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Badonk - 11 y.o. donkey sanctuary Bandit - Aged pony Belle Star - Six y.o.OTTB mareDaisy - 19 y.o. Morgan mare X Doc - Aged QH geldingElan - 12 y.o. Buckskin QH g.Jersey Girl - 11 y.o. QH mare Julliette - 15 y.o. Hackney X ponyLogan - 15 y.o. Premarin gelding

Minnie Pearl - 10 y.o. Appy ponyPing - Nine (9) y.o.Black Hackney Willie - Mini 9 y.o. Winnie- Paint, mareRusty - 22 y.o. (approx) AppendixSega - 13 y.o.Andalusian - blind-sanctuary Sophie - Six (6) y.o.TB mare-greenWhisper/Mama-23 y.o. Haflinger X

Many thanks to Sarah Newton, DVM, to farriers Bob Rotti, Eric John and Matt Caprioli. Thank you to Diane & Carroll Dwyer for the Ludlow Elks Club where we held our benefit picnic. Thank you to Becky Eckstrom, Linda Mercier, Penny Blum and Jean Caron for their monthly sponsorships of horses in the Rescue! Thank you Jeannie Prouty. Thank you Rachel Kuznicki, Mary Stone, Michelle and Dennise Kellicker, the Michaelson’s, Jan Brousseau & Alisha Lyons. Thank you to our volunteers who muck out stalls whenever they can: Annie, Brett, Jerry & Lynne, Linda, Mary, Wayne, Heidi, Danielle, Ariya, Krystal, Roxann, Lily, Landon, Dave, Brenda, Christie, Carson, Chris & Allie, Bill, Jodi, Peter! Thank you to Randy for helping Wayne feed on Thursdays! Thank you to Bill Robinson, Tom Berry, Derek & Devin. Thank you to Nancy Kenyon, Deb & Henry Ingram, Jean & Dave Caron, Pat & Jim Boron, Elizabeth Forel, Lynda, Hannah & Michelle Haryasz. Thank you to our Picnic chefs: Tom Berry, Bill Robinson & Bill Fournier! To the best cupcake makers ever Ray & Wendy Larocque. You all ROCK the barn!!!

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HORSES CURRENTLY IN THE RESCUE

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FALL 2017 Volume 15 Number 3

Friend & donor, Carroll Dwyer and Bristol Co-Founders Betsy and Vicky

pony. Together with Juliette they are known as the Spice Girls here at the Rescue. Beautiful Ping gets along with Juliette, which says a lot for Ping’s tolerance level. She is a dainty girl with Bambi eyes. She is refined looking with her tiny hooves. Ping came into the rescue with some baggage, which we are unpacking a little at a time. She would have been sent to slaughter had we not intervened. She is not for a beginner. She will make someone a great companion and friend. Both little girls have their special volunteers that dote on them: Christie and Roxann. Come up and visit our very own Spice Girls for yourselves. We’re sure you’ll be as charmed as we are by them.

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SPOTLIGHTON

Birthday Kindness

The CNEER

Cupid

Presents:

~ EVENTS - 2017 ~JANUARY 21st - Annual Board meeting FEBRUARY 24TH - Sip n PaintAPRIL 8TH - Benefit Pasta Sup-per-JB O’Reilly Club - Spfld, MAAPRIL 29TH - Versatility Clinic with Peter Whitmore - Cardinal Ridge Equestrian Center, Barre, MAJUNE 10TH - Wine Tasting Hardwick Winery-3305 Greenwich Rd. HardwickJULY 23rd - Wilsie Way Horseman-ship Clinic-Cardinal Ridge Barre, MAAUGUST 6TH - Benefit Horse Show Felton Field Barre, MAAUGUST 19TH - Annual Benefit Picnic - Ludlow Elks Club, Ludlow

Our voices to the world:President - B. JohnsonV.President - V. BerrySecretary - R. McLam Co-Treasurer - R.BanksCo-Treasurer - K.ChristiansenEBoard - W.Robinson ~Committee Members~ J. Reding R. Ekstrom K. Hosley H. Huard

TO CONTACT US:Tel 978-621-6717 or 413-265-3270 We are a 501(c)3 organization. Donations are 100% tax deductible.

Cover Photos: Tom Berry, Bill Robinson, Bill Fournier & Carroll Dwyer &CoFoundersCredits: Victoria Berry 2017

What a pleasant and happy day it was when Mandy Rossignol came to celebrate her 12th birthday at the farm with her friends! Arriving at 8 a.m. and pitching in right away with turn out and the clean-ing of stalls. We hear on the news all the time of the negative side of life. Here at the farm we get to see some positive actions by young and old. Instead of gifts for herself this young lady and her friends do-nated a brand new, warm Pessoa mid weight winter blanket for the new horse, Sophie. Sophie didn’t have a blanket. Thank you to Moms Melanie and Ivy for driving the kids to West Brookfield all the way from Ashburnham.

Happy Birthday Mandy!

Above: Hannah P., Hannah B, Ivy,Winnie, birthday girl Mandy, Melanie, McKinley and Kielyn. Great kids, great day!

The Spice Girls Juliette is approximately 15 y.o. and is a jet black Hackney cross pony. She is delightful in every way. She is for an experienced

child or adult, not for beginners. Karla saw Juliette in a field when she went to purchase round pen panels. She was the only one tied in the middle of that field where other horses were loose; one being a little stallion. That is probably the reason that Juliette does not get along well with others; she had to defend herself. She was difficult to catch and that was the logic that was given to Karla for tying her up in the field. We took her in and had fun trying to catch her when she first came. She taught us a lot of neat maneuvers that we didn’t know a pony could do so well. She now comes when called and puts her nose into the halter. She expects good things to happen and they do…like supper! She would make someone kind and caring a beautiful friend. Ping (named due to an auto correct error when texting) is a black

Mom’s Pearls of Wisdom:

“Those who talk about others to you,

will talk about you to others”

*Badonk is now a sanctuary equine. He will live out his days here on the farm.*Sophie is a new rescue. She is a six year old Throughbred that was being sent to slaughter. She has a long way to go but hopefully will recover from her many traumas.*Geo has been adopted! *Willie the Mini, has had his eye removed from the neglect that he had endured and is doing very well.*Belle Star is still progressing nicely. She has a lot of training ahead of her but will make someone a great friend. *We have five new volunteers: Jodi, Peter, Lauren, Carrie and Hannah! Welcome, we are thrilled to have you.*Thanks to all of you the fencing project has begun! We hope to have it done before the snow flies if we have enough helpers!*Doris thank you for doing your usual great job with keeping the horses healthy.*We have completed the new footing for the training roundpen! Many thanks to GWCF! Another blessing.*Visit us at CNEER.com online. *Patti Rossi is back! Yay!

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AROUND THE BARNby

Vicky Berry

Blessed are the Haymakers

We’re a good ways into August/ September. The shaggy roadsides and mowed fields really are like a lion’s mane, all tawny in the afternoon sun. Winter is still a few calendar pages off but now we see hay wagons and pickups creeping along the roads with their teetering loads. A farmer stacking a truck with hay bales and an ancient Egyptian wrestling big stone blocks into a pyramid have a lot more in common than you’d think! Gathering in the hay is another of the timeworn rituals of farm life and it’s a pleasure for me, a suburban girl, to take part. Soon barns all over the country will be full to the rafters with sweet hay for the coming lean season. Today it is our turn up here at our small horse rescue known as CNEER, in West Brookfield. Bill Robinson, who wears lots of hats around here, brought us a couple wagonloads and he patiently begins to show us how hay safely gets from wagon to loft without anyone catching a belt loop in the conveyor on the way up. He brought along young Landon, who joined four of us on a hot afternoon. The dogs are pacing, everyone is keyed up, and we’re colorfully decked out in bandanas, gloves, and long sleeves, for hay that’s soft in the field scratches like the devil once it’s dry. This is first cut hay, and every farmer has kept a weather eye out for rain

after the cutting and tedding because a good dry bale is mold-free and cooler in the loft. It’s also lighter to stack. We’ve got a dozen hungry horses and a donkey to keep sleek and happy so every little bit helps.After Bill christens the conveyor with oil, he cranks it up and by its rhythms the six of us take some time to work the kinks out of our teamwork. Landon plants himself high atop the wagon, thirty feet off the ground and inches from the medieval looking conveyor that saves us having to toss bales up by hand. I coax and roll bales out of their packed rows over to Landon so he can keep the belt fed and the loft crew busy stacking. It’s like the baggage carousel at the airport, only none of the bales is ever lost. Up above, Dave, Vicky Berry, and Jodi work out their own system of plucking bales from the belt, tossing them to the stacker, and building a neat pile. A few of us trade places now and then to work a new set of muscles. After a while we stop fumbling like Lucy and Ethel on the chocolate factory line and find a nice smooth groove. That’s when someone gets a sneezing fit and calls a timeout. Sure is hot, dusty work!Under Bill’s calm instruction we empty two full wagons without mishap and after the noisy motor is cut we savor the simple delight of “la dolce far niente,” the sweetness of doing nothing, as the Italians say. Even the dogs have given up trying to join in and are lolling in the shade after their hard work. (con’t on p.6)

Fencing is going up!A good old fashioned get togeth-er and cookout fence raising! That is what we had here! Thank you to all who came to help and to all who donated to make it

possible.

Hard work~ taking old rotted fencing and chicken wire down.

What a difference our volunteers make!

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MADE A DIFFERENCE TO THIS ONE!

(con’t from p. 5 Haymakers)A job well done! The loft is packed solid and sounds are strangely muffled up there now, when a couple of hours ago it was full of echoes and loose skeins of last year’s hay. I imagine the mice up there are already busy staking out their new winter quarters. A few horses off in the big field whinny their approval and Jodi, big tired grin on her face, sends one right back to them. We joke around, the six of us, happy and tired and poking fun at the sight of our red faces and hair and clothing adorned with hay. Vicky, to whom these lucky horses owe their lives, smiles wider than anyone. That’s reward enough for our labors this day. Mary Stone

PONDERISMS~You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.~No legacy is so rich as honesty. ~The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. Alice Walker~Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face. Unknown~There are hundreds of languages in the world but a smile speaks them all.~It’s not what you look at that matters; it’s what you see.~Make happy those who are near and those who are far will come.~I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.~You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose site of the shore.~Do what you can with what you have where you are. Theodore Roosevelt~One day is worth a thousand tomorrows. ~Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.~When your desires are strong enough you will appear to have superhuman powers.~Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. Alan Watts~Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us. John Mitcell~Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other. ~Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

~When the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems begin to look like nails.~I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands, you have to throw something back once in a while.~It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do that we are accountable for.~When I hear somebody sigh “life is hard” I always think…”compared to what?”

BENEFIT HORSE SHOW

On August 6th at Felton Field in Barre, MA the day dawned bright-ly and the horse trailers pulled by trainers, parents and friends rolled in one by one. Our Benefit Horse Show is a wonderful time for horse and rider. We had a good attendance and our dedicated volunteers were manning the kitchen griddle and gates. Rave reviews were given once again to Helen’s salads and the entire day was filled with hard work, smiles and good sportsmanship!

KIDD NOW CALLED HERO and his MOM. He has found his soulmate in Jane!

Meet Sega he is a purebred Andalusian.

He is completely blind, attributed to his prior neglect. A sweet, sweet horse.Sega is in need of a special person,

as he is a sanctuary horse. He needs someone to visit him at the Barre farm and groom him and just spend time with him. He would love a one on one with you.

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Our Logo was produced by Vicky Berry and was created from a picture of Betsy at 12 years old showing her horse, Abe, some quiet attention. It is a precious moment in time. Represents complete trust and the love that we possess for all equines.