Serenity Farm Equine Sanctuary

12/05/2025

How to know, when you run a horse farm, that you're really, really tired.

1-You can't find Jack's bucket. You look everywhere only to find it IN YOUR HAND.
2-You're opening a new container of vitamin e and stab your hand.
3-You HAD the muck bucket just a minute ago but look for it for it but you already put it in the stall.
4-You look up at the roof-let on the barn and think, that snow is going to slide off. And it does as you stare up at it and you just stand there.
5-Getting the buckets, with meds, ready for everyone in the morning feels like your high school chemistry class. And you didn't do very well. (that fire was not really my fault)
6-You and your husband are walking in circles trying to figure out what you're doing and walk into each other.
7-You put the little Christmas wreath up and it falls down. You put it back up and it falls down. You put it back up and....

Who did you say you were again?

12/05/2025

Snow!!!!

12/05/2025

This is Friday. She's been a bit off for days. It started about a month ago when we saw a lot of yawning. I immediately thought EPM (Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis) because we've seen it before but I thought I was being overanxious. Yesterday, for the first time, we saw ataxia. (Ataxia presents as an instability in the gait which can appear to switch affected limbs) It became worse at evening feed. We brought her in and contacted Doc Emily. Ataxia can present with several things but we're beginning treatment for EPM as soon as the meds can get here. Any horse that grazes or eats hay is at risk for this disease. A protozoan that lives in the possum can pass to the horse. While the protozoan doesn't hurt the possum, it crosses the blood brain barrier in equine causing neurological damage.

Please pray for this sweet horse. We'll do everything we can to help her. The meds are very expensive. But we'll do it. We have to help her. To put it simply, we love her.

12/05/2025

Daisy says… is it really only 3 weeks away?

12/04/2025

And Hector says....

12/02/2025

Today is giving Tuesday. We don't rescue hundreds of horses. We don't focus on adoption. We focus on getting horses well and giving them a good life. We focus on giving people a chance to be with and love a horse. We focus on people learning that they "can do." We focus on helping people who are having a hard time. We're different. We rescue, but we're not a rescue.

Please consider us. We save as many as we can. Currently 34 horses live at SFS in all stages of recovery. Https://serenity.horse

12/01/2025

11/30/2025

Wearing the latest winter fur and sporting a white nose, we see our model, Eclipse. Eclipse likes long walks along the creek and mares. He’s on several dating sites and is looking for Ms Right. However any mare will do.

11/29/2025

All horse farms have a "piggy-horse." Ours is Stetson and we love him. He eats in the barn to ensure he gets all his food. But last winter he started throwing food all over the place. We couldn't figure it out. THEN we realized that he likes Ellie who came about the time this started. Ellie likes Gilbert best but she doesn't mind the extra food. Oh, she likes Stetson too.... and Hector.... and Phoenix is kinda cute. There's also Luka but he's a bit wild and Ellie doesn't like the bad boys. Well, maybe a little bit.

The life of a 3yo mare.

11/29/2025

As hard as it is, this is why we love this life.

11/27/2025

A thank you and a blessing to each of you who help SFES care for 34 beautiful equine souls. (and 24 Goats too) We are one of the few 100% volunteer Sanctuary/Rescues around. We only take the hardest cases and work diligently to give them a good life. So many have been neglected, abused and starved. So many more are out there. Thank you for those who support us from afar. Thank you for our donors. Thank you for sponsors and adopters. Thank you volunteers. You are family!

A Little Poem for Thanksgiving from a non-poet

We watch them when they arrive.
They are tired, sad and dull.
Their eyes are white, wide and full.
So thin. So sick. Are they still alive?

At first, they watch so carefully.
They wonder what will happen here.
Their hearts are filled with dread and fear.
So tired. They sigh woefully.

Each day there is feed, hay and water.
They begin to wind down. Here,
there is hope, faith and less fear.
Less Fear. Dare they think...?

Days turn to weeks, month and years.
They are not tired sad or dull.
Their bellies are full and eyes spark.
Sparkle with life, disregarding their fears.

All these humans really seem to care.
They are groomed, hugged and loved.
They won't forget the time before
But give thanksgiving for the chance to live life some more.

11/26/2025

Yesterday was fun. Our LCHS students received their "pay checks" and visited the SFES store. One didn't want to spend any of her "money" (future saver!) but, in the end, spent $5 of her $35. The boys were the spenders buying; hoodies, Notebooks, pens, hats, bracelets (for girlfriends). Yes, I did put out squeaky chickens. The teachers were very appreciative about that squeaky chicken. Sorry Mrs. Adair and Mrs. Cudd, I just couldn't resist. After so many years in the classroom myself, challenges are good for the soul.

For those that don't know, LCHS, transition to work, students actually punch in and out. The earn $20 pretend bucks per hour and receive pay checks monthly. Deductions? Of course deductions for tax, insurance, social security and so on.....