Reno you're so shiny!

Bonnie & Penny gave little Reno a bath on Sat. He was VERY good, for his first bath! He's sweet as he can be! Little more work on that stance & he'd be ready for a halter class!!!!!!! We're having lot's of fun working w/ the three babies! Actually Safe Haven has five babies!!!! Lizzie Anne, Dusty's Destiny, Reno, Dreamer, & Shyanne!!!!!! Lot's & lot's of huggin' up & training in the future........any body want to help?......Safe Haven can always use more gentle hands! Volunteers are always needed & appreciated at SAFE HAVEN :) Bye for now, Linda C.

Want more COOKIES please!

This pretty nose belongs to Ginger!, the kill pen rescue from Shirley P. who was so very scared of people! She is begging for another cookie! Tracey has been working w/ her & has got a halter on her this week & worked her in her pen some, w/ leading her w/ a lead rope! Big strides for this beautiful Appy!!!!!! She has definitly figured out that people have cookies & are not TOO scary! Will keep you all posted on her progress. Bye for now, Linda C.

Shirley P..... you're an..... EQUINE ANGEL!!!!!!

Once again the lives of "6 horses" has been saved by Shirley P. Three feral mares were saved from a feed lot, they were heavey in foal, very under weight, & wild as can be! Shirley got them placed in a safe foster home until they had their babies, & the babes were old enough to be weaned. That all came to be sometime last week. The wild mares were all placed in sanctuaries where they will be able to live their lives out, just being horses, & the babies came to Safe Haven. The lightest colored baby is Reno, he's a boy, the one w/ the blaze is Dreamer, & the one w/ the circle is Cheyanne, they're girls. Our farrier Cody, has already done Reno & Dreamer's feet ( that was a rodeo) little Cheyanne didn't need hers done yet! Cheyanne is the most scared of the 3, it takes awhile to "catch" her But once you do she is so sweet! She actually likes to be touched & scratched, & she will snuggle with you & smell you :) Reno is very people friendly, & will come to the fence for lovin's, Dreamer is still a little stand offish but is sweet & is getting closer to the fence every day!

I'd like to THANK, Shirley & her support groups for once again working their "magic" for these beautiful creatures!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL!!!!!! Safe Haven Horses Rescue has received quite a few horses from Shirley, & we would like for you all to know that......we feel it a GREAT HONOR that Shirley places horses at our facility. It takes a village to save these horses & we are proud to be in the loop! Bye for now, Linda C.

Wolfie meets Dr. Gray

Wolfie is a new guy @ Safe Haven. His name is Wolfgang, so we call him Wolfie for short. He is a wonderful old guy, & his owner was very heart broken to have to place him w/ Safe Haven, but she is so very grateful that we were able to help Wolfie & her other 2 horses. Shelby has had Wolfie for a long time & she did hunter jumper on him, back in the day. She saved all their winnings & that is what put her thru college!!!! That's a WOW isn't it?
Linda R. Tracey,& Bonnie, took Wolfie to have his teeth floated, & Dr. Gray had to pull 3 of his teeth & he had a very big abcess........so as you can see by the pics, Wolfie was VERY groggie!Tracey got worried that he'd fall down so she gave him some x-tra support! Wolfie is back at Safe Haven & is strickly on "mush" & antibiotics so his abcess will heal this week. He is luvin' that mush very much! We will post more pics of him in the future.......front shots! so you all can see his handsome face!!!! Bye for now, Linda C.

Poem by Jim Gath/Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary

I found this poem will "cruising" around on the Alex Brown Forum & thought it worth sharing.

Ginger - a kill pen rescue,saved by Shirley & "crew"

Safe Haven's volunteer Tracey, who is quite the Appy gal, is in the pen w/ Ginger, coaxing her to take a cookie from her hand. Tracey has been taking care of Ginger & doing what she can to gain her confidence. She is not halter broke!!!! Marlene & Steve had quite the time getting her to transfer from Marlene's trailer to Steve's!!! Ginger did not want to leave the mares she had been with, & that's when they found out she wasn't even halter broke......so, necessity, being the mother of invention.......Marlene & Steve.....backed their trailers up to each other & finally got Ginger to transfer to Steve's!!!!!!! Needless to say they were both outraged at the fact no one ever did any type of training on this mare, just used her to make more babies :( What a shame it is that she has missed out on the joy of a relationship with a "kind" human. That will all changed now that she is at Safe Haven :) Our Tracey has adopted an Appy that came in on another "rescue" from Shirley a few months back, her name is Bailey. Tracey has worked really hard at bringing her up to be a good riding companion, & has a done a wonderful job w/ Bailey. I'd like to send out a huge THANK YOU to Shirley & her "crew" for all the fundraising & placing & delivering of all the ones they have saved from slaughter! The "crew" is all the helpful horsey lovin' people who donated to the cause, bumped for the cause, challenge each other for the cause, & finally saved all these beautiful creatures. YOU ALL "ROCK" Thanks for all that you all do!!!!!!!! Bye for now, Linda C.

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