Kookie Cokie & Silly Billy

Meet Cokie, she's in her later teens, if not twenty-some by now, she has been at Safe Haven Horse Rescue for a long time. Cokie came from a very nice lady in the area who wanted Cokie to go somewhere SAFE! Cokie is a one-eyed mare, that we think has been very abused in the past. No one really knows how she lost her eye. Trimming her feet, calls for a Vet & lot's of tranquilizer!

We call her Kookie Cokie because......she can be very unpredictable! She will be all loving one day & then totally the opposite the next! If she's in a 'loving mood' she will Hug You UP! She pulls you into her chest & hugs you to her with her head! It can get a little scary let me tell ya!  When she's in her other mood & you give her 'scratches' she will squeal & stomp her front foot & swish her tail something fierce! Linda R. mostly handles Cokie, Thank God!

OK, here comes Silly Billy! When it is feeding time, Billy is a tongue chewing, foam dripping machine! We keep his neighbors feed boxes away from his side of the fence so they don't get drooled on! It is quite amazing actually! Bonnie is his 'handler' cuz he has issues also! When he is in his pen & ALL his neighbors are in theirs, he is just fine & quite gentle. But out of his comfort zone is a whole 'nother story!

Look at Bonnie's body language! It is all she can do to hold him back & keep him in the direction she wants him to go! Yes, that is a stud chain on him & he is still a hand full. He  just gets so 'out of it' when he's out of his 'comfort zone'.

OK, the reason for pairing these two up, is so we can watch & see if they will get along together, & if they do they will be put up on the back pasture. Bonnie has the Cody, the farrier, put front shoes on Billy, & so they will be in this front pen until Cody can come & pull his shoes & trim his feet.  Well, they are in the pen, Cokie stayed close to Linda R. but Billy is off & 'calling' & he went that way..........

Then he went this way...................

& then he went that way! He was all over that pen! Hollering the entire time!

He is quite vocal. He has a sad story too. Billy was boarded down south somewhere & his owner died. The family could not afford to pay the board, so.... the facility Stopped Feeding Him! The Daughter contacted Linda & Safe Haven rushed him in! He was pretty skinny when he arrived. He stole Bonnie's heart right off the bat, & when she looked up his tattoo & found out his registered name is Bonnie's Ole Boy, she was 'toast'! As we got to know Billy, it wasn't very long until we knew he has some Big Issues! I won't even go into what he does to Cody! Billy went to the Vet for blood work, teeth floating etc.......& we came home with psych drugs for him!!!!! OY VEY! Bonnie now buys supplements for him every month, one for his hooves & 2 Moody Mare!! that he gets in his grain at night!

Well, these two did settle down & we decided they would be able to go up on the back pasture & graze to their hearts content! Yeah, a nice change for them! They have been up there for a week or so now & all is well, & Miss 'Pepper' Ann has joined in the mix as she & Cokie  are quite close. Safe Haven Horse Rescue is a No Kill Shelter. We go on the Quality of Life as far as when to put a horse down. These two are a Prime Examples, just because they are Not adoptable or can be used in lessons, they are still healthy & happy & deserve to Live! They both do take treats quite nicely, so come on out & bring them a carrot! Just hand it to them from Over the fence!!!!!!  Hope to see you all soon, Linda C.