Deena has RAIN ROT!!! & it's hard to look at!

Dee, & Debbie, came out to Safe Haven Horse Rescue, on Wednesday, April 8 2010, & they are now focusing on, DEENA, (since Charley is @ Summer Camp), they took her out of her pen & tied her up to the 'new' hitching post!, started to groom her, Linda R. came up & showed them that Deena, had a FUNGUS, called Rain Rot! Linda had them put on gloves, & showed them how to get the infected hair off of her, & after they did that, Linda brought out the Fung-a-Way spray, as it was still, too cold to give her a bath.........................Lisa Chadwick, showed up & took these pictures!!! The next pic, shows the 'rain rot' after her grooming! It is shocking!

It's very shocking!!!!! As if being Emaciated wasn't enough!!!! Makes ya wonder, wonder, wonder! WHY & HOW COULD YOU?
Thanks to Dee, & Debbie for taking care of Deena & making her more comfy! After they applied the Fung-a-way, they let Deena graze on some nice yummy green grass! Yeah! Safe Haven would like to THANK EVERYONE, who is helping us w/ this beautiful Mare.
Bye for now,
Linda C.

Sessie.......on Sat. 2/20/10

Sessie, was out in the arena for a little romp! She stopped long enough for me to take her picture tho! She is sooo pretty, & is doing much better!! Here's a picture of her poor skinny body! She has put some weight on...but she has a long way to go!!!

While she was in the arena, she noticed that Candy was 'cruising' close to the gate of her pen!!!! &&& Sessie said "Oh no you don't!! You stay out of my pen Girlie!!!" Sessie, was in the arena when Onyx, the 3 year old Arabian, came flying by (too close for comfort) & OUR SESSIE! Let him have it! w/ a firm kick to his side!!! She does Not Stand for any of that rough housin' stuff!

After putting Onyx in his place, Bonnie took her out of the arena, & brought her down to the hitching post for some grooming, & Sessie got to meet Lovie!!!! (who just might become her Sister!) Holly, has called 'dibs' on Sessie!!!! (all depending on her recovery of course) Holly adopted Lovie, after she 'recovered' from being emaciated.......Lovie was 400lbs underweight when she came to Safe Haven Horse Rescue! SO! the current 'phase' at the ranch is adopting two horses of the same color!!! Bonnie has her chestnut T/B mares, Flower & Toni, Lisa w/ her Romeo & Juliette, both QH bays! & then Holly w/ her T/B bay girls!!! SWEET!
Sessie loved all the grooming attention from Bonnie, who knows how to do a very intensive 'clean up' grooming job!!!!
Here's another picture of Sessie's body about half way thru being groomed. I think she has gained weight! The plan was to weight tape her yesterday....but....there was so much going on...that we forgot to do that!!! I will post it as soon as we do that! OK! I am back & editing this post to say; Sessie now weighs 888lbs!!!!! WHOOOHOOO........Linda R. has just called me , to say they weight taped her today Sunday Feb 21,2010 She has gained: 38lbs.......so far!!!!!

Safe Haven Horse Rescue, would like to THANK EVERYONE for all the donations given to help us, help this awesome horse!!! She is so kind & gentle................... & even if she wasn't........... she did not deserve to be treated like she was!!! Thank You All Again!

Bye for now,

Linda C.

EXCESSORIZED.......ARRIVES!!!!!

On, Monday, Feb.8,2010.....the Contra Costa County Animal Control, brought this beautiful, 5 year old,T/B mare, called Excessorized, to Safe Haven Horse Rescue. They had seized her from her previous owners sometime in January, & after reviewing many places to 'place' her they chose Safe Haven, as the best place for her!

Linda R. estimates that she needs about 300lbs. She will weight tape her today & we will post asap. After her long ride up to Safe Haven, she needed to rest & settle in before we started 'fussin' w/ the weight tape! She definitely has the 'TEA CUP SYNDROME'!!!! She is a TALKER! & she LOVES PEOPLE, she will follow you around & chit chat w/ you the whole time!!!! Just BOGGLES your MIND, as to HOW CAN THEY LET HER GET IN THIS CONDITION!!!

Makes us very sad, that this beautiful creature has to find her way back to good health! Contra Costa Animal Control did blood work on her & found she had a slight infection & has put her on antibiotics for awhile. We are continuing the feeding program that they have been using & will introduce supplements to her diet slowly IE; Linda's Miracle Mush, Cocosoya Oil, & Probiotics, etc.....

Excessorized, is a registered T/B with the Jockey's Club. I will post more about her history as we find it out. Excessorized, strolled around the arena, & stretched her legs after her arrival, had some lunch, & checked out her new surroundings. She met Linda R, Cindi & Wade,Tracey, Ryan, yesterday, & will meet the rest of us all by Saturday! We have to think of a shorten version of her name..... SO....we're thinking about calling her Cessy. What do you think? Cessy is all comfy cozy in her new HOME, she is in our beloved Delta Dawn's high necked blanket, & looks awesome in the red halter, & has lot's of shavings on her mats in her shelter, & FOOD in her box!! What more can ya ask? Oh, almost forgot, Cody, Safe Haven's Awesome Farrier, will be out today to do her feet!!! YEAH!!!!!!...your gonna be Stylin' Baby Girl!!!!!!

Linda R. reports that you can hear her chew, just like the 400lb underweight mare, Lovey, the day she arrived!!! Proof that she just wasn't being fed!!! Lovey is a success story & we are confident that Cessy will be too!

Volunteer Workday is this Saturday!!!! Come on out & meet the newbie, Cessy!!!!! give some treats, give some pets & hugs, do some 'scooping' & have some lunch!!! 3950 w. Anderson Dr. Cottonwood Ca.!!!! Hope to see you there!!!!

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.