Meet "Joe"! This 7 year old warmblood type gelding was named in honor of one of our weekly haulers who faithfully show up each Tuesday to help us get everyone back to the ranch safe and sound. Now Joe's instake vet exam wasn't at all promising after his auction last week. For being so young, he he a lot of tendon swelling and he was dead lame - severe enough for us to be using the word "compassion" about his near future. It's one of those shitty aspects of rescue, especially auctions (which are often the bathroom toilet for disposing of animals, like that goldfish you had to hide from your 3 year old). Flush it away, instead of dealing with it. However ... Joe got the last say in what HE wanted. By the time we had the vets back on Monday, he was miraculously sound!! We were shitting ourself with surprise but VERY happy, since he had already proven himself a complete sweetheart to many of our volunteers. Stick with us Joe, we promise we are an awesome place to land and if our latest inflate-the-vet-bills gelding, Benny, is any indication we do NOT give up easily on you either. #HiCaliberJoe #hicaliberhorserescue #rescue #save #strong #letsdothis #horselove #horsetagram #horseofinstagram #adoptdontshop #horselife #auctionrescue