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CFMEF spends a vast amount of money, time and resources. All of us at Serenity, who do the work for CFMEF, believe that if there is any chance to help a horse survive and live a quality life, the chance must be taken. Yes, we learn alot from the experience (which in turn helps us to help others), but more importantly we achieve a need that is the underlying imperative of this hospital: to express responsibility and respect for these noble beings who are as much a part of us as the air we breathe. There is an undefined kinship between horses and horsemen/women that only they can truly understand. Therefore, there is never a question whether we will try. There is only the question, will we succeed? Success is based not only on desire to succeed, but also the financial freedom to go the extra mile. I have always said that Laminitis (the #2 killer of horses worldwide) doesn't kill horses. Ignorance and Economics kills horses. We can help stop the ignorance through continued research, but research takes money. Private hospitals do not receive research grants, therefore we must depend on the generosity of the public sector to support our efforts. Please help us. Andrea E. Floyd, DVM In Memorium All of us at Serenity Equine are so pleased to be able to announce the new tax-deductible status of the Cashvan Family Memorial Equine Fund, (CFMEF) see below for more info. We have four full time residents at Serenity Equine who live under the auspices of CFMEF. Gideon, Cricket, Jack & Jane. Gideon is a beautiful stallion who has been rehabilitated after a traumatic amputation. He currently wears a prosthesis comfortably and he will live out his life with us, providing us great joy and much needed information about long term prosthetic care.  Gideon is an eight-year-old Missouri Foxtrotter stallion. Gideon lost his right hind leg as a three-year-old and was recovered by Dr. Ric Redden of Versailles, Kentucky. CFMEF adopted him. He is quite beautiful and stands at stud for a nominal fee. All stud fees go directly to CFMEF. If you are interested in bringing a mare to Gideon, please contact Serenity Equine. |
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| Portrait of Gideon. | Gideon?s stump. This was a mid cannon amputation. |
Gideon trying out a new prosthesis... this was his favorite prosthesis to date. |
What do you mean I only have 3 legs? |
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Little Jack Jack's owners bought him from a slaughter auction as a weanling. He was emaciated, covered in fungus and afraid of humans. One day they saw him limping on his left hind foot. No one knows what happened, but somehow a wound had occurred below his fetlock that shut off all the blood supply to his hoof and pastern. On a cold winter day in January 2005, Dr. Floyd and Mr. Rawlins drove through a blizzard to New Jersey, risking their lives in an interstate whiteout to get to little Jack and amputate his hoof. Jack now wears a flexible leather prosthesis that allows for full function of his fetlock. Every day the fungus-free, fat and healthy, people-loving miniature Sicilian donkey leads one of our staff into surgery for his prosthesis change. He knows his job, he loves people and he keeps us all smiling with his perfect sense of life. Jack's owners are afraid that they will not be able to manage the prosthetic changes and possible problems that might occur. Due to the distance from Serenity, they have asked CFMEF to adopt Jack, and we are all delighted. We would like to build him a little stall and paddock where he can be around people all day long. Right now he is in a lay-up stall on the back of the hospital which has a great view of the outdoor world, but there are not many people in his view, which makes him very unhappy. Anyone who could help us build a little world for Jack-- through donations of money or materials, please contact us. Jack's parents have signed on as partial foster parents through a yearly contribution. Unfortunately it is only a drop in the bucket for his care. Please help. If you can, we will put your picture on the website as Jack's Guardian Angels. |
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| Jack's Prosthesis | Pre-Amputation | Sometimes I look like a Bunny! | Are you a kind human? |
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Cricket came to us through a concerned farrier who wanted to see this nice mare have a chance at life. Her owner was very thankful for an option besides euthanasia. Cricket has been one of our most difficult and expensive cases to date. She was immediately taken into surgery where radiographs and venograms were done. After analysis a Bilateral Tenotomy and digital realignment was performed. All went well for Cricket then two weeks later she started to develop constriction of the hoof capsules in both feet. Both hooves tried to avulse or come away. Extensive removal of constricting hard hoof wall, exhaustive daily care, expensive medications and a determined staff saved Cricket's life. Since her original insult one year ago, Cricket has had a second tenotomy of the LF. Cricket was a highly unusual case of laminitis. She is a beautiful mare and is maintained here at Serenity with daily turnout and stall rest. |
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| view of coronary band avulsion and hoof wall constriction |
view of underside of Cricket's hoof showing solar prolapse |
portrait of Cricket | we are thrilled that Cricket has found a foster home with wonderful new parents- Debbie, David and Angel Warren |
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Jane, also known as Talewind is a 5 year old Oldenburg mare that was donated by her owner, as she had exhausted all her funds in a valiant attempt for 2 and 1/2 years to save her life. She is a beautiful tall, black mare that went through surgery and digital realignment August 23rd, thanks to Dr. Floyd and CFMEF. One week later, she was doing so well that she started hand walking. Jane will remain in the CFMEF fund until well and then will be appraised for adoption. |
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| portrait of Jane |
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Unfortunately, we have not saved all of our rescues. But we have tried. In the past two years we have been able to take in and rehabilitate Doll, Sport, Maxine, Dude, Boom-Boom. All of these horses have been adopted, with the exception of Pearl... she will remain with us.
If anyone is interested in donating funds, equipment, feed, supplies, we are very grateful for any and all help. Please contact Serenity Equine. A check can be mailed to Serenity Equine, but the check must be made out to "CFMEF". Please include your return address so we can send you a tax-deductible receipt. 
What if CFMEF earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Well, now we can! GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it is powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results. Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Cashvan Family Memorial Equine Fund as the charity you want to support. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!  Use Spalding's Predator Wasps and a percentage of all sales go to CFMEF. Be sure to use our Partner ID #95138. CFMEF & Serenity Equine swear by them! Using predator wasps along with the removal of all manure away from the facility makes our fly population almost "0". Donations can now be made online using  Please include your return address and any comments you may have so that we'll know who to send the thank you to!  CFMEF is now a part of the Southern States S.H.O.W. Program. You can help us by just doing what you're already doing - giving your horses Southern States feed. We can earn 15? for each proof of purchase from Reliance? feed bags and 25? for other Southern States, Legends? or Triple Crown? feed bags. We can even earn $6 per ton on bulk bin delivered of Reliance pellets and $10 per ton on other Southern States, Legends or Triple Crown pelleted feeds. All you have to do is send us the proof-of-purchase seal found on the back-bottom of all Southern States, Legends and Triple Crown feeds. Feed tags are not accepted. For bulk feed purchases, you need to submit to us the original customer copy of the delivery ticket. Please contact CFMEF for more info. 
 If you have an MVP Card with Food Lion Grocery Stores, you can participate in the SHOP & SHARE Program.  A portion of what you spend will go back to CFMEF. All you have to do is send us your MVP card number along with your name, address and phone number (no addresses will be sold, used foolishly, etc...). Feel free to tell your friends and family, we need all the help we can get! Click here to get your own copy of the MVP sign up sheet, just fill it out and send it back to us: 2954 Evington Road Evington, VA 24550  CFMEF was founded in the year 2000, providing an opportunity for economically challenged horse owners to have an alternative to euthanasia; and secondly, to provide a research base for amputations and prosthetics, a field that is under funded and requires extensive research. Thanks to the generosity of the American Equine Fund, we were able to start accepting rescue horses that very year. If you have a horse that you would like to donate to CFMEF for rehabilitation and adoption, please feel free to email Serenity Equine with your request. All horse owners must meet certain financial criteria. All horses must be suffering from Laminitis or have suffered an acute lower limb trauma or lower limb deformity. Catastrophic injuries of acute nature will be accepted as quickly as possible. Due to the expense involved in recovering these horses, we ask that the owners provide transportation to the hospital. There are many compassionate horse transport companies that will help. |
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