Updates: Clide and Ivan

Clide is doing very well in his foster home with John Cowie. The surgeons were unable to save his leg because the injury was too old, so it had to be amputated. You would never know it with this pup, he has learned to balance his weight well, is still very playful and is desperately seeking his forever home! Please contact the Adoption Center at (970) 352-5330 for more information or to help Clide. Funding in the amount of $300 was successfully raised to help Clide.





Great News!

Ivan the pyrenees puppy survived parvo thanks to the wonderful staff of Planned Pethood Plus in Denver. Funding for his care in the amount of $500 was successfully raised and he has been adopted by two wonderful supporters who will give him an amazing forever home!

Urgent! Clide Needs Surgery

Clide is a 1 year old Wirehair Pointer. He was brought into our Adoption Center by a local municipality. Upon evaluation by Dr. Kidd, he was found to have a fractured femur, an old injury that needs surgery.

Estimated cost is $1,000-$1,200.

We desperately need pledges for this boy.

E-mail: info@denkaisanctuary.org
Call: (970) 895-2337

Ivan, 6 week old Pyrenees; URGENT

Ivan is a 6 week old Great Pyrenees puppy who upon entering our Adoption Center was diagnosed by our veterinarian with Parvo. He has been hospitalized with a veterinarian in Denver. Authorities are looking into the breeding operation who sold this puppy to the individual home that surrendered him. He is under the minimum age requirement for sale.

Veterinary bills for this baby are estimated at between $500 and $700.

Ivan is still stable today 6/22/2010 and showing signs of improvement.

So far $400 has been pledged toward his care!

Visit: www.k9bandb.org for updates and more information.
To contribute: www.denkaisanctuary.org and click on any donation button.

Lacy's new home!

Lacy is a Great Dane that was transferred to K9 Bed and Biscuit and then to Denkai when we took over. She is a wonderful dog, house trained and very sweet. Thanks to a very kind couple from Fort Collins, she now has a permanent home!

Josie after 1 year at the Shelter, now Denkai Adoption Center

Josie is a 1.5 year old pit bull who has lived at the former K9 Bed and Biscuit Facility for the last year. She was having some serious issues at the kennel with tearing up clothing when we would work with her, but after a very short period of time and working with her, she has learned to harness her energy in positive ways!!! She has now been placed in this wonderful and permanent home! Josie is the white pit bull in the video!

Emily Finds a Home after Four Years of being homeless

Emily is a wonderful heeler mix dog who after living her life as a homeless shelter dog has found her place with Lloyd. he had been at the shelter (now Denkai Adoption Center) Since 2006. She has been adopted by Lloyd who loves her dearly! She couldn't be happier!

Horses, Mules, Donkeys Need Homes URGENT!!

After having more than 100 animals, dogs, cats, and rabbits removed from Little Bit o Love rescue and Sanctuary near Carpenter, WY by Wyoming Animal Control officers one week ago, the facility has decided to release 23 horses, donkeys, and mules to homes and other rescue groups.

This is a very URGENT matter, the deadline to find and place these animals is Thursday, the 11th of March. Please contact Floss directly at (970) 217-1457 or info@denkaisanctuary.org if you can contribute funding or a home for any of the following animals listed in the next four blogs here.



Taja
4 Year Old
Molly Mule
Halter trained




Mischief
6 year old
John Mule
Halter trained



Emily
10 Year old
Mare
BLM Mustang
Green

Tory
4 Year old
Arabian
Mare
Green


Summer
4 year old
Molly
Mule
Green


Valentino
4 Year old
John
Mule
Green


Galilea
4 Year old
Paint
BLM Mustang
Mare
Green, Has an incredible disposition, fast learner, very friendly



Merlin
4 Year old
John Mule
Green

Jethro
4 year old
John
Mule
Green


Rebel
9 year old
Arabian Quarterhorse cross
Gelding
Rideable for Intermediate level



Skye
6 year old
Mare
BLM Mustang
Has been saddled and ground worked
Great Disposition


Excaliber
4 year old
John
Mule
Green
Great Disposition


Wallie
11 year old
Gelding
Appy, BLM Mustang
Is rideable but has arthritis in his hips.

Kim
Mare
6 year old
Green Broke
BLM Mustang


Sheena
7 Year Old
Molly Mule
14hh
Trained to ride, Intermediate


Clancy
Young
Jenny
Must stay with Lamar
Not halter trained, etc. Very friendly though!



Lamar
Young
John
Donkey
Must stay with Clancy
Very friendly, does not have any training.



Beaner
14 Year old
Gelding
BLM
Had Calcium/Phosphorous deficiency as a colt

Salem
17 Year Old
Mare
BLM Mustang
Trained to Ride, may be a little green, has not been ridden in a few years.
Very friendly







Flower
5 Years Old
Molly
Mule
Very little training, great disposition, can be haltered.





Tommy
5 years old
Jack
Mule
Rideable, Green







Tonto
4 Year Old
Gelding
Quarter horse type
Ground Worked






Rowdy
6 year old
Gelding
Quarter Horse Type
Experienced Rider
Rowdy is insulin resistant, blood work required to keep up with his diabetes and only grass hay, no alfalfa or pasture at this point in time.
Rowdy is the MOST URGENT of all of these horses to place.

Sucess Stories!

When Jason and Lesa Totten first visited Denkai, they were new horse owners with little experience.

Through a lot of hands on work with Denkai volunteers, they have come a long way and are not only adopting two horses, Dream and Sylver (one of the 18 arabians), they are also working as a foster home for our one to three years olds. This has proven to be an excellent program and is aiding our organization in not only making these horses more adoptable, but helping to increase our adoption rate.

Supplies for this program are always needed in the form of halters, bridles, older saddles, and lead ropes.



Shannon and her father Jason working with Western Skye, a mustang/paint cross gelding.

Skye is fostered with Jason, Lesa and Shannon until we can find a suitable home for him.







Shannon riding Dream






Shannon riding Sylver Moun! Sylver is one of the 18 arabians, previously part of a Niwot, CO neglect case.

Bubba the Haflinger

Bubba is an 8 year old Haflinger Gelding rescued from kill. He is trained to drive and ride.

Thanks to Jenny, he is getting worked with and exercised!

www.denkaisanctuary.org

Liberty, Cutter, and Bubba Playing

This is an every day routine here at Denkai! Liberty and Cutter are two of our mustang geldings, Bubba is a Haflinger. This has actually been really good for Bubba, he has finally lost some needed weight!

Cutter is sponsored by Louise Orr-Bell!

Visit www.denkaisanctuary.org for more information.

Weanling Update

The Palomino Weanling is doing great, what a little spitfire! He is very obviously feeling much better these days after several doses of wormer and a lot of good feed, he has been running around and kicking up his heels on a daily basis. Now we are working on socializing him. He is going to be a fun challenge!

Pal is now in an excellent foster home with Scott and Patty. Whether they know it or not, Scott and Patty are giving him a second chance at life, one he would have never had otherwise. Pal's hernia is being monitored closely and Scott and Patty are doing everything they can to help in his recovery! Pictures will be coming soon!

Senior Horses Have Special Needs

Denkai Animal Sanctuary is home to five senior horses. Each of whom have special dietary needs that keep us busy tending to them every day! Below you will see each of their photos and read each of their heartbreaking stories.

Our work here is special and incredibly important to the happiness and welfare of these wonderful animals. Find out below how you can help them live their life out here at Denkai after a lifetime of service to people.

Our goal for all of these seniors since they are permanent residents here is to gain enough in-kind and cash contributions that will fence off a 50 acre area which is available now so that they may enjoy their stay. The emotional happiness in these animals is so important to us! Supplies needed include: 8' round posts, t-posts, smooth wire, wood for more shelters, a trencher to run a water line, hydrant for water, gates and lots of volunteers! Contact us if you can help! info@denkaisanctuary.org.





Santana is a 28 year old Paso Fino Stallion. He was part of a neglect case in Jefferson county where he nearly starved to death. Thanks to the work of animal control officers and other individuals in the community, he is now safe at Denkai!

A big thank you goes out to Tracy, Jennifer and Scott for their hard work on Santana's new loafing shed. This took a enormous amount of effort on their part.

Santana is on a senior feed only diet, we could really use some help sponsoring him! www.denkaisanctuary.org




Jebediah is a 31 year old Mule. he was originally part of a dude ranch, then found a home with a wonderful couple. Due to health problems with his owner, they were no longer able to care for him.

Jeb is on a senior feed only diet as well. Sponsor him today! www.denkaisanctuary.org



Ponch and Fred are best friends at Denkai. They came to us last night because their owner passed from cancer recently. Ponch is 23 years old and Fred is 28. Ponch is an OTT Racehorse and Fred is an ex-therapy horse. Fred is pretty thin and is going to need a lot of extra care to get back on track, not to mention dental work as soon as possible.





Survivor, 33+ year old gelding. Survivor was part of the Miracle Horse Rescue with HSUS. He is doing very well still, has a lot of spunk is is just an amazing gentleman.





Fred again, you can see he needs a bit of help, but with your dedication, we can make this happen!









You can become a monthly sponsor for one or several of these special needs horses by visiting: http://www.denkaisanctuary.org/denkai_animals/sponsor_denkai_animals.htm
We rely on your monthly contributions to continue caring for and feeding each of these animals. Their daily feed includes mineral supplements, joint supplements, senior grain and lots of love twice each day! Each horse costs us a total of $150 per month to care for. None of these horses are sponsored monthly at this point in time. Contact us at info@denkaisanctuary.org or (970) 895-2337 to help.

October 28, 2009 Blizzard

This was the scene early this morning as I walked out the door to begin feeding.
This video starts at the Chicken Coop, you will see a gray blob which is the horse trailer, next to that is the round pen, the collapsed loafing shed that never made the pen, with the horse corrals and pasture in the background and then ending at the red barn. All of this is about 75 yards from where I am standing at the house.

So far it has only gotten worse today. I had bedded animals in heavily and Ray placed large bales in all of the feeders for the horses before this storm hit in an effort to get ready for it.

The only downfall is that the loafing shed we had spent so much time building for the senior horses as shelter for this storm was not welded tightly to the skids so when I tried moving it to their pen, it came apart completely. I guess that is what comes from not having the equipment we need to get the job done the way it is supposed to be done. We had reused materials from an old building for this that now will be firewood instead. Talk about frustrating. We have decided that it is worth trying again to raise the funding for needed loafing shed materials and having it built with steel instead of wood..

You can see somewhat from this video the weather I am dealing with in caring for these animals on a daily basis and why it is so important to have an operational piece of equipment so that I can maneuver over these snow drifts to feed these animals that rely on me daily. I can't stress how important and valuable this is. A skid steer on tracks is definitely going to be the most versatile tool for us at this point. That machine would be able to travel over these snow drifts, dig the animals out, and would ensure that we do not fail these animals because of the winter blizzard conditions in that I can't get to them to feed.

Please consider helping Denkai with this need. I can't express enough the urgent need for this machine. Please visit www.denkaisanctuary.org, e-mail: info@denkaisanctuary.org or call (970) 895-2337 if you are able to help.

Sanctuary Horses aid Youth in Crisis

Two of 18 Arabian Horses have found their calling in aiding youth in crisis. Bashkira, a 26 year old mare and Colby, a three year old gelding arrived at Reflections for Youth near Loveland, CO on October 20. The reaction from the youth was all we needed to know that this is going to be a successful program for both Denkai Animal Sanctuary and Reflections.

Not only are these youth learning about the horses, their backgrounds and the strife that the equine have been through, they have helped to build a fence, loafing shed and now have daily chores in feeding, watering, and caring for Bashkira and Colby.

We will Bring you continued updates on this project and hope to grow it into more facilities such as Reflections in the future!

Visit www.denkaisanctuary.org for more information on our facility.

October 10, 2009 Snow

Video taken today at the Sanctuary after the snow had started melting and feeding was done.

You can see where the snow is settling and when it drifts, we can't even walk or drive though the area you see here.

Hence the need for a tractor/skid steer to dig out with. Visit www.denkaisanctuary.org

Charlotte the Incredible!

Charlotte is now nearly one year old. She will be a full sized hog and grow to around 1000 lbs. Charlotte originally landed at the Larimer Humane Society in Fort Collins after running loose near Loveland, CO.

She loves to run, must be scratched daily and has the greatest personality! She still loves her visits to the senior horses and of course will drop everything for a belly rub.

You too can be part of Charlotte's world! Help through sponsoring her, bring her treats and spread the word!

Visit: www.denkaisanctuary.org