Canham Farm Horse Rescue and Rehab

06/20/2025

Canham Farm Horse Rescue is a wild horse rescue non-profit located in California. We choose to train our wild mustangs using a slow, gentle approach that creates a connection with the horse based on trust rather than fear and intimidation.

We rely solely on the support of people like you who care what happens to America's wild horses. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift or learn about other ways you can help by visiting https://canhamfarm.com/donate-support. Thank you.

06/12/2025

WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?

🌾 RUBY’S WALK IS A MIRACLE IN MOTION 🌾

Ruby isn’t just any horse—she’s a 10-year-old wild mustang who spent most of her life free on the range before being suddenly captured. Imagine living wild and free for a decade, only to be torn from everything familiar. That kind of change doesn’t just affect the body—it shatters the soul.

When Ruby came to us, she wasn’t just untouchable—she was wounded. Not in the ways you could see, but in the deep, quiet places only time and trust can heal. She wasn’t aggressive. She was terrified. And so, we didn’t push. We sat with her. We read to her. We let her be. Slowly, Ruby began to see we weren’t a threat—we were her bridge back to safety.

But then, the CZU fires hit. We had to evacuate, and Ruby’s gentling came to a halt. Soon after, her body turned against her—severe allergies blistered her skin, leaving her raw, itchy, and in constant discomfort. We tried everything—changing her diet, immunotherapy, ointments.

We watched this brave mustang suffer—and still, she never gave up.

💛 And neither did we. 💛

Now, after years of trial and care, Ruby’s allergies are finally under control. The fear in her eyes has softened. The wildness in her heart has turned into trust.

✨ That’s why her simple walk down the road—with a halter and lead rope—isn’t simple at all. ✨

It’s a triumph. It’s a love story. It’s a testament to patience, compassion, and never giving up on a broken wild horse who needed time to believe in humans.

Ruby’s walk is proof that healing is possible—even for the wild ones. 🐎💫

06/11/2025

Wise words indeed.

Every day, well-meaning people tag us in kill pen posts or send auction bailout fundraisers, asking us to help. And we get it. Everyone wants to save horses. Clearly, we do too, as we’ve dedicated our lives to it.

But several years ago, we made a hard organizational decision: we will not purchase from or otherwise support the kill buyer network.

This is an advocacy post. If it’s not for you, you’re welcome to scroll on.

Here’s the truth: it used to be that rescuers could quietly buy horses at low prices to spare them from slaughter. In rare cases, that's still possible. But the game has changed. Profit-driven brokers figured out they could make more money by selling the *idea* of rescue than the actual horse. The sadder the story, the higher the price.

Today, some horses are deliberately starved or neglected just enough to trigger social media donations. It’s calculated cruelty—for profit.

And no, you don’t have to take our word for it. USDA horse export records are public and searchable. Slaughter numbers have dropped in the last decade, but it’s due to shifting markets—not because of online fundraisers. In fact, the rise in auction buyouts is creating a vicious cycle of exploitation, not breaking it.

The proof is seen in kill buyers and auction houses that are making record profits. Think about that.

Would we stop the drug trade by paying cartels? End puppy mills by buying every puppy? Of course not. You can’t end cruelty by funding it.

We know it’s painful to see broken-down horses online. It feels helpless. But remember—every horse you see posted is just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands more out of view: in shelters, forgotten fields, long-term government holding.

That’s where true rescue happens. That’s where your support makes the most impact—before the suffering starts.

If you believe America's horses deserve more than being paraded across a screen for a quick dollar, we invite you to stand with us. Because real change takes more than urgency. It takes integrity.

06/10/2025

When it comes to horse rescues there's a lot of bad actors who use tears and sympathy to solicit donations. I have been researching some of the rescues that "rescue" horses because (in their words) they will ship to slaughter if xyz dollars cannot be raised.

So today, I came across something very odd indeed. A little paint foal being fundraised for by two "horse rescues". The foal is allegedly sick with strangles. What I found interesting is that there's a photo of the same foal posted for rescue 6 months ago!

The photos are exactly the same just posted 6 months apart. See photos.

I am asking for explanations from those involved:

Q: Why is the same horse being fundraised for by two different rescues?
Q: Why was the same horse being fundraised for 6 months ago?
Q: Where is this horse now?
Q: How much money was raised by the two rescues All Seated in a Barn ASIAB - TRUTH P.A.W 4 The Foundation
Equine Rescue Scams Kill Pen Fairytales

06/03/2025

LULU'S STORY

In 2018 or thereabouts we received a call about an pony that had been abandoned at a local boarding facility. She had been left by her owners in a 10x10 stall and because she was hard to handle that where she stayed - FOR FOUR MONTHS!

Let me repeat that FOUR MONTHS IN A 10X10 STALL!

The boarding stable reached out to us and off I went to pick her up. Yes, she was somewhat all over the place - cutting in front of me on the lead line and other leading shenanigans - but she was a sweet little thing, chestnut and white and oh so tiny. We named her Lulu.

After letting her settle in at the rescue for a few weeks we began training her right from the beginning starting with haltering, leading, groundwork, liberty work, putting a ba****ck pad on, putting a saddle on, giving her a bitless bridle and ultimately riding her.

Turns out this little pony was indeed LULU THE SUPER PONY!



She would walk, trot, canter and seemed to like to jump. From then on we called her LULU THE SUPER PONY.

Fast forward a couple of years and we felt she was ready for adoption. We had quite a few families looking to adopt her but one day this beautiful family with two little girls, came to see her and fell in love.

After a few visits, reference and home checks, the family adopted Lulu and took her home with them to their own property - not a boarding stable.

We ask all our adoptive families to keep in touch and periodically send us photos and videos of the horse they have adopted.

AND LOOK WHAT WE RECEIVED LAST WEEK!

Our beautiful, sassy, super pony is doing us proud, and is even winning prizes for the little girls that made her their own.

We are so grateful to the family for looking after her so well, and so happy for Lulu who found her forever home and is treated with love and respect.

Go Lulu!

Canham Farm Horse Rescue is a 501(c)3 Non-profit located in California. We are dedicated to protecting horses from abuse, neglect and emotional trauma. If you would like to help us continue our work to rescue and rehabilitate horses, check out our "Way's To Give" page: https://canhamfarm.com/donate-support

06/01/2025

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05/31/2025

Saturday shenanigans! None of these four rescue horses are admitting to damaging the fence. So we decided to line them up and question them one by one. Of course, there's always a snitch and it turns out the Sunset blamed Jamaal and Jamaal blamed Sunset. Upon legal advice Fiero and Z**i would only say "No comment". The incident is still under investigation.

05/30/2025

A QUICK UPDATE ON SERIF'S BLOODY URINE.

Serif's blood work came back and her red blood cell count is low, her white cell count is low and her haematocrit is also low. They are not super low but enough to be worrying. She isn't eating very much and she is not drinking enough. Her gums are pale but the refill is about 2-3 seconds which isn't too bad. We haven't managed to get any urine from her despite waiting with her to p*e - move away for a minute and she p*es. We are not seeing anymore blood or clots today. Temp is fine. We gave her banamine for pain - just in case. We will revisit with her veterinarian tomorrow.

Canham Farm Horse Rescue is a 501(c)3 non-profit established in 2017. We are dedicated to protecting horses from abuse, neglect and emotional trauma.

Visit us at https://canhamfarm.com

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05/26/2025

Wild Horse Halter Training. We are taking the slow road to halter training Fiero, the little mustang who was once adopted as part of the now defunct BLM adopter incentive program (AIP) We are using a little incentive training and asking him to touch the halter with his nose. I am the first to admit I am not that great at rewards-based training but thought I would give it a go! He is doing pretty well in combination with other consent-based methods.

Canham Farm Horse Rescue Inc; is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to protecting wild horses (mustangs) from abuse, neglect and emotional trauma. Visit us at https://canhamfarm.com

05/23/2025

This is why we continue to rescue and rehabilitate horses (mustangs mainly. This is Miss Maya, a little reservation mustang who came to us when she was only 7 months old. Our herd brought her up, trained her and she was adopted into a loving forever home. Please continue to support smaller, local rescues that don't mass bail from kill pens. The horses that come through our barn doors are given one-on-one
attention to set them up for success!
Canham Farm Horse Rescue Inc; is aWe are a 501(c)3 in good standing with the IRS, have a Platinum rating on Guidestar and a member of California Non-Profits. EIN is 82-0665406. If you would like to discover ways you can help horses please visit: https://canhamfarm.com/donate-support

Thank you all so much!

05/21/2025

Welcome to part two of our series Horse Rescue Unfiltered - With Absolutely No Drama. Just because some horse rescues operate like a daytime soap opera doesn't mean that horse rescue is ALL drama, intrigue or tear-jerking videos and rhetoric. Most of horse rescue is about taking care of horses that have been abused, neglected or suffer from emotional trauma. It is not about making live videos every week soliciting donations by preying on the empathy of donors. If you follow or watch videos from horse rescues that use this method, ask them for follow ups on the horse/s you donated for. Ask for accountability and transparency.

The videos we create are not edited except to change scenes or skip some very boring parts. This is what the day-to-day, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute of horse rescue is really like.

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05/16/2025

It's two and a half months since we picked up Fiero in Stockton after a what I can only assume must have been a gruelling journey for him - 48 hours in a trailer with 20 other horses. NO FOOD! NO WATER!

But despite what he went through, here he is before and after. It is not just his body score that has changed but his whole personality. That is what happens when horses are fed correctly and are allowed to be horses without coercion. Fiero has gone from being emotionally traumatized with a "giving up" demeaner to a fun-loving, playful three-year-old.

If you would like to support Fiero and all the other horses in our care, please consider making a donation using the link below. We are a 501(c)3 in good standing with the IRS, have a Platinum rating on Guidestar and a member of California Non-Profits. EIN is 82-0665406