May 10th, 2011

Hooray! One of our dearest equine residents, Delilah, was adopted today. Congratulations to Delilah and her new owners! First, a bit of history:

Delilah has basically spent her entire life at Hytyme. Her mother is Dakota, another horse who was recently adopted. Dakota is a Seattle Slew granddaughter. Delilah doesn't look much like her thoroughbred ancestors--she's a pale palomino. In the summers, Delilah has a golden sheen to her coat, but in the winter, she's white.

Delilah is one of those special horses. She is sweet, polite, and has been a volunteer favorite. She's about four years old--and her formative years have been spent with the Hytyme crew. She has gone through a lot of the groundwork basics with Kassi or other previous volunteers and trainers, but no one has really claimed Delilah as her project horse. She's been in need of a person of her own for some time!

So, although Delilah has recently become Boss's friend in the big field, we were thrilled when some people were interested in adopting her. They had a wonderful set up, and seemed like great folks.

So, we'll miss you, Delilah, but we know that you'll have a wonderful life with your new friends, Courtney and Matthew! We can't wait to hear about all the exciting adventures you will be going on together.

In other Hytyme news, two of our recently adopted horses have returned to the rescue. Any time an adoption doesn't work out, we are happy to take the horse back. Matching a horse and a person can be difficult--and life situations change, perhaps preventing an owner from caring for their horse. Spendy and Rose came back to Hytyme recently.

Rose is an Arabian mare who is very sweet (and happy to see the green grass!)

And Spendy is a Thoroughbred mare. She's also our recently departed Cash's mother. This picture is half of her and half of the incredible Mount Hood view in the background.

We did, however recently get this email from Rebel's adopter, Laurie:

"Dear Jim and the Hytyme volunteers,
Rebel is doing really well.  He's very sweet and "ee aws" when he hears my voice, even when he can't see me.   I've been riding him often and today he got a taste of harness training in the arena at the barn down the road.  The harness is a little big, but he did well ground driving and didn't seem to mind the blinkers (blinders?).  He's my hero!"

Love it! More to come soon!