Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue

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Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue is dedicated to the rescue, welfare, and care of horses, mules and donkeys.
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Located in Arvada, Colorado, the rescue is home to up to 40 donated or rescued horses at a time.

10/08/2026

Hey, old friends and new friends! Who wants to come do a few chores, meet some cool people and some even cooler horses? We're going to have a clean up day November 7th. We would love to see you and maybe show some new folks around the rescue. The link below takes you to a sign-up. Please sign up and come help us get ready for winter! (And of course pet some fuzzy horses.)

A quick update on our old gal Dolly, who came from the auction a couple of weeks ago with her buddy Carl the draft horse...
10/06/2026

A quick update on our old gal Dolly, who came from the auction a couple of weeks ago with her buddy Carl the draft horse. Carl was euthanized on the operating table at Littleton Equine Medical Center during colic surgery. His intestines were packed with sand and dirt and they couldn't keep his blood oxygen level up enough to continue surgery.
With that diagnosis on Carl, and Dolly's extremely poor body condition when she arrived, we began trying to mitigate what is probably a fairly large amount of sand in her little old body. Mules are typically hardier than horses, so our hope is that we can get that sand cleared out and not have a colic situation. (Knocks on wood) so far, so good. Dolly is eating well, seems happy and is the sweetest girl on the planet. As long as I live, I will never understand how people can treat horses like I'm sure Carl and Dolly were treated, then dump them off at an auction like trash.
Cross your fingers that this adorable gal keeps on the upswing.

09/27/2026

Here is a short video of Dolly the mule enjoying her lunch. As you may know, we lost her companion, Carl, after a bad colic. We were quite concerned about Dolly without her best friend, but she seems to be doing ok. Turn up the sound on the video for the satisfying slurping noises of an old mule. ♥️

** Update on Carl. Unfortunately, I have no good news. Carl continued to decline while at the clinic. We chose to go ah...
09/25/2026

** Update on Carl. Unfortunately, I have no good news. Carl continued to decline while at the clinic. We chose to go ahead with colic surgery, because he was such a good soul, and seemed to be in otherwise good health. Sadly, he had multiple things going on all at once, and we finally made what we decided was the humane decision to let him go. He won over a lot of hearts in a very short time and although the outcome was not what we hoped, I'm glad we tried.

Our brand new guy, Carl is at Littleton Equine Medical Center fighting a colic right now. As you may know, Carl just came to us last week from the auction. He came with his very best gal, Dolly. They're both dealing well with being separated right now. Hopefully, Carl will rally and get to come home in a day or two.
As you may also know, hospitalization is very expensive. If you'd like to help out with Carl's vet bills, we'd be ever so grateful! I'll keep everyone updated on his progress. Please send him your best thoughts!!
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Guys! Who needs winter horse blankets? We have SO MANY. I know it seems like winter will never be here, but it will and ...
09/22/2026

Guys! Who needs winter horse blankets? We have SO MANY. I know it seems like winter will never be here, but it will and wouldn't your horse be so much happier in an inexpensive blanket you bought from a rescue, that helped buy feed for the rescue horses? You know it would.
Mama needs to move some blankets! Hit me up. I'll make you great deals!

Welcome, Carl and Dolly! Carl and Dolly ran through the auction on Wednesday. Carl is a 20 year old draft gelding who ha...
09/19/2026

Welcome, Carl and Dolly! Carl and Dolly ran through the auction on Wednesday. Carl is a 20 year old draft gelding who has spent many years pulling a wagon, only to find himself being auctioned off. Carl's story is pretty sad, but Dolly's is worse. Dolly is a 32 year old mule. Yes, you read that right. 32. She is apparently broke to ride and drive. At 32 years old,with a good set of job skills behind her, the best this old girl got was dumped at an auction.
Now, full transparency here, I really only wanted Dolly. I wanted Dolly because I figured at least we could give her a bit of retirement and care in her golden years, and because the kill buyers love buying sad looking animals to generate traffic on Facebook. Fortunately, Friends of Lackota Animal Sanctuary wanted Carl, so he was assured a soft landing also.
Here's where it all went according to horse and mule plan and not people plan. Carl and Dolly refused to be separated. Refused. Not interested. Carl said he was willing to break a pen apart to be with Dolly. Dolly said she'd just go ahead and scream herself to death without Carl. So, after a short conference, the people who pretend they're in charge bowed to the will of an ancient donkey and her main man draft horse.
They'll be in quarantine for awhile, and hopefully Dolly will gain some weight and Carl can get his feet done and then I guess I'll ask them what they'd like to do next. I'm guessing it's a couples retreat of some kind......

Remember on Wednesday when I said we had the most fun? Well, we got to have the most fun AGAIN today, with some more of ...
09/19/2026

Remember on Wednesday when I said we had the most fun? Well, we got to have the most fun AGAIN today, with some more of our great pals from ASTAR/VOICES.
I can't even pick my favorite pictures, because they're all my favorite, so I'm doing a huge photo dump. Today the gang did lots of brushing, lots of treat feeding, some duck wrangling, and then a few of them took Rebel through the miniature horse obstacle course! I think they had a ball. I know we did!

Who had the most fun today? We did!! Our pals from ASTAR/VOICES came by for a visit. We love so much when they come out....
09/17/2026

Who had the most fun today? We did!! Our pals from ASTAR/VOICES came by for a visit. We love so much when they come out. They fed carrots and apples, did lots of petting noses and had golf cart rides.
It really warms my heart to see our rescue horses doing some rescuing of their own. ❤️

I've come to the conclusion that we're never going to have 50k Facebook followers because I just don't like Facebook tha...
09/08/2026

I've come to the conclusion that we're never going to have 50k Facebook followers because I just don't like Facebook that much.🤣
Also, I'm really bad at taking pictures and videos of everything that goes on around here. So, here's an abbreviated photo recap of a few of this summer's activities.
We had a lot of great visitors this summer, including a big group from Weitz Construction, who put up a barn for us and also did some grooming.
The pump in our well went out. Twice. That was a fun little adventure with 50 horses in 100° heat.
We lost some of our old guys, which while not unexpected, necessarily, just seems to get harder and sadder.
We haven't taken in a whole lot of new horses this summer, because I'm concerned about resources, honestly. Hay, feed, diesel. Everything has gotten more expensive. Our vet bills are consistently quite high, in spite of how fantastic our vets at Mobile Veterinary Services, LLC are about discounting our bills. Farrier bills are similarly quite high.
I'm also tired. Not tired of rescuing, just....tired. Anyone who runs a rescue knows how much work it is. We have amazing volunteers and great farm help, but the truth is, everything kind of comes down to me. This isn't a complaint, it's just a fact. All the scheduling of everything, all the runs to the feed store, all the budgeting, holding horses for the vet, the farrier, the receipt and pick up of donated items, all me. So, at 50 horses, I feel like i can keep up. Kind of. But I worry about getting behind. I worry about not being able to do a good enough job for these horses. If you follow us at all, you know we primarily take in horses nobody else wants. Nobody else wants them because they're old, or they're lame, or they're sick. (Or occasionally they're somewhat feral.) So, they're A LOT. And they're probably not going anywhere, except to horse heaven, whenever that time comes. Anyway, that's a long winded way of explaining that we've slowed down some on taking in horses. We still take them in, but I really want to be sure this is the best place for them, and I'm the best person to care for them.
Anyway, I'm not sure if you needed to know all that, but now you do!
Thank you a million times to all of you who support us, day in and day out. We truly could not do ANY of it without you, and I know there are a million places asking for support all the time. We love you!! ❤️

08/04/2026

In case you were wondering what we've been up to, the answer is, sweating. We've been sweating, the horses have been sweating, even the donkeys, who don't really say too much about the weather have been mad. And we won't even go into details about the flies........ It's like a horror movie outside in Colorado right now. Justin is happy, though. He enjoys a good spritz in the 100° heat.

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9190 Alkire Street
Arvada, CO
80005

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