“Please God, don’t let Jack die.” My prayers of late have had a thematic pattern…asking for something. The requests have had the vibe of a business email, lacking both the gracious salutation and the closing of politeness that is the hallmark and expectation of a proper Red Bucket correspondence, and certainly the tone of my personal values. There has been … Read More
Dashiel Update
It has been nearly 6 years since Dashiel and his brother Magnum found their forever homes. Today both horses reside on a 300-acre farm in Wales and are thriving in jobs that they love, and in a family who love them! And yes…we follow up with our horses…even in Wales! This photo is of Dashiel and Phoebe at their first … Read More
Top O’ The Mornin’
Top O’ The Mornin’ from the Irish horses (and those who wish they were) of Red Bucket! In May of 2009, we rescued 42 beautifully bred Irish TB’s hours from the kill truck picking them up. They were emaciated, shattered, hopeless and vacant. The stallions were standing in cramped filthy pens nose-to-tail-tail-to-nose eating each others tails in a half hearted and … Read More
Magnum and Dashiel Update
At Red Bucket, we are suckers for a happy ending….Magnum and Dashiel who were rescued near the brink of death, starving, neglected and only hours from the horrors of slaughter, live happily ever after in Wales with their adoring Strawford family. The Strawford’s originally came to us wanting one horse….and fell in love twice. In December of 2010, Ali Strawford … Read More