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.

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.

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.

Delta Dawn..what's that 902lbs...you've put on!!!!!!

December 18, 2009, was such a nice day, that Delta Dawn had her blanket off....So we weight taped her..........& the results were........... 902 lbs!!!!!......... Whooo Hooo! That is a weight gain of 67lbs since Nov! Delta Dawn is such a character! She is always alert & checking out what's going on!!The expressions she gets on her 'most beauteous face' is amazing!!!! She's looking at Linda & saying....." I know everyone is interested in my progress BUT cheeze! a girl's weight is kinda PRIVATE ya know!"

So she let us do the weight tape & stood very still. The results were 902 lbs! A total weight gain of 202lbs! since she was brought to Safe Haven Horse Rescue in Sept of '09!!! AWESOME!

Dang! here's the same pic!!! "/................like the scarecrow says,,,"if I only had a brain"!!!!

Delta Dawn's neck is now starting to fill in & her face has gained some weight too! The best part is; she is not as 'pointy' on the hips & butt as she was when we first met her!!!!!!

Delta Dawn is having a problem w/ her left back leg, Linda R. went Cottonwood Vet Clinic on Friday & talked w/ Dr. Gray about the leg. He believes that there is a good possibility that the X-rays will show on old untreated injury...that just might be 'fixable' w/ surgery! Dr. Gray has just returned from a conference, all about fetlocks!!!! Talk about timing!!!!!!
These pics are not the best......it was late afternoon....so the light wasn't the best....but you can kinda see the problem.
Here's the right side of Delta Dawn's body! She is losing that dreaded 'tea cup' syndrome! YEAH!!! Good shot of her 'not so bony' hip bone too.
BUTT SHOT!!!!! Can you see that the dip at the top is not so large now?
I like this pic the best of her body shot, as it shows how nicely she is coming along!

So after all the weight taping and the checking out of her leg........it was time for some fun w/ Linda & Drifter, our girl decided!!!! So Linda got 'sandwiched' in between horse heads as they said 'hello' to each other!!! As you can see Drifter has a had a nice roll in the MUD!!!

After a bit of 'sharing' nose breath w/ Delta Dawn........Drifter turned to me as if to say....Here's looking at you kid!!!! Or,,,all righty then...enough with the camera!!!!

Look at those awesome noses! Aren't they just the cutest!!!!! Safe Haven Horse Rescue is such a wonderful place! The work is hard & is never ending!, but the REWARDS are LARGE! Wish....... everyone could come out to Safe Haven & enjoy the horses! Today is Saturday & always a big day at Safe Haven Horse Rescue...so load up the kids, & the grandparents, & come on out & brush a horse!!!

Hope to see you soon!

Bye for now,

Linda C.

Safe Haven Horse Rescue is Here for Our Equine Friends

We are a group of people who care about horses and their quality of life. As a non-profit organization (501C-3 Corporation), we improve the lives of horses by providing a safe environment and teaching other people to provide safe environments as well. We offer the horses a life where there is trust and hope. We also participate in the removal of horses from neglectful and/or abusive situations. Through the efforts of Safe Haven Horse Rescue and Sanctuary, we care for the equine, by restoring health and well being and if possible placing them in loving, caring homes.

The facility is maintained through the donations of supporters, throughout the United States and Canada, and we encourage you to visit our Website and consider a donation or the "adoption" of one of happy tenents

History & Background

Linda Richards started Safe Haven in January of 1995. Linda would go to auctions and see mistreated and neglected horses. This broke her heart because she knew they deserved a better life including someone who would love them and care for them. That was the vision that brought Safe Haven to reality. She has been rescuing horses for since 1995 now and takes them in as space allows.
At the age of sixteen, Linda had a horse of her own. She became a veterinary technician and thought that she would always be able to live in harmony with "Sunny". As time went on she had to make the difficult decision to give up her horse. Luckily, she found someone who would not only love Sunny just as much as she did but also had enough time to spend with him. It was through that experience that Linda discovered there were other people going through the same predicament and she wanted to help them as her friend had helped her. This was the first hint that Linda had that she would be involved in horse rescue. Now, along with her volunteers, she finds time to feed and care for 20-25 horses.

This Blog will continue to be a Journal of progress in growing the Facility and give notice of New Guest and the progress of existing horse in our care and custody.

Patches welcoming a new Friend, Diamond