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HHH Rescue origin 2005.
A Texas Non Profit 501 (c) (3) organization effective since 2006!
100% of ALL DONATIONS go to horses in need.
THANK YOU for YOUR much needed support!
2012: An average of 50 rescued horses reside at Happy Horse Haven.
ABSOLUTELY YES-we provide IRS receipts for your donation.
This is an ALL VOLUNTEER rescue, rehab, re-home, or sanctuary.
OUR 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!
OUR WEBSITES:
Our websites and other ways to learn about HHH Rescue & other projects we are involved in. is a description of ALL of our projects & websites on one easy to read site.
www.hautehorseyhabits.org
is a site for our national fund raiser featuring equine fine art apparel by Texas artists Laurie Justus Pace.
www.horseshaveheart.com
GIFT with DONATION site for all fund raisers:
1.) Rescued horse photos on blank note cards.
a.) Expressive Eyes (tw0 sets)
b.) Equine message cards set.
2.) Haute Horsey Habits T-shirts, coordinated caps, & cards.
3.) Horse Rescue Faces deck of playing cards.
*** 100% of ALL PROFITS goes to help horses!! ***
1.) Rescued horse photos on blank note cards.
a.) Expressive Eyes (tw0 sets)
b.) Equine message cards set.
2.) Haute Horsey Habits T-shirts, coordinated caps, & cards.
3.) Horse Rescue Faces deck of playing cards.
*** 100% of ALL PROFITS goes to help horses!! ***
www.horserescuefaces.com
Site featuring the deck of playing cards fund raiser with photographs of 77 rescued horses. A different horse picture on every card + 4 bonus funny jokers.
1.) Heart
2.) Diamond
3.) Club
4.) Spades
Each page tells the story of each horse picture used for each card.
This site lists our over 100 published articles & 50+ photos on natural alternative for horses. A "Gift for donation" book is planned to feature all articles pending publishers support. 100% of all proceeds go to horses in need.
This site offers our fund raiser items to "OTHER" non profits @ $1.00 over our cost to help them raise money for their own rescue organizations.
1.) Heart
2.) Diamond
3.) Club
4.) Spades
Each page tells the story of each horse picture used for each card.
This site lists our over 100 published articles & 50+ photos on natural alternative for horses. A "Gift for donation" book is planned to feature all articles pending publishers support. 100% of all proceeds go to horses in need.
This site offers our fund raiser items to "OTHER" non profits @ $1.00 over our cost to help them raise money for their own rescue organizations.
https://www.facebook.com/sharifrederick1
To view extensive HHH Rescue photos please look us up as:
Shari Frederick on Facebook. View extensive RESCUE photos to include "some" individual horse background, skills & 100's of pictures + training, bomb proofing & adoptions.
Shari Frederick on Facebook. View extensive RESCUE photos to include "some" individual horse background, skills & 100's of pictures + training, bomb proofing & adoptions.
*** Facebook updates are also shown on this page below***
ANNOUNCEMENTS: listed "by month"
JANUARY 21, 2012
YEA!!! 3 colts (from our Seagoville TX emergency rescue) traveling to perfect, responsible forever homes today. All to be vetted, loved, gelded appropriately (within 1 yr), trained & will be future riding partners for the adoptive families.
JANUARY 18, 2012
2 fillies (from our Grossbeck, Tx stray seizure re-homing effort) arrived in their new forever home in Lexington, Texas. THANK YOU Verna for opening your home & your heart to these deserving horses. (HHH Rescue received no fee for assisting the rescue & placement of these deserving horses.)
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Older announcements are being moved to another page and we will have a link to them here as soon as possible.
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Older announcements are being moved to another page and we will have a link to them here as soon as possible.
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5 OLD TIMERS STARTED IT ALL:
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. November 2010. Rooster is on the chunky side, but lovable as ever. He has a girlfriend (of a year). Her name is Daisy May. She is a 27 year old "cougar" but Rooster seems smitten all the same.
NEW YEARS RESCUE of 27 TEXAS HORSES
This is Ms. Sassy Pants, a beautiful long lashed young wild mare. Late in 2007 it was brought to my attention that a heard of 27 horses was being sold to slaughter. Oddly, these horses were not 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 and fortunately many were pre-adopted sight unseen. The remaining heard 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 giving the name Equinox (Equi for short) because he was born on the calendar day of the vernal Equinox. Another horse from the heard, 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 playing card "back" of the Help Horses Heal deck of cards. See fund raising products.) November 2010 Ms Sassy is being considered as a pasture pal for a donkey named Andy. Equinox is gelded, halter broke, trailer trained and pad/saddled ready - just waiting for his forever home. Cherokee has had round pen time and has had a halter on. He is still wild, (more scared of humans than anything), but still a good age to be trained by an experienced trainer and will make a marvelous trail horse.
This is Ms. Sassy Pants, a beautiful long lashed young wild mare. Late in 2007 it was brought to my attention that a heard of 27 horses was being sold to slaughter. Oddly, these horses were not 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 and fortunately many were pre-adopted sight unseen. The remaining heard 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 giving the name Equinox (Equi for short) because he was born on the calendar day of the vernal Equinox. Another horse from the heard, 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 playing card "back" of the Help Horses Heal deck of cards. See fund raising products.) November 2010 Ms Sassy is being considered as a pasture pal for a donkey named Andy. Equinox is gelded, halter broke, trailer trained and pad/saddled ready - just waiting for his forever home. Cherokee has had round pen time and has had a halter on. He is still wild, (more scared of humans than anything), but still a good age to be trained by an experienced trainer and will make a marvelous trail horse. NORTH DAKOTA RESCUE of 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 North Dakota to Texas) was near death due to long term neglect. This sorrel, whom I later named Navjo 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 and 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 signes of Maverick's being adopted over a year - he was gelded. November 2010: the two mares we adopted out are doing well. Each went to have healthy foals. One pair is still in Brownwood, the other in New Mexico.
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 North Dakota to Texas) was near death due to long term neglect. This sorrel, whom I later named Navjo 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 and 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 signes of Maverick's being adopted over a year - he was gelded. November 2010: the two mares we adopted out are doing well. Each went to have healthy foals. One pair is still in Brownwood, the other in New Mexico.WHAT ALL RESCUES DREAM OF ... the PERFECT MATCH:
Universally ALL RESCUES desire to place horses in a safe, loving forever home that encourages the horse's 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 4-H 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 softhearted intelligent horse. Dixie & Lacey are a wonderful reminder of the potential in ALL HORSES when given a CHANCE to live, learn & be loved! **We have been unable to communicate with this family over the past year. Nov 2010 Dixie is in good shape. We check up on her visually at least two times a year based on an agreed upon contract whereby we follow up to make sure any adoptive continues to be cared for. We also have a clause that allows return of an animal to assure no HHH animal ends up at slaughter.
Universally ALL RESCUES desire to place horses in a safe, loving forever home that encourages the horse's 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 4-H 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 softhearted intelligent horse. Dixie & Lacey are a wonderful reminder of the potential in ALL HORSES when given a CHANCE to live, learn & be loved! **We have been unable to communicate with this family over the past year. Nov 2010 Dixie is in good shape. We check up on her visually at least two times a year based on an agreed upon contract whereby we follow up to make sure any adoptive continues to be cared for. We also have a clause that allows return of an animal to assure no HHH animal ends up at slaughter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We will be adding our Priority Needs & Wish List Items to this area soon.
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We will be adding our Priority Needs & Wish List Items to this area soon.
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