Rooster's Haven

This is Starbuck

Starbuck is an Anglo-Arab (this means he is half Arabian and half Thouroughbred).  He is 'bay' in color (black mane and tail, and brown body) and he is 7 years old in 2006.  He likes to ride English and is happy with kids & he can even play ball with you.

This is Heartbreaker...and boy is he a "pretty" boy (but don't tell him that, you can call him handsome).  Breaker is a registered Paint.  He is tri colored and in 2006 he is 6 years old.  They call him a "Buckskin tobiano".  Breaker likes to pick your hat up if you dropped it.  He loves trail rides & taking pictures with you.

Looking up from coming to a dead stop

This is Miss Handy 

Miss Handy is 5 years old in 2006, and she is a registered Appaloosa.  She is Red Dunn in color, and this picture you will see she is ready for the winter with her reddish coat.  She loves attention and is super fast when she runs. 

On December 9, 2006 Miss Handy had a tragic accident.  She was in a pasture for the winter, and with the rain in a wet muddy pasture filled with gopher holes, she somehow tore her deep flexor tendon on her right front leg.  What this means is that she most likely will never be ridable again.  She is better now, but only time will tell.  She is confined to a small covered 12 x 12 stall.  She is not supposed to walk or bear too much weigh on her leg.  We are keeping watch that her other legs do not go lame as well from the stress of the weight on them.  We will check her in April, when we bring her up to UC Davis.  They will determine if she will ever walk soundly again, or if she cannot and is still in pain we will make a decision to euthanize her at that time & donate her body to science and research.  Please pray.  The outcome is whatever God wills.
April 12, 2007
Miss Handy was taken up to UC Davis and underwent 3 hours of ultrasound to determine if she was worth saving. At that time the team of doctors determined that she was healing, but the healing is slow.  She tore in most every place possible to her deep digital flexor tendon.  Especially at the point of connection to the navicular bone - it was very frayed.  She most likely will never be ridable again.  The best hope for her is a pasture pal on flat pasture and as long as she does not re-injure herself while she is recovering.  She cannot injure herself again for that matter.  Ron and Katrina made a decision to keep her for another 6 months and bring her up to Reno to rest.  It will be less expensive to keep her there.  In 6 months she will return back to UC Davis for another evaluation.  The team there commented on how 'bright' and cooperative she was, and how she really enjoyed people.  It would be a very hard decision to put her down.  So we will all wait to see.  Again if God wills, she may be sound and able to walk normally.  She is with the Mustangs at the Rooster's Haven Reno location recovering.

Toastie is new.  He is an Appaloosa and will be staying in our care for a while.  He is 16 and has been an endurance horse and also has been started in jumping, where he "flies".  He needs some beefing up, and when he's back to his normal he'll be looking really good for show season 2008! This is Rudy with him, and he also has Erica to care for him over at Whispering Hills, Milpitas CA.  Welcome Toastie! 

Simi is 1995 a 'breeding stock' Paint (APHA - A Smokin Sensation).  This means that she is solid chestnut in color, but if she were to have a foal, it could be a multi colored Paint baby!  Simi is a Reining horse and she knows how to slide and spin, plus she is great with cows.  She is really sweet and gentle and loves attention.

 Simi and Cassi

Valentina is Special. She is Katrina's Black Beauty and she is all Mustang.  Katrina hand picked her 2002 at the BLM facility in Palomino Valley, NV, out of a herd of 200 head.  Something the BLM frowned upon back then.  Valentina had picked Katrina as she would walk the fence line keeping watch on Katrina and it was after several visits Katrina knew this little mare was the horse she dreamed about.  Katrina called the Palomino Valley facility in January 2002 and was told the little 8 month old mare was shipped out.  Katrina wrote to every BLM facility to find her - only to be back to square one, she never left Palomino Valley and Katrina was lied to.  Back then the BLM didn't allow adopters to pick a horse from the outer corrals, because they'd have to do that for everyone, and it was much easier for adopters to pick the 'processed' horses.  Well after many letters and a creating a ruckess about the 'not so easy adoption policy'  something changed fast....and after 2002 everyone could choose a horse from the big corrals.  Back to "Tina" she came  home *wild*  to Rooster's Haven at Ronnie's Ranch right about near Valentine's Day...thus the name: Valentina.  It took Katrina 3 years of solid work, elbow grease, many books and Jerry Tindell to become what she is today!


2005 Western States Wild Horse and Burro Expo, Reno Livestock Center, Reno, NV

This is Iroquois Will, he is nicely colored pinto Mustang that we adopted from Palomino Valley BLM in June of 2005.  He was a favorite of the Wranglers there because they could get pretty close to him with no problem.  When we brought him home, he calmly walked off the trailer and then around his pen like no big deal.   He is clearly the most passive, friendly and easy going Mustang I've ever worked with. His nickname is COY, and so we call him COY BOY and he understands his name.  He still doesn't like carrots or apples because he doesn't know what they are.

Shadow (black Comstock Estray Mustang on left) Iroquois on right

Shadow is about 10 years old.  She was from the Virginia Range Comstock Wild Estray Mustangs that are found near Virginia City, NV.  Shadow most likely was abused by previous owners and trainers and so it took her a long time to be trained and to accept the saddle and bridle.  She is however a very sweet and loving little horse.  She doesn't get ridden much, but that's okay, since she is a pasture pal now for Miss Handy.