Our Lovely Senior Grace

It was a beautiful sunny December day and perfect for a mini road trip to check in on BHR senior mare Grace. Grace spends her days with a herd of three other senior mares enjoying their companionship and the wide open space of a very large pasture to roam around in. Grace is a very people friendly and sweet girl who enjoys attention and lots of pets. She is kind and gentle and very curious. Once she decides your energy is good, she will follow you and stick close for more attention. It was actually challenging to get some pics of her from a distance as she sticks so very close!

I wish Grace and her herd were closer so I could see them more often but Grace is in good hands with her foster mom who is actually an equine vet. Many thanks from all of us at BHR for taking such great care of this sweet senior.

And here’s what Grace really thinks of all the pics! :)

Mouse Goes Exploring !

Or more appropriately, Curious George Goes Camping!

All joking aside, Mouse did a really good job going for a walk this afternoon - he walked next to me without shouldering in like he tends to, he wasn’t dragging behind or breezing forward and he felt connected. He was curious so we stopped and checked out a lot of stuff along the way. Tarps? No problem! Just bite it and walk on it! Wooden blocks? Sniff it and step up on it! All the other stuff that D’Arcy had was also super interesting! Mouse even hung out at the Air Stream for a while. And the very best thing : Mouse is starting to understand the Friendly Game with the Carrot Stick! He doesn't feel the need to fly around at high speed quite so much. (It can be challenging to ‘unlearn’ the lunge routine and whip.) But, our little guy is learning! It was a good day and I’m very proud of him :)

Next will be Molly!

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!

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

Don’t worry about me going thirsty. There’s another bucket inside my stall and it’s full of fresh, clean water!

Magic Relaxes Under the Trees

Enjoying the day and relaxing under the trees is the best therapy in the world for our sweet little guy Magic - this is great to see!

Hoping to Find a Special Home for Our Special Girl Sunny

A wonderful day with Wild Heart Restart and the amazing opportunity to showcase Sunny at their Mustang Showcase event. Fingers crossed for a great home for Sunny! Sunny is a very sweet and special girl!

We Have a New Little Pony - Meet Magic!

We’re very happy and excited to welcome Magic to our new rescue location in Crockett, CA! We look forward to working and playing with him and helping him on his journey to life with lots of space to play and hang out with his new herd. Welcome, Magic!

July 4th at Blue Horse Rescue

Happy 4th of July everyone - be safe!

So, while I spent the last year manifesting that everyone surrounding us would play nice and not set off fire works, you see how well that worked for me, the horses have all been quietly adjusting to life in a heavily urbanized area where police sirens, fire trucks, dirt bikes, loud cars, helicopters, trains and planes are the normal sounds. Not to mention extremely heavy winds throughout the year. But never would I have thought that they would all be calm and sensible with the July 4 fireworks going on. I can only think that as it built up the week before hand they gradually adjusted to it. I wish I had a secrete plan to share, but I don’t. Somehow it just worked out and all were sensible and safe. Pretty amazing! But, … just to be on the safe side I’ve already began manifesting a quiet July 4th in 2023. I’ll let you know how that goes!