Storm

 

Many of you already have had the opportunity to meet Storm but for those of you who have not, Storm is one of the Original horses, he has been in our family for about 20 years. He is one of the most loving energetic horses. Storm and Buster became instant friends when he came, he has since befriended many of our other horses with Daisy girl being one of his best friends . Storm is now 28 years old but has a young soul. He has been many of yours first horse ride and he has enjoyed each and everyone.

We have been struggling with storms weight. Age can be a factor but we knew it wasn’t fully. We did have him checked by our Veterinarian. He had lots of sand per the X-rays taken. (Storm tends to be a scavenger for those little grain pieces that fall. ) and his heaves don’t help. Storm gets treated for his heaves a couple times per year . The hot hot days and dust never help. Anyway we treated with pellets for sand and that didn’t do the trick so we had him checked again along with his scheduled dental work, he has old teeth and is unable to digest hay as well now so he will be on a mostly pelleted diet. He still had lots of sand so we sent him to the vets clinic down state for almost 2 weeks for what they call “sand camp” they treat him/tube him twice a day in working toward sand removal. we have received the update and almost all of the sand has been cleared which means Storm gets to come home today or tomorrow (yay!!).

Once he is home our goal is to get his weight up before winter, Michigan winters can be very cold and tough on older horses especially if they don’t have their weight up.