We have some sad news

Monday we made a hard decision. When Diane came to feed she found that Honey had not eaten her dinner. This was the fourth time in a month that Honey had colic. She is such a stoic old girl that unlike most horses with colic who paw the ground, bite at their sides, sweat, and roll on the ground in pain, Honey just quits eating. After a consult with our vet Doctor Lee Mueller and my daughter Teri it was decided that the kindest thing to do would be to euthanize Honey. She went gently on the trees on a beautiful day.

Steve and awesome crew set shelter posts

If you need a job done by a great crew, there is none better than Steve and his awesome kids. They volunteered to set the posts for our shelter for the animals from the elements. Several crews had tried to dig in our cement-liker ground to set the 5 poles 2 feet deep. Neither pick axes, post-hole-diggers nor dynomite could break the ground. Then Steve arrived with his auger, bobcat and crew of the fantastic four to get the holes dug.

Poles are set, leveled and cement mixed and tamped in.

Everyone worked to measure, dig, mix, haul cement. What energy!

What a great crew: Kaelin, Meghan, Hunter, and Hayden.

Steve's crew even had enough energy to help feed when the post work was done. We thank these wonderful volunteers for their hard work and expertise. If you need anything done quickly and correctly call Edwards for Steve's number. He works a 100 hour week and still makes time to volunteer!

Ashlee Dog whisperer "talks" to Sam

Ashlee is a great long time volunteer, and is now a senior at Legend High School, and has taken on the project of training our “wild child” Sam. A mix puppy we got from the Denver Dumb Friends League. In the past animal healers Shelly and Karen have worked with him to get him grounded and in the present. Ashlee is working to get Sam to use a kennel as a place of quite safety. He was very afraid to even go near the kennel. Ashlee took the kennel apart and got him to sit in it. Sam trusts her very much, and hopefully he will be secure and confident of his safety.

CFC Campaign day at Federal Center

We all had such a great time at the Denver Federal Center when we got to participate in the annual Combined Federal Campaign information fair. There were 165 non-profit organizations presenting their information to more than 300 representatives from federal offices. Diane and Coco-au-deux were real crowd pleasers. We think Coco was the most photographed participant.

Jillian did such a good job multi tasking----passing our literature with our CFC number, monitoring the the goats, and giving all her beautiful smile!

Kirstin, Dawson, Caleb, Jillian, Diane, and Lynda all went early to get our table set up and pick a nice spot under a shade tree.

We passed out a lot of fliers and pencils and talked to many, many people.

Tomichi gets first hoof trim

The Rocky Mountain Horseshoeing team arrived to give Tomichi his first hoof trim. What a team! Kelsea and Steve are so gentle and Tom was so good for his first trim. In fact Steve has so much left over energy he also trimmed the feet of Hannah and Sugar the burros. We say a big thank you to them at www.rockymountainhorseshoeing.com.

Update on Rocky the adopted colt

Do you remember The little foal in intensive care that we named Tyson because he was such a fighter? He was adopted by a young lady named Bailey who quickly changed Tyson's name to Rocky in honor of Colorado's Rocky Mountains. Then Rocky fractured his back leg and needed surgery at CSU. Well---take a look at him now. He is growing up and Bailey does such a good job with his ground work. He loves her and lets her examine his teeth. And where his leg was fractured there appeared a heart. Symbol of his great heart and all the love he is receiving!

Grandview kids visit when the wind isn't blowing

On a warmer day visit Cory takes photos while Brett gives Toby attention. Dusty has a friend who says her name is "Dorothy". and she was giving him lots of attention. All the Edwards Animals love visits from their friends at Grandview.