Why is it that those who don't necessarily need a donation are the ones who seem to get it? I just read an article in Horses Incorporated Magazine about a race horse in California (Frankie) with a leg wound who was hauled to WA (donation by Bob Hubbard Horse Transportation), spent months at a facility in Redmond, WA (Pegasus Equine Rehabilitation) and recieved "life saving" treatments in their new Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy thingie. Oh yeah, and Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital in Snohomish donated vet work.
My horse has a similar injury that I have been treating since July. I contacted Pegasus and asked how much a similar treatment would be. EGADS!!!!!! $200/per treatment, and they thought he would need at least 10 plus $60/day boarding fee. I surely cannot afford that. They suggested someone in my area might "sponsor" him, but who's gonna do that? Cody is a great horse in my eyes, but probably not in everyone's! He has never done anything...not a show horse, not a ranch horse, just a horse that I take the occasional reining lesson on and ride on the trails. In fact, I wouldn't even ask anyone to sponsor something like that. Except the owner of the facility!
Tomorrow, (or the next day, or maybe the next!) I'll go into detail on Cody's wound...
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