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Beauty's Haven Farm & Equine Rescue
Where Life Begins, Again!
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If you see an angel under a horse's picture someone has
volunteered to angel
that horse! A horse can have more than one angel. To learn more about being a horse angel, a
great
way to help a
horse in need, visit our
"Equine
Angels"
page.
*Photos
not to be copied without permission.
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March 2007: Magic, a 9 year old Arabian arrived.
You can tell he has a huge heart and is longing to trust humans again.
Sadly,
Magic has been abused mentally and physically. Beaten with a 2 x
4, used in the Mexican sport of "horse tripping," and used as
a teaser stallion, he's had a very hard life. Now that he's here,
safe, his life will begin again. He'll learn to know kindness and
love and he'll never know an unkind hand again.
He arrived with lumps, bumps, bruises, scars, and what appear to be rope
burns. But he is very much alive and vibrant at times. At
other times he retreats into his own world and looks very sad. He will need
quite a bit of time to learn to trust humans again but we will work with him as
long as it takes.
Click on Magic's picture to the right and you will be taken to his page
where you can keep up with him and how he is progressing.
Magic is quite the horse - I wish I could read his mind! I do
enjoy working with him and he usually greets me with a loud whinny. It's awesome when he
stands tall and proud and lets out a huge whinny - the whole
neighborhood stops and listens! He wants to trust. It's sad
what has been done to him by humans. His mental scars go very
deep.
Thank you Janet L. for being an angel to
Magic!
Thank you to the FOB's for helping Magic too!
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Magic, a.k.a. "Sahir Pegasus"
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Abby is a Peruvian Paso mare that came to us from
California in late 2007. She's become best friends with Granny
Jewels and is just a doll.
Thank you Marie R. for being an angel to
Abby!
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Abby
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Bouie and Frodo are quite the pair!
These two have been pals for years and will stay together. They both approach you if you
go anywhere close to their paddock. They get along good with other
horses. They just love attention and we love to give it to them!
These boys are very inquisitive and kind. They are
healthy and seem like two peas in a pod. They seem to know what
the other is thinking!
Bouie: Bouie is a registered 10 year old that is 37"
tall. His right stifle locks up at times. Bouie has had preliminary
driving training and was ridden by riders under 50 lbs. Bouie is very vocal and lets the neighborhood
know it!
Frodo: Frodo is 6 years old and 29" tall. He is quite
the character! He almost seems like Bouie's shadow! Froto
has had no formal training.
10/16/06: Bouie will be undergoing surgery to repair his locking stifle. It doesn't seem to
bother him but we're afraid that he may have problems with the
hip on the other side if it isn't fixed.
10/26/06: Bouie had his surgery was today. Poor little guy
hated leaving Frodo behind as much as Frodo hated Bouie leaving without
him! Frodo whinnied the whole time Bouie was gone.
10/28/06: Bouie came home yesterday and rested. He went out
to play with Frodo today and once he started trotting he figured out
that his leg wasn't locking - it was so awesome to see! Once he
realized his running wasn't impaired he ran and ran and ran! It
was an expensive surgery but we're glad we could help.
11/06/06: Bouie and Frodo have very special angels. They say "Thank you for being our angels Mr. and Mrs. Davis! Since Bouie had his stifle fixed we've been
getting more exercise and running around having a great time - but we're
being very good. We we hope you have a very nice Thanksgiving!"
03/11/08: The boys are doing great. Both look like BIG teddy
bears and will be getting a body clip soon.
Thank you
Mr. & Mrs. Davis
for being angels to these boys!
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The boys' whinnying "whoopee"
a day after Bouie's surgery.
Bouie
- March 2008
UPDATE: We
hope to be able to take these
guys to visit with persons in
retirement homes!
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Nash is one lucky QH. He had been neglected, was underweight, and
distrusted humans. He had rain rot and was terribly head shy.
We believe he had a very bad experience with someone twitching
his ears. We came bought him, and helped him
get healthy and strong again. His Grandpa is Dash
for Cash!
Nash had been a 1D barrel horse but developed painful bone spurs and
needed to retire even though he'd still give his all. We retired him from fast paced work and thought we'd
found him a good home where he would be ridden on trails. The new
"mom" promised he would be ridden for pleasure only - no more racing!
We were shocked, and sad, when we found him on the Internet for sale as
a barrel horse a few months later! We learned his new "mom"
put him in a barrel race anyway. He bit down on the bit and
took her out of the arena and down a highway - she was very lucky she
wasn't seriously injured. Nash is the type of horse that would
have likely ended up at slaughter.
We bought Nash back through a third party and
promised him he'd retire here - we will not risk putting him through
anything like that again. He is now 16 yrs young.
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Nash
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Peaches is a 9 yr old Welsh/Cob pony that was used as a Games pony
before she came to us.
She lacked the ability to sweat, a condition known as
Anhidrosis and it can be deadly. In the hot and humid months she
had to stay in a stall
all day with a fan on her. She was given herbs to help
with her non-sweating but nothing worked until the summer of 2007.
We started Peaches on Xango and it worked!
This is an awesome pony that loved competing in games and knew what to
do and when to do it! But she has health issues that prevent her from
having fun like she used to. She stumbles frequently - we hoped that with time it would improve. We had
many tests run on her in 2005 and they turned up nothing. She's had many
months off now and she will get better and then worse again. She
stays off by herself most of the time.
Peaches is the clown of the farm. She is a master at opening
gates, picking up things and tossing them, and doing just about anything
for attention or a treat. UF ran more tests on her in
2007 and again, they could not figure out what is causing her problems.
Due to her neurological problems Peaches will remain here as a sanctuary
horse.
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Peaches
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Ruby is an Appaloosa special needs mare. She has a very thin coat
and can't stay in the sun - she burns very easily. She stays
in a stall during sunny parts of the days but gets to go out when it is
overcast and at night. She is on herbs to help her skin.
Even though she stays stalled on sunny days, she gets SPF 50
applied to her face every am and Aloe and Vitamin E every pm.
She is a very sweet horse that is always looking for a hug, treat,
massage, rub, etc. She loves to get the other horses stirred up
which is good - they need the exercise!
Ruby came to us from HPAF
and has a sad history. She was forced to live in a paddock
with several stallions and was pregnant when she was confiscated by the
county. She lost her baby and we promised her she'll never have to
worry about being with stallions again.
She gives the most
appreciative looks for just about everything done for her. She is always willing to do what is asked.
Ruby loves it when visitors come - especially the children. She
loves to take them for short rides. She lets them give her all of
the attention they want. She is very careful and alert when little
ones are around.
When she sees visitors coming she loves to welcome them with her
whinnies!
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Ruby
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