Winni is now four weeks old. Due to being a little windswept, she and Nalah have been staying in their stall. Tuesday was Winni’s BIG day, she accompanied her wonderful mother into her very first big girl turnout. Nalah certainly enjoyed the sunshine, and our darling little Winni frolicked and practiced her “tricks” for everyone, including Dalton and Robin, who … Read More
Happy Birthday Chili Dog
Sometimes it just feels good to do the right thing….and today the right thing was for Chili Dog…and it was on his 11th birthday. Today, Chili Dog went to pasture. We have spent several months preparing this noble and gentle horse for his second chance: his feet have been re-shaped, he has been gelded, vaccinated, examined extensively by our vet, … Read More
Farewell to Brimer
Today we are mourning the loss of our very precious Brimer who we lost this weekend due to colic. While we all agree, that it is appropriate that we are deeply saddened and tearful at his passing, we are also grateful to have been able to know him, help him, and love him. We were fortunate to have been able … Read More
Thunder Pants Update
We find our newest little charge somewhere between ridiculous and absurdly adorable. Thunder Pants has started to turn the corner…he has been gelded, he has a new hair do, and perhaps most importantly, he has landed safely in the care of Red Bucket. He had been previously scheduled to be euthanized…something that we find absolutely unacceptable. He is healthy and full of … Read More
Pixie Update
It is hard to believe that this precious little darling of a pony was at an auction populated by kill buyers and hours away from the unimaginable…she had been brutalized with blood dripping from her mouth, trembling with fear and pain when she was rescued. She had the gift of three years in a loving home prior to devastating financial … Read More
Isabella Update
Isabella in September of 2012. When the Animal Control Officer found them she cried. She cried again when she learned that Red Bucket took them, saved them, and that they had survived.They had been starved beyond what most people can even fathom. Gaunt, skeletal and helpless…they came to us with a body condition score of one. Even in … Read More
Winni Update…Week Two
Here is our weekly Winni update for all of our friends who keep asking about our special baby: Little Winni is now 2 weeks old. Like any little girl, she loves everything PINK. Winni’s choice of color is a little awkward given that the name of this game….is Red! Having said this, her pink little newborn halter is adorable. Winni is … Read More
Happy Anniversary Finbar
Finbar in May of 2009 weighed barely 800 pounds. Four days after Finbar was adopted, he fell in the bull pen…it appeared to be serious, he was completely non weight bearing, the emergency vet thought that it might be a fracture. The vet noting Finbar’s moms Red Bucket hoodie asked if he… was a Red Bucket horse, his mom … Read More
Bilek Update
He was at least 25 years old when we rescued him, thanks to a call from someone who cared. He was clearly starving, dehydrated and hurt…left to die in a riverbed, so utterly abandoned that they had even removed his halter. He had nothing, other than the fresh raw rope burns that painfully marked his back pasterns and weepy infected … Read More
Our “wild” donkeys have figured it out…
Our “wild” donkeys have figured it out….cookies that is! Led by Windy and her six month old side kick, Joey all of the donkeys have enthusiastically embraced the world of domestic donkey bliss. We have been quite surprised that in spite of his damaged right eye and nerve damage to his face that Joey is very brave. He marches right … Read More