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Some of our proud graduates of the Equihab program

	Boxy - TB - He wasn't in immediate danger, but the donation of this nice, younger horse helped raise some money in adoption fees that go towards the care & rehab of the others. He's ensured a good forever home and can retire with Equihab if he's never unneeded.
	Bavieca - a lovely papered Arab mare who was donated by a nice woman who tried to sell her but wasn't comfortable with any of those coming to look for her. We gave the owner a safe option for Bavieca, and her adoption fee helped to offset some of the other horses. And Bavieca will always have a retirement home here!
	Betty - former Amish draft who was about to be "sold to the meat man" since nobody else would respond to his little advertisement in the middle of January. We got her feet caught up & cleared up her rain rot. She now putters around a 7 acre farmette, giving please trail rides to a nice man & his family.
	Chip - quarter horse, dumped a meat sale with about 30 other quarter horses hauled in from OK.
	Cody - a local TB who was donated to us. We got his feet rehabilitated and he's made a really sweet horse for a nice, local lady.
	Cressie (Copper Crest) - 14 yr old arab mare
	Cookie and Brownie went on to be adopted by an experienced horsewoman in northern Cecil County. She will be doing their training herself, and she hopes to make fun trail horses out of them.
	Gabrielle's Song - an older warmblood mare who was well bred & well trained, but she had a knee which wasn't perfect. We accepted her, paid for full x-rays of all angles of the knee to know its current condition, and we found a loving home for her with a nice woman in NJ.
	Mikey the mini: One of our foster homes found him. He was bought very young by a family who treated him like a puppy. He learned to rear and nip. The foster worked hard to teach him manners. He was just adopted by a couple in Harford County, MD who train horses for driving. He was delivered 8/3
	Mr Bun - former Amish draft, about to be bought for slaughter. He now lives with a big belgian mare in a grassy field in the farmlands surrounding Frederick Maryland.
	Spongey - Belgian was found in a "kill" pen in PA. We paid $50 more than the broker paid to get him released. The poor guy had canker, a bad foot-rotting infection, in both front feet. Equihab paid for two surgeries, handmade bar shoes with hospital plates, and his six month rehabilitation. He now frolics in a big field on a lovely farm right near us, here in Cecil County.
	Terrace& Phillip - a pair of Standardbreds, starved and then left tied to a tractor. A neighbor took them and called Equihab. They were kept together & adopted as a pair at a nearby Maryland farm.

Those who could not be cured were ensured a peaceful retirement and humane euthanasia:

And although not an adoption success because of their conditions, these horses were still put down humanely and locally. We never send any horse to auction or slaughter. They were given the best vet care and when the vet could not do any more for them, we spared them any further suffering. We kept them comfortable and they enjoyed a retirement, which they might not have had otherwise.

Eeyore - found in a "kill pen" with a bad canker infection in all hooves, cushings, laminitis, infected teeth, and other problems. Despite our best efforts, he didn't improve. We managed his pain & kept him comfortable, but the infection was getting worse. He was humanely put down during the winter of 2006-7. We'll miss you, big guy!

Genie and Chester - both saved by one of our board members. Genie's ataxia (uncoordinated) got worse and she kept falling down & couldn't get back up, and she was euthanized by our vet when she fell and didn't rise. Chester enjoyed a 3 year retirement after a hard life as an amish plow horse, but he suddenly fell ill of possibly botulism. Despite excellent vets, $4,000 in vet bills, and special medicine rushed in from New Bolton, he went down and wouldn't stand. Chester left us April 15, 2007 and will be sorely missed by many people.

Jenna - this ancient white pony mare was dropped off at New Holland and almost a "no sale" except for my one bid. I brought her back to the rescue. She had severe melanomas under her tail and odds are it had spread internally. She had a cushings coat and probably the start of laminitis from the Cushings. And despite our efforts we couldn't get weight on her. Our vet recommended she be put down. Jenna enjoyed a short retirement here in a field full of hay and nobody bothering her. She was euthanized locally on August 17, 2007.

Gracie - a 20something TB mare who started out life as a racehorse. We don't know much of her history, and her tattoo was too faded to read. A friend of the organization found her still being ridden while extremely lame. We bought her to get her out of the situation. Unfortunately we found she had not only a very bad knee, but she had bad infections in three of her feet. The vet looked her over and also found a neurological deficit in her back end which might've made it hard for her to rise sometimes. With fall's mud and winter's snow coming, we felt it would be best to let her go now. She left us Aug 17, 2007.

Cletus - this sweet older Belgian gelding was pulled out of a low-end auction on 6/25/07, about to be bought by kill buyers. He was improving & gaining weight. But the poor guy kept having severe choke episodes, despite soaking his food and working with our vet. On Saturday October 20th, he passed away suddenly and with little suffering.