Most of us at Red Bucket, have been overwhelmed with a myriad of emotion as we’ve prepared our feral mares for motherhood. The arduous prep has in no way prepared us for the extre…me impact of watching these little life’s enter the world and join the protective cocoon of Red Bucket. Our tears have been confusing as we joyfully celebrate our little foals, while experience stabbing empathy for what their mothers have endured, and taste the bitter and raw grief for the many desperate and deserving horses that we have not been able to save. Perhaps our work has been most greatly validated in the miraculous births of our two perfect fillies McGarrah and Kami. McGarrah has proven to be bold, a bit sassy, curious, and most thrilling of all…friendly. We can touch, cuddle, scratch, and rub her entire body. Little Kami has begun her life behind the protective stance of her mother Marlee, just out of our reach….until today. Interesting, that it took a child to coax Kami from beneath her mothers tail (and a child to convince Marlee that it would be safe)  and nuzzle the outreached hand of a little girl, Emily. Innocent Kami and our precocious McGarrah might have had a rough start in life….but from this moment on….it will be blissful beginnings and a happily ever after life!