Today's
Residents and Rescues
Our physical capacity for horses is currently
16 stalls but our care capacity and financial capacity allows for 14 horses.
We do reserve horse stalls for urgent or emergency situations in which the
authorities need assistance in humane cases. AERO's current herd is a total of 15.
Special thanks to our foster caretakers for the dedication in helping AERO
horses.
Nick -
A 20yo grey arab who was starved to Grade 1 and may have hind end
issues. He is currently in rehab and recovering from neglect nicely.
He was given to AERO by the Az Department of Agriculture due to the extent of
his medical condition.
Allie
is a tovero palomino paint filly with two blue
eyes that was born with crooked legs. She has had several surgeries
already even though she is 10 months old. There is a small window of time
as her growth plates close to get her legs on the right track because they are
still not straightening out. In cases like these timing is everything.
Allie is a sweet filly and loves people since she was weaned very young.
Solstice has taken up the important job of being her mom and teaching her horse
things. Allie was able to get her leg braces and her deviation has moved
to normal limits for the knee. However a deviation in her fetlock has made
it a careful balancing act to correct for club feet vs. carpal deviation....she
will be club footed in both front feet to avoid compromise of her knee and that
is currently being addressed to reduce it as much as possible. Everyone who meets Allie is charmed by her loving
personality. Allie is ready for adoption with no restrictions.
The above pictures of are Misty and Doc (Socks) the days that they
were seized by the ADA. It helps to see how quickly horses can come back
from such a dire condition. All of the progress pictures below can be seen
in a larger format by clicking on them.
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Misty on 3/6/07
Misty has gained weight in the care of the ADA - she was picked up on 2/15/07 with all of her hip bones clearly visible. She is strong in spite of her lack of body condition. |
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Misty also gets Red Cell for anemia and Vitamin B12 to help her absorb nutrients. She is on medicinal mushrooms and fiber/apple cider vinegar to get rid of any potential sand or infections. |
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Misty on 3/17/07
Her back and hind end are filling in nicely - she's dumping her coat in this picture which is normal for a severe malnourished condition. New hair is growing in behind it rapidly. |
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4/5/07 - Misty is showing awesome progress and other than her hip bones she is looking like the pretty little arab that she is.
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Most of the remaining underdevelopment is due to muscle atrophy so we're giving her room to run in deep sand to get her strength back.
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05/11/07 - Misty is filling in with more muscle - she is showing some pain in her right hip which is being evaluated.
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05/11/07 - She loves to roll in the arena.
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Misty
is a 18yo Arab that was purchased at public auction. The Livestock Board
removed her from her prior situation where another horse (her friend) had to be
euthanized on the spot. Misty was often left without water for days and
food was only given as remembered even though she was in an affluent home.
She is experiencing hind end lameness due to muscle weakness. The
referring vet has asked that we work to get Misty in our care. She is
rapidly gaining weight and we are working on providing her with opportunities to
build muscle. She is not ridable and is up for adoption as a
companion horse. Misty is eligible for the
Sponsor-A-Horse
program . (Click on the pictures above to enlarge.)
Cheer's Gold
is a 11-year old Holsteiner/TB that was campaigned too heavily at a
young age in the jumping community. His owner wanted to put
him down at 8yo because he couldn't jump any more and they thought
he had EPM. The attending vet called AERO because he believed
it was an arthritic condition and lucky for us he was right.
Cheers rehabbed in a month and we've been riding him ever since.
Cheers was adopted out for several years and is back to
work in the children's program indefinitely. We're very excited
that he has come back to us!
Kids love this big guy! Cheers
has been in training and has undergone treatment for headaches. He
responded beautifully to his cranial sacral and he is finally back to his old
self. He is doing very well and is ready for adoption to the right home. Cheers
is eligible for our
Sponsor-A-Horse
program.
Zephyrus
(name coming in was Ricky) is a 5 year old Thoroughbred
that was a severe neglect case. He badly needed nutrition, food, footcare, dental work, and deworming upon arrival in January 2004. In addition
Zephryus had not been
handled properly and was afraid to be
touched or approached....the good news is that with all of the visitors at AERO he
loves the attention and is happy to receive all of the kisses he gets!
Zeph has undergone three surgeries while in our care and has a thyroid imbalance
making it difficult for him to maintain weight. His
birthday is Valentine's Day! Zephryus will be returned to training in March 2007
for an evaluation of whether he will be ridable or not (his medical conditions
make this necessary to determine). His rehab has been the longest of any
horse at AERO but worth it as his intelligence and personality have charmed us
all! Update: 12/1/07: He has shoes on and will now return to
training under saddle to see if he can hold weight although it is doubtful.
If he is unridable he'll be trained as a liberty horse. 06/30/08:
Zeph is under saddle and ready for adoption for light trail riding home. He is eager to bond with a special someone. Learn more about
Zephyrus by clicking
here. I want to sponsor
Zephryus!
Elizabeth's
Star arrived
three years ago at 7 weeks of age....she had 18% carpal deviation on her knees and because her breeders were looking for paint coloring she was going to be put down. Thanks to Dr. Lucas at Southwest Equine performing surgery on both knees, Lizzy is sound today and
just passed her final (August 2005) x-ray check on her knees. She is being used in the children's program
and has been started under saddle. Lizzy
has been adopted by AERO's founder and will be loaned back to the program!
Lizzy
is no longer eligible to be sponsored.
Sundance
is a
30yo Quarter Horse grade used for trail riding for many years. His owners suspected he was navicular (a painful foot condition) but never sought treatment. Sundance was in so
much pain when he was first
rescued that he only weighed 700 lbs
and could barely walk. With treatment and an exercise program Sundance is happily back up to weight and being used in the Children's program.
More amazingly Sundance has been trotting sound. Due to his ongoing care
for blindness, hearing problems, and missing teeth he is not an adoption candidate.
I want to sponsor Sundance!
Solstice
is a 13 year old Chocolate Silver Palomino who was rescued from severe neglect by another party. She came to AERO with pain in her hocks from poor shoes and a hormone imbalance making
her difficult to handle. With some Chinese herbs and proper foot
care Solstice is the most versatile horse at AERO today. She is actively being used in the Children's program and loves every minute of it! She
continues to rehab after losing a foal from malnutrition at less
than three years of age. Many of her pituitary and leg conditions
are a result of this and she is not a current adoption candidate due
to her special needs.
She has a degenerative condition in her hind legs and is ridable at a walk only.
I want to sponsor Solstice!
Angel -
A 7yo 16H Grulla Roan mare who suffered a
foal tear. AERO did the rehab several years ago partnering with Healing
Hearts but she has had two failed adoptions. Due to her foaling issues she has
permanent damage to her uterus and hips and requires special care.
Angel
has been adopted and will be trained to work in the children's program !
SCH Impressions
is on loan to
AERO for the children's
program.
Although not a rescue herself, Impressions was born and raised by at-risk youth in a children's home located in Illinois. She is a
10yo old Arab that has been ridden dressage and western
pleasure and has incredible bloodlines. She loves to show everyone those fancy Arab
steps! Impressions is not eligible to be sponsored as she is
privately owned.
