This position has now been filled

The Trust is currently looking for a full time member of staff as a yard hand/groom. Short term contract available with potential to extend.

Immediate start preferable. Experience with horses required, 35 hour week, minimum wage.

Ability to work shifts to include weekends and bank holidays, own transport essential.

This job involves heavy lifting and manual labour. You must be able to work with small committed team in all weathers.

Reliability and sense of humour essential!

For more information please email Lisa Lanfear Administrator@lluest.co.uk or call 01550 740661

January has been incredibly busy and our small team do not want to wish time away but we are all longing for the spring – as are the horses. We have all had enough of the mud!

The good news however is Sapphire and Poppet and Pudding have gone out to wonderful foster homes until the Spring and our gorgeous miniature horse Patchwork has gone out to start her new life in a  wonderful loan home where she is being ridden and loving it.

Patchwork


Pudding


Poppet

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Sapphire

We have also taken in some new rescues. One very sad case that we cannot talk about  to protect him but the pony is here and safe now.
Another of our new rescues is Robbie.  This tiny tot of a pony stands at 28 inches high and was rescued before Christmas having been found by the side of a road in a very bad way.  As you can see this beautiful pony is well on his way to a full recovery.

Snowball and Angel are finally out of isolation and have stables in the main barn. They are also now  out of the garden because their feet are good enough to walk to a paddock! We are over the moon for both of them!

Snowball (left) and Angel content and comfortable out of isolation


Snowball asleep


Snowball awake - the ears give it away :0)



To read Snowball's and Angel's story please click here to go to our appeals page

Llew and Lowri who were rescued with the 5 minnies settled in so well and have now joined our big herd. For the first time in their lives have met horses the same size! We are still waiting for Llew's liver results and we are managing his arthritis so at the moment he seems great. Lowri is fabulous! She is growing in confidence by the day and is a stunning girl.

Lovely Llewelyn

Luscious Lowri

Sunday the 2nd October
We had a poor horse reported to us because the police and RSPCA would not attend! It took  ALL DAY to try and get help to this animal. We are a tiny, underfunded charity that once again found its self  responding when bigger, wealthier organizations either don't work weekends!!!! or pass the buck!!! HUGE HUGE THANKS to Lisa Lanfear who has helped us wade through the amount of phone calls and hoop jumping required to help the horse. The situation  was not over  but we made sure he was safe for the night. 

Monday 3rd  October
This horse is yet another victim of no one taking responsibility and everyone turning their backs. The excuses from far greater powers than us are something else!!! I cannot repeat them for fear of being sued. We are full to the brim but no one will take this poor horse who is now classed as a cruelty, neglect and abandonment case. For us to take in yet another we will need as much help as we can get. Lluest cannot survive under this pressure when no other agencies will help and are more than happy to pass on our number for us to pick up the pieces in every single way. One of the big welfare organizations immediate suggestion was to just put the horse to sleep, but will they announce this is their policy to the general public - of course not! Equine welfare in this country is like a dirty little secret and at some point in the not too distant future it needs to be exposed!. In the meantime if anyone can donate to help us we would be so grateful. We are one of the few remaining registered equine charities in Wales and at the moment we feel very alone.

Tuesday 4th October
With absolutely no thanks to any of the big welfare organizations who did nothing to help, we picked up the horse this afternoon and he is now safely back with us. The only organization that did help was Trading Standards, who gave us the go ahead to seize on cruelty and abandonment grounds. Due to this we sadly cannot post any  photos or information about the horse. The vets are booked for a full health check, meanwhile we will keep a close eye on him through the night. Huge thanks to the staff Julia and Jerome who entered in to a very difficult situation with me, Lisa who was on the phone for us the whole time and  Sara and Andy Gray who lent us their trailer - again!

One of our biggest winter costs is the amount of hay we need to feed between 30 to 40 horses and ponies. HUGE thanks go to ALL our supporters. It is  their donations and fundraising events that help us feed and care for all our rescues. 

Once this this load of 48 big bales was in the barn we  took a huge breath because we knew we will not get caught out with an early snow fall. A lot of haylage has been made this year but not much hay so prices are still very high. We will have 20 big bales of haylage arrive shortly as well. The price is lower but it is too rich for many of our residents, so it is either fed half and half with hay or used for those with any breathing problems. 

3rd September 2011 Sennybride Show

We will be there with Zorro and Patchwork!
Come and meet them and the amazing Bethan and Suzie who have just completed a 300 mile sponsored ride for us.
Please use this link for directions.
http://sennybridgeshow.com/Sennybridge/Welcome.html
Look forward to seeing you!


24th September  - Llandovery Sheep Festival

We will be there offering pony rides
Please come and see us.


Please use this link for more information

http://www.llandoverysheepfestival.co.uk/

We have been donated two portacabins which give us a lot more space to be able to host the volunteer, special needs, community  and school projects that now come to the farm to learn and get involved in all we are doing here. Everyone has  been squeezing in to the little house up until now but health and safety dictates this is no longer adequate. So a  HUGE thank you to Hayden for arranging everything and  CT Lewis Ltd, HIAB and Haulage Service from Llansamlet, Swansea who very generously delivered the first and who will be bringing the second. The first portacabin does not look very pretty at the moment so we are now looking to raise some money for paint.  For now however,  we are just hugely grateful for the extra space and the opportunities this gives us!!




BIG Thank you to CT Lewis Ltd
Kemys Way, Enterorise Zone, Llansamlet,
Swansea, SA6 8QF
01792 771300

One of the hardest things I find when new rescue horses or ponies come in is having to put them in isolation and then put them through all the things that need to be done to help them.  Angel and Snowball are no exception. Bless them both for being so brave for their first vet visit. 





Because Snowball is relatively unhandled he was given a mild sedative to help him through the process of having his feet x- rayed and teeth checked. Both were also deloused, had a tetanus injection and wormed.  I was worried that this would set them back and especially make Snowball more nervous, but this little pony has the heart of a lion and never ceases to amaze me. As soon as the sedative wore off he was once again willing to come forward to tentatively sniff my hand.  Angel was a super star and happy to stand on her x-ray blocks as still as a statue as long as she had a bucket of nuts! She took the gag without a problem and let Lisa the vet have a good look in her mouth.

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Both Snowball and Angel need a lot of dental work but we got a much better idea of their ages and I was thrilled to find out they were both younger than I had feared, giving them a far greater chance to get through all the potential treatments that lay ahead.  Lisa our smashing vet from Dyffryn Tywi  who helps us with all our  cases,  was as lovely as ever with them and it all went very well.

 We now wait for the x-ray results to see how much damage (or not  - lets hope!) there is. This will then determine our next step for both of these gorgeous ponies.  I will keep you up to date with their story as we go along.

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We want to say a huge THANK YOU to Mary Hargreaves for donating 15 small bales of lovely hay! We went to pick them up in Jerome's van last night. This gift is is so very much appreciated!!!!