Our Pasture Cam has been Spotted!
Colic Scare!
Molly gave us all a scare this weekend with an episode of colic. Luckily we caught it very early and she gradually recovered. Nothing worse than colic! We are very thankful that she’s doing well. Stay strong, Molly!
Happy St. Patricks Day!
Having Fun with the Ponies
I love the smiling faces and the curious little horses!
A Quiet Moment Between the Storms
A hour or so of relief from the rain and the ponies get to come out of their stalls and have lunch together! While they’re busy munching and socializing, stalls will be getting cleaned again for the storm barreling down on California later this afternoon and throughout the night. So far we only have a few big puddles and are as ready as we can be for the atmospheric river that should be making itself known in a couple hours. Fingers crossed and be safe!
Two Friends Enjoying a Beautiful November Day
It just warms our hearts to see Magic all buddied up with Mouse. Just enjoying the day, no fear, no worries - just spending time mutually grooming - they really enjoyed the moment!
It has taken Magic quite a while to accept this contact, even with other horses. He has participated in pasture life but always watching and always on the edge. This is a huge step in his feeling comfortable with his life in the herd and in the sanctuary environment.
Everyone needs a best friend and it looks like Magic has found one!
Big Vet Day for Magic!
Our newest arrival Magic was introduced to out amazing vets from VIP Equine today, and he did just great! We have been checking off on his to-do list and so far … his dental is complete (one troublesome incisor but otherwise all was good), his vaccines are almost completed, and he has been trimmed! Oh, and a fecal egg count and worming. We’re weighing hay and grains and our vet is very happy with his weight! Magic was up and about and back to his normal self with no problems within a couple hours. Chewing good, no vaccine reactions and cute little hoofs. He is settling a little more every day and is enjoying life with his herd. We all just love him! (But Magic loves LuLu the best!)
Waiting for the sedation to kick in.
A huge thank you to our amazing vets at VIP Equine - thank you so much for working with such compassion on our little guy Magic. As always, you’re awesome!
If you’re in our area and looking for an incredible veterinary team please check them out!
https://www.vip-equine.com/ourteam
Hiding in the Trees
Sunny's Nibble Net Technique
Sunny came back to Blue Horse Rescue in March 2022. She completed two months of a training restart with Wild Heart Restart Ranch and has done an amazing job. Sunny is up to date on all vaccines, fecal egg counts and worming, and her dental. Hoofs have been done on a regular schedule (a challenge for our girl) and Sunny is now ready for a home to call her own. She’s a very special pony needing a very special person. If you’re that person, you can learn more about Sunny on her adoption page - bluehorserescue.org/sunny
This was truly an amazing visit with Sunny! Our first visit involved no touching, no recognition/rememberance of our early two years together, … no nothing! Just total drama. Today, I was allowed therapeutic touch all over, including her hind legs from hip to hoof, was allowed to lift front hoofs - this is huge! Did not purse the hind only because I didn’t want to start something I couldn’t see thru. Sunny’s progress has been amazing! Where’s that perfect person for her? Sunny has so much she wants to share with the right person! Where are you?
Fun in Our New Pasture!
Yay! We’re out In the new turnout and it’s great! We’ve been watching the new pasture being built since March and are all so happy to be out and enjoying it.
Many thanks to D’Arcy, Ken, Todd and Ina for their hard work to give us more space to explore!
We love it!
6 am Morning Feed at Blue Horse Rescue
Peaceful, beautiful and quiet.
So what Little Critter is this Walking across our Pasture in the Middle of the Night?
I’m hoping raccoon …. please!
Of course the cameras decided to save their battery power and not record it! Even though it was right smack in front of them !!! These little tracks were heading straight for the water trough. If raccoon, do I need to vaccinate for Lepto? Thoughts?
Update: Two nights later we caught the little trespasser on camera and under cover of darkness he crept under the gate and headed straight for the water trough.
He left the water very muddy but I bet his food was really clean!
Round Pen Day!
Very exciting day for Blue Horse Rescue - our round pen is going up again and pony training will begin! This is a day we have been looking forward to for a long time; we’ve really missed playing with the ponies. Now we can begin building a pedestal, teeter-totter, bridge and all the other fun stuff to play on! A huge thank you goes out to D’Arcy’s amazing family who gave up a day of their vacation to come up to the rescue and help out - thank you from our hearts - both human and horse!
Things to Do on a Very Hot Night
Mouse’s ‘How-To Get Thru a Very Hot Summer Night’ Video …
empty your water bucket at the far end of the run
slowly roll your bucket up the run to your stall making sure to bang it into the panels as many times as possible - this will buy you points
carefully inspect the bucket for future game potential
ignore the bucket and have a quick snack
once re-energized commence to rolling the bucket around the stall, being sure to bang it into the stall walls as many times as possible for additional points
repeat this technique at regular intervals
you have won the game when the human shows up and removes the bucket from your stall
