“The Girls” enjoy their daily enrichment with “Miss Sandy”. It sure is hard to believe that these adorable and ultra loving donkey’s use to be untouchable! Today we find them curious, affectionate, and down right charming…..a very long way from fearful, abused and threatened. They thoroughly enjoy being brushed, babied, and having daily visits from the Red Riding Hoods who … Read More
Red Bucket Forever Home Update!
Caspian Rescue#23 Forever Home #42 Multiple baby steps…one by one, patient and stalwart, each small step resulting in a monumental and significant change. Caspian’s former life is no longer recognizable. He is no longer suffering in a dark and isolated stall, with his hip bone prominently jutting out in a screaming display of starvation. He no longer is clinging to … Read More
June 2014 Horse Highlight: Kolcheck
Meet Kolcheck…a gentle giant of a horse…extremely affectionate, loving and kind, guaranteed to steal your heart for sure! The day we met was the day I remembered what strong yet tender emotional feelings these huge, sweet draft horses bring out in a person. There is just something so fantastic about being around these gigantic, yet extremely lovable and huggable equines … Read More
Baby Micah Update!
Angelica has fully embraced her new life. Possibly for the first time, she is fully enjoying motherhood, as her new world is absent abuse, hunger, and the undeniable fear of what might happen to her colt. As for Micah, he is FULL of it…mostly full of himself and full of false bravado as he charges the “girls”, and then darts … Read More
We get the Picture!
While the quality of the picture may not be very clear…we get the picture, and it is CRYSTAL! They are a family, Brinkley, a beautiful and privately owned young mare, Jack a 32 year old benevolent gelding who decades ago was a prized show horse, who barely survived the tragic slide from wanted…to unwanted. A champion turned lesson horse…later abandoned with … Read More
Darcy and Mathe Update
It is hard to believe that only a few weeks ago we were weak with concern and fear. This forgotten mare and her inconsequential foal were walking the tight rope between possible despair and the glimmer of survival. Today is a new day, and the future for Mathe and her mother Darcy is laced with the promise of more sunny play … Read More
An Innocent Gesture
While we do not know all of the minuscule details of her damaged life, we have enough of the pieces to understand her story. Angelica was abused, she was kept in darkness, and her life was not valued by those who were her captors. While she has never known the meaning of commitment, safety, or forever…she is beginning to learn the … Read More
Darcy and Mathe are doing Fantastic!
It seems most appropriate to complete the week with a final sigh of relief…Darcy and Mathe are doing fantastic! There comes a time after every struggle when triumph trumps the alternative. As Mathe celebrates her first week of life…sheexperienced the world beyond the confinement of her stall and breathed the air and visualized a world that she did not know existed. … Read More
Celebrating Mother’s
With four newly minted and perfectly healthy little foals scampering, playing, bucking, and frolicking around Red Bucket, it is easy to get lost in all that adorable fun. McGarrah, Kami, Micah, and Mathe are completely distracting during their waking hours, and when they are curled up (or in Mathe’s case completely stretched out) they have the ability to completely derail … Read More