Bear Valley Rescue

15/06/2024

Low income spay/neuter by Calgary Humane for the city of Calgary!

Calgary Humane Society is proud to announce its first Community Spay and Neuter Clinic aimed at addressing urgent pet overpopulation and capacity issues in Calgary 🩺 . We need your help to put it on 🚨 ! The first clinic is scheduled to take place on June 27 and will be accessible for low-income families who's cat or dog is in need of a spay/neuter 🐱🐶. Applications of the clinic will open on June 17th.

Donate today! https://www.calgaryhumane.ca/spay-and-neuter-clinics/

Thanks to the generosity of Petsecure Pet Health Insurance*, donations made in support of Calgary Humane Society’s Community Spay and Neuter Clinics will be matched. *Supported by a grant from Definity Insurance Foundation funded by Definity Insurance Company.

13/06/2024

We are looking to borrow an RV, trailer, or camper, for the summer. If you have one to loan please let us know! It would be for a couple more volunteers coming in for summer, will be well looked after, not going anywhere on the road, will just be parked in our yard. We are by Sundre, Alberta, so anywhere around Calgary or Red Deer for pick up would be great. Thank you if you can help!

13/06/2024

Brand new custom-made horse Carriage *FOR SALE, accepting reasonable offers!
Located near Sundre, Alberta.
Please contact us for more details [email protected]

*** FOR SALE***

Bear Valley Rescue Society has a beautiful, custom-made Frey passenger carriage for sale. We appreciate this kind donation in support of our equine friends.

This carriage was built for a single Draft Shire. Reasonable offers accepted.

Contact us at [email protected] for details.

11/06/2024

Orion arrived in Feb, 2024, along with Andromeda and Lyra. He is a bay roan c**t born in 2023 and was completely wild when he arrived. He was underweight and infested with ticks. He's now doing very well and will start learning haltering,etc, soon. He has an indent on one side of his face below his eye, so he must have suffered some trauma as a foal. It doesn't affect him in any way and gives him character! He may be from some old bucking stock line but that has no bearing on his future.
Orion is available for sponsorship please see our website for more details- https://www.bearvalleyab.org/sponsor-one-of-our-residents.html
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10/06/2024

Bear Valley Rescue Society is on a mission, and we need YOUR help! ♻️ Partnered with SkipTheDepot, we're turning bottles, electronics, and clothing into a force for good.

Here's how YOU can make a difference: 1️⃣ Download the app. 2️⃣ Book a pickup. 3️⃣ Select Bear Valley Rescue Society as your donation choice or use this link: https://app.skipthedepot.com/bvr

No bottles? No problem! 🚫 Give this post a big 👍, and SHARE it to spread the word! Let's team up to make every pickup count. Let's help rescue horses and rehabilitate them!

08/06/2024

We're back to hoof trimming again, like clockwork every 2 months (except tipping table which is twice a year). We did 42 horse yesterday and the day before, and have another 30 or so to do tomorrow and the day after. We're taking a well earned break today, which is just as well because, after 2 days of beautiful weather, it is cold out!
Bliss, the little unhandled filly that came in 2 weeks ago, had her first trim too! She really needed it!

07/06/2024

❤️This weekend until midnight on Sunday, June 9th – you could really help us by voting for Bear Valley Rescue Society at mygivingcircle.org/vote

If you head to mygivingcircle.org and vote for us, MyGivingCircle will donate $1 to us!

They're giving away an extra $5,000 for the first 5,000 new voters on , and your free vote for us means we could share in this amount! 🎁

🙏Please vote this weekend for free and help us raise much-needed funds to help the horses.

06/06/2024

Igniting Hope and Positive Change for Horses in Alberta. Horses here are living in sanctuary and get a second chance.

05/06/2024

We opened up another pasture for the one herd yesterday as the grass it still coming up and a bit short where they were. I gave them a yell and they came running!
Biscuit (in the front) limps because he sustained a serious foot injury last year. He recovered well after months of intense care but still favours it a bit. Obviously it doesn't slow him down much as he's in the lead!
The big black horse bringing up the rear is Elmo the wildie. He came in as a 2 year old from a cull, was adopted out and then came back in 2014. He's now 17 years old!

03/06/2024

Nurse mare Hermosa and foal Myles enjoying the beautiful weather.

Photo credit : s i g h t e m o t i o n

03/06/2024

June and Prudent went to their summer foster today. They settled right in, look at all that grass!
June is approximately 29 years old and came from auction in 2020. Prudent is about 26 years old and was an owner surrender in 2021.

31/05/2024

What does being a good horse-person mean to you? ❤️🐎

We read the books… take the lessons… enter the shows… build up our hopes and dreams… sometimes winning, sometimes crying all the way home. We watch the videos… go to the clinics… saddle up in all weather… in search of higher horsemanship. This is fine, this is what we human beings do when we want so badly to improve.

But to me, all these notions about learning more and doing the right thing, about holding ourselves to higher standards, are just so much stuff.

To me, being a good horse(wo)man is in knowing when it is time to lay down our swords. We vet... we treat... we maintain... we do due diligence... all the while knowing that one day, we will have done all that we can.

There will be only one thing left to do, if we are to live in love and kindness.

Horsemanship comes in many guises but much of it is smoke and mirrors. The real thing is knowing and having the courage to say, “Enough.” Being a good horse(wo)man is holding ourselves to bravery.

These hard days are ahead of all of us who love and care for old campaigners... and tragically, sometimes, those who are still young or in the prime of life. These horses remind us of the times we were more than we ever imagined we could be. We look in their eyes and are humbled by all the days we’ve let them down. Still, they’ve held fast to our secrets.

We put our hands on their necks and wish like heck we were more worthy.

Horsemanship, real horsemanship, is stepping up and embracing everything about that last day. It is the one final act of loving our horses with all the fierceness that they deserve.

Photo: Cait Bascom.

30/05/2024

Reminder to vote for us today!
My Giving Circle is doing another round of grants , we were in 7th place and are currently within the top 10!

It’s a quick easy way to help the horses , please visit the site below and vote for us it only takes a few seconds. You can vote every week! ⬇️

https://mygivingcircle.org/bear-valley-horse-rescue/free?iv=share_wE2XHWFkc9
♥️🐎

30/05/2024

Thank you to everyone who donated Apr 20 - May 20 through Paypal Give at Checkout, Facebook, and Instagram. We received $352 this month! This will go toward our vet, farrier, feed, and hay bills for the horses!

29/05/2024

Moving horses came to an unexpected halt today - thank goodness no one was hurt and we weren't on the road when the studs sheared off on both left tires of the trailer! We are diligent in maintaining the equipment but, sometimes, sh*t happens!
We hope repairs will be made by end of the week as we still have about 22 horses to move to pasture.

28/05/2024

New intakes - Camilla 10 yr old Thoroughbred mare, underweight.
Bliss 11 month old spotted draft filly, she is unhandled and has overgrown hooves.
Two elderly mules Dan #2 (25+) and Jenny #3 (30+).

Can you help us with their care? Please see our website - https://www.bearvalleyab.org/donate.html

23/05/2024

This week we embarked on the task of transferring the horses to their lush pastures, still quite a few to go!
Check the album for videos!

Video 1: Monkey’s group: Monkey, Shelby, Millie, Kara, Fox, Panda, Bailey & Fire
Jackie had to stay in the diet pen to prevent founder

Video 2: Otis’ group: Otis, Foxy, Tango, Belle, Bailey, Flicka, Yin
Gladys will stay home to be worked with

Video 3: Red’s group: Red, Raffy, Mirage, Lucy, Lilly, Gipsy
They will enjoy a nice and flat pasture where their foster mom can give them daily previcox

Video 4: Keppy, Cricket, Glory and Cecil had joined Kat & Dazzle who left to pasture earlier this month.

Video 5: Lincoln’s group: Lincoln, Beth, Art, Zanda & Teaka; will be joined by Chance, Rainy, Simo & Cinnamon later this week.

21/05/2024

Vote for us today! 💕 We need your vote every week to help us win a grant!

My Giving Circle is doing another round of grants , we were in 7th place and are currently within the top 10!

It’s a quick easy way to help the horses , please visit the site below and vote for us it only takes a few seconds. You can vote every week! ⬇️

https://mygivingcircle.org/bear-valley-horse-rescue/free?iv=share_wE2XHWFkc9
♥️🐎

20/05/2024

Equine Emergency Help Directory. Do you have a plan in case of emergency?

With wildfires threatening communities and homes in Northern Alberta, our Equine Emergency Help Directory is available again this season. The directory connects horse owners needing help in an emergency with those able to provide assistance.

Read more. https://albertaequestrian.com/community/news/equine-emergency-help-directory-2024

19/05/2024

Duncan Macleod is feeling better and was well enough to get his teeth done and a second trim on his feet.
He is eating well, slowly putting weight on and was treated for lice.
In spite of his poor condition when he arrived and his front teeth being terrible, he’s not missing any molars but they were very sharp.

18/05/2024

Update on Baby Myles, the orphan foal who was rescued in April, he is still thriving and Hermosa, his adoptive mum is being very patient 😅

18/05/2024

Time to move everybody on summer pasture!
2 days ago we started with the cows: Orville, Olive, Blondie, Norman, Clara, Charlotte & Bear (who didn’t break the fence at the Rescue 😅)

17/05/2024

This weekend you can really help us out!

From Friday 17th to midnight Sunday 19th May - if you vote at https://mygivingcircle.org/leaderboard

EVERY Vote will be worth Double ✅✅- and may put us in the running to share the latest grants round at MyGivingCircle.💰

Here's how it works:

- You Vote for Bear Valley Rescue Society and we'll receive TWO Votes⬇️

https://mygivingcircle.org/bear-valley-horse-rescue/free?iv=share_wE2XHWFkc9

Please get involved this weekend and help us earn a share of our latest grants round! We dropped to #6 ☹️and need to stay at #5 to win! 😁

Thanks for your support. 💕

16/05/2024

Please share.

Enjoy the holiday long weekend everyone, and please be alert when approaching bands of wild horses. They have new babies with them.

PLEASE SHARE THIS POST to spread the word and consider screen-shotting it on your phone so you'll have the info in the event you'll need it. You just never know. Thanks.

14/05/2024

Vote for us today! 💕
We need your help to win a grant for the horses , you can vote every week!

My Giving Circle is doing another round of grants , we were in 7th place and are currently within the top 10!

It’s a quick easy way to help the horses , please visit the site below and vote for us it only takes a few seconds. You can vote every week! ⬇️

https://mygivingcircle.org/bear-valley-horse-rescue/free?iv=share_wE2XHWFkc9
♥️🐎