Amazing what proper care can do in 6 months!  Thank you to our Supporters for helping the horses of TIER!  We could not do this without you!!

Gold, or Blonde Cream?  Still wondering what color Sunny will eventually be!  No matter...she is gaining weight nicely. 

It's hard to get a good picture of her because she wants to graze.

On her way to more weeds & grass!

Of course, she had to find whatever mud is still around from the rain.  Rolled in it, clomped through it.

The Golden Girl is slowly putting on weight after her LONG ordeal of not having enough to eat.  To help her process her hay & pellets better, Phillip R. arrived on New Year's Day to remove all the sharp edges on her teeth.

Phillip feels that she is closer to 20 yrs. old.  We were originally told that she was 15 or so years old.  She had MANY sharp points on her teeth and they were in serious need of care.

She was extremely good for Phillip and seemed to be grateful for his talents.  Once her teeth had been properly taken care of, she (as usual) buried her head in her feeder and commenced eating her hay!

Thanks to Peggy, Sunny got a much needed bath! She wasn&rsquot too fond of being sprayed with the hore, but she did enjoy the shampoo and brush treatment!

Andie helped out with getting some of the oily, dirty crud out of Sunny&rsquos coat.

Clean and feeling better!

And of course, pictures of her after she rolled in the arena!

Thanks for the spa treatment ladies!

Val Dean (farrier) was out yesterday to pull the shoes/pads off Newman & Melvin BJ and trim a few of the other residents.  His first client of the day was Sunny!

The Golden Girl was a real lady about having her feet done.  When Val Dean moved to her hind feet she was a bit unsteady do to being weak, but he got the job done.  She has good feet, some small cracks, no thrush.  No abcesses at this point either!  Her rear ankles are a bit puffy as is the area where the old wound is on her left hind leg.  Val Dean felt that the swelling will decrease once she is a bit more mobile.  Right now her main concern is eating!  She has finally gotten to the point where she will eat for awhile, doze in the sun and then eat some more. 

Thanks to Kristy & Bonnie..........The Golden Girl (Sunny) is here. She's settling in and eating, eating, eating. Beautiful Big Brown Eyes and SWEETNESS Deluxe! 

Per Kristy, she loaded and trailed like a champ!

She is VERY thin and her fuzzy coat camouflages just how depleted her poor body is. 

She has an injury to her left hind that was obviously untreated and resulted in cellulitis.  It does not hamper her movement and there does not appear to be any heat in the leg.  I am not sure that we can put her on antibiotics at this point due to her physical condition.  Dr. Hoyme will be out to evaluate her and we will then have more information on how to proceed with treatment of the injury.

In the meantime, she is VERY interested in food!  Bonnie fed for us this morning because our neighbor had an emergency and I took her to the ER.  Neighbor is fine.  Bonnie said that Sunny was quite vocal this morning about saying hello and where is breakfast!

Sunny was supposed to arrive yesterday but the winds were horrible and we didn't want to chance a misshap on the drive to TIER.  The winds are so bad that we are feeding pellets because the hay just blows away before the horses can get a few mouthfuls!  We have already gone through Twenty-five 80 lb. bags @ 17.85 a bag!  20 more bags are arriving this morning.

Hopefully, she will be picked up this morning and brought to TIER before the winds kick up hard again.

Initially, she will be getting Pawier vitamins, Rice Bran, pelleted feed and some low sugar Senior feed mixed together and soaked.  I will probably add some Pro-Bi (prebiotic) to help her tummy get some good gut flora going.  This is the mix that I feed to starved horses when they arrive (it's the same mix I feed to the old timers too!)

Of course, she will also be getting alfalfa hay.  Eventually we will add some Orchard hay to the mix to keep things moving through her system. All feed amounts will be increased gradually.

Vet will be out during the coming week to do an evaluation, check her teeth, etc.  Our farrier is scheduled for the coming week and she will get her feet done then.