My Happy Place Animal Sanctuary

19/03/2025

My Happy Place Animal Sanctuary wishes to express our sincere appreciation to The Special Horses Emergency Fund, made possible by an organization called Special Horses. Their mission is to raise awareness and funds for horses in need. In our case, Charlie, a teenage National Show Horse required an emergency vet call this week with tests, sedation, medication, etc. This was a tough bill to absorb after the big trip to Tufts with the Shires for a CT scan and surgery plus aftercare.

You can learn more about them through their website specialhorses.com. And, as always, we appreciate any amount you are able to donate to help these horses. We are a volunteer-based organization. Every dollar goes directly to helping the horses.

13/03/2025

We just hosted a group of adults with behavioral disabilities. They loved meeting the horses, especially Pharaoh. Rob Gilbert gave them all kinds of fun facts about horses, and a lunging demonstration. I think they were most enthralled by Rob’s ability to connect with Pharaoh and lead him without a halter or lead line in a short amount of time. Connecting with a horse is just one of Rob’s strengths!

12/03/2025

Winner-winner hay-feed dinner!

Every flake of hay for 7 horses gets steamed in this big steamer and then individually bagged in hay nets. Steamed hay benefits our horses with metabolic and respiratory issues. The hay we feed is straight cut , 3-string, 100-lb bales brought in from Idaho for us. It helps our horses with allergies and our hard keepers too.

10/03/2025

Helping Violet heal the hole in her hoof is no more a priority than helping ALL the horses rehab their hooves. Mason’s hooves are no exception, as you can see from his “before” picture.

Rob Gilbert is working to re-wire his brain to lift his feet safely. It’s hard work and we applaud Rob AND Mason for being patient through the process. But sometimes, you just have to offset the serious work with something a little more light-hearted! Mason would like to remind everyone that although his breed is British, he looks dapper sporting a Shamrock hat. We are accepting lucky horseshoe donation $’s to help offset the farrier fees for these giants!

09/03/2025

Malaki’s Lucky Shamrock, our feature horse this month (barn name Charlie) had his pedicure today. Here’s a look at his club foot when he arrived compared to today…thanks Joshua Briggs

08/03/2025

Who wants a little extra luck and love in their life????

Who can you help?

☘️Malaki’s Lucky Shamrock with his club foot?
☘️Rio with his underrun heels?
☘️Jazzy with her flares?
☘️Pharaoh with his high heels?
☘️Kimber with his flares?
☘️Mason with his giant chipped hooves? Or,
☘️Violet with her hospital plate changes!

We have a $1000 fundraising goal for Farrier services by St. Patty Day. Earn a Lucky Golden Horseshoe on our Shamrock Wall when you help our horses!

Please like and share for bonus luck and love to come your way!

04/03/2025

Just loaded the Shires at Tufts outside Boston after a one week hospital stay and heading back to NJ!

28/02/2025

Good News! Violet no longer has an IV port in her neck! We expect to bring the Shires back to NJ early next week. She is sporting a size 8 custom horseshoe with a hospital plate and then its wrapped in a duct tape and elastikon boot. She will need bandage changes every couple days until her hoof heals and hardens. Thank goodness we have a shoeing stock!

27/02/2025

Greetings from Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine outside Boston, MA with Violet and Mason our bonded Shire Siblings!

Violet had an outpatient standing sedation CT scan on her hoof.

Diagnosis: Keratoma
Treatment: Standing Surgery with tourniquet and nerve block
Prognosis: Excellent!

All things considered, this is the best news we could have received. We decided to admit them into the hospital for surgery. They will both be there for about a week. Please consider a tax-deductible donation today to help us with their hospital bill. Thank you!

21/02/2025

Fundraiser Update. So far we've raised $555 across all platforms.

We just received a donor match offer!

** We have a very generous donor match offer of $500 if we get $500 in new donations today!**

Can you help our big girl get to Tufts for a CT scan?

Violet is a 2000 lb. Shire horse. Shires are an endangered breed … My Happy Place Animal Sanctuary, Inc. needs your support for Get Violet to Tufts Fundraiser

21/02/2025

We are proud to receive the Platinum Level Non-Profit Organization Seal from Candid through Guidestar.org once again this year. Platinum is the highest level of transparency a charity can earn.

We are not trying to be the biggest or the loudest rescue org. We are a boots on the ground, 24/7/365 team of dedicated people who go above and beyond to do the best we can with 100% of your donation dollar to provide rescue, rehabilitation and refuge to animals from the slaughter pipeline who have been neglected and abused.

“We are all just here to help walk each other home…”

18/02/2025

**URGENT MEDICAL TRIP NEXT WEEK**

Can you even believe that’s a hoof?? This progression shows from when we brought Violet here to now. Canker is an ugly, painful disease. We’ve been treating all four hooves and now there is no canker in any of them!

BUT, she still has a unresolving problem and our vet can’t do anything else for her without a CT scan. The ONLY place who has a machine powerful enough for her big body and giant foot with standing sedation AND can take Mason as her companion animal is Tufts University near Boston, which is over 200 miles away from here.

She has improved so much, so we don’t want to stop now! If you can help us get them to Tufts next week so we can get a diagnosis, please make a tax deductible donation today. We have one week to raise $4000 to cover the cost. Venmo, PayPal or through our website donation is preferred. I know we can do this for her!