We need to buy a ton of hay that is $13.30 a bale. If we can buy 41 bales (a ton) we get a $10 discount off the ton. Donations can be made via our donate page at theresa. Or credits can be called in to Quality Hay at 352-529-0888.
Would anyone like to buy a bale or 2 – please? We need 41 bales – anyone? Donations are tax deductible.
Sincerely,
Theresa
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
Website: www.bhfer.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bhfer.tb
February 14th, 2013
I wanted to get this prepared and sent out yesterday but I just couldn’t concentrate – I had to walk away and try again today. Valentine’s Day is always bittersweet.
On February 14th, 1980 an Arabian was born – his registered name was RC ElDinero. We called him Nick or Nicky. He found his way to us on June 1st, 2007. How he found his way to us was nothing short of a miracle. He had been starved, he was diabetic and laminitic, he had Cushings Disease, and more – the odds were against him. Nick’s body condition was about the same as Solace when he first arrive – not quite a 0.5 on the Henneke scale. You can’t go much lower than that without meeting death. We had one of the best care giver’s team you could want, including Dr. Eleanor Kellon, VMD. Nicky’s story is a sad one but he brought so much good and love into our life – he had a huge heart that loved life but what humans had done, or not done, for him proved to be too much for his weak body. He was only with us for 6 weeks. But you can bet that in that 6 weeks he knew love from near and far.
About 3 weeks after Nicky got here, a benefit show was held here at the rescue. At the spur of the moment during a break in the show, something came over me to take Nick to the arena and let him feel the presence of the people around him. Once in the arena he stood up proud and tall – he looked around him and let out a forceful but weak whinny. I was so proud of him – tears ran down my face. We slowly walked back to the barn and he laid down – he was exhausted but he was a proud and dignified Arabian Prince and he felt it – that meant so much to me. This was Nicky the day he caught the attention of one of our volunteers that just happened upon the farm where he was living at the end of a road. He was being boarded. He had Cushing’s and the owner, who lived a couple of hours away, said she assumed he was getting his needed medication even though she hadn’t been buying it. She hadn’t seen him in awhile but assumed he was fine. Well, I don’t believe it. He didn’t get in such bad condition overnight. Our time with him will never be forgotten and we will love him, always.
Nicky
When Solace arrived on December 16th, 2012 thoughts of Nicky came flooding back. Solace was about the same age that Nick was when he came to us. Solace’s body condition score was about the same. Looking at the photos below of Nick on the left and Solace on the right – well, I think it will help you to understand why I had been flooded with memories. The 6 week mark of when we lost Nicky hung in the back of my mind but, thankfully, Solace has passed that mark.
Nicky on the left – Solace on the right
Solace is quite remarkable and is living proof that miracles do happen. I believe.
Princess Birthday Surprise
On February 14th, 1988 another beautiful Arabian was born – her name was RL Princes Regala. The picture on the left was taken the day she arrived at the rescue – September 4th, 2008. Her human was going off to college but wanted to make sure Princess would be forever taken care of. Princess was almost adopted on 3 different occasions but each time, as the application was being processed, something happened to her. The 1st time she had a bout of laminitis. The 2nd time she had an eye injury. And the 3rd time another bout of laminitis. At that point, we determined maybe she just didn’t want to leave. She is now a sanctuary horse that is loved by many. She is a very sweet mare. Yesterday her previous owners drove a long way to wish her a happy birthday! Unfortunately, the weather was bad but they enjoyed being together again and I enjoyed seeing the reunion.
This was taken of Gentleman and Princess today – they are BFF. Princess had just had a hooficure and was looking very happy – I’m sure she enjoyed her visitors yesterday. 
We have been blessed to have many proud Arabian horses in our herd.
Have a good night everyone. We’ll have another busy weekend ahead here at the rescue. I worked at the barn much of the day until late evening. It felt good, but I’m beat.
Sincerely,
Theresa
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
February 13th, 2013
Solace’s blood work from yesterday showed continued improvement! He’s quite the character and it’s really amazing to see him run to the barn at feed time! You can tell what time of the day is because Little E and Solace are right there to remind you!
I took inventory of our medical supplies and we need to order some things – if anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated. I hate to keep asking for help but we operate totally from donations and can’t do this without help from the public. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit all volunteer organization – we are not funded by the local, State, or Federal government.
Solace is still on SMZ’s and Sulcrafate and needs sponsors for another container of each.
· A container of SMZ’s is $49.44 (this one we have about 10 days worth left)
· A container of Sulcrafate is $189.11 (he needs this one urgently – we only have a few days worth left)
Would anyone like to sponsor either any of this? If you would like to help donations can be called directly into the vet’s office at 352-237-6151. Just please advise when you call in what the donation is for.
We also need help purchasing Banamine and a few other items for the supply cabinet that we keep on hand. Also needed are double Velcro latching horse size fly masks. Of course there is always hay – we need to make another hay run tomorrow for 2 of the large 700 lb compressed bales – they are about $125 each. Donations can be called into Larson’s for help with hay at 352-867-8333.
Ruby, Peggy Sue, Rosita, Lacey, and a couple of others will be having a hooficure this week – would anyone like to sponsor a hooficure? Donations can be made via PayPal – our address is theresa@beautysequinerescue.org or via our website at www.bhfer. No amount is too small. God bless and thank you all for your continued support!
Rayo and Silver Belle – beautiful!
Sincerely,
Theresa
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
Website: www.bhfer.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bhfer.tb
February 10th, 2018
A couple of the horses got a much needed bath this weekend and most got a good grooming. The mini mares got off the hook for being clipped – there just was not enough time and they are going to be a project.
If only the weather would be this perfect all year and the horses would stay this clean…
Roxy adores Peggy Sue – and the feeling is mutual.
Solace is still doing well and he adores his food!
Nevada looks very handsome!
Sisco eating hay out the back of the truck. He is doing well too.
Bouie and Frodo – our little fuzzy bears. They are also in the waiting line to be clipped.
Morgan LaFaye – she’s looking for a home. She’s a very sweet girl. I apologize that the picture is fuzzy – I took it with my phone.
Hollie is also very sweet. She has not adjusted well to the Florida environment and is having trouble breathing – the blowing dust from the lime rock road is not good for her and we have very little shade. She will be leaving soon for her new home where she will be more comfortable. We will miss her but her new mom will keep us updated.
Sunset also has labored breathing. She needs to find a home that is better suited for her and the sooner the better – before warmer temperatures arrive. Like with Hollie, the dust that blows off the lime rock road is not good for her and she needs shade. I’m so glad she was clipped last weekend.
Some of you may remember Archer – he is doing great and his family adores him! That’s his best friend on the right.
It was a really busy weekend here. A lot got done – a big “thank you” to everyone that took time out of their busy schedule to come out and help. The more hands we have to get daily chores done the better – it leaves time for other things like baths, clipping, raking, cleaning up the barn, etc. It really takes a lot of time, money, and hands on to keep this place going. We are very blessed to have the support we have – here and from afar. It’s only because of other people pulling together to help us that we are successful – be it donations, prayers, sharing our info with others, etc. Without all of you helping us we couldn’t do what we do – we sincerely thank you.
And many thanks to Marie for making and donating the necklaces that helped us to raise the funds to pay for Solace’s blood transfusion – that is a lot of worry off my mind. And it is only part of the vet bill. We still have a jewelry auction going on to help with other vet needs. And we need to buy hay again. Some of the horses are getting a hooficure this week – if anyone would like to sponsor a horse please let me know.
I’m calling it a day. God bless and again, thank you all, very much for your continued support. Have a wonderful week!
Oh – please don’t forget the current “Valentine’s Day Match Game!” If you donate towards the Match Game please indicate so with your donation.
One of our wonderful supporters has offered a very generous $200 Match Game for Valentine’s Day! The supporter will match each dollar donated from others until we hit the $200 limit!
So this means a possibility of $400 in donations!
Please remember that all contributions are tax deductible and no donation is ever too small.
Donations may be forwarded via the following link: www.bhfer.org/donate
Sincerely,
Theresa
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
Website: www.bhfer.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bhfer.tb
Valentine’s Day Match Game!!
One of our wonderful supporters has offered a very generous $200 Match Game for Valentine’s Day!
The supporter will match each dollar donated from others until we hit the $200 limit!
So this means a possibility of $400 in donations!
Please remember that all contributions are tax deductible and no donation is ever too small.
Donations may be forwarded via the following link:
https://www.bhfer.org/oldsite/donate.html
Thank you, everyone! Have a wonderful Sunday.
jeanne
February 8th, 2013
Solace’s blood transfusion was $750. The next 15 people that donate $50 will receive one of the two style necklaces shown below. Both are about 16.5” from end to end.
Solace the evening (Jan 9th) of the blood transfusion and Solace (Feb 5th) less than a month later. Thank you all for caring about him! We need to raise this $750 – can you help? PayPal address: bhfer@earthlink.net.
Sincerely,
Theresa
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
Website: https://bhfer.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/bhfer.tb
Remember the beautiful paint gelding I posted a picture of last Thursday? I promised I’d share more information on him but I wanted to get through first. Sisco is a 20ish year old gelding that went through a local auction many years ago. He injured his head in the trailer on the way to the auction and it should have had stitches but it went untreated. He went through the auction with blood running down his face as a “no sale”. He has scar tissue from the injury between his eyes which you can see in the picture below. After the auction was over he was bought a lady named Linda and she owned him for many years. Linda says he was a wonderful trail horse that was a pleasure to ride.
We all know what the economy has been like. In early January Linda asked for help from others in placing her 3 horses – she could no longer afford to care for them. She found a home for 2 but Sisco still needed a place to go by the end of the month or he would be put down. Finding a home for Sisco would be tough because he does have an issue – about a year ago a tumor was removed from under his tail but it grew back. A mutual friend, Stacy, raised money for a vet go out to remove the tumor a couple of weeks ago and a biopsy was done. Sisco came here and a few days later the biopsy came back – it was squamous cell carcinoma. I did research and found an article that Dawn (Horse and Man) had published in December 2010 ( http://horseandman.com/medical/cisplatin-beads-to-cure-squamous-cell-carcinoma-in-horses-a-happy-ending-for-aponi/ ). The picture in the article looked like Sisco’s tumor site (after it was removed) and it was about the same size. I spoke with Dr. Porter about Sisco and yesterday he came out and assessed the situation and felt Sisco would have a 50/50 chance if treated with cisplatin. Other than this issue Sisco is a happy and healthy horse with a positive attitude.
Here is what Dr. Porter started with. A lump under the skin next to the area that had been cut off last week was found but Dr. Porter thinks it may be scar tissue from when the tumor was cut off last year.
Once Sisco was down Dr. Porter was able to inject the drug where it needed to be.
Up but still a bit groggy.
In addition to the injections we will start applying a topical chemotherapy cream to the area on Friday. Dr. Porter wants to assess it again in 6 weeks. He feels another treatment may be necessary but only time will tell. He has treated other horses in this manner with success. So, Sisco is doing well and has some healing to do. Knowing where we are now, and how we intend to proceed, we need to ask for help with Sisco’s treatment and care expenses. He’s an otherwise healthy horse and you’d never guess his age – he’s bright and friendly. We’d like to ask for prayers for Sisco. And if anyone would like to help with his expenses it would be greatly appreciated. Donations are tax deductible and no amount is too small. Our PayPal address is theresa@beautysequinerescue.org and a link to our “Donate” page is https://www.bhfer.org/oldsite/donate.html.
God bless and thank you all for your continued support! Oh – Sisco will have his own Facebook page by tomorrow where updates will also be posted.
Sincerely,
Theresa
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
Website: www.bhfer.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bhfer.tb
Won’t You Be My Valentine?
My horsey friends & I would love to get a Valentine from you.
Thank you!
Love,
Solace
Please send to:
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
P.O. Box 53, Morriston, Florida 32668
February 4th, 2013
Just a few pictures from today…
Solace visiting with Jessie today. Jessie and her husband, Ron, are visiting from NJ. Solace is now munching on hay in his stall with his blanket on. It’s going to get cold tonight. We continue to pray that he continues to improve. Sometimes the effects of starvation and neglect are not known until long after recovery has begun.
Ruby getting her share of carrots.
Penelope got her share too.
This is Rosita with Andrew – a new volunteer that is a student at UF!
We ask everyone to PLEASE vote daily for Beauty’s Haven in the Shelter Challenge and spread the word so that we might win this time around! http://theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_shelterchallenge
AUCTION ITEM:
This beautiful necklace is being auctioned to help with vet expenses and hay costs. The pendant was donated by artist Karla Smith. It is taken from one of her oil paintings titled “Alert Arabians”. Here is a link to her website:https://karlasmith.artspan.com/ where you can find a better picture of this lovely artwork.
The minimum bid for this beautiful piece is $20. Bid increments of $5. Bidding will end 2-11-13. Happy Bidding and please share! Thank you!
Current Bid: $30!
We had to buy more hay today. The price per ton had gone done but now it’s back up $545 per ton. If anyone would like to help us out with hay, vet needs, etc. donations are tax deductible and no amount is too small. Our PayPal address is bhfer@earthlink.net or donations can be made via our website at www.bhfer.org. God bless and have a good night everyone.
Sincerely,
Theresa
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
Website: www.bhfer.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bhfer.tb
