Our Sanctuary Animals
Simon Peter
Simon was our first horse rescue and was in bad shape when we found him in late 2021. He had been left alone on 400 acres for almost two years with his brother who our trainer was able to adopt. Simon had a great deal of health issues and we spared no expense in helping him be as comfortable as possible. Simon was a joy to be around and was such a beloved member of our family. His favorite thing to do was fall asleep with his head on Dallas or David’s shoulder. He adored being groomed and soaked up all the love he could while he was with us. Simon passed away at 31 years old in August of 2023, surrounded by his people and vet who loved him deeply.
Misty and Chief
Misty is a paint-arabian mare and Chief is a rescued Belgian draft gelding who once worked for the Amish in Missouri. Both Misty and Chief are Dallas and David’s personal horses and help new sanctuary horses feel safe, find balance, and learn that not all humans are bad.
Inola Raven
Inola was pulled from a kill pen in Pennsylvania in March 2024. She worked hard for the Amish her entire life and was sent to a kill pen for unknown reasons. Inola is about 16 years old and an absolute angel. Inola did wonderful in quarantine and was a favorite of all the staff. Inola is a Dutch Harness Horse and as gentle as they come, she is also very very obsessed with water. Inola loves to splash around in the creek and the water troughs, and will push the other horses out of the way when they’re getting hosed down on a hot day to get all the water to herself. Inola also enjoys dogs. We have a few large dogs that we take to the fields to run and she has never had an issue with them running around her. Inola will need her feet worked on as she’s only known poor fitted shoes but she is very good for the farrier. It is unlikely she to had good vet work done in her life, but she behaves well for the vet staff, as long as they keep giving her cookies. She needs dental work and possibly chiroproactic care as well. Inola has had at least one foal before. She is integrating well with the herd and has even let us ride her for a few minutes bareback with a side pull halter. Inola will be retrained from a bit to bitless bridle, and will be mainly trained with bareback riding as this is what she is most used to.
Ronan
Ronan is a two year old Morgan gelding who was dumped at a kill pen due to sickness and injury. We knew if we didn’t pull him he would be undoubtedly sent to slaughter in Canada. Ronan arrived at quarantine with strangles and likely has skeletal and tendon issues from being worked way too hard far too young. At only two he had been carrying carts and riders on hard concrete streets. Ronan will need extensive veterinary and farrier care, as well as mental and emotional rehab to grow into the horse we know he can be. Currently, Ronan is very scared of people, he definitely hasn’t had many good ones in his life up to this point. Our goal is to rehabilitate Ronan to the point where he can be adopted out in the future. Once he arrives at the sanctuary, we will be able to better evaluate his condition and begin treatment. If Ronan is deemed able to be adopted out, he will need an experienced forever home with the resources and knowledge to help him continue his recovery. Once Ronan arrives, we will update with more recent pictures. Ronan will beging ground work training as soon as he has setlled in to the herd and we can safely begin to work with him.
Strider
Strider is a five year old Morgan gelding. Strider was pulled from a kill pen in Pennsylvania at the end of March, 2024. Our amazing supporters were able to help us raise funds to save him at the last minute. He is doing incredible in quarantine and while he does have some injuries to his back legs and some tendon issues, he is young and otherwise healthy. We believe he will be a full rehab success story and will be able to be adopted out within a few months. Strider will need to go to a home that is experienced with helping horses who have undergone trauma and will only do light trail riding with him. He has worked hard his entire life for people who just dumped him when he became injured. He deserves his forever family who will spoil him, help him continue recovering from his injuries, and give him all the love for the rest of his days. Strider has very quickly made many horse friends while in quarantine and is definitely a friendly horse. Once Strider is integrated into the herd, we will begin working on groundwork manners with him. Strider is already wonderful for the farrier and will likely just need the same type of retraining as Inola.
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Absolutely. Please just make a note in your donation about which horse you’d like to sponsor and we will allocate your donation specifically for that animal.
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Donations are used to cover transport and quarantine costs of horses pulled from the slaughter pipeline. They are also used for veterinary and farrier work, feed and supplement costs, and anything else related to rehabilitation of these wonderful creatures.
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The goal for many of the animals we save is to adopt them out when they are healthy and it is safe to do so. Once we have the horses at the sanctuary we are better able to evaluate them and discuss a plan for their long term living situation. Horses that are not able to be adopted out will live their lives at the sanctuary.