HEART OF TUCSON

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Please help us pay it forward. Horses  want to stay with their families. They are herd animals and love routine. They do get stressed when they are removed from what they know, and some times do not do well with change. If they have a family that loves them lets not let that change.  We need to keep the donations coming so that we can keep the program going. Please specify it is for this program, and if you would like to donate to the other horses here that need medical, feed, or other things just say what you would like your money to go toward and we will make sure that is does. Thank you so much for helping these wonderful animals.

I wish I had taken pictures of her today, but I will tomorrow and post them for you. She is doing so well that we are going to saddle her this week and see how she will do with a rider. She has come so far now thanks to Claudia, and her husband Mark. They have sponsored her since she got here and walked her, and bathed her, massaged her, and groomed her. She has put a lot of weight on and gotten so strong we need to see where she will fit for an adoption. Stay tuned for her amazing come back. She is one awesome little Arab mare.

This morning me and Cindy went to the livestock auction and were able to save a sweet gelding and little pony filly. They were both found wondering on the north west side out of Tucson. The gelding takes care of the little filly pony, he had a halter growing into the side of his head and it had to be cut off. She won’t leave his side so we don’t know what they had to go through, but they have each other. He is young as well maybe 6 or 7 and has had some type of injury to his left side. They will need a good home so please let us know if you are interested in adopting them. We would like to keep them together if we can, but they can part from each other if it means getting a good home for each of them.

HEART of Tucson  presents a First Time Horse Ownership Seminar to be held on Saturday, November 7,  2009 from 8 am – 11 am at Lazy Bear Ranch (near Saguaro Park East).

The cost of owning a horse not only begins with the purchase price. Learn all the basic knowledge you need to know in owning and caring for a horse including choosing the right horse, costs involved, nutrition, care & upkeep and safety.

Space is limited to 15 people.  $75/person or $125 for a couple or adult/child pair.

You can get a copy of the registration form off of the home page at www.heartoftucson.org or you can e-mail info@heartoftucson.org to request a copy of the registration form.  Space will fill quickly; send your registration form and payment in full by Saturday, October 24 to reserve your spot now.

Attention all Tucsonans: Be sure and watch the 10:00 news on KOLD Channel 13 on Thursday, September 24th.   Anchor Heather Rowe came out to the barn the other day and did an interview with Judy Glore.  Be sure and tune in!

HEART of Tucson and Care for the Horses will be sponsoring a Large Animal Rescue Training two-day course with a choice of  two sessions: Friday, Nov. 6 and Monday, Nov. 9 or Saturday, Nov. 7 and Sunday, Nov. 8th, from 9 am to 5:30 pm.  Registration fee is $225.00 per participant and includes lunch and a beverage.

Large Animal Rescue Company will be instructing the course – learn how to rescue a horse from various situations (mud, water, fallen trailer, etc.).  A course outline is available at www.largeanimalrescue.com

To register, please go to HEART’s website home page at www.heartoftucson.org, you will be able to download the registration form.

Contact HEART at 520.445.1510 or Care for the Horses at 520.378.0896 should you have any questions.

Please take a look at this site and see the lost and found horses that will be coming up for auction. Keep the killers from getting their hands on them.

   http://www.azda.gov/lostFound/webView.aspx

HEART of Tucson 100% cotton t-shirts are now available.   The HEART 4-color logo is large across the chest.  We will have both men’s and ladies’ cuts available in both black and white in various sizes (men’s L, XL, 2XL and women’s S,M, and L).  Don’t be left out, we have a limited number and sizes, so order yours today!

Costs are $20/ea or 2 for $38.  Add in $5 shipping and handling per shirt if we need to mail them to you.  E-mail ericareid@heartoftucson.org, please indicate size, color (black or white),  and address to be shipped to (or indicate if you are picking them up in person).  Check payable to HEART of Tucson, indicate in memo area that it’s for the t-shirts and mail to our address at 120 S. Houghton Road, Suite 130-267, Tucson, AZ  85748.

Do you love horses and want to help make a difference?
Volunteer Webmaster needed for Heart of Tucson.  Webmaster will do website administration, making sure hardware and software are operating accurately, generating and revising web pages and examining traffic through the site.
Contact ericareid@heartoftucson.org if you want to be part of an exciting team of people who love horses.

We are a newer rescue here in Tucson and would like to hear your thoughts. We want to help the horses in anyway we can, and we are open to new ideas. . Our focus is the horse, and the people that are involved with them. So here is the place to tell us what you think, whether it’s good, or bad we want to hear it.