June 17th, 2011

Good news!! According to Dr. David Asmar at Eagle Fern Equine Hospital, the EHV-1 outbreak lockdown is now over! Those of you who have been refraining from visiting the rescue for the health and safety of all horses involved can now return. Still, it's best to be cautious when transporting horses during the tail end of this virus. Here's a link from the Oregon State Veterinarian that explains the disease and its course in the area over the last few weeks:
State Veterinarian: EHV-1 Outbreak Winding Down, Normal Equine Activities Can Resume


As promised, here are the pictures of Alex riding Peanut Butter Boy. Way to go, guys!

Katie and Kassi have been out every day this week, working hard as usual. Kassi is making excellent progress with the horses she works with. Michelle the carrot lady has been out frequently, too.


Carrots!



Coal has been doing well on his diet of beet pulp and alfalfa mash. He is gaining weight, as is Juliet, another one of our senior citizens with few teeth left who eats the same diet. Every day, when Coal sees his mush arrive at feeding time, he trots up to the fence, making his classic Coal noises the whole time.

The concrete moving project has still been going well.

The view from the arena sure is different! Before, for those of you not familiar with the arena as it was, there were two mounds of concete, overgrown with weeds, that blocked the view of the big field. Looks pretty neat!

And, in most important news, it didn't rain today!!!