Veterinarians in Rhame, ND

We have purchased some nice TBs through Canter who helps place OTTBs. I would never purchase a horse that I was not allowed to see before purchasing. Check out http://www.canterusa.org/

I know there is one called LOPE in Austin. http://www.lopetx.org

I second, Laura Holmes !!!

Www.benchmarksporthorses.com I let them down and restart them properly. I have years of experience matching the right tb to each person.

Try Donna Keen with Remember me rescue... They have a Fb page.

One of our members is in Texas, and he picked up his latest OTTB, Gabriel, at the track (SHRP). Email anita@hellohorse.com and I will introduce you. He works in Houston TX. We also did an interview on Adoption Best Practices. Lendon Gray is a Director, so she "signed off" on this, here we go: QUESTIONS ABOUT THOROUGHBRED ADOPTION? The Directors of SquirrelWood Equine Sanctuary addressed a few concerns asked by Anita Adamski of North American Thoroughbred Society 1. What should a prospective adopter ask when evaluating a rescue operation? A rider considering equine rescue operations should do some thorough research in the early stages of the adoption process. Do your homework on the history of the rescue, the background of the operators, and their track record for successful placements. Request and speak with references, particularly veterinarians, farriers, and previous adopters. Learn as much as you can about their rehabilitation processes: what veterinary care do they provide? What does their training and groundwork program include? Be familiar with the organization’s policies: will they be available for help and questions? Will they send a horse out on trial? Will they take a horse back if a placement is unsuccessful? 2. What should a rescue organization ask when evaluating a prospective adopter? Any reputable rescue will thoroughly evaluate prospective adopters interested in their horses, and will take great care to ensure that adoptive homes are safe, suitable and stable. Be prepared to provide references from your regular veterinarian, farrier, trainer, and other professionals, to honestly discuss your riding background, your access to professional help, your goals, and all details regarding your farm or boarding facility. Many organizations will require a contract covering terms of adoption -- be sure to read this agreement carefully and ensure that you are able to meet and provide for all conditions. Most Thoroughbreds thrive on regular work and a routine. Potential adopters should realistically outline a regular work program and any training or competitive goals. 3. What qualities make a prospective adopter and a Thoroughbred suitable for each other? Evaluating a Thoroughbred for adoption requires an honest and realistic assessment of the adopter’s abilities, goals and resources. Be truthful and thorough with yourself and placement organizations about your riding background, your access to good help, your riding goals, time availability and familiarity with thoroughbreds. We recommend bringing a friend familiar with your riding, your goals, and your resources along for any preliminary trials, to provide a neutral and honest third-party perspective on candidates and suitability. Temperament is the fundamental measure of a good match. A timid rider and a hot horse will not be a successful combination, regardless of any other qualities. While most Thoroughbreds are bright, sensitive and willing partners, personalities and temperaments vary widely from horse to horse. Be sure that you are searching within your own comfort zone for sensitivity, hotness and energy level. A horse that displays confidence and willingness on the ground and under tack, when presented with new situations, and in interactions with a would-be adopter is typically well-suited for adoption. Adopters should cover all details of a horse’s history and time with a rescue operation, including his racing record, number of starts, known injuries or issues, rehabilitation, training and treatment administered, current work and training program and progress, and any observed issues. Speak with the horse’s current rider about his training and fitness, his sensitivity, and his comfort level when presented with new things. Be sure that any horse considered has been evaluated by a veterinarian, a dentist and a farrier, is up to date on vaccinations, and specifically ensure that any horse purchased at auction was properly quarantined and released with clean Strep equi.nasal swabs. Take notes, ask questions, and be thorough. Adopters evaluating horses for a competitive career will need to consider sound and healthy candidates against the demands of their discipline, and in these cases, we recommend a pre-adoption veterinary exam with radiographs. Adopters will need to consider findings carefully, and evaluate them with a trusted veterinarian. Many Thoroughbreds, particularly OTTBs, will have radiographic findings, but not all findings will limit or preclude soundness and a competitive career. Evaluate feet and shoeing, basic conformation, legs and joints, heart and lungs, eyes and soundness, and weigh your goals and intentions against findings or concerns. 4. What type of feed program do you recommend for adopted Thoroughbreds? We insist upon good quality hay, and we feed it free-choice to hard keepers in slow-feed hay nets hung high and safely. We consistently feed the highest fat, highest fiber, highest quality feed available, and we prefer beet pulp-based feeds for their readily digestible “cool” calories to sweet feeds. When we need to, we supplement with stabilized rice bran (available in pellets or powder) to horses in need of additional, high quality fat calories. Good quality alfalfa, portioned in cubes, provides a good source of protein preferable to high-protein grain. Sourcing protein through alfalfa cubes helps us to balance the nutritional needs of underweight horses and hard keepers, delivering high-quality calories while avoiding large portions of hard-to-digest grain. Work with your vet to fine-tune a feed program best suited to your horse’s individual needs. 5. How much turnout do you recommend for the adopted Thoroughbred? We strongly believe that horses thrive on turnout, and ensure that our placed horses have access to safe and frequent time outside. We tailor our turnout schedule to weather, available space, and each horse’s individual needs, but we like to have our horses out all day, or for a minimum of 4-6 hours. We rotate many of our horses to night turnout during the hottest and buggiest part of the summer. A field safe for turnout must be properly fenced, provide access to shade, fresh water and grass (or hay), and we ensure that horses are properly blanketed, fly-sprayed and sheeted, and sufficiently supervised to prevent excessive running. We carefully account for acclimatization to grass for horses not accustomed to it during growing season. We find that most horses are happy with a turn-out buddy (another horse, a goat, etc), particularly OTTBs transitioning to turn out. When transitioning an OTTB or a newly arriving rescue to turnout, we take great care to acclimate to time outside safely. Horses unaccustomed to turnout begin with several hours in a small, well-fenced round pen or paddock within sight of other, well-behaved horses, with access to water, grass or hay, and gradually progress to half a day (or more) in a larger paddock. Ample turnout is a fundamental component of keeping our horses happy, healthy, conditioned, and content to work, and we follow this principle for every horse in our care. ______ -- Anita

Krissan Barber

Canter USA has a facility in Texas.