Finally Home Animal Haven

08/07/2025

When it’s too hot outside and you just aren’t shedding…you get a shave!!

Miss Tina has a condition called Cushings that requires a daily pill and makes summer heat miserable. It’s harder for her to shed her coat so we had to shave her to be prevent her from overheating! Since everything is scary we have to take things slow with her. We took our time as she was very brave…she did so well in fact, we didn’t even need sedation! She has come so far!🩷

A HUGE THANK YOU to those who donated money towards fans or donated fans to put in our equine shelters for those who struggle the hardest in the heat! They are so thankful as they spend the day right in front of the fans enjoying the breeze!

You guys are amazing!!! 🙏

02/07/2025

FHAH Alumni Bruno living his best life and enjoying the sunshine with his siblings!!

Just a FEW of his favorite things:
*Situating himself deep into couch cushions until he’s found the perfect spot (all pillows, including body pillows were made just for him)
*running zoomies in the yard with his siblings and a good toy 🧸
*Cuddles
*Being every visitors new best friend!
*Following his parents upstairs into bed, putting his head on a pillow and waiting to be covered with blankies!

Living the good life…the things he’s always deserved despite his harrowing past!

He literally adores his mom and dad…and it makes our hearts so incredibly happy!

27/06/2025

Update on Ellie 🐴

This sweet lady has had 3 flexion therapy sessions since she’s been here and she’s definitely made progress. We have an AMAZING rescue friend who volunteered to cover the cost of 5 sessions for her!!! 🤯🙏 We are incredibly blessed to have such kind people in our lives who want the same things for these animals as we do!
During Ellie’s last session she had several releases in new places! We are working to loosen her up so she’ll be more comfortable as a whole. She sat so for so long after she could no longer be ridden that she was incredibly tight in so many areas that she didn’t use. We have been massaging those atrophied places daily and we definitely see improvement. She walks slowly but in the mornings picks up to a trot for her breakfast! Her original limp is much less pronounced than was previously.
For a 34 year old lady with arthritis, we know we can only help her so much, but we will do whatever we have to in order to keep her as comfortable for as she can be.
She has joined the much larger field with Willow now and quickly became a close friend. She refuses to eat without Willow in her sight and follows her wherever she goes. We love seeing the joy that having a new buddy has brought back to her life. Her eyes light up! She loved being around humans but we could tell she needed the right companion. Now that they’re together neither one refuses to leave each other’s side unless the other one is going too. 🩷

20/06/2025

Ask for the month of June 💕:

It’s only getting hotter with temps in the lower 90’s tomorrow and climbing into the upper 90’s for the next two weeks and so on! 🥵
Our senior horses/ponies have different health conditions that mean they don’t tolerate the heat as well.
They appreciate midday spraying with cool water but we also would love to attach fans in their shelters to help them stay cool more. We often get asked about supplies that would help other than monetary donations…this is one of them!

Shelter fan: https://a.co/d/6HZq7sG

If you’d like to donate one of these fans to us we know they would be so grateful during this heat wave as well as through the long summer!
Any money donated will be used towards buying a few as well!

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 930
Scottsville, Va 24590

10/06/2025

Miss Ellie has gained some weight since she’s been with us and the vets are happy with her current size. Keeping her at this weight will be better for her arthritis. We have been trying to loosen her up some with daily walks as well as daily red light therapy on her joints, especially the side she limps on. Due to the fact she was potentially stalled for an extended period of time, everything became very tight so we are trying to help her be able to use those muscles again.
Our awesome farrier JW Stafinski is a master of all trades and has been using his skills as an Equine Flexion Therapist to work on her sore joints. She has had two sessions so far and as he was working on some of her pressure points, she was so relaxed that she literally tried to go to sleep! We are hoping that he can help release some of those tight muscles and is able to make her a lot more comfortable.
We just started on her first supplement of turmeric and omega 3 oils to try and help with joint inflammation. We have to make changes slowly but we are keeping our fingers crossed that we can help this older gal enjoy her retirement life as pain free as possible.
One day she even picked up her speed to a trot when she knew her feed was coming! The next day she decided her dinner wasn’t coming quick enough so she walked right through the closed (but unlocked) gate to her food bucket to tell us she wasn’t willing to wait! 😂
She may be an older gal…but a girl wants what she wants. 🩷

09/06/2025

We get these types of calls frequently. Unfortunately, most of our large animals do not enjoy being trailered anywhere as it can be very stressful and freighting. Most are seniors or have been through bad experiences before coming here. Occasionally we transport companion animals for adoption events but that is rare. We do welcome visitors as a lot of them do love getting attention, but in a place that is familiar to them. Most sanctuary’s/rescues follow this as our mission is to make the animals feel safe and comfortable- always. 🩷

Reminder: in true sanctuaries, animals come FIRST.

They are not there to generate profit. They are not there to provide entertainment. They are not bred to bring in visitors. They are not on display.

They are there to simply BE. To live out their lives in peace somewhere safe.

Please support sanctuaries, not petting zoos.