HORSE Rescue and Sanctuary

Cookie

This little guy is 44.5" inches tall. He is nine years old. In late June 2004 we got an e-mail from a lady named Sharon who was very concerned about the welfare of Cookie. His feet were horribly overgrown and could barely walk. She said he was owned by one of her relatives and was suffering. We went out to investigate and found him in the condition she said he was in. Two days later we brought him home and put him in with Rosie and poured two feet of shavings in his stall so he could lie down comfortably. We didn't think his prognosis was very good since he had foundered and was in a pasture eating grass. One of our volunteers suggested we call her farrier, which we did and made arrangements for him to come out the next day. This man did an incredible job on Cookie. He spent nearly four hours working on him and the results were amazing as you can see by the before and after photos of his feet.

Before

After

As you can see, he is greatly improved and his feet are almost normal. The farrier estimated that it had been 12-16 months since he was trimmed last, although, we were told that he had been trimmed within the last two weeks. I asked the owner how much did he trim off and he answered "until he bled". Cookie is safe now and as you can see very, very happy. He's so happy in fact, he is now developing a little bit of a pony attitude now that he is out of pain.