Liam gets his girl

…se…they appeared haunted. Once we settled him into the mare motel in his new well bedded stall next to Tess and across from Knox, we didn’t see those eyes again for a very long while. He buried his head in his feeder, rarely lifting it at all. In the beginning, very few of the Red Riding Hoods even knew that one of those eyes was blue. As time passed and he slowly filled the vacancy of desperation, he began to reenter the world and interact with t…

Red Bucket Equine Rescue Forever Home Found #225 – Foster

…er, Jenon Mathes…and her beloved shadow Durham…have officially added a new marvelous mustang to their family by making Foster’s adoption official! The reality is that both Durham and Foster chose Jenon years ago…and a little bit of paperwork really doesn’t seem to be a big deal…to them. What is relevant is the bond that has been forged over the last five years; trust, mutual respect, loyalty…and a smidgen of vulnerability (on both sides of the equ…

February 2015 Adoption Highlight: Dr. Seuss and Andrea

…ion for her entire life. Having spent many years of her childhood in New York, and then Arizona, she planned on having a barn before it was even a realistic possibility. She had taken lessons sporadically over the years but had really increased her level of experience which made her feel comfortable when moving forward with her dream of having her very own horse. When that time had arrived, she knew exactly where to go. Having come across Red Buck…

Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 261- Wallace

…erent, he anticipates our visits, and slowly seems to be softening…and exhaling. We are taking our time assessing him, and his “hip number” is still stuck on just a little too tightly to be comfortably removed. There is still quite a bit that we do not know, but now when someone asks, “Where is Wallace?” we can now reply that we know exactly where he is……and that he is safe! Welcome to Red Bucket, Wallace!…

Durham, Reynolds and Foster Update

…fter a deadly tornado, the storm that these boys escaped was not a work of fiction, but a brutal and deadly reality. This morning they are roaming a safe pasture still looking a bit bewildered that something so wonderful, peaceful and compassionate has happened to them. We are delighted to welcome Durham, Reynolds, and Foster to the rest of their lives and their very own “happily ever after” thank you to all who make our work possible, we couldn’t…

September 2013 Horse Highlight: Mozart

…art is known as a handsome and polite gentleman. He has come a long way from the horse that would not let anyone get too near to him, especially near his head. He has become a hard-‐working and huge hearted horse in training. He is a beautiful, kind and gentle Paint, with the classic black and white spots along with a very unique face. He sports one blue eye and one brown eye. Looking at both sides of his face, you can see a very big difference b…

Poppins- Red Bucket Equine Rescue #335 and Adoption #220- Update:

…d…and of course she (and the others) is right. They are all uniquely special, and perhaps most poignant of all…wanted, loved, safe, and…home. When Poppins came to Red Bucket she was given a new number #335 and the day that Theresa adopted her, Poppins received a second number, her adoption number #220. Congratulations to Savannah and her perfectly wonderful happily ever after!…

Red Bucket Equine Rescue #122 – Elliot

…n that emotion towards something that we can do…love, serve, protect…and save. With her arms draped protectively around our new little donkey Elliot, Kimberly spontaneously turned and said ” I love our job “. Welcome Elliot….

Happy Valentines Day Hugs From Red Bucket Friends……and Baby Joey!

…ack the solitary remaining horse from the “Malibu 5” has found a new purpose as “Pop-Pop” to our Baby Joey, who suffered blindness in his right eye and partial paralysis having been caught in a stampede and trampled at only a few days old. Joey now shares Jack’s roomy covered paddock and sleeps burrowed into a little donkey ball at the base of Jack’s thick old legs as Jack stands a nightly guard. At meal times, they eat from the same pile of hay,…