Hanaeleh Horse Rescue and Advocacy

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RIP Sapphire

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It is with a very heavy heart that we must report the devastating news that Sapphire passed away this past week. We are all heartbroken. A few years ago, Sapphire was bitten by a black widow spider, and even though we had the vet out immediately, she developed cellulitis (a bacterial infection under the skin), and her leg swelled up overnight so badly that last January we were concerned we would have to put her down. The vet, however, gave her some steroids and antibiotics, and soon she … [Read more...]

Lexie

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It is with great sadness to report that we had to say goodbye to our Lexie this morning. Lexie's knee had been getting progressively worse over the past few months and it was becoming more and more difficult to manage her pain. We've been discussing Lexie's prognosis with our vet for several months and we eventually came to the conclusion that we were soon not going to be able to effectively manage her pain.  We increased her pain medication a few weeks ago to alleviate her suffering. The … [Read more...]

D’Artagnan

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We unfortunately must share the sad news that we had to make the difficult decision to put D'Artagnan down this morning.  He was down in his stall this morning and we were unable to get him up. We called out the vet, who gave him steroids, fluids and electrolytes, but soon D'Artagnan became painful and we had no choice but to end his suffering. We thank all of those people who helped D'Artagnan over this last week, and while we had hoped he had turned a corner, we at least gave him a week … [Read more...]

RIP Samantha the Chicken

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It is with sadness I must state that Samantha (one of our chickens) passed away last night. She was a little "off" on Sunday, and yesterday she was very lethargic, so we separated her, expecting to take her to the vet today. Unfortunately, she passed away sometime last night. We will bury her alongside of her sister, Tabitha. Samantha was a very good chicken, laying up through this spring, and would come when you called her. She also liked to peck at Megan's legs, and would "help" us when we … [Read more...]

Orange County: 3 y/o Male Nebelung Kitty Needs Home!

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We rescued a three year-old neutered male kitty this weekend from the animal shelter. They called us and thought that he might be a good fit as a ranch cat, but we quickly realized he's much too tame and would not be a good fit to live at the ranch. He really loves being petted, but can get … [Read More...]

Gabriel Returns to Hanaeleh

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Last year we took in Gabriel, a cute little horse we were told was a Friesian cross. He's pretty small for a Friesian, but he's very cute, and has a lovely emo-type mane and tail! Gabriel was adopted out last year, but his owner contacted us this month and said that Gabriel was having issues … [Read More...]

Driveway and Stall Rehaul and Repair

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This past week was very busy out at the ranch! In addition to everything being very hot and dry, we did a LOT of physical labor getting the ranch ready for winter! Driveway Project The owner of the property helped us improve the driveway last week by first smoothing out all of the ruts with his … [Read More...]