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Mini Ha Ha Horse Haven Charitable Trust

  • Charlie Brown 🤎

      12 May 2022

    It's been a tough 6 months trying to work through the highs and lows after possible virus or some form of toxic posioning affecting most of our 23 residents and Charlie Brown was definitely one of the most affected with ending up with all symptoms of loose bowel motions and liquid continually running down his legs called Irratiable Bowel Syndrome in human words.

    We tried everything natural and at times got his bowels to settle down a bit but I was sure there was still something amiss.

    Recently he took another turn for the worse and I felt it was unfair to keep him living the way he was so asked our vet please can we try antibiotics as nothing to lose.

    Well here we are 9 days on and one would never know that for the last 6 months he presented with symptoms of IBS but everything now indicating that in fact he had a low grade infection or bug in his gut.

    We have spent thousands over the last 6 months which has been very taxing on our funds and in fact had to use funds put aside that we have earmarked for this seasons hay bill of $10,000 yet to be confirmed due December and likely to be way more with prices of fuel.

    We would love some help to replace the money we have used out of hay account...

    Please if you can help us we would be so grateful 💕 Jen and Charlie Brown 🤎

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  • Sydie

      11 May 2022
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    Three years ago this delightful boy who we have got to know really well arrived at our Haven to be rehabbed from being in a state of founder .

    He has amazing owners who had tried everything to help get his little hooves to heal but he was a struggle so we were happy to take him under our wing.

    Through the process of healing with the aid of x-rays we discovered the bones in his hooves were disolving away and was why he wasn't healing like our rehab cases normally do.

    Being such a complex case we asked his owner if they would consider letting Sydie live at The Haven and 3 years on with ups and downs as we learn about the crippling disease ( degeneration of coffin bone ) that causes the bone to disolve away we do manage to keep Sydie pretty happy and off pain medication...he is a true delight and a real fighter and hasn't given up.

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  • Jess Founder Pony

      9 February 2022

    Jess arrived at the Haven Sept 2021 in a state of founder and was to be rehabbed here to a point that she could return home however after only a couple of days into rehabbing her it became very apparent that she had a major problem and we boxed on and had xrays done on her hooves.

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  • Harry Potter

      20 April 2019
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    This dear wee boy aged 4 years old arrived at The Haven with chronic Founder and owners were considering putting him to sleep due to the pain he was in. We picked Harry up on Jan 22nd hardly able to take a step...We had to lift one hoof at a time to get him to walk from the barn he was in to the float to bring him to The Haven and this was with the pain relief we had given him. He could hardly stand and the trip to us in the float was long and slow. On arrival he could hardly stand and we desperately tried to find a body sling that we could hold him up with till he was able to hold his own body weight up.

    He was three times the size he should have been and the weight he carried added to the founder state he was in..... it was a miracle that we were able to rehabilitate him .

    Harry, well he was a fighter and so were we and we are proud to say that 3 months on to the day 22nd April Harry Potter can trot, canter, gallop and buck !!!!

    A truly amazing turn around and one of our toughest founder rehab's ...we are so proud of Harry not only for his recovery with Founder but the amount of weight he has lost.

    The best news ever too is that he is off to his new home where once his new hooves are grown down in 12 months and he has lost a bit more weight he will be a wee cart and riding pony for Grandchildren...what a lucky & Blessed boy Wee Harry Potter is !!!!!

    Photo is arrival day ..in the Gallery there are other photos through his progress.

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