Posted by on Jun 30, 2009 in Association News, Rescues | 1 comment
Gazza has now started some gentle work with us. Starting off with long reining in the round pen, then we progressed to a wander round the orchard…
Yesterday we tried leaning over him and then getting on. Even though we had been told be has been ridden and driven before (but not in the past 5 years anyway), we like to make sure they are happy with each stage before we move on to the next...
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A few weeks ago ERF heard about the plight of Gasparin, a beautiful 15 yr old Norwegian Fjord gelding that was on his way to being sold to the abattoir. His French owners had acquired a property 5 years previous, and with it came a pony, Gasparin. They had tried selling him, to no avail, because of his previous history of laminitis. They felt their only option of a buyer was the abattoir, until...
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In June last year, ERF rescued 3 female donkeys from a yard in dept 24 – Lena, Belle and Nanette. We knew there was a possibility that any of them could be pregnant as they had been in with entires. Well this week Lena, who lives with Belle in the Vienne, gave birth to a beautiful healthy male foal. Lena’s guardian Jane, who has named the new foal Vinnie, arrived at the field just...
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Posted by on May 8, 2009 in Association News, Rescues | 3 comments
We thought you’d like to see some new photos of ERF adopted ‘gentle giant’ Goliath, he is such a lovely horse and well suited to his role of helping children with...
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Today ERF placed Maddy, Poppy (Maddys foal) and Elly (Maddys sister), with their new adoptive family Tracie and Dave and their 3 beautiful horses.
After a little encouragement, all 3 donkeys were loaded and heading off to their new home in the Haute Vienne countryside. Maddy and Elly are sisters of Asal that we re-homed last Sunday. We are very grateful that Tracie and Dave decided to offer all 3...
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Asal and Boris have been introduced into the same field…
I think they are going to become best of friends now!
It’s very important for donkeys to have company and they build firm pair bonds, which is why ERF only rehomes single donkeys where there is already a donkey, or at the very least another horse/pony.
Read some interesting facts on donkey behaviour here...
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