Posted by on Feb 3, 2009 in Association News, Horses | 0 comments
With his big heart and generous calm nature, Goliath has found his perfect forever home helping youths at risk in the beautiful Carcassonne countryside.
It is little more than 2 weeks since we were first asked to find Goliath a home, and on Friday he went to live with his adopter, Wanda, who runs the Association Vivre a plein temps.
We wish them all the very best together and just know he is...
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Last September we had a report of a pony having extremely overgrown hooves. The pony’s condition apart from the hooves was very good. After contacting the local Maire of the commune, we found out who owned the pony and approached the owner to see if we could help. Not all owners are approachable, but in this case we were able to offer some advice and contact details of a local farrier...
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We are delighted to have found Shetland pair, Molly and Merlin, a wonderful forever home in the Haute Vienne countryside with new adopter Nigel and Sue.
They have settled in like they have lived there all their lives and are oblivious to anything going on around them… of course being ponies grass is no. 1 priority for them!
We look forward to posting some photos up in due course.
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Posted by on Jan 7, 2009 in Donkeys, Horses, Welfare | 4 comments
Temperatures throughout France and the UK this week have hit the lowest this winter, but is your horse feeling the cold too?
With temperatures plummeting down to as low as -10 at night and barely past freezing in the day, you may be wondering whether your equine friend needs rugging..more rugs adding.. stabling..or bringing into the house (only joking folks!).
An age old technique is to...
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Posted by on Dec 21, 2008 in Association News, Horses | 0 comments
A month ago we were contacted by a very distraught lady who needed to find a special home for one of her horses. The lady breeds top level dressage horses, but on Christmas Eve last year her beloved young Trakhener horse, Accord, got cast in his box and devastatingly injured his vertebrae. Not only was this the sudden end to a promising dressage career, but the situation was worsened by...
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