Texas Equine Support Happy Horse Haven Rescue

HAPPY HORSE HAVEN

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Rescue origin 2005. A 501 (c) (3) organization effective 2006.

CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF OUR DONORS, NEW VOLUNTEERS, & HORSEY FRIENDS.
WE HAVE LEARNED WHAT REAL FRIENDSHIP IS IN YOUR CONTINUED "WITHOUT STRINGS" GIVING OF TIME & SUPPORT TO THE HORSES!
Anyone wishing to view more photos of the rescue & horses please look us up as : Shari Frederick (on Face Book)

January 2010
Please welcome SWEETHEART, Sr. neglected & abused mare, arriving any day to receive rehab & a forever home @ HHH Rescue.
THANK YOU to GLYNN SYDNEY for her Biofeedback session donations for Dreamer & Sweethearts rehab.
Zephyr's Garden sent us a GENEROUS DONATION of totally healthful supports for the horses & for adoptive families.
Many thanks, also to Wynne Davis for our introduction to Georgette (owner) of Zephyr's Garden
& her donation as well! (Both are our new Face Book friends)

December:

Please welcome beautiful & willing, but sadly malnourished, Spirit (28) & Dreamer (30) to our HHH RESCUE forever home!

We had a heartwarming New Years Eve adoption & pick up of BO...just in time for CHRISTmas!
WOW! The Thompson family donated & built a 4 stall shelter (with feed room) for the rescue.
THANK YOU to Mr Bruce Dailey for his $1,000 donation!
We were very proud to receive requests for our fund raiser cards to be mailed out as Christmas gifts.
AWESOME! Three rescues purchased our cards & made money to pay bills for their own rescues!
We ask for a donation of only $1 over cost to assist other rescues (so they can make money for their own needs). We have received donations for over 300 decks so far, & are available in California, Arizona, Oregon, Missouri, Texas, & Massachusetts!

November:
-We have been approved as a 501c3 by the IRS!
-We cannot THANK the Thompsons enough for their generous & MUCH NEEDED donation of 20 round bales, as well as the team work of volunteer Stephen (along with Jim & David) for loading & hauling the bales!

-Our first fund-raiser HORSE RESCUE FACES.com
a unique deck of cards featuring 7 7 RESCUED HORSE photos & 4 BONUS " Just Horsin' Around" JOKERS!!) has been launched!
-We are excited to be working with other horse rescues nationally, as well as a national non profit who will be using the card decks for educational purposes with autistic children & adults.
-A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to ONSHORE QUALITY CONTROL SPECIALISTS for their very generous donation & sharing of 100 decks!

*Deserving horses Luna, Scout & TY are scheduled to move to their PERFECT FOREVER home possibly this month once their NEW barn is completed.
**We can't wait to tell you all about our new 80 foot long senior SHELTER (made from 100% re-used wood, tin & telephone poles), as well as our new ENTRY made from a neighbors cleared cedar trees, rock & succulents off the rescue property.

OCTOBER
-Beautiful loads of alfalfa were loaded, hauled, unloaded & DONATED to the rescue by the Thompson family!
-TY, (owner surrender gelding) has been adopted. -Beautiful Chloe is being considered for adoption for a sweet little girl. We are very excited about this possibility. Also, -Please Welcome volunteers Lauren, Cat & Sherri to the rescue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to Julie for hand delivering feed to the rescue, as well as her generous regular donation of sunflowers to the seniors! Yum! They love sunflower seeds!
*We have been contacted by our appointed IRS agent about our 501C3 & patiently wait for our final approval!

JULY:

Adoptions: Doc & foals: Scout & Cat Ballou (now named Luna)

7/26Please help us welcome deserving BeBe, formerly abused, then rescued, now relocated former English riding mare to the rescue.

We are thrilled to announce a successful 7/27 auction rescue of 3 mounted police horses from Dallas. This was truly a team effort. A young autistic child's family has adopted one horse & a family of 5 has adopted one horse & is on their way to adopting 4 horses over the next month or so. Additionally we coordinated with a Polo club in Austin to receive 2 A&M polo horses being auctioned off 7/30. Both the Dallas Police Dept. & A&M university had to sell via public auction-a difficult setting to protect horses, but grace was on our side & these 2 auctions were successfully executed to place all horses involved. NONE went to slaughter.

In early July , after receiving a call from a nearby humane society, we will be providing a home for 2 deserving horses who were
seized by Animal Control, starved & neglected. (Help us welcome 12 yr old RED (gelding) & 21 yr old MOLLY (hard of hearing & may be going blind in one eye).

JUNE ADOPTIONS:

WALKER REBA RITA

See Mares & Foals page for pictures of these NEW PAINT FOALS-all THREE beautiful & HEALTHY !

3-26-2009 APHA PMU (F) FOAL BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
3-31-2009 AQHA PMU (M) FOAL BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
4-3-2009 AQHA PMU (F) FOAL BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ADOPTED!

...plus Learn about our up coming NEW PROGRAMS:
(100% of the profits will go to the rescue for equine needs)

& YOGA
See the Contact Us page for more information.

OOUR STORY:

In 2005 I ran across a large herd of horses whose numbers were dropping slowly within the herd, periodically & mysteriously (so it seemed at the time), horses would die due to unknown causes. Knowing that unexplained things do happen to horses, I did not pursue the matter further. Over time the death toll rose & I became even more suspicious. In my personal investigation, it was clear a "mixed herd" was being fed daily (so they said), but only once a day in one spot. Over 50 horses (of mixed age, health, & hierachy had to fight among themselves for feed. Those of you who really care about the well-being of horses know survival of the fittest rules in the horse world! Although I brought the need to separate the herd into more appropriate groups (at the very least for feeding), my desires were ignored. Sadly more horses died (mostly from sheer starvation & neglect). Included among the deaths was a horse dear to me: Bobby Sock Doc (son of Doc Bar pictured with me-above. I played bugle on Bobby's back. He proudly led us safely in "charge", or the "call to mess" (gather for lunch). Too little too late, I insisted they care for the more emaciated & Sr horses immediately. To my surprise I was told "you care so much-you take 'em", so I did. Due to the age & health of these particular horses, they still remain here at Happy Horse Haven (the rescues name as it became the following year). Almost all of the horses at Happy Horse Haven Rescue are adoptable to qualifying competent, loving, caring families. All adoptive families become a part of the HHH family & are contacted periodically every year for photos & updates, even visited in person. An adoption contract is signed which includes a declaration that no horse will be knowingly sold to slaughter. Even a "return clause" is included when horses can no longer be cared for, as well as an "upon death" clause to designate where the horse goes at that time. Every measure is taken to provide for a healthy, happy & safe future for adoptive Happy Horse Haven Rescued horses!

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This is Rooster, a hard keeper (their description-not mine). He came from the original herd I tried to save back in 2005. Rooster is a Palomino. Not a more loving horse will you find. He follows you around, stares in-or opens- the back door if he wants to encourage a hand out of carrots & apples. Regardless of a bribe, out comes a big 'ole slurpy tongue. Rooster will literally lick you like a dog. When he arrived he was about 700 lbs. Due to his shaggy wintertime coat the total skin & bone skeleton was not quite as apparent until warmer weather encouraged a very slow shedding of his coat. Rooster has a cresty neck & is insulin intolerant. He is a blessing & has improved over the years to 1,000 pounds now, with minimal feeding. He is loved by all & is a favorite for short rides. He is like a man with a tall hat when you put a saddle on him-he becomes the leader of the ride. Once the saddle is off, he goes back to lowest in the pecking order yet always high among humans!!! Happy Horse Haven is Roosters forever home.

NNEW YEARS RESCUE of 27 TEXAS NHORSES:

This is Ms. Sassy Pants, a beautiful long lashed young wild mare. Late in 2007 it was brought to my attention that a herd of 27 wild horses was being sold to slaughter. Oddly, these horses were not old or sick, just unwanted. The owner couldn't keep them & wanted a fast way out. This was my first "eye opening exposure to the senseless slaughter of sound horses". How could anyone slaughter young healthy horses?? Of course I became involved in the rescue. At New Years, momentum was rallied for adoption & fortunately many were pre-adopted sight unseen. The remaining herd was brought to Happy Horse Haven. In a few brief weeks due to local newspaper exposure & support from the community, 8 were adopted out, with 4 more over time as well. Only one was not adopted-the young mare whom I named Ms. Sassy pants. She gave birth to Equinox (the foal featured on the "About Us" page). He was given the name Equinox (Equi for short) because he was born on the calendar day of the vernal Equinox. Another horse from the herd, a wild stud (whom we quickly gelded along with the other studs), was a stand out because of his gorgeous markings. He was immediately adopted & desired by many. Time passed & he was never picked up so he still remains at Happy Horse Haven Rescue. I later named him Cherokee. He is, again, up for adoption. (Cherokee is the horse featured on every card "back" of the Help Horses Heal deck of cards. See fund-raising products.)

NNORTH DAKOTA RESCUE
Nof NINE REGISTERED HORSES:

This registered pregnant APQH mare, arrived from North Dakota. She is a unique Cremello. Later giving birth to a sweet registered buckskin foal, this deserving mare still resides at HHH. In 2008, Cremello was 1 OF 7 registered pregnant mares headed for slaughter, along with 2 registered studs. Only 2-4 horses were to remain at HHH, but due to economics & the need for safe re-cooperation, the entire herd stayed. Sadly upon arrival, one sorrel mare (who had dropped 3 times on the ride from N. Dakota to Texas) was near death due to long term neglect. This sorrel, whom I later named Navajo Red, is now perfectly healthy & back to full weight. HHH found loving homes for 2 of the pregnant mares. Both had world champion background & both later gave birth to registered healthy foals.(Me Me & Thor). All 4 healthy horses reside within 30 miles of HHH. The remaining mares, foals & stud are available for adoption. *Note: The stud is a registered 13 year old paint. He has laminitis. We are trying to keep him in tact for his safety & to retain his working value in hopes of adoptive interests. I named him Maverick & he is gentle & very sweet. He was severely neglected, but has made 100% improvement in his favor-both mentally & physically! His foals are noticeably outstanding. (See Sargeant Major under foals.) HHH's policy is to geld studs, so after no signs of Maverick's being adopted over a year-he was gelded.

hWhat ALL RESCUES DDREAM OFF
...the PERFECT DMATCH:

Universally ALL RESCUES desire to place horses in a safe, loving forever home that encourages the horses growth and enhances their life experiences. Occasionally that pairing is PERFECT..the horse is willing and has the ability to learn, as well as desires to please their new caretaker. In early 2008 supportive grandparents "Leon & Jill Meredith, took a chance on a 3 year old WILD FILLY whom they later named DIXIE. Dixie was to be a surprise for their grand-daughter Lacey. No one could have hoped for a better outcome. Accomplished trainer, but a bit rusty, Grandpa Leon immediately began training Dixie. It took less than 2 months to train her, and in less than 4 months Dixie & Lacey were winning ribbons at 4H camp. Everyone was astounded that Dixie, a WILD FILLY, had come so far so quickly! The two have continued to bond & learn "together" as a team, yet even younger siblings are carefully carried by this soft-hearted intelligent horse. Dixie & Lacey are a wonderful reminder of the potential in ALL HORSES when given a CHANCE to live, learn, & be loved!

Need to drop off a horse?

*Under written agreement ONLY, signed, dated & with a 3rd party witness: All horses dropped off at HHH will be accepted ONLY as 100% property of HHH from that day forward. No exceptions.

*NO adoptive candidate will be approved to adopt an HHH horse who has any history of animal abuse, or documented to consider euthanasia of a healthy horse. Period. Any association with slaughter will disallow adoption as well.
*No horse will be removed from HHH without a written signature from both HHH & the receiving party.
*HHH reserves the right to refuse any person on the property, as well as has the right to deny adoption, or removal of an animal from the premises.