MOTHER NATURE HITS US AGAIN

Eagle's Nest was hit once again by mother nature, but we are not complaining, as it isn't as bad as the flood we had last year...all of the animals are safe and today we got a very special lady called Rosalyn

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THE HORSE RUNS ARE COMPLETELY FLOODED, BUT THEY ARE NOW DRYING UP

THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THE DOGS LOVE TO RUN IN

THREE DAYS AGO THIS AREA WAS COMPLETELY FLOODED, BUT NOW THE WATER IS EBBING.

MEET OUR NEW GIRL: ROSALYN

ON THE LEFT ROSALYN AFTER SHE FAINTED....ON THE RIGHT SHE IS COZYING UP TO COQUI...YOU CAN SEE THE SADNESS IN HER BEAUTIFUL EYES.

THE ABOVE IS A PHOTO THAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER TODAY...POOR ROSALYN WAS HAULING A LOAD OF GARBAGE WITH SIX MEN ON THE CART; SHE WAS SO EXHAUSTED FROM THE WEIGHT AND THE BEATING THEY WERE LAYING ON HER, SHE FAINTED AND EVERYONE THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD...SEVERAL YOUNG MEN WERE BEATING HER TRYING TO GET HER UP AGAIN...LUCKILY WE WERE CALLED; WHEN WE GOT THERE ONE OF THE CITY COUNCILORS WAS THERE DEMANDING THAT WE LEAVE THE HORSE ALONE, BUT WE REFUSED TO LEAVE, AND THEN THE POLICE ARRIVED... WE WERE ABLE TO GET HER TO THE POLICE STATION AND SEEN BY THEIR VET...SHE IS VERY SMALL AND VERY WEAK, BUT SHE IS RESPONDING TO SOME TENDER CARE...WE WILL HAVE HER AT OUR SHELTER AS SOON AS SHE IS GIVEN A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.

Officers Carina Martinez and Rubén Colliard giving Rosalyn some love..

ROSALYN ENJOYS HER FIRST DAY OF FREEDOM...NO MORE BEATINGS FOR THIS GIRL

JUNE 4/2010 ROSALYN UPDATE

ON JUNE 4TH, ROSALYN BECAME QUITE COLD AND WEAK. SHE DECIDED SHE NEEDED TO LIE DOWN, SO COQUI STAYED WITH HER THE WHOLE NIGHT...THIS MORNING SHE COULDN'T GET UP...OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDS THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED ASKING IF THEY COULD HELP...TWO VANS ARRIVED AND ROSALYN WAS PUT IN A STANDING POSITION.

THE POLICE AND FIREMEN SET UP THE LIFTING FRAME.

THE GOOD NEWS IS: SHE IS STANDING AND EATING AND DRINKING A LOT OF WATER...THE BAD NEWS IS: WE ARE NOT SURE IF SHE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH ANOTHER COLD NIGHT...COQUI WILL SLEEP WITH ROSALYN AGAIN TONIGHT...TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE.

JUNE 9-2010 ROSALYN UPDATE

THE ABOVE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN LAST NIGHT BEFORE WE PUT ROSALYN TO BED ON A NICE SOFT MATTRESS...SHE SLEPT WELL AND THIS MORNING WE USED THE TRIPOD TO GET HER ON HER FEET AGAIN....SHE IS SLOWLY GAINING SOME STRENGTH, BUT SHE HAS A LONG WAY TO GO.

NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING COLD WINTERS, WE MUST, IF WE CAN RAISE ENOUGH MONEY, BUILD A PROPER HORSE BARN THAT WILL KEEP OUR OLDER HORSES WARM AND SAFE...WE CAN ONLY DO THIS IF WE GET ENOUGH DONATIONS TO THE TUNE OF 18 TO 20 THOUSAND US DOLLARS.

IF ANYONE CAN HELP WITH ROSALYN'S CARE, ANY AMOUNT WILL BE SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

JUNE 13/2010 ROSALYN UPDATE

ROSALYN HAS A NICE SOFT MATTRESS, BUT TODAY SHE IS LYING ON THE COOL GROUND, AS IT IS A VERY WARM DAY...MANDY, WHO LIKES TO BE WITH ROSALYN IS TESTING THE MATTRESS...ROSALYN IS DOING QUITE WELL, BUT, WE ARE WAITING TO SEE IF SHE CAN GET UP BY HERSELF...SHE SPENT MOST OF THE NIGHT JUST WALKING AROUND AND EXPLORING THE SHELTER AND VISITING SOME OF HER PALS.

JUNE 16/2010...ROSALYN NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE US.

THIS MORNING WHEN WE WENT TO CHECK ON ROSALYN, WE WERE SURE SHE WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE US...THE VET WAS CALLED AND HE REALIZED IT WAS A MISTAKE TO LEAVE HER HANGING IN THE TRIPOD HARNESS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME...WE GOT HER TO THE GROUND AND SHE LOOKED QUITE RELIEVED TO BE LYING DOWN...SHE ATE A NICE MEAL, AND DRANK A LOT OF WATER...SHE JUST PERKED UP ALL OF A SUDDEN...THE VET TOLD COQUI THAT ROSALYN IS VERY OLD, BUT SHE HAS AN INCREDIBLE DESIRE TO LIVE, AND THAT IS BECAUSE SHE IS RESPONDING TO THE LOVING CARE THAT SHE IS GETTING...SHE HAS PROBABLY NEVER HAS SUCH CARE IN ALL OF HER LIFE...SHE WAS JUST CONSIDERED A WORK HORSE AND WAS SUBJECTED TO CRUELTY, HUNGER AND THIRST...IN FUTURE SHE WILL BE IN THE TRIPOD FOR FOUR HOURS AND THEN DOWN FOR FOUR HOURS...AT NIGHT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO SLEEP NEXT TO SNOWY FOR A GOOD EIGHT HOURS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SENT IN DONATIONS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL...AND WE ARE SURE SHE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU.

ROSALYN RESTING ON TWO MATTRESSES...ONE FOR HER BODY AND ONE FOR HER BEAUTIFUL HEAD...OUR SWEET DOG SNOWY STAYS WITH HER TO GUARD HER AND TO KEEP HER COMPANY.