Roozer Brewz: A little horse with a big heart

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Roozer Brewz is a tiny Equus caballus alongside a large problem.

The dwarf miniature Equus caballus from Kansas City was born alongside angular limb deformities.

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Roozer Brewz is a fighter at heart.

But 15-month-old Roozer Brewz has to a greater extent than friends than he volition ever realise.

The international community has started to rally to assist pay for the pregnant medical attention Roozer Brewz needs for a decent shot at life.

He has a Facebook page dedicated to his drive together with has to a greater extent than than 1150 followers together with the position out is growing all the time. People are rallying to his drive to assist encounter his medical expenses, which could transcend $US20,000.

Owner Christine Clark has spoken of the emotion equally discussion of Roozer Brewz’ plight has spread together with people select stepped upward to help.

“I don’t know if I could start out to explicate the inundation of emotions that select occurred over the terminal ii days,” she says.

“I tin dismiss enjoin you lot that I select cried, laughed together with experienced a feel of overwhelming joy together with amazement at the natural springtime back upward for Roo.

“His journeying hasn’t been a walk inwards the park, but I knew that the route was going to hold out long.

“After beingness recommended to euthanize him, nosotros came domicile thus I could produce roughly someone searching.

“I sat on the ground, cross-legged inwards the dirt together with watched him whizz yesteryear me running alongside his legs bandaged.

“I observe the veterinarian’s view together with knew that if I made that pick to acquire against what the recommendations were, I was inwards it for the long haul.

“So every 3 days without neglect for the terminal twelvemonth together with 8 months, Roo has come upward into our house, downwardly the hall together with patiently waited equally nosotros did his bandage changes – all 200-plus times thus far.

“I made the commitment to him, that if he continues to select a skilful character of life, that I would move along to advocate for him.

“He is an absolute inspiration to me, thus much to a greater extent than than people volition ever know. I never imagined only how much. So hither nosotros are, hoping to acquire the funds needed for his surgical physical care for thus Roo tin dismiss assist empower others. Because if you lot believe inwards something, it tin dismiss happen.”

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Roo chats to his much larger stablemate Biddy.

Roo straightaway weighs well-nigh l pounds together with is well-nigh xix inches tall.

Due to the multiple complexities that he had at birth, along alongside conformation characteristics, he is classified equally a dwarf miniature horse.

“He is really loved together with cared for only equally if he didn’t select a disability,” Clark says. “His disability has added thus much grapheme to his already spunky self.”

Roo was born on Apr 14, 2011. He was born alongside what are called “windswept” legs due to his seat acre inwards the womb. He also had severe angular limb deformities together with tendon laxity on all iv legs.

Clark says the complications alongside his legs were 1 of many challenges he has faced inwards his curt life.

“He doesn’t surrender or acquire frustrated alongside the challenges of everyday life. He has learned to compromise together with if 1 agency doesn’t work, thus roughly other will.”

When he was born, he could stand, but non long plenty to nurse from his mother.

“I hand-milked mom together with fed Roozer via a bottle for the maiden of all 24 to 48 hours,” Clark recalls.

“He would stand upward together with nurse on occasion, but non long plenty to actually acquire what was needed. After working endless hours alongside my regular together with wonderful vet on numerous attempts at establishing a agency to back upward his tendon laxity. I was wanting a agency for Roozer to acquire support, but that didn’t require surgical physical care for this early on inwards his life.

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Roo hanging at the vet clinic.

She loaded him into the front end of her Ford Focus together with took him to the specialized equine facility Wilhite together with Frees inwards Peculiar, Missouri.

He was evaluated yesteryear Dr Chris Wilhite together with thus seen yesteryear farrier Ed Reardon.

The consultation resulted inwards x-rays together with thus the industry together with application of specialized shoes.

Within a calendar week he was standing thus much to a greater extent than together with get-go to straighten out. Then came a setback.

A component of bowel had herniated into his scrotal cavity, which required surgery.

Other setbacks followed, but Roozer Brewz fought on.

Then, came the solar daytime of reckoning for Clark, when she had to determine to force on alongside Roozer’s care, which would include the quest for surgical physical care for on all iv legs, or euthanize him.

“I had a inundation of emotions. Do I euthanize him? Give him a chance? I felt a piddling selfish if I didn’t give him a run a peril to test everyone wrong. He was such a dandy trooper. I swear that piddling guy has taught me thus much well-nigh overcoming obstacles that are placed inwards our way. An absolutely truthful life lesson coming from my 19-inch horse.

“I was highly recommended to select him position to slumber due to his vast total of complications unless I chose to select the corrective surgical physical care for on all iv legs. I don’t select thousands of dollars to hold trying dissimilar fixes together with surgical physical care for is only equally costly.

“Roozer is a fighter together with absolute huge volition to live, non to cite a pump bigger than himself. I don’t desire to hold out unrealistic, but he has been the barometer for my decisions.”

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Roo on the couch preparing for a bandage change. He’s nibbling on cutting carrots, feed crush together with a sparse mint for a exceptional treat.

Clark made the determination to force on.

“As long equally he is acting similar a normal Equus caballus together with non inwards pain. I move along my every 2 to 3 solar daytime bandage/brace changes.”

The terms of that every duo of days is well-nigh $US20.

“That seems thus affordable when comparison to the thousands of dollars surgical physical care for volition cost.

“But to ensure Roozer has the best character of life, he has to select the surgery.”

That is probable to terms upward to $US20,000.

“He volition select to select surgical physical care for on all iv legs, but the extent won’t hold out known until they are inwards in that location together with tin dismiss consider precisely what needs to hold out done. We select contacted Kansas State Veterinary Hospital together with roughly other Equine infirmary inwards Kentucky equally well. I desire what is best for Roo.

“We are raising funds to buy Roozer a quad bike cart/wheelchair. Eddie’s Wheels has offered to custom industry his cart. The terms is well-nigh $US900 for the physical therapy evaluation that is required for the plumbing equipment together with criterion for the cart together with the cart itself.

Funds are also beingness raised for the surgery, which volition hold out needed when he is well-nigh ii years old.

Clark stressed that Roo has ever been the barometer of her attention decisions.

“As long equally he is non inwards hurting or suffering, he volition move along to select HUGE smiles to the hearts of those he meets,” she says.

Roozer Brewz is a tiny Equus caballus alongside a large work Roozer Brewz: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 piddling Equus caballus alongside a large heartPeople tin dismiss donate to his surgical physical care for found equally follows:
Roozer Brewz Donation Fund
PO Box 165358
Kansas City, MO 64116

Online via Fundrazr where in that location is a donation link;
Or yesteryear visiting whatever United States of America Bank location across the nation
His Facebook page is at http://www.facebook.com/RoozerBrewz/
Following him on Twitter at @RoozerBrew

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Two cool cats: Roozer Brews communes alongside kitty.

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