BHFER Update 03/16/12

Hi everyone – I am sorry I’m overdue for an update but I came home Wednesday and went to bed with a horrible stomach/flu bug Not sure I’m over it 100% yet but I’m trying – I have too much to do to stay sick.

We have a new rescue that was picked up yesterday – a very thin mare that may have Cushings. Her feet looked horrible – she’s likely foundered. She’s sore all over which is likely due, in part, to the way she had to walk but she got a hooficure today and a bath. You can easily put a finger between each and every rib. She will be body clipped tomorrow.

Her hip bones and spine are very prominent.

We need sponsors – please consider donating to help with her vetting, dental, farrier, and care expenses. We usually ask for sponsors before bringing in a new rescue but in this case there was no time.

Kathy and Marty visited last week (from Michigan) and it was wonderful to meet them in person and to spend time with them! They met all of the horses here – Magic enjoyed the extra attention – all of the horses did! Magic wasn’t too sure of what an IPad is but he sure seemed inquisitive.

On the 2nd day of their visit Kathy went to the Paso farm to work with me while Marty helped Bob fix fences at the farm. After a long day of working we decided to go to the local tavern for dinner and to relax and chat – Beanie Barbaro joined us! It’s very rare that Bob and I both get off the farm together – it was great! Thanks so much Kathy and Marty – we look forward to your next visit!

Lacey is still very pregnant. She is huge!

Sayan is doing great at his new home. His new mare fell in love with him and he with her – it was meant to be! And his human adoptive mom loves him too! He’s got green grass, shade trees, and his own girlfriend – he’s got it made! This is what we pray for all of them for – and it takes as long as it takes to find just the right home.

Wednesday morning the oldest mare that was at the Paso farm went to her new home – she’s settled in well and seems very content. She’s with another mare that had been adopted from there so she has a familiar friend so that is a blessing. It was so good to get her into the barn and to cut that number tag/rope off of her! We also brushed her out and sprayed her with MicroTek and flyspray. Then she went home! Most all of the mares are shedding out what I call a “rescue” coat and a new, healthy coat is coming in.

Two other Paso mares left Wednesday – together. I really like it when two can go together.

We still have applications being processed for Pasos and there are about ten mares left. In addition, there are some waiting for transport. I can’t imagine it would happen – but we may have more applications than horses! If that is the case we have many horses at the rescue that need good homes! Our website is not up to date so if you visit the “Available” for adoption page and don’t see what you may be looking for please email me. We have QH’s, Arabian’s, TB’s, mini’s and others looking for good homes.

Volunteers Melissa and George will have a Beauty’s Haven booth set up at the Paso Fino show in Ocala, FL tomorrow and Sunday. The show is located at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion. They will have an informational book of BHFER horses available for adoption. There are still about ten Paso Fino mares left to adopt and many other horses that are currently at the rescue. Please come out and show your support – donations are greatly needed! All donations are tax deductible and no amount is too small.

Marie and other volunteers will be having a bake sale at Tractor Supply in Ocala tomorrow – there will be lots of goodies! Come out and show your support – stop by on your way to the Pavilion!

Some have asked about how my Popper dog is doing – she is doing just great! She’s even jumping into the horse water buckets again to get cooled off! If anyone ever needs a way to happily confine a doggie please check out Doggie Dorms – our dogs just love them! http://www.furbuddiesblingiton.com/index.html. They are easy to clean, offer good space, they are adorable! They fold up, come in different sizes, have their own storage case, and I didn’t even need instructions on how to use one! LOL! They really are awesome!

Thank you all for your continued support – we wish everyone a blessed and wonderful weekend! If anyone would like to help sponsor the new arrival please email me at bhfer. Any amount would help – we can only help those in need with support from others. We are an all volunteer organization and 100% of donations go directly to helping the horses.

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Sayan – a bittersweet day…

Some bittersweet news to start the day. Sayan, a handsome and sweet 17 year old Arabian gelding that has been with us for about 2 years, is going to his forever home today.

He will only be about 20 minutes away and will be keeping company to a lonely mare.

Congratulations Sayan – we love you!

To everyone that has helped Sayan – he thanks you – we all thank you! God bless and have a wonderful day!

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BH Sat Morning Update 03/10/12

Just want to wish everyone a great weekend! Here are just a few pictures from the last couple of days – more later.

Here are Indy, Baby Girl, and Morning Star having a great time playing tag. They’re awesome to watch!

Legacy is doing better.

Mystical under saddle for the first time here. Mystical is a Friesian cross mare that is available for adoption.

I’ll be away from the computer today – showing horses at the Paso Farm. Don’t forget to turn your clocks forward an hour tonight!

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BH Update 03/06/12

An update on what’s going on here – a lot! The weather has been nuts. The winds have been horrible but we have no right to complain – many have lost lives and so much in the storms throughout the Midwest. Our prayers are with them. Yesterday was the first day in many that it was nice – warm sun and in the high 70’s. But the nights have still been near freezing. We had a terrible wind/rainstorm on Saturday night that caused a lot of erosion. We were without power yesterday morning.

Some bad news regarding Harley. A new pink mass has found in the corner of his right eye. The much larger mass that was removed when he was here was in his left eye. His human mom was right on it and the vet thinks it is pretty much superficial and contained in the 3rd eyelid and it will be removed. Harley is such a sweet and good boy. He’s loved very much and we can’t thank his adoptive parents enough for their love and care for him. I’ll update when I know more. Please keep Harley and his human family in prayers.

Beanie Barbaro his having a great time. He’s spent some time with a few of the horses and he took a field trip with me to the Paso farm. I’ll have to provide details later but here are some pictures of the last few days – including some with Beanie Barbaro.

Dr. Joan giving vaccinations, drawing coggins, etc. and Fabio, one of our farriers doing some trims.

Our transporter, Pam, holding for the trims.

What a beautiful face – and such kind eyes!

And another beautiful mare.

There are Paso mares still needing homes but currently we have applications on all of the ones in the barn. If any are not approved or someone changes their mind and one becomes available I will update. We still have 8 out in the paddocks that we need to bring in and process in order to be adopted. This has been a very tiring endeavor but worth every minute. To see the ones that have gone to their adoptive homes being loved and cared for is awesome. And working with, and meeting, new people in order to help the horses is invaluable. By networking, we can all help more horses.

Little Lily sharing a secret with Beanie Barbaro – he’s the smallest horse on the farm – she’s the 2nd smallest horse!

Many of you may remember dear sweet Heart – here he is with his human family that loves him terribly! He’s doing great.

We hope everyone is having a great week. We still could use help with hay – credits can be called directly into the hay store, Larson’s, at 352-867-8333. Cindy will be here on Friday to do some hooficures – if anyone would like to help with them that would be helpful too!

Thank you all for your continued support!

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BH Morning Update 03/02/12

Good Friday morning everyone from another day of overcast skies here in our little corner of the world!

Another busy day – more visitors but today we have more volunteers coming! There are some people coming to look at horses this coming weekend. Please pray that they find good forever homes with a family of their own. I have to spend a good part of the day in the office – various applications to process, contracts to prepare, health records to update, and the list goes on. Once I get behind it’s really hard to get caught up.

Yesterday was extremely busy – I talked so much I don’t have a voice left! We had 4 visitors throughout the day and while giving a tour I tend to talk a lot – I like to tell the stories of each horse here. J

Katie got up on Ghost this week and had a blast. He’s a Paso Fino and knows how to do the Paso Corto – it’s was Katie’s first experience with it.

I guess they both had fun – they were all smiles when they were done!

Ruby introduced Beanie Barbaro to visitors yesterday. Ruby loves the attention and everyone loves Ruby!

A 20+ very sweet Paso mare looking for a forever home – please help us to find it for her.

I need to get to the barn now but will be back at my desk in a bit. I hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed day!

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BHFER Update 02/28/12

It’s staying busy here – as usual. It’s still busy at the Paso farm too. A little update on both…

Beenie Barbaro arrived at the rescue today! He made his way first to visit Legacy who has an ouchy front left foot. Dr. Ryan examined Legs today and it’s likely an abscess. I remember holding Legacy in my lap after he came to the rescue only a couple of weeks old – his momma had died the day before from untreated eye cancer. We almost lost him a couple of times (his body wasn’t making bone marrow) but God answered prayers and this boy thrived. He is simply stunning – and huge! He’s about 16 hh now, still growing, and is ready for a forever home!

Legacy today and Legacy as a baby.

As a baby and today in his stall.

Legacy standing next to HighTower chatting about something 2+ years ago. Legacy is as tall as HighTower is now! Please spread the word that Legacy needs a good home. He’s ready to start his training. HighTower is also looking for a good home.

Nikole is doing very well. Sorry that the pictures are a bit dark – the weather here hasn’t been very good. Nikole is available as a pasture pal.

Asiya is looking for a home. She’s a nice 20 year old mare that loves attention – very easy keeper.

And Morning Star still needs a home! Gary worked with him a bit on his last visit. Morning Star loves to play ball and he adores attention, ropes, and garden hoses! J

Montana is ready for a new forever home. He’s about 17 years old. He neck reins and rides like he may have been a cow horse at some time in his life. He’s got an awesome personality and makes us laugh.

It’s been a long few days at the Paso farm too – we’re trying hard to process horses as fast as we can so that they can get into good homes. Catching and stalling them, coggins, feet, vaccinations – it takes quite a bit of time with horses that are not used to being cared for. And the paperwork can be overwhelming! Some of the horses do ok with handling but many need extra patience and reassurance. We are hand walking the ones staying in stalls so they get some sunshine and can graze a bit.

We’ve had some studs leave for their new homes – as of now all studs have homes. I shouldn’t say all studs – many have been gelded. Some were gelded today and a couple of more will be gelded tomorrow.

This grand old gal has been vetted and her feet were done today. She’ll be going home with another mare friend that lived in her paddock and is now staying across the aisle from her. She isn’t sound for riding but she is fortunate to have found her way into a human’s heart that wants to offer her a forever home as a pasture pal. What a blessing!

One of the boys trying to wake up after being gelded.

And one preparing to go down with help from Dr. Joan Gariboldi.

Mare #10. Very kind – an alpha mare.

This is how most of the mares greet us now. With a core team of volunteers working with them they have learned to somewhat trust. But when new faces appear they still go the other way – but they are getting better. And the smaller the 2 herds are becoming in the 2 paddocks – the more manageable they are becoming. The mare barn is full but as one or two leave we fill their stalls with others. We’re trying to bring friends in together. I can’t tell you how hard it is for me when I think about the herd being separated. I wish we could keep them all together but it just isn’t possible. We are trying to make the transition from how they have been living to being handled and rehomed as easy as possible for them.

Mare #22. She is also an older mare. She’s very beautiful.

A good roll in fresh shavings – it’s awesome to see.

Mare #20. She is an older mare – likely at least 20 yrs old with extremely kind eyes. Please consider giving her a home as a pasture pal.

Mare #19.

Mare #7. Very kind. Six years old.

Mare #4. She’s 4 yrs old. Nervous around humans but getting better each day – she’s now in a stall at the barn. She’s put a good amount of weight on but still has a ways to go.

If you have emailed me please forgive me if I haven’t responded. This evening is really the first time I’ve been at the computer for awhile. Thank all of you for caring and for your continued support!

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Paso Fino Case Update – Mares and a Colic

February 26th, 2012

It was a very productive day at the Paso farm yesterday. We got a couple mares into the barn and got them settled in.  I called Dr. Joan Gariboldi out to treat one of the mare’s (Maraca) that has been in for a few days that appeared to be trying to colic and she had a slight temperature.  Maraca was oiled but as of this morning she still had not passed any manure.  Pam is on her way to transport Maraca here to the rescue where we can monitor her and have Dr. Joan out again if needed.  Pam is a wonderful transporter and we recommend her without any reservations!

Dr. Joan also vaccinated some of the horses and pulled coggins and did a health certificate.  One of the mares left to go to her new home.  Slowly but surely we are making progress.  I was supposed to go back today for pictures but it’s horrible weather and my bronchitis is worse again.  Here are a few pictures from yesterday.

Red got to play in the round pen yesterday and he loved it! And we enjoyed watching him!

One of the available mares – #10.  Not sure of her age yet. A coggins needs to be pulled on her.  She is an alpha mare.

This is Scarlet.  She’s a very sweet mare estimated to be 6 years old.  Coggins is done.

Maraca is now here for monitoring.  She has passed some poop and seems less stressed.  The weather is still horrible.

Hope to feel better tomorrow.  Calling it a day now.  Two of the studs are being picked up in the morning.  Hopefully the rains will subside long enough for them to load without any problems.  Seeing them go is bittersweet but we are very happy that they will have their own human family.  It’s hard for us not to get attached to each one of them – and we do.

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BH Update 02/24/11

Well, our day started out finding HighTower in the tack/feed room! The giveaway was Little E’s butt hanging out of the workshop door and High Tower was nowhere in sight. He’d only been in there for a couple of minutes – I’d just gone to the house from the barn. The cat wanted to follow and got the door open – we’ll be changing door knobs!

Voila! Look what a little Cowboy Magic and a lot of time will do! This Paso Mare is looking for a home. She’s a very sweet girl (#14).

This sweet mare went home this week.

They all love their walks. This is another sweet mare – they are all sweet.

And this mare came into the barn today. She’s a little older but a jewel of a girl.

Tomorrow we hope to get a couple of more mares into the barn – hope to post more pictures of mares on Sunday evening. Today some studs and mares got vaccinations. A couple of the studs will be leaving for their new homes on Monday. There is a stud being gelded on Monday and a couple more on Tuesday. We are waiting to finalize adoptions on studs #3 and #7. We really are making progress. It’s a lot of work but these horses deserve it!

Have a safe and blessed weekend everyone! Thank you for your continued support!

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Hooficures And More – Update 02/22/12

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!

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Update 02/21/12

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.

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