He's an easy keeper, so feed him you RAB!!!

To the former owners of Pascal...here is a big ol appy hoof upside your heads! I added a shoe because you really deserve a whomping!! Sunday
night, Shelly of Sunny Acres Ranch and the DOR went out to look at a little Paso Fino, it was worse than they expected. Shelly went back, got her trailer and brought him to the ranch to be rehabbed.
It is a good thing that Shelly is good dealing with people because the DOR wanted to slap them upside the head.







Look at this eye. So soft and gentle. But there is distrust there, his owners didn't like him and made that very clear. They are also sore from all of the gnats that were making a feast of him (sad he was food for flies when he had no food of his own).
His owner said he was willful and hard to catch. Heck if they were my owners I would run as fast as I could away from them too!














Speaking of running...how the heck was he supposed to move with these flippers for feet?
These are his hind feet. The owners decided that since he wouldn't stop pulling his hooves away from the farrier the best solution was to stop having is feet done...problem solved right?



















Here is a picture of his front feet. Poor little guy looked like a toddler in flippers trying to walk by a pool. But there was no pleasant pool just a dry, dusty, grass-free, poopy lot to wander in search of food.



















So here is a body shot of the easy keeper. Easy to keep a horse if you don't feed them, have their feet done, fly spray them, groom them or anything else. Worked out fine for the owners, but as you can see Pascal could use lots of groceries.
You can see how sucked up looking he is. The skin just hangs on his chest.
Pascal's owners had him for 9 years...9 years of treating him like a second class citizen. Their other horse is fat, has his feet trimmed, got fly sprayed, and groomed. Some where along the way Pascal's owners decided he just wasn't worth their time because he wasn't perfect.






His spin protrudes up too far, his little hips poke out, his withers resemble a shark's fin.
















He has lost so much weight and muscle that the crest of his neck flops over. I have never seen this happen in a horse before.

















His eyes are weepy. He seemed at a loss over what to do with the grass and fresh water.
Shelly has him on a feeding recovery program. She is also working with this little guy to undo the emotional damage done by his past treatment. The farrier and equine therapist will be here on Saturday to address his physical needs.
Pascal's rehab will be long and expensive. If you would like to join me and helping Shelly contact her through her board. No donation is too small and will be greatly appreciated (Sunny Acres in NOT a tax exempt organization, so you donation will not be tax deductible). Emotional support is just as important and appreciated as financial support...long rehabs are very draining on humans (what do they think it is on us?). The DOR is paying for the farrier and therapist visit this weekend...what can you do?
Enjoy your day and don't forget to hug your DOR
(all photos of Pascal are used with the permission of Sunny Acres Ranch)