Happened By Chance Horses

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We are a 501 c3 registered non-profit horse rescue organization. Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome neglected and abused horses. Horses at our rescue are often surrendered by their owners, but we also attend local auctions to intercept horses from Kill Buyers-- people who purchase horses to sell to slaughterhouses across the border for human consumption.

01/08/2025

Suzy Q, Scarlett’s legacy survivor, happily adopted along with another HBCH horse, Monita with their herd.

What a great update. ❤️❤️

Today we held another open arena day. It’s a day when any of our volunteers are able to just enjoy the horses and the re...
01/05/2025

Today we held another open arena day. It’s a day when any of our volunteers are able to just enjoy the horses and the rescue. It’s a time to step away from the work we all do and see the fruits of our labor. I was busy moving some stalls around and I missed most of it, but I did get to capture these pics of Tiffany and Goose.

Other horses brought out were Trip, Brit, Bleu and Abbie and I didn’t get a picture one of any of that. 🤣

🚑🚑🚑🚑Lulu was the cause of our unexpected veterinary visit today. She was also scheduled for a farrier appointment. While...
01/05/2025

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Lulu was the cause of our unexpected veterinary visit today. She was also scheduled for a farrier appointment. While holding her for her trim, I removed her fly mask and was alarmed by what I observed. She had an uveitis flare. We had no history of her having this condition, so it was quite unexpected.

Luckily Dr Thometz was able to come by and stain her eyes and we are thankful there were no ulcers present.

Her age is not on her side with this and it’s very possible she will lose sight in both eyes. Devestating news indeed, but we are going to take things one day at a time.

Please keep Lulu in your thoughts.

Many things went on today at the rescue. We had farrier day, open arena day, an unexpected vet day and hay day. Here’s t...
01/05/2025

Many things went on today at the rescue. We had farrier day, open arena day, an unexpected vet day and hay day.

Here’s the first of many posts. We took in another delivery of hay which now fills both bays in our overflow barn. This load was 168 bales added to probably 150 in the other bay. It’s nice to have this much hay on hand, but I know even this much likely won’t get us through the winter. 🤯

I also was finally able to help today. Normally our deliveries come during the week when I am at work so Larry and Carl do it alone. Those 2 are lifesavers.

Thank you to Jamey, Chance, Vianney and Larry and Carl for the unload today.

🐴Magic🐴Therapy began today! Magic received his first red light therapy and Magnawave sessions. He absolutely loved the ...
01/04/2025

🐴Magic🐴

Therapy began today! Magic received his first red light therapy and Magnawave sessions.

He absolutely loved the treatment on his poll, all but falling asleep on me.

Long ago, I learned the value of both these therapies, but the rescue couldn’t afford to have practitioners out as much as we needed or wanted. Our horses have typically been through hell and have some type of injury as Magic does. So I went out on that limb, got myself certified as a practitioner to treat horses, humans, small animals and other livestock to boot. I personally financed the equipment and now we can treat our horses whenever we want.

Magic was a true gentleman. Stood ground tied, but the rope kept getting in my way, so I took it off. He stood perfectly for both treatments. That’s how you know it feels good. ❤️

01/02/2025

❤️Magicisthemoonlite❤️ We have great news, good news and some moderately bad news. The great news: he graduated out of quarantine with no sickness. The good news: the bone structure of his right front leg is appearing normal. He does have a bowed tendon, which was reported to me by his former owners. He was in workout on 10/27/24 when he took a misstep and hurt the tendon again. We may always have the puffy appearance. We will begin Magnawave and LZR treatments on him. The moderately bad news is the condition his teeth are in, the abrasions he has on his cheeks due to super sharp points in his mouth and an ulcer on his tongue. He is diagnosed with peripheral caries, which is a condition our vet doesn’t see much. It’s typically caused from way too sugary feed, even sugar cane. The hope is now that he’s not being fed all the sugars, as his teeth grow out, they will erupt healthy. He basically has so many cavities, his teeth feel like moth balls. The cavities have eaten around the outside of his teeth, creating gaps for food to get trapped. We will follow up in 2 months. We’ve made some progress in 30 days, but I feel he’ll really start to blossom now. ❤️

01/02/2025

First vet day of the year. We wasted no time. 🤣🤣

7 horses seen. 6 dentals, 3 Coggins, 4 rounds of vaccinations, one fecal sample, 2 microchips.

I’ll make a separate post about Magic. He graduated from QT and was seen by the vet today as well.

Had lots of volunteer help today. Very thankful for that.

12/27/2024

Our beautiful Belle. She has come quite a long way since her arrival 2021 and a surgery to remove about 8-9” of embedded wire. Just 🤩

12/27/2024

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🌟Treasure🌟Our latest completely blind intake, Treasure. She is doing great. An LEO forced owner surrender. They chose ...
12/21/2024

🌟Treasure🌟

Our latest completely blind intake, Treasure. She is doing great.

An LEO forced owner surrender. They chose to surrender her as their only other option was prosecution and seizure.

A lot of changes in this horse in less than 3 months.

Lil’ cutie 🥰 This little nugget is feeling much better now that Oscar fixed her overgrown hooves. She did quite well si...
12/21/2024

Lil’ cutie 🥰

This little nugget is feeling much better now that Oscar fixed her overgrown hooves. She did quite well since this was the first farrier visit she’s had lately, if not the first, in her short 2 year lifetime.

We accepted her as an owner surrender a few weeks back. Larry and Oscar had to go catch her. She was reported to be all but feral. She’s coming around to us. Very curious. She’s won our hearts, we just need to show her she can trust ours.

2024 New Braunfels - Good Works - Highlighting the Good.I am not sure how many of you remember Rumbler? He was an amazi...
12/03/2024

2024 New Braunfels - Good Works - Highlighting the Good.

I am not sure how many of you remember Rumbler? He was an amazingly sad case and one of many horses we have completely turned around. From utter defeat, neglect and abuse, to rescued, rehabilitated and rehomed.

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Suzy Q, Scarlett’s legacy survivor, happily adopted along with another HBCH horse, Monita with their herd. What a great update. ❤️❤️

❤️Magicisthemoonlite❤️ We have great news, good news and some moderately bad news. The great news: he graduated out of quarantine with no sickness. The good news: the bone structure of his right front leg is appearing normal. He does have a bowed tendon, which was reported to me by his former owners. He was in workout on 10/27/24 when he took a misstep and hurt the tendon again. We may always have the puffy appearance. We will begin Magnawave and LZR treatments on him. The moderately bad news is the condition his teeth are in, the abrasions he has on his cheeks due to super sharp points in his mouth and an ulcer on his tongue. He is diagnosed with peripheral caries, which is a condition our vet doesn’t see much. It’s typically caused from way too sugary feed, even sugar cane. The hope is now that he’s not being fed all the sugars, as his teeth grow out, they will erupt healthy. He basically has so many cavities, his teeth feel like moth balls. The cavities have eaten around the outside of his teeth, creating gaps for food to get trapped. We will follow up in 2 months. We’ve made some progress in 30 days, but I feel he’ll really start to blossom now. ❤️

First vet day of the year. We wasted no time. 🤣🤣 7 horses seen. 6 dentals, 3 Coggins, 4 rounds of vaccinations, one fecal sample, 2 microchips. I’ll make a separate post about Magic. He graduated from QT and was seen by the vet today as well. Had lots of volunteer help today. Very thankful for that.

Our beautiful Belle. She has come quite a long way since her arrival 2021 and a surgery to remove about 8-9” of embedded wire. Just 🤩

❤️Skye❤️. Brought to us in April of 2020. She was just a yearling who had been in a pretty good wreck, resulting in the fracture of her T3-T9 vertebrae. The top left image is her vet visit back in 2020. She’s a beautiful QH mare. Kaitlyn and Jeanna brought her out today for a refresher in her ground manners.

Farrier day today. When we started at 8:30 am we were freezing. I dressed like I was in the North Pole. It sure has warmed up now. All the horses did great. We did also have mollie trimmed but her pic wasnt available when I made the video. I’ll add her to the comments later. Next round is next week.

Charlie and JC Boss E Brit at their second playday!

Round 3 of 4 complete in this cycle for farrier day. The horses did great and also got their dewormer as well. The wind wasn’t blowing 10,000 mph so that was also helpful. Thanks for all the help from volunteers today. We did good!!

Ellie Mae has been a resident @ HBCH since August 15, 2022 when she was brought in from the sheriff’s department after being seized from neglectful owners. Ellie’s pasture mate died. I’m so glad law enforcement got to Ellie in time. ❤️

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