At Red Bucket, we believe that horses should be horses. Every horse every day gets their enrichment time, in order to make this happen we rotate and turn horses out 24 hours a day. At 7:00 am, it is Miller’s time. Spice who spends the night in the east paddock goes home to breakfast in his cozy and well bedded … Read More
Amy, Brianna, Jack and Baldwin’s World
It is the youngest of the Red Riding Hoods, photographed with our eldest Red Bucket horses that inspire us, challenges us…. fills our hearts with joy and hope. A world where our youth sacrifice their birthday parties and gifts in order for our horses to receive apple sauce and bandaging materials. A world where our children forgo movies, shopping at … Read More
Riot reaches his first goal…
Every Red Bucket horse ( and donkey ) has a name, a bucket and a goal. The goal allows us to customize their program, just for them…it also allows us to ensure the progression of their development. Friday our formerly very abused baby donkey hit his first goal…he heehawed when Kimberly approached him for his wellness check and grooming. He actually … Read More
Good Bye to a Friend
We took this picture a few weeks ago, planning to proudly update our friends on the amazing progress that Hot Wheels has made this summer. He had been initially rescued from a kill lot, and faced being returned to that same lot, but a friend brought him to Red Bucket instead. Today, rather than updating you on the remarkable progress that … Read More
Red Bucket Report Card-Tonka
We don’t know what happened to Tonka before he came to Red Bucket, but we have a pretty good idea. What we do know, is that he had been rescued from the kill lot…and almost went back, but a friend brought him to us instead. We know that fear drives his behavior, that he has been uncertain of himself and … Read More
Red Bucket # 113- Paidraig
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, we think this video of Paidraig ( Irish for Patrick ) is worth a million! While we are still getting to know this very silly boy, one of the words that describes him is adorable! In addition to being very very sweet, Paidraig is very playful, most of our unused toys ( and … Read More
Pixie – The Roll
Pixie The Pony had a good roll…..Of course she waited until after she had been groomed, buffed and shined…but we didn’t care, the way we look at it…her turnouts are hers! Besides, Pixie has a very long list of Red Riding Hoods who are lined up, curry combs and brushes in hand just waiting to primp her shiny coat, polish … Read More
Update on Diesel
Animal welfare…horse rescue is life and death. It would be a fair statement to say that we cry a lot. Privately, publicly, in the shadows of a previously occupied stall, with a vet looking at a truth that we don’t want to see, in the neck of a horse that we love….in our pillow at night. Today we cried ….Jenon … Read More
Keller and Jill
Many of you have inquired about Keller….Heavily abused, starving and then abandoned in a river bed. He had been tied to a tree by a wire by the homeless that inhabit the riverbed, our vet suggested that we call him Coat Hanger, not because of the wire around his neck…but because of his emaciated condition. Brianna named him Keller, meaning … Read More
Brianna and Baldwin
Brianna, Jared and several of our other young people have been touring around Red Bucket Ranch on the back of our darling Baldwin. Baldwin is super gentle and very loving and appropriate for riding at the walk. Because Baldwin loves all people and is very gentle with children, we would love to get him a home where he will have … Read More