By helping to sponsor a rescue, you are helping us to provide programs for local groups free of charge. We have local 4-H groups, and groups of other children who wish to come out and learn about our Rescue and what we do for all the horses that come here. We provide horsemanship lessons, food, campfires and sing along’s for all these kids. We also help children & adults with special needs. working with horses drastically changes peoples lives for the better with a more positive attitude towards life for people dealing with depression & anxieties.
It also helps us to give the best possible cares available to these horses, helping them to learn that all their needs will be met. Without this one major aspect, horses will never trust. Especially coming from their prior environments.
The average monthly cost of caring for a horse is now upto $3500. All sponsorships cover the cost of feeds for their feeding programs, all vet and medical costs, their farrier and dental appointments.
Our average monthly feed bill alone, is $1000 a month for their feeding programs, not including their hay/alfalfa bales. Our Farrier bill is $55x 17 horses, every 6 wks. Our dental bill is annually $135x17 horses.
Our average monthly vet bill is between $ 1800 to $3500 to cover vet checks, 3- way shots and de-wormers. This does not include the cost if there is an injury, and we need an emergency vet call. It also does not include the costs of their medications or supplements they need to be on. Nor does it include the cost of having to put one down if they are in such poor conditions to where they are either in so much pain, or to the point of no return health wise (Our vet makes that call).
At this time, we have a mule and 3 horses that have to be hauled to the vet and given IV's just so we can give their shots and get their hooves trimmed. The 1 horse incurred such severe trauma that this is the only way we can get him taken care of properly. All sponsorships will allow you to come and see the horse you support, and you can interact with them. All of these sponsors will permanently remain at the rescue.
Below are pony’s & horses we’ve chosen as our sponsors. They will remain here at Bartlett’s Little Rescue on the Prairie & be used to give rides & interact with the children & children’s groups such as 4-H, Girl Scouts & children with disabilities programs. The Lg horses are the ones we use for therapy with our veterans program & adults with disabilities programs. Each sponsorship helps us to provide free services & camps for these educational programs. If you know of any business or individuals willing to sponsor us, please have them contact us at blrotp424@gmail.com
Sponsorship
Sky
Star is a blind horse that came to us with none of her needs being met. She was in a pen with a steer, her living condtions were absolutely horrendous. Her water tank was so full of algae and had not been cleaned in who knows how long. The hay she was being fed was full of mold, as was the feed she was being fed. I opened a new bag of feed and the entire bag was pitch white with mold, and this is what they were feeding her. She was also over 400 pounds underweight.
There was solid mud and manure up to her knees, and no place for her to go to get out of it, and no shelter. The supposed building for the horses was so full of junk, there wasn't room to even fit them in there. This has now caused her to have hooves cracked up to her coronary band that will never heal. She requires her feet bandaged with pine tar and neets foot oil three times a week, as her hooves are that brittle. She has gained all her weight successfully since coming to Bartlett’s Little Rescue on the Prairie,LLC. We have successfully gotten her feet trimmed, but she still requires a sedative to do so.
Earlier on, she had developed some eye issues that were never taken care of with eye drops and proper vet cares, so now the poor thing is totally blind, and goes by the sound of my voice. She's beyond help of any surgery to correct her eyes.
Molly the Mule
Molly came to us from a friend needing a home for her. She is our court Jester. lol. She has a personality that just can not be beat. She has gotten to the point where we can touch and brush her, but only for a few minutes as she gets too anxious. She loves her carrots and apples for treats. She is the most mischevious little critter I have ever seen. We never know what she is going to get into. She is our herd protector and does her job very well.
Molly unfortunately has to be IV sedated to be able to get her vet and farrier cares done, as she has such a high metabolism, that just using a sedative doesn't work for her. So, we have to haul her into the vet to have these things done for her.