The Golden Carrot Equine Retirement & Rescue

Casey O'Connor - Founder, CEO, Operator
44700 Terwilliger Rd., Anza, CA 92539 - 951-763-0800
cocarrot@earthlink.net

"The Golden Carrot is a sanctuary for manageably disabled,
elderly, mistreated, and retired horses and ponies. "

The Golden Carrot relies entirely on donations and volunteers for its support - Please help!

Dion Foaled Approx. 1987 16 hh "Fleabitten" Gray TB Gelding
This is Dion on October 22, 2007, when he came to TGC . The woman who sent him here had owned him only 4 months. She provided the picture below when asking me to take him. He's thin but clearly was not being fed properly. He also has bad arthritis in his left fetlock; and it looks like his left hip joint may be misaligned, and he has lost two upper incisors on the left side of his mouth. Like Happy, perhaps, an old injury, never properly addressed. He is an ex-race horse; but due to his age, the tattoo so far has not been decipherable. I'm going to photograph it and see if I can use photoshop or something to clarify the numbers. A gentle soul, so happy to get enough to eat. It will be interesting to see what he is when properly fed up, and with some treatment for his arthritis and hip displacement. In addition, he's tenderfooted as he is terribly overtrimmed.
		Since this looks like the place where I picked Dion up, I assume this picture was taken in possibly June of 2007. It was a bad summer for Dion, for sure. I'm not impressed at what he's eating in this picture either - if this is as good as it got, it's no wonder he lost so much weight.
He's a sweet guy - here he's "making nice" with Anna, who is NOT the easiest-to-please mare at TGC!
Dion Says, LET ME OUT!! First rain of the season 2008

Dion is Sponsored! Thank you, Robin West, for your kindness to this older TB.
Please contact Casey if you would be interested in sponsoring any of the un-sponsored horses at The Golden Carrot.

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