CASEY - Colic / sad ending

At the end of July - Casey was suffering from colic, which turned into a twist in her large intestine and she didn’t make it. Thank you for your prayers. She is no longer in pain.

Unfortunately, Casey was moving from foster home to adopt/permanent home that very weekend. She had also been suffering from several large abscesses. We would medicate/soak/wrap and then discover more of them.

This morning, she was down in her stall and thrashing....after several hours of vet help....consultations etc...it was discovered she had a twisted large intestine. At age 21 and barely able to walk on her hind hooves...we elected to end her suffering. She's had a hell of a week.......as we all have - feverishly working to rid her of her pain.

She was heavily medicated while everyone worked on her this morning....so at least she had a reprieve from that for a while. The outcome would be the same, no matter what else we could think of to do....so with many tears we had to say goodbye.

John and I are just hunkered down for the rest of the day.....

We thank you for all your love, support, and well wishes.


UPDATE on Rocky - 01/19/2024

01/19/24 - UPDATE:

GREAT NEWS!
Rocky is an adorable big puppy-dog Standardbred we pulled from a kill lot last year.  He is a 14-year-old bay gelding needing a forever person!

He is sound for gentle, laid-back riding and would make a great trail horse for someone looking to do light riding!!

11/27/23

Hello AGES friends, followers and angels!! We could use your help if you are able! One of our recent adopteds, Rocky - came up sore and lame a week or so ago. He was x-rayed and ultrasounded by their vet. Although the incident had no causal explanation - the images exposed a very likely old pelvic fracture. AGES and the adopters are heartbroken, and their vet advised Euthanasia. 

Upon sharing those records with 3 of our vets, and knowing we don't give up easily - Rocky will be traveling to Wisconsin Equine Clinic in Oconomowoc next Monday for a comprehensive evaluation with state-of-the-art imaging. The end solution may end up the same....but if there is a chance surgery could still help this sweet loving boy.......we want to do everything we can to still give him a life!  

Rocky was sound the entire time here when Roberto was working with him … never any indication that something was "off.” That's the kind of warrior he is!!

We can only estimate (if there is surgery) an invoice in the area of $4,000 - $5,000? Any amount you could help us with would get us a step closer to helping this gelding have a future!!  

We thank each one of you for your loving support..that has always surrounded us! Your donation to his surgery and recovery is greatly appreciated.

Our PayPal is: Rescue.horses@yahoo.com

Our mailing address is: AGES W4985 County Road FF Elkhart Lake, WI 53020

Credit card donations can be processed on our website: Amazing Grace Equine Sanctuary 

Venmo is: amazing grace equine sanctuary@rescuehorses

The Route 57 Trio

Chief, Stella, and Carly — were just down the road, but hidden in a barn! Thank you to the sheriff for finding them in the barn when she was doing a wellness check on the cows (who were thankfully healthy).
They were hidden in a barn for years. Not handled much, but seems like they will come around quickly, especially the mares.
The vet has examined them (vaccines and Coggins). They do appear to be healthy, but we will wait for Coggins to be sure. Their hoof care will take a year or more of regular farrier visits to fully grow out. In addition, we don't know yet if the mares are pregnant and the stallion will need to be gelded.
We thank you for your generous support!