Horse Rescue & Rehabilitation | Happy Hooves Sanctuary

Meet Our Horses and Goats

The horses listed below are located at Happy Hooves Horse Farm in Bainbridge Island, in Kitsap County. We appreciate you wanting to help a horse in need. If you see a horse you would like to meet, please contact us to schedule an appointment.

Melody

Melody was Karen’s first rescue mini-horse. She arrived with behavioral issues which were challenging in the beginning, however, Melody soon led the way to helping Karen better understand the needs of rescue horses. Melody is now able to lead a driven cart and she also introduces new volunteers to the joys of walking and grooming horses.

Support Melody at Happy Hooves Sanctuary. Your generous donation will help provide for board, medical treatment, rehabilitation, training and other costs that are needed. Please click on the link to DONATE.

Shorty

Shorty arrived at the Sanctuary with a variety of health-related problems, the result of which made him uncomfortable and irritable with his human handlers. His medical issues were soon addressed bringing him great relief. In addition, the Sanctuary’s lead volunteer Aubine, took Shorty on as her special project horse and he has made amazing transformations under her guidance.

Sponsor Shorty at Happy Hooves Sanctuary. Your generous donation will help provide for board, medical treatment, rehabilitation, training and other costs that are needed. Please click on the link to DONATE.

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Geoffrey

Geoffrey’s role at Happy Hooves is as a therapy horse. He is outgoing, friendly, and safe in all his human interactions, however, a bit more mischievous with his equine friends.

Sponsor Geoffrey at Happy Hooves Sanctuary. Your generous donation will help provide for board, medical treatment, rehabilitation, training and other costs that are needed. Please click on the link to DONATE.

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Bella

Bella is the youngest and smallest of the herd. At only 18 months old, she had changed owners six different times before arriving at Happy Hooves, which is why the Sanctuary will be her forever home. She also arrived with a variety of health-related issues, however, she has quickly rebounded and is in training for her new role as a therapy horse.

Sponsor Bella at Happy Hooves Sanctuary. Your generous donation will help provide for board, medical treatment, rehabilitation, training and other costs that are needed. Please click on the link to DONATE.

Toby

Toby came to us when he was four years old when his owner could no longer care for him and his many health issues. While he is the sweetest of our herd family, he also needs the most training given some of the fears established early on in his young life. We are currently working through his fear of water, which even includes the rubber mat he has to step on. He is a work in progress, but we see improvement every day!

Sponsor Toby at Happy Hooves Sanctuary. Your generous donation will help provide for board, medical treatment, rehabilitation, training and other costs that are needed. Please click on the link to DONATE.

Dobi

Dobi is a full-size boy and the vet believes him to be around five years old. When we came across him, he had just been rescued from a kill-pen and was very thin and shutdown. We don’t have much history about Dobi, but we just couldn’t walk away from him. He is our project horse and has shown an amazing temperament. We are excited to see him opening up more and more each day and looking forward to having him more involved in our therapy projects.

Sponsor Dobi at Happy Hooves Sanctuary. Your generous donation will help provide for board, medical treatment, rehabilitation, training and other costs that are needed. Please click on the link to DONATE.

Candy

Candy came from a home where her owner was ill and physically unable to care for her any longer. It was our initial understanding that Candy was about 25 years old when we took her in, however, our vet feels she is probably closer to 28 years old. We’ve also since determined that she may be deaf or close to it. Either that or she has a case of selective hearing, seeming to respond immediately when food is mentioned! We take her for walks every day and she has become a very loved member of our herd family at the sanctuary.

Sponsor Candy at Happy Hooves Sanctuary. Your generous donation will help provide for board, medical treatment, rehabilitation, training and other costs that are needed. Please click on the link to DONATE.

Skip and Jercy

Skip and Jercy are our two rescue goats and are an important part of our herd. They were both found abandoned in a field of snow one cold winter day by a young family who, unable to take them in themselves, brought them to our sanctuary. We like to think of Skip and Jersey as our Herd Ambassadors because they have welcomed each new herd member when they first arrived, helping them to blend and immerse seamlessly into the sanctuary life with their new friends. They are also very welcoming of the human herd as well and are always excited to meet new people.

Sponsor Skip and Jercy at Happy Hooves Sanctuary. Your generous donation will help provide for board, medical treatment, rehabilitation, training and other costs that are needed. Please click on the link to DONATE.

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