I met Mischief the night he arrived from Manitoba to his destination in Langley, B.C. back in October 2008. He was a wild little thing but I could see right away that he was wanting to be re-assured and comforted in his new surroundings. As usual I had a bottle or two of essential oils with me and decided to offer him some lavender. Within just minutes I was scratching behind his ears gently. We would enjoy a few moments of this and then he would quickly scoot off only to focus his attention on me again (and the suddle aromatics or lavender on my hands). He was intrigued and interested, quite something for a little guy that had very little horse handling if any before his arrival, at only four months of age! It was never my intention to take on another horse, rescue or otherwise so I put out to the world he was looking for a new home where he would be loved and cared for. It never came to fruition, instead we found many horses struggling to make it through a tough and cold winter where hay was lacking and sometimes the funds to purchase the hay not available.
By January I had some concern for him and decided to help him out as much as I could. I didn't tell anyone (I would have been told I was insane!!) but I started paying out his board money and covered his purchase price so as to to satisfy his owner who no longer was willing to provide care for him. He was scheduled to go to the auction where in all liklihood he would have most likely not have sold for more than meat price. I massaged the owners personal horses to work off his purchase fee.
My biggest dilemma now was trying to figure out how would I be able to manage three horses boarded on the coast! I thought of my friend Thea and her family up in Pritchard, B.C. who had just moved up that way to open their new horse boarding facility MacKenzie Meadows. I called her and told her about Mischief and that I didn't know what to do about this third horse I had taken on. She said to load him up on a trailer and ship him up to her place and it was near a full year that all three horses spent up at the Mackenzies. I have much gratitude for the care and sponsorship that they have provided for these very special horses.
Although Mischief is a Clydesdale Cross (something!) he still demonstrates very much the characteristic of a full bred. These are lovely horses!
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I met Mischief the night he arrived from Manitoba to his destination in Langley, B.C. back in October 2008. He was a wild little thing but I could see right away that he was wanting to be re-assured and comforted in his new surroundings. As usual I had a bottle or two of essential oils with me and decided to offer him some lavender. Within just minutes I was scratching behind his ears gently. We would enjoy a few moments of this and then he would quickly scoot off only to focus his attention on me again (and the suddle aromatics or lavender on my hands). He was intrigued and interested, quite something for a little guy that had very little horse handling if any before his arrival, at only four months of age! It was never my intention to take on another horse, rescue or otherwise so I put out to the world he was looking for a new home where he would be loved and cared for. It never came to fruition, instead we found many horses struggling to make it through a tough and cold winter where hay was lacking and sometimes the funds to purchase the hay not available. 
