Rolling Dog Farm Blog

I drove to Spokane today to meet a volunteer from the Columbia Basin Equine Rescue group, Megan V., who was bringing a blind mare to us from the Tri-cities area of Washington.  Megan’s group works to save feedlot horses that are headed to slaughter, and they buy the ones they think they can adopt out to new homes.  They call us when they find a blind horse at the feedlot. 

One of Megan’s friends took the photo of Megan and me with Pansy the mare, who is blind from glaucoma.  We had just moved Pansy from Megan’s trailer into our trailer.  You can tell that Pansy isn’t so bothered by the stress of travel that she won’t enjoy a good meal! 

I got home around 7 p.m. this evening, and Alayne had an isolation pen already set up and stocked with hay and water.  I unloaded this tall blind mare, introduced her to her pen, and before we could say "have a nice evening," down went her head into the pile of hay.  Somehow I don’t think she’ll have any trouble adjusting to her new environment.

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