Laps Pennsylvania

05/20/2022

Mark your calendar for the LAPS Trail Ride through Runny mede Sanctuary
Sunday May 29th
Volunteers needed to make it a success
DM if available

05/13/2022

SCENIC RIDE in
RUNNYMEDE SANCTUARY


Sunday May 29th 2022
9:00 am to 1:30 pm
$35.00 per rider

Runnymede & LAPS waivers are the only paper work you need - fill out day of ride

90 Greenlawn Rd, Cochranville, PA 19330

Benefiting
The Large Animal Protection Society

This marked trail ride will take you through one of the prettiest spots in Pennsylvania

The Runnymede Sanctuary, preserved with limited access and miles of beautiful views, optional jumps and creek crossings.
Trailer parking/ start site will be in the Green lawn Road Gate field.
ll Water not available

All proceeds go directly to
LAPS & the animals in their care
DM with any questions or
call 610-869-9880

05/08/2022

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

05/04/2022

Emmie is available for adoption.
A seizure from a neglect case and in foal, Emmie is need of a soft place to land.
Easy keeper, pasture sound and healthy, Emmie is an excellent babysitter- weanlings or adults.
DM LAPS for an introduction or leave message at 610-869-9880

05/04/2022

Our majestic horse friends experience the world quite differently from us humans. Here we highlight a few of the notable features of four of their senses.

Smell: Like many other non-primate animals, horses have large olfactory bulbs in their brains for processing scent. Horses’ nostrils are separated and pointed in opposite directions. This provides stereolfaction (multiple fields of scent) to better localize the source of a smell.

Touch: Touch plays a big role in creating bonds within mammal species (intraspecific) as well as between species (interspecific) – in this case, as the main form of communication between horses and their riders. Horses have exquisite tactile sensitivity; they can sense pressure too light for a human to feel.

Hearing: Humans can hear lower frequencies than horses, but horses are able to hear much higher frequencies than humans. However, unlike the large scent-processing area of the brain, the area of a horse’s brain that processes high-frequency localization is small. Horses can sometimes localize prolonged high-frequency sounds (like whinnies), but with sharp, brief high-frequency sounds (like twig snaps) horses cannot pinpoint the exact location. Those sharp sounds are likely to result in defensive behavior, like running away.

Vision: Horses have wider visual fields than we humans, but a lower quality of vision over most of that field. Horses’ vision, as prey animals, is more effective for detecting predator approach than for identifying non-moving objects.

Do you want to learn more? Check out THIS 2002 paper by Carol A. Saslow

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159102000928

04/26/2022

04/17/2022

Happy Easter to ewe and yours !

03/29/2022

"Tucked in with a pile of hay 🥰 she's settled right in like she's always been here! "
..from Belle's new home today 🙂

02/21/2022

Who turned 1 year old today....this guy !!

Sunday Surprise the
Foal from seized mare Emmie who never left his "temporary " foster farm ..

02/14/2022

02/14/2022

01/29/2022

...no question about today

01/17/2022

In honor ...

https://largeanimalprotectionsociety.org/

01/07/2022

01/01/2022

Words of advice for a Happy New Year !

12/25/2021

12/22/2021

12/13/2021

12/06/2021

First week in her new home !!
Rosebud has her new best bud

12/01/2021

Did you know that horses warm themselves during winter months via digestion?

“Heat is released when microbes in the gut digest food via fermentation. The process occurs in the cecum and large colon. Research shows high-fiber feeds like hay or beet pulp produce more heat than low-fiber grain, such as corn.

The Horse had these recommendations, “For each 10-degree change below 30′ Fahrenheit, horses require an additional intake of approximately 2 pounds of feed per day, assuming the feed has an energy density of 1 megacalorie per pound, which is typical for most hay. A 10- to 15- mph wind will require horses to consume an additional 4 to 8 pounds of hay … When a horse without shelter encounters both wind and wet snow at 32’F, the animal must consume an additional 10 to 14 pounds of hay.”

Hair is also composed mainly of proteins, so poor nutrition can have a significant effect on both the quantity and quality of hair growth.

Hairs “puff” to keep a horse warm.

Piloerection is the ability for hairs to stand, or “puff,” up. This process aids thermoregulation and is controlled by a small muscle associated with every hair follicle. Piloerection increases the insulating factor of the hair coat by increasing the air content within the hair coat and therefore the skin and the environment. It’s like putting on a down vest.

This is one of the major points in the argument against blanketing. If the horse has a normal full winter hair coat, blankets that fit too tightly could prevent piloerection.”

~from www.horsenation.com

#HayKeepsThemWarm #JackFrost #FunFacts

11/22/2021

A HUGE THANK YOU for your support in the Extra Give Fund Raiser.
$3600 going directly into our Feed & Hay Fund !

11/19/2021

11/17/2021

11/12/2021

Last weeks Barn and Blankets was great success !!
THANK YOU for the donations AND purchases.

11/06/2021

Thanks to all those that have given blankets new homes so far...
still good blankets available

11/05/2021

more stuff ...

OVER 30 CLEANED BLANKETS JUST RECEIVED FROM RADNOR AREA BARN !!!
Quality brands in great condition!

29 Keller Rd .
Cochranville
9 am to 1 pm
Saturday Nov 6th

11/05/2021

Lotsa stuff needs new homes ...

11/05/2021

LAPS BARN SALE
Saturday
November 6 th 2021
9 am - 1pm
Blankets- Sheets- Tack -Buckets and more!!
Clean & gentley used and useful donated items
Blow out pricing or make an offer !!

29 Keller Road
Cochranville
( mile and a half south if Rt 10 & 41 intersection on left )

10/31/2021

Blanket & Barn Sale this Saturday 9 am to 1 pm
Donations still being taken
DM if you have donations

10/25/2021

Taking donations of buckets, blankets, sheets, feeders, tack ---anything use-able and sell-able for the LAPS Annual Blanket &
Barnyard Sale Fund Raiser
November 6th 2021
9 am to 1 pm
Direct Message LAPS for pick up or items delivery.

10/14/2021

Babysitting homes still needed for these ladies of LAPS ...
Low maintenance and easy keepers
These mares were slaughter bound but luckily put into LAPS Adoption Program
Emmie
Rosebud
&
Belle
Please DM for additional information

09/18/2021

At Stoltzfus Feed & Supply Furry Friends Day !!

09/17/2021

These ladies are still in need of meadow decoration or babysitting positions
Surely bound for the sales barn before saved by LAPS, each in need of a soft place to land .
Belke , Rosebud and Emmie, low maintenance, easy to keep, teenage mares, vetted and ready for adoption.
Please DM LAPS for more information

09/16/2021

09/13/2021

Laps Pennsylvania updated their information in their About section.

Laps Pennsylvania updated their information in their About section.