We want to thank everyone who came out Sunday and supported our horses at the ASPCA Help A Horse Day! We received rave reviews on our tours, beautiful ranch, hospitality, and 3 clinics. We want to extend a special thanks to Dr. Adrienne Moore for generously giving up her Sunday to support our event. Dr. Moore’s clinic was extremely well … Read More
Checking on Leoni Round the Clock
Round the clock really means round the clock at Red Bucket! We have had to laugh at ourselves a bit while taking our foaling responsibilities very seriously. Leoni is very close to foaling, and while she has not started to wax yet, all other symptoms point to a 48-hour window. We literally are not taking our eyes off of her, … Read More
Casting for The Horse Rescue Movie
Our very own Princess Winni is hoping to hear good news from the casting folks at the The Horse Rescue Movie. Winni, like so many of our other wonderful horses, auditioned on Monday for the myriad of supporting roles available. The only one who seems confident and secure is Joey, who is working on a line of apparel, accessories, and … Read More
Batman Turns 4!
Four years ago 50 very pregnant feral mares were sold at slaughter. The mares were so pregnant that 7 did not fit on the truck, and while awaiting another carrier, our good friend Shirley Puga arranged for them to be rescued. One of the mares came to Red Bucket. We named her Scarlett, and eagerly awaited the birth of her … Read More
Spring has arrived…
Spring has arrived…and so have our new girls! They have collectively shaken off the distress of their recent ordeal, taken a deep breath, and delighted in a few good long rolls in our back pasture, shedding both the remnants of fear and the trepidation of uncertainty. They are, from left to right: Tilly, with a nod of profound gratitude to … Read More
Happy Birthday Polo!
Polo had been such an extreme abuse case that he hadn’t been able to stand. Ridden into exhaustion, run really,…….extensively, beyond the point of even being able to stand. With two pulsing excruciating bowed tendons, deep holes in both of his sides from the relentless use of rowelled spurs that continued to drive him…gallop him long after his legs and … Read More
Where Is Wallace?
We asked the question frequently….”Where is Wallace?” In keeping with our practice of saving just one more, we said yes to Wallace, sight unseen. He was at a livestock auction that sells horses by the pound almost exclusively to kill buyers. We had already said yes to a slaughter-bound mini and her foal. Our hauler and rescue colleague, Marlene, previously … Read More
Happy Birthday Dear Princess Winni!
Nalah’s baby girl will never know the pain and abuse that her mother survived. We caught her the day that she was born….and we have never let go. Winni is a confident and friendly filly. She spends her afternoons playing with our other babies in the back pasture. She has a wicked sweet tooth, a desire to please…and a wonderful … Read More
Nalah Update
Abused for most of her life, Nalah came to us malnourished, pregnant, and resigned to a life of of uncertainty and sadness. It took weeks to erase the shadow of ribs….and months to erase her shadow of doubt. She claimed her box stall instantly, quietly defending the only safe place that she had ever known, hunkering down in her very … Read More
Good-bye Harris
She was a “stray”, but it was not as if she just accidentally walked out of a safe barnyard and into oncoming traffic. She was pushed, and the barnyard was not safe. She had survived unspeakable and repeated abuse, her knee had been broken, her body told a tale of disregard and disrespect, and her pronounced ribs and protruding hip … Read More