Thursday's PM feeding @ Safe Haven

Say Hello to Ebony! He is an Arabian & he is Black (so far anyway, wonder what his Summer coat color will be?) Linda R. has decided to put this guy on her magic Mush mixture. He's eating his hay & Barb will be back to feed him his mush when we're done feeding all the other horses, so she can stay & make sure the girls don't run him off of it! He's the low man in the pecking order!

This is Gypsy, the name that Cindi requested. So we have Ebony & Gypsy so far. Only the pregnant paint mare is in need of a name, & the foal after it's born of course! Barb gave Gypsy & Ebony a bath as it was 80+ degrees here in Cottonwood the other day, they had lot's of rain rot, so she gave them a betadine bath!

Look who's on CRUTCHES!!!  Yep you guessed it! Linda R. is on crutches as her foot is hurting almost too much to walk on! So she went for some X-rays & we're waiting on the results! I said she should have gone to the Vet, for the X-rays as she could have seen the results asap!!!! Linda also has some other stuff going on, but I will save that for the next blog!!! There's another 'energizer bunny' out at Safe Haven & that is Barb! She works from morning to night out at Safe Haven! Thanks for all you do too!!! She also has the great printing skills & makes the signs & labels for the pens & bins too! We're a family out at Safe Haven & would like to Welcome YOU too! Hope to see you Soon! 

Bye for now,
Linda C.

Ginger! When you gonna have that baby?????

Ginger, was in the arena on Sat. for some exercise, That she wasn't do much of........until, her pal Rumtata, showed up!!! Rummy decided that the two of them should play 'keep away' from Kathy & Steve!!!! Prego Ginger was 'hoofing it' pretty darn good there for awhile!!! But she is, as they say, 'ready to pop'! So we didn't want her to run too much!!!!

Finally, they gave up! & Steve brought Ginger out, & Kathy took Rummy to the hitching post for grooming. Ginger is a 'kill pen' rescue from Shirley Puga, & a few posts back, we told how Steve (Safe Haven's Horse Transporter) & Marlene, (Shirley's Horse Transporter) had to find out the hard way that Ginger was not halter broke, & DID NOT KNOW how to lead!!! So they backed her from Marlene's trailer into Steve's trailer! Steve says she road backwards the whole way home!!! Our little prego girl is back to her old tricks & doesn't want to go forward!!!! So Tracey, our Appy aficionado, is trying to lure her forward w/ a bucket!!! BUT Ginger says if there was sumptin' in that bucket, I might consider it!!! LOL!
Steve now decides to try the old standard & back her in!!!! Not working so well either!!!!!!!

So Bonnie joined in, to help. & finally with the two of them they succeeded in getting back in her pen!Steve is 'camping' out in his trailer this week, so he can keep an eye on Ginger &&& the other mare we have that is pregnant!!! Mello, a quarter pony, blue eyed, cremello/palomino paint! I'll do a blog on Mello soon! She's a cutie & very popular w/ My Granddaughter, Lydia, & Safe Haven Sponsors & Volunteers!!!

Will keep everyone up to date on the progression of the PREGO'S!!!!!!!

Bye for now,

Linda C.

Safe Haven horses receive their FLU VACCINE!

Saturday, 1/30/10 was a busy one! Safe Haven Horse Rescue was able to administer Flu Vaccine to all of our horses, due to the AWESOME GENEROSITY of YOU ALL!!! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! It's little MiniMe's turn & she said at this point; "I's not moving any farther! you can push on my butt 'till you lift it in the air BUT, I's got my front feet planted & I's Not Moving!!!" So since we couldn't get her any further, we gave her the vaccine, right where she had taken her stance!!!

Since was such a good girl she got a cookie for a reward!

Of course, just as Dr. Marta came out to help, it started to rain!!!!! Dr. Marta is meeting Owen, a T/B, w/ a 'sore' tendon, that is much better, cuz Bonnie has him under her wing too!! She LOVES her T/B's!!!!! I love the rain drop prisms in this pic!!!
Dr. Marta is getting our little Lizzie Anne ready for her vaccine! w/ the help from volunteer, Heather!Ready,.......... set,......DONE! Good Girl Lizzie Anne!!!

Poor T/B, Rummy said "WHAT! WHAT! YOU WANNA DO WHAT!"
After a few minutes, Rummy settled down & the vaccine was given!

It's amazing the horses, you think you will have a big problem with, sometimes surprise you, & take their medicine like a Mare!!!! This is Tracey's adopted Appy, Bailey. She is a kill pen rescue.

Sweet ole Denny, says; "Oh no you don't! I'm much taller than you two!!!!"

After a minute, she settled down, & let Linda R. give her the nasal vaccine!!!! Denny did have alot to say about all this!She said " whooo! ickyyyyyy, yukkkyyy,, it makes my lips lift up!!!!!"
Denny, is telling me, to tell YOU ALL; THANK YOU! for caring about ME! & for helping to buy all the vaccines, for me & all my equine friends!!! DENNY SAYS; "YOU ALL......ROCK!!!!

Seriously, SAFE HAVEN HORSE RESCUE, is Overwhelmed by all the support shown to our horses, & would like to say THANK YOU AGAIN & AGAIN!!!! We couldn't have done this without your support! THANK YOU, TO ALL NEAR & FAR, WHO HAVE SENT IN THEIR DONATIONS!

Safe Haven would like to Thank the Media coverage also! KRCR,News channel 7, KNVN,News channel 12. The Record Searchlight Newspaper, The Red Bluff Daily Newspaper, & The Anderson Post Newspaper! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

Safe Haven, would also like to tell Dr. Marta a HUGE THANK YOU!!!!!

Bye for now,

Linda C.

The Cost of Intranasal Vaccine for EQUINE Flu Outbreak!

In the midst of an Equine Flu Outbreak, here in Cottonwood, Ca. Shasta & Tehama counties, the cost of the Intranasal Vaccine, became a HUGE ISSUE, for Linda Richards, founder of, Safe Haven Horse Rescue! Of course, this all happened over the weekend when the Vet's office was CLOSED! So! first thing Monday morning Linda R. & Lisa C. were at Cottonwood Vet Clinic office to press Dr. Grey about the actual cost!

We paid $19.00 per vaccine, that price is for buying more than 10 at a time! $22.00 if you purchased less than 10, as of 1/23/10. It was pointed out to Safe Haven that our Very own Vet's website had the same nasal vaccine for $13.99! Linda R. was very upset, as we have 60 horses to vaccinate & wanted to know why, we being charge so much by our Vet! Dr. Grey & the office manager, explained that they did not think to tell us about the web site! They also explained that w/ the overhead at the clinic they could not offer the vaccine any cheaper!

Linda R. went home & got on the computer, & checked out the nasal vaccine on the vet's site & found out that Yes! they are offered at $13.99 per dose WITH a shipping & handling charge of $15.00 per every 10. Safe Haven Does Not have the Funds, to order all that we would need!

Our volunteer, Cori M. has a call into the manufacturer of the nasal vaccine, Intervet! The only problem we have is TIME! Since the outbreak is so rampant here in Cottonwood we can not wait for the wheels of a big corp. to turn! AS of last Friday, there was 70 horses sick & 3 have died!!! It's an airborne virus & TIME is of the essence!!!

We are working diligently to raise the funds needed to keep our Horses Safe from this virus! If you have sent a donation, THANK YOU! if you could send something PLEASE do. The PayPal button is on the side of this blog page. No amount is too small...We Know Times are Tough......Believe Me.......We Know!!!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

Linda C.

Just what was going on....you ask?

OK! Since you've asked......let me tell & show you, ALL...that went on......on Sat. 1-16-2010! It was a beautiful day & it all starts out with Greetings from.................CHARLEY!!!!! His pen is right across from the 'table gathering area' so he gets to see what goodies have been brought out by all the happy folks! Charley is actually flapping his mouth, as he wants more treats!!! You can almost tell by the funny shape of his mouth (behind his nostrils) He's a CHARMER! After greetings & sharing w/ Charley, there was cows!!!!! Our little dwarf cow Snickers has ESCAPED! & she is among Connie's cows out on the landfill...& we spent a good portion of the day, trying to round her up!!! (didn't werk)

There was; Horse BONDING! Juliette was getting the mud out of tail by her possible new Mom, Lisa C. OK! Cats out of the bag, but not set in stone yet, But YES this just might be Romeo's Juliette!!!! Will keep you posted on that!

There was; Working the kinks out in the round pen!!! Bonnie worked for awhile to see if she knew what to do in the round pen &&& she was pretty good......still needs some work tho....time will tell!
There was; LOVE! between Zipper and his Cori! Cori had put Zip out in the green grass area for fun!Zipper is telling Cori....I'm done in here ....let's do something else now!
There was; Talking to the Hand!!!! LOL!

There was; Handing the Camera over.......Lisa said Jeff, you take the camera I have a horse needing me!!!There was; I know you're taking my picture so I'll just hide behind Rummy going on! So that's all of Kathy's face you get to see!!! Nice pic of Denny too! She's so pretty! So's Rummy!
There was; Posing for pics going on! Zipper is just the perfect poser! Only problem w/ him is; fitting all of him in the picture!!!! He's so big! He's a T/B Percheron cross!!! PMU rescue!

There was; Riding the biggest horse at Safe Haven Horse Rescue......bareback going on!!! Cori just loves Zipper & they rode all over the ranch!
There was; I LOVE YOU ZIPPER! going on!!!

There was; Jumping instruction going on! Bonnie set up jumps for Holly to take her Lovey over as Lydia watched too.
There was; Perfect Jumping going on! Holly is such a beautiful rider! She is an inspiration for all the younger girls, at Safe Haven, & her rescued T/B Lovey, adopted from Safe Haven, is her bestest friend!

There was; Learning to Jump going on! Holly let Lydia ride Lovey, so she could work on her jumping technique, & not have to worry about what the horse will do, as Lovey is such a pro, that she is teaching Lydia too!

There was; Let's try jumping TWO this time going on!!! Holly is instructing Lydia over the two jumps in a row! Thank You Holly! Could have said; there was; Lydia being so awesome going on!!! (in case ya don't know, Lydia is MY Grand Daughter)

There was; let's roll in the wet arena sand going on! If this was a contest, I think Flower WON!!! POOR Bonnie!!!
There was; Let Us Humans pull these really heavy Rail Road Ties over to Romeo's pen to make his pen better going on!

There was; We CAN DO THIS...THRU THE MUD! going on!!!! Look Out! Cannonball! Heavy load coming thru!!!

There was; What the heck is making you Foam at the mouth Leo, going on! & why is your tongue sticking out? Are you licking your lips? going on!


There was; LOT'S OF 'GOO'......GOING ON!There was; Kenny asking IS ALL THAT GOO FROM THIS APPLE GOING ON!!!!! Is Leo OK? Kenny said; Apples don't make me do this!!!!!!

Well! Do you see all the fun you are MISSING? This is only ONE Saturday at Safe Haven Horse Rescue! We have fun filled, hard working, HORSEY FUN all the time!!!!!!! Hope to see YOU there Soon!!!!!! Safe Haven Horse Rescue.....3950 W. Anderson Dr. Cottonwood Ca, 96022!

Bye for now,

Linda C.

&....... the NEW....... ADOPTIVE MOM Is;............

Lisa Chadwick! She adopted Romeo! her first Horse Ever!!! Lisa is Sooooooooooo Happy! Look at that Happy Happy Face!!!!! Safe Haven Horse Rescue, met Lisa & Jeff, while having a hotdog fundraiser at Tractor Supply in Redding...............Thank You......Tractor Supply!!!!
Jeff, is giving Lisa a few pointers on how to ride Romeo, they are in the arena at Safe Haven.

& We're Riding!!!! Romeo is such a nice sweet gelding! Safe Haven Horse Rescue, saved this horse from being sent to Oregon, to the Safari place, to be slaughtered for Lion Food!!!!!!!!!! The former owner, got mad at him, when he kicked another mare she has, & even tho, she had bred this baby & had him for all these years, she was going to send him up there! Linda R. caught wind of this, & called the woman & arranged for him to be brought to Safe Haven. THANK GOD! Needless to say; she will not see us spending ANYMORE $'s at her store!!!!!!! Doesn't that just BLOW your socks off???? OK, enough said.......back to the Happy Stuff!!!Lisa told me, that as a child, when her parents took the family on road trips, that she would keep looking out the car window, just to see horses in the pastures!!! She got very excited when she did see some! So! now we are happy to say; Lisa can mark off on her To Do in My Life List; owning a horse!!! YEAH.........
What an awesome photo! Just look at that handsome 'Babydoll' head of his!!! Is he photogenic or what! Lisa & Jeff, have brought their friend, Michael K. out to Safe Haven also. As you have probably noticed on the pics that Michael has his 'watermark' on them as .......he & Lisa are, Both, Professional Photographers!!! The pictures that these two are taking of Safe Haven's horses & other critters are just phenomenal!!! Thank You to Both of them!
Lisa is a very Special Person, she has an adopted horse &&&&...she has....Four Adopted Children!!!!!

This is Romeo 'lovin' on Lisa's daughter, Selena, a very nice young Lady, who has the most perfect quietness about her, that all the horses just love to be close to her!!! They all just love to put their heads on her! I have one of her & Denny, that I will post on another blog! Cuz this is suppose to be about Lisa & Romeo...........but there is so many good things to share with you all about Lisa & her family & friends.......that I get carried away!!!!! "]

After, the grooming, the tacking up, the riding, the lovin's, it was time to put Romeo back in his pen, & Lisa & her son, Brandon, are taking him there! I just Love these kind of pictures! They are just too cool! I think there will be Another Story Soon about; Romeo.......Is that your........Juliet??? Can you guess??????

Bye for now,

Linda C.

Saturday @ Safe Haven Horse Rescue!

It was a very busy day at Safe Haven Horses Rescue, yesterday....lot's of horses were out in the arena for some much needed exercise!!! Addy had her turn to; run, buck,roll, & just stretch out those legs!!! After venting off some of that energy, Safe Haven Volunteer & Sponsor, Heather, took her for a ride! Addy is a gaited Morgan Mare, saved out of the kill pen at a Washington state feedlot! She is available for sponsorship! For the small amount of $65.00 a month you can sponsor her! The sponsorship $'s are the 'bread & butter' monies for Safe Haven, it all goes to help feed them & keep them well! Hope you too can be a Sponsor like Heather! Bailey was out for a romp in the arena too! She is also a kill pen rescue from a feedlot in Nevada! She has since been adopted by Volunteer, & Sponsor, Tracey!!! Bailey is a 7 year old Appaloosa Mare, & she loves her Mom, Tracey, they are 'buds'! Tracey is Safe Haven's Appy Aficionado!!! She also takes care of Ginger, who's a pregnant kill pen rescue Appy! Tracey is very good w/ those APPY'S! Actually she is a great asset to Safe Haven!

Little 6 month old,flashy, Lizzie Anne, was let out to run too! Her pen neighbor Diamond, is trying to keep up w/ this youngster, but he's having a heck of a time doin' it! See him 'bringing up' the rear back there? I named this picture " Lizzie Anne! STAGE RIGHT! TURN!!!!!" as she is no match for the barreling down the arena ......... Bailey!

Safe Haven Horse Rescue is the most wonderful place to be!!!! We offer riding lessons to children & adults, it's a good place to see just how serious your child is about owning a horse,as the lessons start from the ground up &&&& includes all the care for the horse &&& the scoopin' of the poop!!! One Mom found out in a quick 1/2 hour that her daughter's were not very serious about having a horse, if it involved keeping the pen clean!!!!! Safe Haven saved her from a 'problem'!

Hope to see you all soon! Bye for now,

Linda C.