TRAINING HELPS RESCUES FOCUS ON THE FUTURE

When Gideon, a Quarter Horse gelding in his twenties, and his 18 herd mates first arrived at Days End Farm Horse Rescue (DEFHR), Woodbine, Maryland, in January 2021, their situations were desperate.
Animal control and law enforcement officials discovered the horses living in deplorable conditions on insufficient acreage in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. DEFHR was contacted to assist by providing the resources needed to quickly intervene and seize the horses. Resulting from severe neglect, the horses were riddled with painful skin infections, irritations, and edema. Gideon, in particular, was infested with parasites and severely underweight, scoring a one out of nine on the Henneke Body Condition Scale, which is considered poor or emaciated with no body fat. To continue reading…