Our number of equine charges is steadily declining this winter. Since waiving the adoption fees on our horses to approved homes, we've been able to find new adopters. Each adopter is screened--we look at their property, and check their references. We do not adopt horses to boarding stables. . This bodes well for our winter hay supply. However, Jim has been battling the legal system for the last few months. This week brought more papers from the attourney that will stretch Jim and Sherry financially for some time. But, life goes on, and we'll continue doing what we do. For instance, even though it's the middle of January, the daffodils are starting to come up out of the ground. Spring will be here before we know it.
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| Spring is coming! |
In some happy-but-also-sad news, Peanut Butter Boy and Maverick were both adopted. Congratulations to their new owners! Peanut Butter Boy had been at the rescue for a few years. He was surrendered by his owner when he was under a year old. He's had a few wonderful years at Hytyme to grow up. He'll probably still get bigger. Peanut Butter Boy is an appaloosa and Tennessee Walker cross. Volunteers knew him as the horse with the saddest tail and endearing personality. Volunteers have often joked about getting Peanut Butter Boy a tail replacement.
Peanut Butter Boy is a horse that we'll dearly miss at the rescue. He'd always been one of the first horses to greet people in the fields (but then you couldn't get him to leave you alone!). We're all very proud of him and know he'll be an excellent horse for his new owner. It's sad to see any of our horses leave, especially one as funny and charasmatic as Peanut Butter Boy, but we also know that each horse deserves their own, special person, and a life outside of their time at Hytyme. As our mission states, we seek to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome our horses. With each horse that we're able to place, we complete our cycle, as well as leave space for other needy horses.
Maverick was also adopted this week. Maverick's new owner is the girlfriend of Peanut Butter Boy's new owner. We're so happy that these two horses will be living together in Brush Prairie.
Maverick's new owner originally came to the rescue to meet Cash, but instead she met Maverick. She was familiar with Maverick's show career in driving and showmanship. Maverick is a 2006 Morgan gelding. He came to Hytyme in May of last year. A quick Google search of Maverick's registered name, Gambit Moon Shadow, shows that he won the colts under 2-years-old in-hand classes at the Pacific Northwest Morgan Classic show in May, 2008. He also won second place as a show champion stallion that day, and pleasure driving for 2-year-olds.
Volunteers know Maverick as another horse that's the first to greet people in his pasture. Becca and Joey have been working with him, and he loves to come inside for training. He seems to really enjoy doing work and learning new things. We know he'll be successful in his new life, but we'll all miss him very much. He's a very special, magical horse as well.
Maverick's new owner plans on showing him in driving and confirmation, and their first show will be in March at the Mount Hood Equestrian Center.
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| Good Luck to Maverick and Erica! |
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| Peanut Butter Boy and Maverick get ready to go to Brush Prairie |
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| Peanut Butter Boy in his fancy new halter gets ready to go home! |
Both horses loaded up fine and are off to start new lives and new careers! Like all our adopted horses, we want to hear what former Hytyme residents are up to. Keeping track of our horses' new lives is really rewarding. It takes all sorts of special people to help our horses recover from past neglect and abuse.
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