RESCUE HORSE & REHOMING SERVICE
Dustee Pintos would like to make it very clear that we are NOT a registered charity or rescue organisation, any rescue we undertake is done soley at our own discretion and we bear the full cost.
We do NOT usually rescue horses by buying them from the sales or from private people looking to make a quick buck by threatening to dog their horse.
However if you have a horse you can no longer afford to keep or no longer want please contact us and we may be able to help your horse get rehabilitated and into another home. We will accept giveways only, no questions asked and no actions taken for horses who are in poor condition. Space is limited so if we cant take your horse we will try our utmost best to pass along details to people we know who are capable of doing what we may not be able to at the time.
We understand that sometimes for one reason or another horses and horse owners need a little help to do the right thing and often have no idea where to turn. You can contact us on dustee.pintos@bigpond.com or by phoning 0746 302 871.
If your horse is simply in need of a new home (ie is not underweight, ill or badly behaved) we would like to offer to help you find them one, this is a FREE SERVICE carried out via word of mouth, internet, free printed advertising such as placing in free ad booklets and posters to be placed around the area at feed/saddlery business etc.
These services are not a money making venture, its just not possible however depending upon the quality and sucess of the rehabilitation we may place a price upon our finshed horses when they are offered up for rehoming. We will NEVER promise to keep a horse that is given to us but will do our very best to place them in a home that has the best chance of becoming long term and is suited to their level of education and needs.
JACK/MACK
Bay thoroughbred gelding, we first met Jack around Christmas time 2008 when we transported him locally for his owners, he was a lovely big horse then. 6 months later we received a call asking if we'd like to take him as he had lost a little weight, hadnt been ridden in 6 months and with feed being scarce they didnt want to feed him, if not he was going to be dogged. At only 8 years old and apparently a beginners horse when in work I felt that Jack deserved another chance before going down that road. So off my husband went to get him in our truck, he came with his canvas rug, when he walked off the truck that day all rugged up he didnt look too bad, but with someone who knows initial looks can be decieving the first thing I did was remove the rug. And oh my god, there were bones sticking out everywhere, Jack had a large saucer sized sore on his wither from the rug and a large rubbed and irritated raised section of skin on his chest from wearing one that was too tight accross the chest. I nearly cried.
Jack belongs to one of my sisters and lives not far from us where I keep a regular eye on him, he has improved a lot in his short time with decent feed, he has been wormed a few times, had his teeth filed and hooves trimmed, at this date he is not recovered enough to be ridden.
CARROT / OH BABY
This chesnut filly came into our care in mid 2009, supposedly arab x tb Carrot was given to us by her breeder because she was moving and wanted to cut down on horses and if no one took her she was going to be dogged. Carrot had kicked the breeder once a year ago and not been touched since, not good horse behaviour but who could blame her when she used to be caught by her TAIL! Carrot averages around 14 hh which is unusually small for her breeding, she had boxy hooves from being left untended, her manure when wormed was 50/50 red worms to manure, she was not poor but we considered her to be light on with poor ground manners. After a couple of days Carrot had received enough handling that we felt we could attempt to brush her tail, well what a shock we got! Carrots tail hairs fell away in our hands bringing with them large scabs from her dock, the entire bottom half of her dock was just a mass of big scabs and stunk like rotten meat, with persistance and restraint we were able to remove all scabs from the dock and clipped the remaining hair above the affected area with scissors so that it would not fall down into the sores. Within a week after regular bathing and spraying of the tail Carrots dock cleared up and hair began to grow back.
While in Dustee Pintos care Carrot had her teeth checked, was wormed more than once, hooves trimmed and was broken in. Carrot has since been rehomed for $450 to a local guy with the expereince and time to continue educating her to become the neat little riding horse she can be.
