Jessica shares her Bluebonnet story. We're lucky to have her as a foster home, adopter, Donation manager, Website Coordinator, and more.
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Christa tells her Bluebonnet story. We're glad to have her as a part of Bluebonnet from the very first day!
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Seeing this gorgeous horse in the video, it is hard to believe when she arrived at Bluebonnet at the end of 2023, she was emaciated and lethargic. But she was. She came to us from a neglect case, and she immediately went to an experienced rehab home who helped her regain her weight and her energy. Later she went to a youth rider for the 2024 Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge. Her Challenge partner decided to adopt her, though, and she's now living her best life. They'll be at their first dressage show on Saturday, and her Challenge partner hopes to become a professional trainer one day, with Skyler, now called Brandis, as her partner.
This is what we want for each horse who comes to us. To find their own person who will love them.
And you can make that happen for more horses with a donation to our #AmplifyAustin fundraiser today: https://www.amplifyatx.org/organizations/bluebonnet-equine-humane-society
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If you haven't donated yet, there's still time to help us earn a $25,000 matching donation for #AmplifyAustin! Donate at https://www.amplifyatx.org/organizations/bluebonnet-equine-humane-society
Now, meet Lainey and Tessa. They came to Bluebonnet at the end of last year when their owner couldn't keep them. They were adopted pretty quickly - who wouldn't want these cuties?!
From their adopters, "We are beyond grateful to Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society for helping us bring Queen Eleanor (“Ellie”) and Merida (“Rita”) to their forever home at The Stable Minded Ranch! These two sweet mini donkeys, a bonded mother-daughter pair, have settled in beautifully and are already stealing hearts.
Ellie and Rita are thriving in their new environment, enjoying plenty of love, attention, and open space to explore. They are quickly becoming a favorite part of our hands-on farm school, where they help teach kids responsibility, confidence, and patience through daily care and interaction.
At The Stable Minded Ranch, we believe that animals teach us just as much as we teach them, and Ellie & Rita are the perfect example of that. They’ll play an important role in educating and inspiring young minds as part of our unique farm-based learning program."
Thank you for helping make their happy story possible!
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It's #AmplifyAustin, and we're working towards a goal of $30,000 to help many deserving rescue horses! Horses like Robbie. He came to Bluebonnet last year. He was emaciated and in need of care, which he got from his amazing foster home. He then moved into a Training Challenge home where he got the training he needed to be a great riding horse. He competed at the Training Challenge where he placed in all of his classes and got the biggest prize of all, a new home with an adopter who loves him!
His adopter says, "His training is going well, covered a lot on the ground, and started riding him sometime in December or so. Working with my trainer and thinking of what could be best for him. We're preparing him for trail rides, and after that maybe the goal will be for endurance trail rides."
When you donate to our fundraiser at https://www.amplifyatx.org/organizations/bluebonnet-equine-humane-society, you make happy stories like Robbie's happen - from emaciated to beloved. That's what we want for every horse who comes to Bluebonnet, to be loved and cared for.
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It is #AmplifyAustin and we're raising the funds to keep on helping horses and humans. We need your donations at https://www.amplifyatx.org/organizations/bluebonnet-equine-humane-society to go on changing their lives.
Amethyst is an amazong example of our dedication to our horses. She came to Bluebonnet in 2022. She had been given to her owner, but the owner didn't really want her or know what to do with her. So after some time of living in a pasture with limited human interaction, Amethyst came to us. She went straight into the Training Challenge, and her Challenge trainer fell in love and adopted her.
Unfortunately, Amethyst began bucking under saddle and was returned. We sent her to a trainer to evauate her and help her overcome her bucking problems. Her trainer thought something just wasn't right, though, so our next stop was a veterinarian. It turns out Amethyst wasn't bucking because she was "bad" or "naughty" (not that I think horses normally are bad or naughty), but because she hurt. Her veterinarian discovered fractures and calcification in her spine. No wonder she bucked, she hurt!
It took us some time and funds to get there, but we had an answer: No matter how much we, as the humans, might want Amethyst to be a riding horse, her body just couldn't do it. So we sent her to a foster home and waited for someone to want a pet and companion horse. And we found it! She's a companion to another red-headed mare, and her adopter loves her.
Now, that's a big win! And our supporters made that happen!
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It's time to introduce you to a member of the Bluebonnet Community. Carol Kothmann is a foster home, long time member, and supporter.
Thank you, Carol!
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On our 20th anniversary, we invite you to join us as a member, a foster home, an adopter, a donor, or a supporter or to renew your commitment to Bluebonnet. Because there's power in numbers and we can make a huge difference when we work together.
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And since I asked you to share your #mybluebonnetstory, here's mine.
Don't forget - if you share and send us the link, we'll enter you in a drawing to win Expo tickets, an Expo gift certificate, or a free membership. And you'll be helping raise awareness to help more horses!
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It is our 20th anniversary today!
Please share your Bluebonnet story with the hashtag #mybluebonnetstory! If you do and send us the link, we'll enter you in a drawing to win Expo tickets, a gift certificate to the Expo, or a Bluebonnet members. Plus, you'll be helping raise awareness about Bluebonnet and helping horses.
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This week's story for Bluebonnet's Anniversary comes from Kelly Jefferson. If you've been to the Expo the past few years, you might have seen one of her presentations on equine body work. We're lucky and grateful to have her in the Bluebonnet Community!
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Hello! We're continuing to celebrate our 20th anniversary at Bluebonnet - and we are getting to celebrate with all of our favorite people!
Today, meet Claudia. She's adopted from us twice and is such a wonderful supporter. Her adopted horse Phoenix (Boomerang) spent several months with me before going onto his Challenge trainer and then to Claudia. We loved him so much here that we nearly didn't let him go, and my mother in law still talks about him. Claudia got a good one! (Well, they're all good ones, really).
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