I guess I’ve procrastinated on this long enough. Plan A was to post some happy packing post – after a very happy week spent doing all things related to backcountry packing with horses with Colorado Pack Company LLC – yesterday and then a naming fundraiser for the new Mustangs today.
Plan A died during DG Cedar’s vet visit yesterday afternoon. The radiographs of her right hind show a broken coffin bone with possible joint involvement.
Cedar is part of the Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustang herd. She’s a spirited, independent, beautiful 2yo filly.
She was a wonderful ambassador during her first big public outing at the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo this spring, adjusting to the hustle and bustle more quickly and with greater ease than Lacy.
There are some options to consider and some opinions yet to gather. This may be a life-ending injury. We are thankful for caring friends and for medical professionals in the US and Europe who are offering their input.
She was seen by the same vet who worked on Lacy last year. The vet saw videos of Lacy crossing a river last week and called her a miracle horse as they didn’t have a lot of hope for her to recover from a partially torn ligament in her hock, compensatory lameness in both fronts and an eye injury over the course of just a few months, causing her to be off for most of 2023.
Maybe we’ll have another miracle recovery in us. It’s a bit early still to make a final decision. I’d like to gather more information to be able to make an informed choice that is both reasonable and responsible, both for Cedar and our organization as a whole.
If you would like to help with her vet bills, we would appreciate the help. I’m putting donation information in the comments. Anything raised beyond her cost of care will go towards feeding the Mustangs we adopt from BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program and Double Devil Wild Horse Corrals and are gentling and placing into suitable homes. We currently have 14 wonderful wildies looking for their humans and 3 that have already found theirs.
We are a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Guffey CO.
We appreciate your support. Good thoughts, prayers for Cedar are equally as appreciated. Please share, like, comment if you want to, it all helps.
Cedar is currently enjoying some fresh grass right outside of her pen, this is her first time out since the injury. Her little buddy DG Griffin misses her and I miss seeing her run and play.
