Spring Acres

01/01/2025

We have an update on Wabi Sabi. He is actually going to a new home tonight. I’m sad. He’s not going to be part of spring acres, but happy that he has a new forever home. He will be a companion horse for another disabled animal. A disabled donkey that lost his companion to colic. We hope they will be buddies, and he will be able to live out his life loved and well cared for. He will always have a special place in my heart. 

12/30/2024

These are old pictures of Wabi Sabi when we rescued him the first time. We will be walking him home tomorrow night – down our street. It’s a slow walk, but he made it before. Once I get him home, I will take more videos of him and post them. 

12/30/2024

I have a wonderful announcement….We are getting another horse!! Just to clarify, I need another horse like I need a hole in my head. 😳😳😳 However, this guy holds a special place in our heart.

He has an AMAZING story and we are going to make sure his journey continues on an amazing path. Some of you may remember Wabi Sabi (we were told it means “Beauty with Imperfections”). This is a horse that we helped Melissa Simpson with Tiff‘s Place rescue from Forever Florida, when it closed down. He was literally going to be put down three days prior to us taking him. The only reason they were putting him down was because he was born with a dislocated shoulder. At that time, he was only 3 years old. They felt nobody would want him, because he had this deformity. This causes him no discomfort. He gets around great. He eats well, has a great appetite and is a super easy keeper. Never even really needed a vet. He’s just a little high maintenance when it comes to the farrier. He’s now 8 years old.

We are now saving him a second time. Tiff’s place has been sold, and the new owners are not able to care for him. It was recommended to put him down again. 😳 We know this horse and disagree with putting him down, so we are going to take him. We feel he has a great purpose in life and we are going to make sure he fulfills it. He was brought to Tiff’s Place to help mentor to the disabled. We feel he is meant to do this. Sometimes, people that are faced with trauma or a disability, look at an animal that is also disabled and finds comfort in this. This is perfect therapy. We are hoping to find him the perfect place that he can do this.

Please pray for his journey and for us to find him that perfect home. If you know of anyone that would be interested in helping us accomplish this – please reach out to me. We will keep him as long as it takes to find that perfect fit and I won’t let him go to just anyone.

If you want to come give Wabi Sabi some love and affection, just PM me and you are welcome to stop by (no charge). The best time is in the morning or in the evening when we feed, because we are already in the barn. He loves attention!

Please help welcome Wabi Sabi to Spring Acres!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

12/30/2024

We have 2 stalls available! Come check us out for horse boarding.

12/30/2024

We are starting off the new year strong. Ciera has decided to open up her horse lessons for anyone interested. If you know anyone that might want to learn to ride or just want to tune up your skills, just let me and we will get you on the schedule.

11/23/2024

My sweet boy Reggie eating his hay.

11/23/2024

Ciera’s lesson student making awesome progress. I love it!!

11/09/2024

10/09/2024

10/09/2024

I got my goats, all tucked in their barn for our Hurricane Milton prep! This is their first major hurricane in the new barn that Ciera and I built. Let’s just pray it holds up. 🙏🙏🙏

10/08/2024

Thanks to one of my borders who showed me this fantastic idea on how to tag my horses for a storm. One of the big worries, when you own a farm, is losing your animals in a storm. Horses, goats, chickens are not like our house hold pets that we can put chips on. When a storm comes and they get scared and run away, how do you find them? We used to draw phone numbers on the horses with wax color crayons,  or use ankle ties with our information or tie laminated cards to their tales with hay string. However, I found this to be a much better idea.

We will braid these dog tags into their hair and also secure them with hay string. Much better solution. I also put my sister‘s phone number on the tag, so if for some reason, people cannot reach me on my cell phone (due to power outage and my phone dying or getting lost in the storm) – there’s a second contact person (out of state) that will know my horses are safe. She can then collect information on where they’re located. Hope this might help someone else during the hurricane. 

09/13/2024

OMG - our new baby kittens have arrived. Meet Potato and Dumplin. They have stolen our hearts. Potato is quite a bit smaller than Dumplin. Both are half Mancoon and have long hair. Dumplin’s hair is longer and she is a little more reserved, but both are soooo adorable.