Before she committed, she was committed. As a new volunteer, way back in the very beginning of Red Bucket, Rexanne rolled up her sleeves and offered to help. We were definitely busy and possibly bordering on overwhelmed when our little grass roots rescue grew overnight, assimilating 42 new horses in varying stages of injury, severe starvation, and neglect. Twenty two … Read More
Viroko is Home for the Holidays
She waited for him her whole life. She called him her dream horse. To her he was perfect, even if she could never…..or should never ride him. But, today…after two years of baby steps, thousands of unspoken moments, and hundreds and hund…reds of murmured affirmations, she sits astride her perfect horse. While we all share the common denominator of loving … Read More
King is Home for the Holidays
Merry Christmas!!!!!! Merry Christmas from Red Bucket, the horses that we serve, and those who serve them. Continuing with our theme of “Home For The Holidays” we celebrate Kingston’s forever home, and his girl, who loves him. Brianna chee…rfully shared that her Grandma had provided a bigger stack of special presents for Kingston than she had for her “other” grandkids. … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue Forever Home Found #92- Valentine
Her story is remarkably similar to the other’s that we have featured of late. Impressively bred with the athleticism and mindset that accompanies spectacular bloodlines. She too, li…ke her sister Willow, celebrated in yesterdays post, was hours from slaughter, after being cruelly starved, and awaiting an even more barbaric end in the Mexican slaughter plants. Valentine initially named for the … Read More
Willow is Home for the Holidays
“I am in love with her. Best horse ever” . While we certainly have visited since her adoption was final, nothing is quite as satisfying as the short video clips, pictures and love letters that we continue to receive. Hard to imagine that th…is stunning, athletic, and pleaser of a mare was starving to death and hours from slaughter when … Read More
Caspian is Home for the Holidays
He started out desperate. Starving in a filthy stall that had become a prison. Trapped for nearly 6 months without daylight, exercise, or even the hope of freedom….survival. The stall eroded from underneath him, the urine creating a deep …crater, leaving only a narrow shelf around the perimeter of the stall for him to walk. He drank in his first … Read More
Grande is Home for the Holidays
He is her first true love…she is his everything. The love story started with a long distance romance, and it continues thousands of miles away in Maryland. While Grande has settled into his new life as a treasured friend to Brianna, he ha…s also made it pretty clear that at twenty years young he has a full life yet to … Read More
Wyatt home for the Holidays
With Hanukkah safely tucked away for a year…and the countdown to Christmas a week away, we celebrate all of the lucky horses who now have a home for the Holidays. Red Bucket joyfully celebrates 92 forever homes found, the horses that we have served, and the adopters who tuck them in every night, pinching themselves….grateful for the soft warm nickers, … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 201- Petunia
Tis the season….naught or nice??? While we will be the first to admit that donkeys are delightfully naughty…and we adore them for it, we don’t think for a second that Santa would bring a donkey a …piece of coal. Baby Petunia has come to the security and safety of Red Bucket both injured and untrained….brought to us by a Guardian … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue Forever Homes Found #90 and #91- Elliot and Riot
The 25 horse…donkeys, drafts, yearlings, and weanlings who live in the east paddocks, all lined up attentive…and intrigued. They were oblivious to the fact that breakfast was abou…t to be delivered and seemingly unaware of the thin ice that floated on their waterers or the frost that clung to the rails of their paddocks. The trailer (generously donated by our … Read More