We sure love a happy ending….but just when you think the story is over, it just gets better. We still get visitors who request a meeting with Austin….who is such a big personality that a single name just wasn’t enough, that we dubbed him Austin Powers Sport The Third. He was also affectionately called ” Cookie Monster ” , due … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue #122 – Elliot
We have heard the words before….”stray”, “left to die”, “abandoned”, it is the chosen life that we now lead…yet, we can’t completely wrap our heads around anyone intentionally abandoning a helpless little animal on a property, and then locking the gate…and walking away. We have seen the signs before…..fear, terror, a tail tucked between the legs, a hunched back, uncontrollable … Read More
Lulu’s recovery from a wicked virus
We are horse savers, servant leaders….care givers. This last week we let out a slow exhale. Our little appy Lulu has recovered from a wicked virus. For four days, nearly around the clock, we cared for her, giving her medicine, syringing liquids and monitoring her temperature. She was top of mind and every hour she was checked, caressed and coaxed with every trick … Read More
It’s Miller’s Time
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
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 121- Miller
He was standing in what was akin to a cage having been captive for eight long months, the stall so small that his large body dwarfed it…no place to move, cramped and filthy with little room to live and no room to lie. The uneven floor covered in manure and void of bedding. His knees and front of his fetlocks … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 120- Marigold
“Saving one horse wont change the world, but for that one horse, the whole world changes…” We still can’t wrap our heads around the amount of suffering, pain and neglect that our American horses endure….the tragedy that faces 100,000 of our horses each year at slaughter, or the tens of thousands of horses that are starved and abused. We are grateful … Read More
The Chino Hills Champion
Marianne Napoles with The Chino Hills Champion visited our ranch during our Open House last week. Here is a link to the front page article that she wrote. We sure feel grateful to have such a warm reception from all of our new neighbors in Chino Hills! Click Here !
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
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 119-Lulu
For the last few days we have been choking back the lumps in our throats, politely nodding silently as people express their condolences over us losing our treasured little buddy, Hot Wheels. A few people told us ” things happen for a reason ” , well intentioned words that we aren’t buying. There is undeniable irony though, which is not … Read More