Archive for June, 2010

Rosebud Retires

June 29, 2010 No Comments

Rosebud is a permanent resident and the spokeshorse for Central Virginia Horse Rescue.  Rosebud used to work with the Amish in the fields.  She knows how to pull a wagon or a plow.  You can see the scars on her shoulders from the work collar on those long days in the fields. She was originally ...

Horses

Mini Magic Needs Help to Breathe

June 29, 2010 No Comments

Magic came to us with a family.  He had been pastured with his yearling daughter and her mother.  His owner could not understand why the little mare kept getting thinner and thinner.  When she got here, it was obvious to me why she was losing weight. The first thing that we did was separate the ...

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In The Beginning

June 28, 2010 No Comments

I guess it all depends on what or when you consider the beginning.  From the time I was a small child, my heart has belonged to horses.  Horse was my second word.  My first dream was to grow up and be a veterinarian and have a million horses.  Dreams get modified a bit as we ...

General

Valentines Fundraiser

We are doing our Valentine’s fundraiser again.  You can pick one of the valentines design below and the valentine...

Dreams and Goals

Once upon a time when I was a child, I had a dream of rescuing the beautiful horses who...

Bittersweet Melody

Melody was Hip # 861 at Camelot on 1/5/11. She was brought to the rescue and quickly adopted to...

Holiday Cards and Hay For The Holidays

Last year we asked everyone to send us a card to decorate the barn and include a dollar.  It...

Our Holiday Wish List

Our adoptable horses would all like to be snug and warm in their new home for Christmas. Final Script...

Jelly Bean

In 2009, Jelly Bean fell in the pasture and hurt himself.  He was later diagnosed with a fractured hip...

Twilight

Twilight came to the rescue as the result of a seizure in Powhatan County.  She is an 8 yr...

Sweatshirts are available for pre order now

It’s that time of the year again and our beautiful embroidered sweatshirts are available for pre-order.  It takes approximately...

BLM Mustangs

While attending the Equine Extravaganza this year, we met and fell in love with BLM mustang yearlings.  These yearlings...

The Donkeys

There is just something about donkeys that warms the heart.  Everyone that has come to the rescue has been...