Forever Home Farm Animal Sanctuary

05/21/2026

Bell, who is related to Taco here at FHFAS, crossed the Rainbow Bridge Tuesday evening. Like all our animals, she was a rescue. She shared our home for four years, where she was loved. We estimate her age was around thirteen.

We believe animals entrusted to our care and sharing their life’s journey with us depend on us to make difficult decisions. We hold the same standards for ourselves as we do for the animals in our care - quality of life over accumulating years.

Bell’s health would continue to deteriorate and her discomfort and pain increase. Although we knew we would feel her loss deeply we could not allow an unrecoverable situation to continue.

Run free sweet girl 💔.We are comforting Taco who was looking for you when we came home alone from the vet. We gave her your comfort towel imbued with your scent for her bed.

We await the return of your private cremains. We have your paw 🐾 prints.

You will be back home with us soon. Thank you for the years we had with you.

04/18/2026

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03/10/2026

I posted this today on my personal page and wanted to share it with you all. Share if you wish.
Steve

02/01/2026

4am: Coldest night in 16 years at the sanctuary. Up checking on kennels (cozy and warm and breakfast given).
Running water lines. Several more nights like this to go.

01/20/2026

Betty warming my lap on a cold morning

12/20/2025

Lady is home💔

12/15/2025

Meanwhile, Chef Betty is displaying her selection of kitchen towels…

We don’t know why as dish washing has never been in her wheelhouse 😁

12/15/2025

Sapphire, our Cathoula Leopard, and Ebony (related to recently passed Lady) on Sunday…the day we learned Lady had died.

The three of them have been together for ten years here - Ebony and Lady longer.

Ebony is looking for Lady.

We don’t deserve the love and loyalty of dogs.

12/14/2025

💔Sunday update: Lady passed away last night despite heroic efforts of our vet💔💔

Early Saturday morning (5:30) went out to the kennel for feeding and dog yard run.

Discovered overnight there had been an altercation and Lady had an active wound to the throat and was in the early stages of shock.

After securing the kennels I rushed her to our vet. She is spending the weekend there and hopefully regains stability and heals.

Three permanent spayed female dogs live together in a communal kennel that has individual kennels but doors are open. Multiple beds. Food bowls always picked up. These three have been together for ten years. Another female who resides on the farm but has spent numerous overnights/days with them was present.

One of the long-term three with Lady is Sapphire (timid and sweet). She had a single small cut. Ebony, related to Lady and other long-term, showed nothing. Hoosier, the occasional kennel mate also showed nothing.

The cause and instigator remain unknown. A shift in pack hierarchy, argument over a preferred sleeping spot or lizard?

In any event all communal time will now be with a person present and at other times they will be in their roomy kennels (not crates).

I share this with you all to advise that squabbles can happen even with long-term companions so that awareness in our community continues to see us all grow with our rescues. Even experienced sanctuary operators can encounter unplanned and possibly unprovoked challenges.

Please refrain from any negative comments. Share your experiences so we can all learn.

Steve

12/12/2025