Conor was the youngest of the rescues we obtained from the seizure at Hidden Meadows back in September 2010. The healthiest of the bunch, he bounced back the quickest with an earnest and devoted attitude... towards food. Despite his three years Conor quickly established himself as a barn favorite for his un-flappable attitude and calm disposition. Falling trees, storms, nothing really seemed to faze this brave little guy in a strange new world. While not graced with the most desired confirmation, Conor was a breeze to start under saddle. He approached the concept of lunging and working under saddle as lazily and slowly as possible. He was often incited to travel a bit more of a clip if he was able to pony behind his best horsey friend, Sterling the thoroughbred. In fact since they stepped off the trailer from West Virginia together Sterling and Conor formed and solid bond. They're they type that would share a stall and feed bucket if we let them.
We had high hopes that Conor, with his level headed attitude would grow up to be an excellent candidate for our lesson program. However this is an industry where you don't make big plans. Despite spending a couple thousand on new fencing for our new property, Aj woke up one week ago to find Conor had severely injured himself on our fence overnight. Really illustrates there's no such thing as a perfect fence. The fist size wound on the right side of his chest is healing well thanks to Aj's and our volunteers' diligence. While our vet assured us he will not be in chronic pain, Conor has lost so much muscle in the injury that it's doubtful we'll be able to use him in our lesson program in the future.
But that's not to say that Conor doesn't have a place. True to our creed Conor is free to roam our pastures for the next twenty years or so, however long he needs. He'll join our other sanctuary members Sneaky and Soleil for good times for many years. At present I'd say he's enjoying the high life with a barrel of hay parked at his feet at all times and a high blast fan. If you'd like to donate some hay to Conor as a 'get well soon' present, or assistance with his antibiotics, please consider checking out our paypal link to make a donation. Let's keep our thoughts on this little one and hope for the best!
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