The Craig’s List add read “Desperate, lost my job……need to find a home for my little girls horse…”. While hundreds of these adds are placed and answered with devastating consequences, this one was circumvented by someone who cared. She educated him about what might happen, and he called Red Bucket. The mare is a gentle horse, a child’s pet, her … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue #163 -Meet our precious Winni
From the darkness of last night and our our tearful goodbyes came the miracle of life and hope. While it is with certainty that we will state that the the horses in the shed row barn behind the little red house appeared to be somberly grieving their friend Haze, it is equally true that they turned oddly present as Nahla’s … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue #160- Lakota
We are sadly reminded that there are many faces to the word rescue, and yet there is a face, a horse and a beating heart for every one of them. There is also heartbreak. One of our veterinarians contact…ed us about Lakota, we were to be his last chance. He had been loved, so much so, that his owner got … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue #159-Hobby
Hobby is a reminder to us all….unwanted horses come in all shapes and sizes. We are reminded 92% of all horses going to slaughter are perfectly sound…show horses, family pets, race horses,….wild horses. We are reminded that “rescue” horses are merely victims of circumstance. But perhaps most profoundly, we are reminded that times have changed, and that society no longer … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue #158-Haze
They come to us most often for a promise of forever. Haze has come to us for the promise of the very best care, devotion and love that is possible…we know that he will only be with us for a short while, and yet, we count him, because he counts. Therefore, we are also counting every moment that we still have … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue #157-Nalah
Sometimes the emotion is so suffocating, when we try to stuff it, we leak. Our eyes were so blurred when we pulled the trailer down the narrow road. The horse, our 157th rescue, had been repeatedly abused, she did not make eye contact and walked with the resignation of one falsely convicted. She did load easily, and yet was completely numb … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 156- Windy
She is the most precious of any animal that we have ever tried to help. She has a history, and a story, as they all do….but thanks to the ladies in Oatman Arizona, we get to actually know Windy’s. Windy joined the herd of donkeys that roamed (perhaps ran) the town of Oatman, which had at one time been a mining town. When … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue#152-Cocoa and #153-Fern
When we established our rescue and carefully thought through our mission, vision, values and by laws, we intentionally did not specialize in one breed, but rather intentionally set out to help any equine regardless of breed ….or age. Today we welcome two new additions, four month old Cocoa and her mother Fern. While these burro’s are technically wild, they have … Read More
It takes a Village…
Sometimes it really does take a village…and sometimes there are happy endings. Red Bucket learned about Honey and Sandy a few weeks ago. They are full sisters…20 and 21 years old. Their elderly owner died, and the heirs to the estate…and heirs to the horses abandoned them. They were initially rescued and re-homed, but tragedy…or perhaps just senseless irresponsibility struck yet … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue #151-Lizzie
We are just getting to know her, she just arrived with her little foal Joey. While there are so many things that we do not know…we know that she is an excellent mother. She is protective of him, and very nurturing….yet she is not overly indulgent…quick to give him a gentle kick with her right hind to communicate her displeasure. … Read More