named Lady Go-Diva for her color and attitude. She has come a long way.
Diva came in with another foal, whom she adopted. The foal’s mother was old and emaciated, and later passed away at Strawberry. The mother's name was Sadie, and I named the filly Sadie’s Epiphany (Piff for short) in her memory.
Piff was started under saddle Fall 2007 and is really coming along great. She is one of my best saddle horses and a best friend to boot.
As much as I cannot afford another mouth to feed, this is why I am here. Equine, canine, bovine, feline.
This could have been YOU - thrown away like trash, ignored as the hunger pained your belly, your cries unheard by your owner- as he - cozy, fat and warm in his house - refused to let you in or even feed you, as you struggled alone, hungry and freezing in the night storms.
Everyone please - stop keeping your mouth shut. If you see ANY animal neglect - tell SOMEONE or turn it in ANONYMOUSLY from a phone booth at least. PLEASE. You can always call the Humane Society in Mount Shasta at 926-4052, Siskiyou Animal Control at 530-841-4028, or me at 261-1920. ANY ANIMAL ANY TIME!!!!! Please rid yourself of that attitude that you won't get involved - it makes you as bad as the abuser if you look the other way. If it was a poor little boy or little girl - you would do something right?
Human children have rights and that's why I fight for animals. A human child will be saved much more quickly than a poor equally innocent cat or dog. Animals have NO RIGHTS - NO VOICE. Please give them your voice IMMEDIATELY if you see animal abuse in your area or neighborhood. Please. You can always do this anonymously.
DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THEM - FOR YOURSELF. You can be their savior too. JUST SAY SOMETHING TO SOMEONE!!!!!!!
