Star and Stormy (Non-ridden)

  Star and Stormy were together at Elkdog medicine Ranch from Nov/Dec 2020 to August 24, 2022. Sanctuary was sought for them after their beloved owner of ten years, died from cancer.   They both arrived with special needs with their hooves. 

To our knowledge, Stormy had never been ridden. Star acts as though he has. He's definitely been handled and has top notch manners on a lead but we haven't saddled him. He has an old barbwire injury on his front right pastern and the scars travel down into the hoof. We are treating the hoof in hopes of stemming this effect. Stormy's front feet hoof walls and soles were extremely overgrown and she had to be sedated by Doc. Gregory in order to trim them up. She later grew accustomed to our farrier and stood well but in the end the rotation in her front feet caused abscesses that our treatments just couldn't get in front of. When the pain meds lost effectiveness and we could see that she was in too much pain to have any continued quality of life, we made the difficult decision with our Veterinarian to release her.  She's buried on the farm. They were tightly bonded and had lived together previous to coming here, for at least 10 years alone. Past that, their history is unknown. 

From the extensive scaring and malformation or Star's hoof, not unlike a human toenail, it appears that he wrangled with a wire fence in the distant past and his owners were probably lucky in even being able to save his hoof. Good guess that that's when he was fully retired. Very well mannered on a lead but he suffers extreme anxiety when left alone in a confined space. 

Stormy appeared to have an old t-post injury on her chest (entrance and exit indention scar could be easily felt). She was a very talkative, bossy mare who is greatly missed. She enjoyed her meals at a specific time everyday and would tell you about it if you were late. Super sweet and shy towards people she quickly moved up in ranks in the herd and in our hearts.