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Make a DonationHOW YOU CAN HELP! The Emergency Equine Response Unit (EERU) is a 501c3 organization relying totally on corporate and private donations. Your donations help provide rescue equipment, training, large animal recovery equipment, public education, and veterinary supplies. Donate to the EERUIf you would like to support EERU, you can make an online donation. -OR- You can mail us a check, made payable to the Emergency Equine Response Unit, to the following address today: Emergency Equine Response Unit Donate to the Windsor FundThe "Windsor Fund" was developed for our beloved thoroughbred we adopted to utilize in our Basic Equine Awareness & Rescue (B.E.A.R.) Level I class. He is such a wonderful guy, but has been having a few health issues. Windsor has now lost all of his bottom incisors. The veterinarians are puzzled as to why this occurred; it is so unusual for horses to lose that many teeth at one time. When the condition first manifested, we noticed a large lesion near the throat latch area, a biopsy was taken and it turned out to be an infected lymph node, which in turn was caused by his badly infected lower incisors and gums. The teeth were so loose the veterinarian literally pulled them out without the use of instruments, of course Win was sedated. After a long round of antibiotics everyday, he has recovered quite nicely and has learned to adapt to his new way of grazing, with his tongue and upper incisors. We supplement him with a nutritionally complete pelleted feed and LOTS of treats (which he doesn't mind at all) and will continue to do so for the rest of his life. He is maintaining his weight and seems to be quite happy with all the spoiling he gets. He also has Heaves, so we have to watch him closely for any flare ups. We will continue to keep him working in our B.E.A.R. classes, as a hands-on demonstration horse for the Basic Equine First Aid portion of the class, as long as he likes to work. He loves the attention from our students! If and when the day comes that he doesn't enjoy it anymore, we will of course retire him from the class. We don't foresee that happening anytime soon, though. The Windsor Fund will help with his upkeep and future Vet bills, which are inevitable. As we are a not for profit organization, our funds are not abundant and the extra cost of keeping Windsor at optimal health are, of course limited. Our long term goal is to continue to give him the best care possible, no matter what.
If you would like to help us help Windsor please use the Paypal button above specify "Windsor Fund" in the special notes box. Your donation is tax deductible. You may also send your donation via mail to the address listed above, to the attention of the Windsor Fund. Thank You! Buy a T-ShirtOur t-shirts are only $12.50 plus $5 shipping. Buy two t-shirts (only) and get free shipping. T-shirts are available in two colors: black with white lettering or gray with black lettering.
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