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Please see our
Thank You's for recent generous
contributions to AERO!
Please see some Partner Rescue
Horses that are currently up for adoption
on our
Need Good Homes page!
Thanks to Kari
Niendstedt for this fabulous picture of Draven and Zeph
playing with an orange cone during the HSUS visit to AERO with Stacy
Segal and Kari (arranged by Dr. Pat Haight of Conquistador Rescue)!
What a terrific shot of the boys showing off for our visitors!
Thanks to BIG
BRONCO Furniture Store in Cave Creek for including us once
again in their annual anniversary sale! Each year AERO and one
other selected charity receives a percentage of all sales during the
weekend of the anniversary sale - this is one of our favorite events and
we always appreciate the consistent support from the staff at Big
Bronco!
Congratulations Horseshoe Trails Elementary School for winning
the Promising Practices in Character Education Award for the program
developed by Liz Gilkey and AERO. This award was given to the school
by the State Department of Education in February 2008! We're proud to
be a part of this exciting recognition!
Upcoming Events:
May 10 -
Volunteer Orientation 9am
May 17 - Mark
Russell Consults
May 18 - 9am
Mark Russell Clinic at AERO barn
May 24 - 9am
Taiko Drummers and folk musicians at AERO
Jun 2 -
Imagine Schools hospital tour
Jul 19- AERO
at US Airways Center with Phoenix Mercuries vs. Atlanta - ask us
about discounted tickets to the game!
NEW
NEW NEW - Ask the Farrier section
on our web page for farriers and horse owners get answers to tough
questions about the foot. Please send
Mark Russell, Esq. Dip wcf, RJF, CJF your questions and see a
response on our website!
THANK YOU! Alex
Heath Memorial Foundation
for your generous grant to our
organization! Community support like yours is critical to our success!
Thank you NutraCea for
donating 25 bags of rice bran product for our horses! NutraCea is
the source company for stabilized rice bran products in horse feed and
we're excited to have such a nutritional feed to provide to our horses.
Read more about the
benefits of rice bran here (and it's great for laminitic horses!)
Congratulations David W. Gill on the recent publication of
your new book "Farriery
- The Whole Horse Concept". This book is an incredible
resource to horse owners and professionals on the latest ideas in horse
hoof care and how they compare to the latest studies in bio-mechanical
function. It is extremely well written and very clear for the
average horse owner to understand. Check out the photos provided
by AERO too - there is a copy in the barn for folks to check it out!
Prayer Flags for Sale at AERO
Barn! You can purchase a string of 5 prayer flags made with a
beautiful Tibetan antique wood block by Lama Gursam and Amber Moore for $15.
The Wind Horse prayer flag is full of mantras for the well-being of all and
every string that flies to the wind is believed to be of benefit to the earth.
All proceeds go to Amber's humanitarian projects in Tibet. Please email or
ask the next time you're in the barn!
Hear
an AERO Interview by Hanne Moeller, a journalist from
Denmark, who has decided to record her journey around the western United
States! If you listen closely you'll hear our big guy Cheers
breathing into the microphone!
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Paige and Chico won 2nd and 3rd in a recent Gymkhana. Chico was adopted
by Paige several years ago! Chico took Reserve Champion (2nd overall) in
his second time out - congrats again!
Happy
Spring!
The
Arizona Equine Rescue Organization, Inc. (AERO) is a highly specialized
health center for rescue horses that require intensive medical care. Our
average rescue usually requires about 9 to 18 months of
rehabilitation before they are ready to be adopted.
Mailing Address:
Arizona Equine Rescue Org, Inc.
34522 N Scottsdale Rd, D7-168
Scottsdale, AZ 85266
623.465.1519
EMAIL: info@azequinerescue.org
Physical Location in New River
Network for Good is a secure
site that supports credit card and recurring monthly donations as well!
Our Mission
Click here
for more
information on how to report abuse or neglect!
AERO Barn Hours in 2008:
Hours: Mon-Sat 7:30am - 8pm
Facility is on private property and by appointment only.
The address on our website is for mailing only.
Phone: 623.465.1519
Emergencies
or urgent matters:
602.538.0416
Email: Info@azequinerescue.org
Volunteering at
AERO!
Special thanks to all the volunteers
who have helped us tremendously through the years. AERO is an all
volunteer organization with a total of 2,817 hours
donated in 2007! We ask that everyone goes thru volunteer
orientation to assist us and the next Volunteer
Orientation is May 10 from 9-10:30 am
For more info contact
lindah@azequinerescue.org.
AERO is an Accredited
BBB MEMBER
in
the Phoenix and Northern Arizona
Better Business Bureau (BBB).
Valiant Memorial -
Please visit
this page to remember the most amazing
horse to ever set hoof in our barn.
(Please note that the
companies and products we are referring to below are being suggested based on
personal experience and they do not have a connection with the rescue other than
as a supplier.)
WARNING HORSE OWNERS!
There are a number of Fiddleneck
weeds that are growing everywhere this spring. They are toxic to horses so
be sure to keep your horses from grazing on them.
Fiddleneck
(tarweed)- Causes photophobia, photosensitivity, jaundice, liver failure,
diarrhea, depression, aberrant behavior (head pressing, incessant licking,
aimless walking), weight loss, edema of the extremities. As little as 15 mg of
dried plant per kilogram of weight over 2 weeks will induce severe liver
failure. Keeping in a dark stall can treat the photosensitivity, but the
underlying liver problem is rarely if ever treatable. Prognosis is very poor.
Did you know that
the average 150 lb. human needs approximately 1,500 to 2,000
calories per day and an average 1,000 lb. horse needs
approximately 16,000 calories per day? So in calculation, a
horse still needs approximately the same amount of calories per
pound of body weight as we do. However, the big difference
between horse and human is...
>> more
Click
here to see Purina
Mills Body Condition scoring chart to see if your horse or a
horse you've seen is overweight or underweight.
(Note that you
need Adobe Acrobat to see this chart.)
Suspensory Ligaments and Degenerative Disease
One
form of lameness associated with suspensory ligaments is
Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Disease (DSLD) and is a point of
frustration within the veterinary community...>>
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People have been asking about
Animal Communication for their
animals...please contact
Debbie Johnstone for more assistance at
www.listen2animals.com
. You will get all those questions answered, health insights provided, and
talked to animals that have transitioned. To learn how to telepathically
communicate with animals please see
Cheryl Bourget's website -
she is a wonderful teacher.
Check out Alex
Hermosillo's upcoming classes and lectures on Positive Thinking
and Forgiving Oneself here!
Alex donates his time to help AERO horses and volunteers - he is extremely
talented!
Check out
KoalaTLife for your horse...this
revolutionary treatment has helped many AERO rescues as well as sports teams
and military special forces. Whether your horse has a muscle injury,
is ill with an infection or is neurologic this machine makes a huge
difference! Email:
koalatlife@aol.com for more info |
Ruthie and Gus
are two lovable donkeys that have hoof and nutrition issues from neglect.
They were rescued thru a team effort between Painted Promise and AERO.
Painted Promise will do the hard
work of rehab and care and AERO helped to obtain them and will help
with the adoption. Special thanks to the people of AZBCR and Sheryl &
Matthew who sponsored
the funding of rescuing these cuties! Working together
we were all able to help more animals!
Angel
experienced a difficult pregnancy which resulted in a stillborn foal and a
significant foal tear. She will require several surgeries but will be
as good as new with medical help. AERO and
Healing Hearts Sanctuary
are working together to help Angel as a great example of a rescue
partnership to help more horses. See the Current
Rescues page
Allie
was born with crooked legs and requires intervention to have a productive
life. See the Current
Rescues page.
CONGRATS CAPTAIN AND TINA
on a successful match. Captain is officially adopted by his person!
Read more about adopted rescues here.
Sammy has been
adopted! Read more about Sammy on our Recent
Rescues Page!
Please see some Partner Rescue
Horses that are currently up for adoption on our Need
Good Homes page!
Dremal is the final stages of adoption.
Featured
Articles
The Horse.com is
now offering online educational courses on various topics for horse
owners! Take advantage of this free resource by
clicking here for
upcoming topics!
Navicular Disease: To be Feared or Treated? Navicular
disease is a term that induces horror and panic in many horse
owners. Fortunately, with advancing technology...
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Which is better to feed - Timothy
or Bermuda Hay?
Although there can be a huge
difference in cost between the two products, nutritionally, when bermuda grass
hay is put up correctly it can be a very good quality and in may cases has
nutrients exceeding that of timothy. In the last couple of years, horse
owners have demanded more bermuda hay than ever before and the farmers and
growers are doing a much better job of producing a hay with high quality and
nutrients.
We have sampled both bermuda and
timothy hay and will provide the analytical information that we found below
This represents an average of more than 50 samples of bermuda and 10 samples of
timothy.
As you can see both products have
fairly similar nutrient content. Therefore as long as the bermuda grass
hay is green, smells fresh, has a good texture and is free of foreign materials
it can be fed as the sole source of hay for your horse. You may find as
you use your horse more that you may need to add a concentrate supplement or in
the case where the bermuda is less palatable a grain supplement may be ncessary.
-- Dr. William A. Schurg, Ph.D, PAS, Dipl. ACAN Professor and Equine
Specialist University of Arizona Animal Sciences
Bermuda Timothy
Nutrient
Crude Protein % 10.9% 12.0%
Digestible Energy
0.89% 1.05%
Calcium % 0.41 % 0.32%
Phosphorus% 0.19 % 0.20%
Acid Deterg Fiber% 32.0 % 32.0%
Neutral
Det Fiber% 54.0 % 54.0%
Relative Feed Value 101.0 101.0
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