Geronimo

 My Name is Jax, my Mom tells me I'm the sweetest boy ever.   I was rescued a little over 2 years ago.   My Previous owner hit me in the head, right between my eyes with a hammer. You'd never guess I endured such trauma unless you looked under my forelock. 

We don't know Jax's entire story, we just know he was neglected and abused.  There was an elderly couple that offered to help his previous owner by letting him stay at their place. They were shocked  when they came home one day to find him with his head split open by a hammer.  The person who no longer wanted Jax, hit him in the head because he would not get in the trailer.  

The elderly couple had no horse knowledge, but did their best to help him.  This was in 2017, at the time Jax was a young stallion.  He had been at their property for ten months.  They kept him well fed and they did their very best, but they knew nothing about horses and were in over their heads with a stallion.

The couple contacted Oakdale Equine Rescue who took Jax in and had him gelded.  They rehabilitated him and had him trained.  In 2018 Jackie adopted Jax from Oakdale Equine Rescue.  Jax was the first addition and start of Fur Lives Matter.  Today, Jax  jumps right into the trailer without a problem.  He's truly a pleasure to ride & a total love bug.

Dix is a Standard bred, off the track racehorse believed to be appx 15-16 years of age.  He was abandoned at Denio's in Roseville, CA, the day a local horse auction was taking place. It was reported someone backed a trailer up, unloaded him then drove off.  After the auction all the other horses were picked up, except Dixon.  He was standing alone, extremely underweight, with stickers (Auction stickers, probably to hide the fact he wasn't supposed to be there) in his mane and forelock with noticeable recent, "Pin firing" wounds on his legs.

Pin firing is the treatment of an injury to a horse's leg, by burning, freezing, or dousing it with acid or caustic chemicals.  The thought was this process would induce a counter-irritation and speed and/or improve healing.  This, “Treatment” is often used on racehorses.  The theory was that it would "toughen" the leg of the horse.  This treatment is prevalent in equine veterinary books published in the early 20th century; however, many present-day veterinarians and horse owners consider it barbaric and a cruel form of treatment. 

Dixon like most racehorses has a tattoo on the inside of his upper lip.  The tattoo links the horse to the registration papers and owner.  Unfortunately, his tattoo had been altered so it was impossible to link him to his registration papers or owner.  Dixon is the most sound and stable horse we have at the rescue.  He’s the type of horse anyone of any age can ride.  Dix has a top dog alpha attitude and the other boys in the pasture know who the Boss is, LOL!  

Pixie is our  beautiful white unicorn.  She is a little on the nervous side and still getting use to the idea of human contact.  Everyday we make progress little by little. 

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