00:00 I'm Susan Franks and I run the Rescue Ranch and this is my partner.
00:13 And I help run the Rescue Ranch, I'm Julian Amos.
00:17 And we've been doing this feat of, I don't know what it is.
00:22 Rescue and...
00:23 Yeah, for 27 years, I think.
00:24 We were told that she could walk a little bit and she'd had her eye pecked out and she
00:38 needed help.
00:39 The farm worker asked if she could come to a sanctuary and get the care that she needed.
00:59 She was a little worse than we thought.
01:02 When she arrived, she got maggots in her feet, which is a common thing in summer.
01:06 You know, fly strike happens to sheep in the summer and it's a thing you've got to be on
01:12 top of all the time and be vigilant over.
01:16 But she'd had a broken leg that had fused badly, so she needed...
01:20 It obviously got infected as well.
01:22 But she couldn't walk on any of her legs because all four legs were useless at the time.
01:28 We've been exercising every day with one of these wheels.
01:31 They're dog wheels, really.
01:33 Yeah, they're made for dogs that have lost their use of their wheel legs.
01:41 But they work great for Rosie.
01:43 We're just about to modify them because they're having larger wheels all the way around there.
01:48 So she can get over the long grass.
01:51 Yeah.
01:52 There we go.
01:55 Find that one.
01:58 That's it.
02:01 Come on.
02:04 Come on.
02:07 Good girl.
02:10 Yay!
02:12 Come on.
02:15 Come on, Rosie.
02:18 Come on.
02:21 You're not trying.
02:24 Come on.
02:25 There we go.
02:26 Yay!
02:27 Since she's been using them, her front legs are now really good.
02:28 Yes.
02:29 Very strong.
02:30 She's now got the strength back in her front legs, which she hadn't got when she arrived.
02:34 And she's only been here a month.
02:35 So in a month, she's gained the use of her front legs.
02:38 And her back ones are getting stronger.
02:40 And we've now, since having x-rays done-- the vet came last Friday to x-ray her-- the
02:47 physio now knows what she's working with.
02:49 And she's prepared to do some physio with her on a weekly basis.
02:52 So hopefully, these wheels are only temporary.
02:54 And we can get her--
02:55 She's looking quite bright, isn't she?
02:56 Yeah.
02:57 She's looking unaided soon.
03:07 We don't take any money for ourselves.
03:09 As long as we can get vet bills, which are our biggest costs.
03:12 If we can get help towards that and things that are desperately needed, that's usually
03:16 our biggest aim.
03:17 Winter's on the way.
03:18 And there's hay in the straw and--
03:19 Feed and everything.
03:20 --feed and everything.
03:21 It always gets far more expensive in the winter to do this.
03:24 And it's a struggle.
03:25 It is sometimes.
03:26 But it's so rewarding.
03:27 Yeah.
03:28 Because the therapy that you feel just from being around them is priceless, really.
03:34 And seeing them get better.
03:35 And when they look up into your face and they give you that look of trust and love that
03:39 they didn't have when they arrived, some of them, it's the biggest reward ever.
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