02/22/17 Update

Fabio was out today to do some hooficures. Classy still doesn’t like anyone touching her back feet. Touch her legs anywhere and she is fine but touch her feet and oh my gosh she’ll kick you from here to Texas! Legacy, Silver Belle and Aaleyah Belle were good. But guess who didn’t want to go back to her paddock? Yep, that’s our Aaleyah Belle – she just wanted to plant her feet and slime Pam! For those that don’t know about Aaleyah Belle – she was born with a wry nose and was going to be shot along with her mom (we called her Momma Sue) if we hadn’t taken them in. I named Aaleyah Belle after Eight Belles – Aaleyah was born the day that Eight Belles lost her life running in the Kentucky Derby – what a bittersweet day that I’ll never forget. Momma Sue was an amazing mare and raised not only her own little wry nosed filly but two other orphan fillies as well. One was a nurse mare foal that came to us only a couple of weeks old and the other was orphaned when her mother died when she was only a few months old – she came to us with serious open and untreated injuries to her chest and knee. Their story is an amazing one and can be found on our website.

Morning Star is more handsome each day. He’s looking for a forever home. He’s a beautiful mover and has a great personality – there is never a dull moment with him!

Indy trying to catch up with Marsha to see what he can get into. He’s pretty comical too – he’s a very good boy.

Little E and a couple of the boys hanging out.

The Paso case is moving forward. Some of the horses will be leaving over the next week for their new forever homes. If anyone needs transport Pam (Double B Equine Transport) does a great job. Her number is 352-427-0474 and she does transport out of state. Please remember that if a horse is being transported out of state it needs a Health Certificate in addition to a Coggins. These horses are all very kind and every one of them deserves a good forever home. I’m still not feeling well but hope to get to the Paso farm for a bit tomorrow. The volunteers at the Paso farm and here at the rescue are doing a great job too – we appreciate all of them very much – we couldn’t do what we do without their help!

Sorry, not much of an update today. I’m feeling very much under the weather but did get out long enough to meet the vet at the Paso farm for her to pull coggins on a few of the mares today. I did not go through any paperwork today – none. I’ve had little of a voice so I have not returned many phone calls. We have received more applications but nothing got processed today – I apologize. I hope and pray I’m back to work tomorrow if only for a few hours. The farrier and the vet will be here at the base rescue in the morning. It will be another busy day – thankfully, volunteers will be here to help.

Very kind and wondrous eyes.

I did get stud #6 out for a short walk. It wasn’t a long one – I really am not feeling well and I’m off to bed soon. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll wake up feeling much better. At least today I did have somewhat of a voice back.

Thank you all for your patience and for your support. For those that do not know – we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and operate totally off of donations from the public. We have no paid staff – we are all volunteers. For my husband and I – this is our full time job – 24/7/365. While we do not receive any salary we are rewarded by the fruits of our efforts – helping the horses helps us in so many ways. Our organization is not funded by the Government at all. Donations are tax deductible and no amount is too small.

We hope everyone had a great weekend. It was busy here, as usual. The winds today were horrible – anything that could blow away, did. The temps tonight are going down into the low 40’s so we had to blanket some. Here are some weekend pictures.

Rolling out some big hay bales. There were more fence repairs done to make them safer for the horses, waterers were cleaned, it was just another busy working weekend.

The Paso’s haven’t been groomed in a long, long time – there are some serious tangles!

More hay – that’s me on the phone (been there a lot lately).

Little Red getting ready for a trim. He was a good boy.

One of the mares getting a trim.

One of the studs went home on Saturday and is doing great (and yes – studs will be gelded). And the little guy that left last week is doing awesome. It’s really rewarding to see the changes in them – good food, turnout time, and TLC goes a long way! Studs that are now available, provided another already approved adopter doesn’t step up in the next day or so, are #’s 3 and 13. Stud #’s 4 and 7 are pending. Status can change because people change their minds for whatever reason, etc. We may find a different way to do things for the mares – it’s very time consuming to try to keep up with all of this and it does slow down the process.

The farrier will be here at the rescue this week to do some hooficures – if anyone would like to help there will be at least 6 horses done.

We’d like to thank everyone that has helped in any way with the Paso’s. And to those that continue to support our herd here at the rescue – thank you all for everything you do. And to our volunteers – thank you so very much for caring and giving your time to help. We have some fundraisers coming up soon to help with the costs of the rescues here. We have many nice horses looking for good homes – we’re updating info and pictures to go on the website which is also in the process of being redone.

I may not post tomorrow night – our daughter is a participant in her high school’s FFA pageant – we hope she wins! We hope everyone has a blessed week – God bless and again, thank you all!

I know I’m behind on updating about the horses here at the farm – I’m sorry about that but they are all doing well. They loved their Valentine’s Day cards!

Gentleman is doing really well. Where ever GMan is you can usually find Sayan.

Montana had a visit with a potential adopter – he’s so loveable!

The “kids” are all fine – running and playing in the beautiful weather. Magic is doing well too – the cows are back in the 60 acres behind us and the other evening I saw 4 calves lined up across the fence looking over at Magic and he was looking them – it was really cute. Harley is also doing great and loving live at his new home – just look at him!

Progress is being made at the Paso farm. Three of the five worst condition mares were brought in today. We’ll be working on getting them in better shape. The vet will be out next week. The farrier is coming over the weekend. We truly appreciate everyone that has helped with this rescue project. It’s so nice to see the horses putting on weight and getting more comfortable around humans. The mares have a ways to go but we are working on it.

I’ll update on studs tomorrow. I’m sorry but I’m just too tired tonight and need to get up early for the farrier. We hope everyone has a blessed and wonderful weekend. I’ll update again tomorrow evening on the status of the studs. God bless and have a good night.

Oh – before I forget, again, we have a new Daily Blog website where you can sign up to receive our updates automatically! You can still get to the Daily Blog from our website but the new site address is: http://bhfer.wordpress.com/. Historical monthly Daily Blogs are still on the website. Also, our website is being redesigned and we hope to have the new one up soon. Please have patience with us while the transition is in the works. Thanks!

I just got in about 1 ½ hours ago from the Paso farm. Jenny and I took up another ton of hay along with “No Trespassing” signs. The newspaper article was great – I only wish the farm address hadn’t of been published. On the way there I had an interview with a radio station. Then a reporter came up from Orlando to do an interview late this evening. One of the questions during all interviews was “what do you need?” Well, donations and hay of course. But one thing that would help us tremendously would be a golf cart or better yet little utility vehicle. Doesn’t matter how pretty it is or what color it may be – as long as it runs good and is dependable. It’s a tool that would make a huge difference for us humans. Giving out hay on 20+ acres take time when you’re walking it and it gets heavy. And, of course, one can only carry so much so you have to make multiple trips to the barn. Knowing it will likely be a few months until the last horse is placed – if anyone could possibly help us with this we would be SO very appreciative!

I am so proud of all of the studs – they have come so far in such a short time. My favorite, #6, was our poster horse for the news clip and he did great! Handsome #12 left today – what a great job his adoptive did on loading him. But his departure freed up a stall at the front of the barn so I thought about how nice it would be for #6 to go from the back of the barn to the very front. I thought perhaps by putting him up where most of the traffic is by volunteers it may help him to come around faster. I took him out and walked him around – he really is so curious about what goes on outside. I wanted to walk him around for hours but there was no time.

Not one time after he was moved up to the front of the barn did I see him hold his head down like he was trying to hide! His head was towards the door – not his backside! And when the reporter was recording a section for the news clip she was about to open his stall door so the camera man could get a good picture of him and guess what he did??? He nudged it open himself and stood there with his head up, looking at them like “Hay! What’s going on out there?” It was awesome!

The TV news interview wasn’t over until after 7 pm. After Carla left, Jenny and I tossed hay, made sure all studs were tucked in and mares secure, and left. I think I will be asleep before my head hits the pillow tonight!

I’m very appreciative of our volunteers – they do a great job. And to all of you supporters – thank you! I can’t thank everyone enough – it’s because of others that we are able to do what we do. This herd of horses has a new chance at life because others care and are willing to help us to help them. God bless all of you – be proud of what we all accomplish by working together!

If I owe you an email response or return phone call I apologize I didn’t get to it this evening. Hopefully, tomorrow I will be able to work in the office and get caught up some.

PS – a well running UTV would REALLY help us a lot!

A major undertaking – hopefully, financial and other help will come now the story is in the Ocala Star Banner.  We took on a case of 38 Paso Fino horses that had been abandoned and living pretty much feral for a couple of years.  Fourteen of them being studs that lived locked away in dark and dirty stalls.

https://www.ocala.com/story/news/local/2012/02/15/facility-rescues-horses-locked-up-for-2-years/64310499007/

#keepthefaith #wecandothis #believe #bhfer #paso #ocalastarbanner #rescue

February 14th, 2012

Here is an update on available Columbian Paso Fino’s. Please remember that information about what horses are available is fluid – the list can and will, change.  As of tonight, here are the available studs and a few of the mares.

Stud #6

Stud #7

Stud #9

Stud #12

Stud #13

MARES…

Mare #2

Mare #3

Mare #4

Mare #5

Mare #6

We are an all volunteer 501(c)(3) equine rescue organization that operates totally from donations made by the public – we are not government funded.  All donations are tax deductible and no amount is too small.  Caring for this herd is not an inexpensive task – please help us to help them.  Visit our “Donate” page to learn more about how to make a donation.

If anyone wants to contact me please do so at my email address of bhfer@earthlink.net.  Thank you.

Theresa Batchelor

All of us here at Beauty’s Haven wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day!

Today the horses will be putting up Valentine Day cards received in the mail. I will be gone for a good part of the day having an MRI done in Gainesville but when I get back we’ll share the cards and take pictures. It’s always fun when they get cards!

I’ve received updates on Harley since he left from his new mom and he is doing great. He’s very happy to have large areas where he can run and play. He loves his new friends. He gets lots of attention daily and has settled in as though he has been home for quite awhile. He’s happy which makes us all happy.

Ghost – the little Paso gelding we took in a few weeks ago is doing great! He’s filled out nicely and is a real sweet boy.

We made quite a few phone calls last night to let people that have applied to adopt one of the Paso Fino’s that they were approved. They were all very pleased – and excited! Two of the mares posted have potential adopters. Will be regrouping with Carla this evening to review which studs are still available.

Have a blessed day everyone!

Good freezing morning from Florida – it’s 22 degrees! We’re running on generator – the power went out around 5 am. Hopefully it will be back on soon. At least the sun is out!

Little Miss Kami Comet still looks adorable in her pink blanket. She had her 2nd birthday on February 10th.

This was taken yesterday afternoon. We’ve been going through more hay with the temps going down in the teens. Hopefully the temps will warm up a bit soon.

Baby Girl and Indy tucked in blankets. Indy doesn’t know pink is for girls. J

Have a great day everyone!

February 12th, 2012

Here are pictures of a few of the mares – I ran out of time but will post more in a couple of days. Unfortunately, I need to spend tomorrow in the office all day to get caught up on paperwork.  I was out at the Paso farm most all day.  It was a good day and a lot got done.  Gates/fencing got fixed, unsafe debris was picked up and removed, more feet were trimmed, etc.  There was too much commotion going on around the barn to do much at all with one of the two herds of mares. We do have some of the thinner ones separated off into one of the smaller paddocks.

Mare #1. Dark bay, no white. Very friendly.

Mare #2. Bay with some white hairs above left eye.

Mare #3. Chestnut with stripe and very thick coat.

Mare #4. Dark bay (almost black) with no white. She is the thinnest.

Mare #5. Chestnut with tag (#16) around neck.