The Hidden Valley and Damonte Ranch areas of southeast Reno provides classic examples of the collision that occurs when urban sprawl encroaches on traditional wild horse country. Checkerboard development on traditional ranges and around natural water sources, and the construction of wide boulevards with lush grass medians and shoulders often result in a number of opportunities where the presence of horses collide with human activities. A number of Hidden Valley joined together to construct fences, install cattle guards and provide other infrastructure and resources to allow the horses to continue to live nearby but prevent the horses from drifting into urbanized areas. The group is pretty watchful over the horses in their area so they noticed a very young foal that was hanging around horses that weren't its parents. After watching all day with no sign that the foal's dam was anywhere in the area, they reported the foal. Mike Holmes from the NV Department of Agriculture responded and confirmed their suspicions. We got the call to bring in another orphan. Because of rush hour traffic we took the dirt road between Damonte Ranch and Hidden Valley. We saw quite a number of horses. Some were avoiding off-roading humans. We saw another band that was all stirred up and discovered a woman was letting her cattle dog chase and "round up" the horses, which included some pretty pregnant mares. We didn't have time to stop but Shirley hollered out a few choice words as we drove by. When we got on scene Mike and the Hidden Valley residents had the foal safely contained and we loaded her up and headed back to Shirley's. There's another horse in Shirley's house! Shirley and "Shelbie" asleep in the back seat of the pickup. Carrying Shelbie to the house. Shirley's guest bedroom handles all kinds of guests. Since the foal had possibly not eaten for a day and would need to be fed small quantities of milk every 90 minutes or so, it would be easier to "horse proof" the guest room than for Shirley to make frequent trips outside to the nursery corral. Yes, we're going in the house. After being fit with some "Depends," Shelbie gets a "fill up." "Na-a-a-nette" an orphan lamb and "Boomer" patrol for drips. "Nurse" Shirley checks vitals. Stong heartbeat and clear lung sounds. Settling Shelbie down to sleep. Getting some much needed rest. Shelbie is probably going to become very desensitized to domestic life and domestic animals since she'll be sharing the "rescue play yard" with a couple of sheep, Llarry the llama, Billy the goat and Gracie the burro. When she is old enough, Shelbie will be available for adoption.