This is Hansome Jack. I think I told y'all about him, when he came. He couldn't stand up for very long and was emaciated, had thrush in his hooves which were way overgrown.

The woman who brought him out, made the statement, that she had brought him out here to die, she didn't want him to die at her place, grrr!!! He's Arabian and Thorobred and was 28 years old. Here's what she gave us.

The first day. He went down later that day and we had to get him back up. Very arthritic in hind legs.
There was Thrush, in all 4 hooves. They hadn't been trimmed in over a year.  As ya see by the hide, he had a terrible case of Rainrot too.
He was totally night blind with very little day vision. His teeth were bad (like Buttercups, when we got her). So we put him on a special diet, groomed, had his teeth floated. Dave and the farrier trimmed his hooves, with him layin' on his side. He fell over when they tried to lift his back leg. His back legs were too stiff to lift.
 

This is him, a year later, bein' groomed
 

This was Hansome Jack, a few months before he passed. He was happy, comfortable (no pain), had lots of attention, good food and company with the other horses. Had a great year and 1/2, before he went down and couldn't get up. He was euthanized in 2006 and is buried here.