Sponsor an Animal

We are now accepting sponsorships for some of our rescues so we can offer homes to more animals in need. You can sponsor as a single or as a group. Sponsors will receive photos and up dates of their sponsored animal. When and where possible ranch visits and “your place” visits available!  I.E. some of our sponsors are school children, their class will sponsor and we will have them out or come to them for “show and tell”. This depends on wether or not an animal can travel safely to the designated site. So we do recommend that if you would like your sponsored animal to come visit, please choose a “smaller” animal.

Currently up for sponsorship;

 Spirit: Sponsorship---$100.00/month

 Spirit is a beautiful, buckskin with dun stripe gelding. He came to us with “0” sized shoes and pads….although he should have been in size 2 shoes. So it left him with “ring bone” which makes him lame. He requires trimming on a regular basis, supplements and when really sore medication. Spirit lives up to his name in every way, he loves being in the “mare” pasture and play with and watching over the babies and the mares. Spirit also loves people and when it is nice out and he is not hurting he loves to give lessons to beginners, a nice easy walk.

 Bingo: Sponsorship---$100.00/month

Bingo is a 34 year young Shetland stud. He is a handsome brown and white paint boy that came to us extremely overweight and on the verge of founder. We put him on a diet and let him run the mini mare pasture…He fathered two wonderful fillies with Lysa our first mini rescue, she is an Appaloosa mare. Now Bingo can not handle extremes in temperatures so spends the winters in the barn. Bing also has cancer in his face at his eye, we have removed the external tumor, but do not know the extent of the internal mass, this eye has a cataract and very low vision. He has tried to colic and die 4 times this year and each time we have been able to “turn him around”. He requires teeth floating and senior feed, as well as special care…….

(Senior feed and/or vet care accepted as partial sponsorship)

Disco Shoes “Little Man”---$50.00/month

Little Man came to us just as winter began 2 years ago, he was starved, he only weighed 100 lbs. and should have been around 225 lbs+. His hair was falling out in clumps, his feet were only 2 inches long, overly trimmed and he could not stand. Both his hips were dislocated, his back was horribly out of shape….his withers which should be “up” were down…his lower back which should be down and flat, was up…..he could hardly eat….he hated people…..we put him in the barn expecting him to die within days….but with lots of TLC, massage, chiropractic, warm mash meals and supplements he turned the corner and started to heal. His feet did not, unfortunately they grew out “twisted” [thus his name], and they require “Little Man” to be sedated to have them trimmed as it is too painful otherwise. But he walks fine and with no lameness, even running the pastures as the “big stud” in spring. In the winter he hangs out with Bingo in the barn in really bad days and in an outside pen on milder days. He has not sired any foals yet but he did try this spring so we will be waiting to see next spring!

Fancy Dancer: Sponsorship $50.00/month

Dancer is a black and white miniature mare, she is horribly afraid of people and when arrived would attack anyone who entered her pen. She would not only kick and strike like any frightened horse, but would also attack in a frontal assault, teeth bared and standing on her hind legs. We have worked with her and now Dancer will allow Shane to catch her in pasture and will accept handling as long as we go slow and respect her nervousness. She even let a little girl play “My Pretty Pony” with her this spring, grooming her and even painting her mane and body with spray on hair color….She did great! Dancer also has a turned foot and requires sedation to be trimmed, and we try to shape them every 2 weeks to try to return the twisted foot to a normal shape.

Tuxedo: Sponsorship $25.00/month

 “Tux” is a black and white gelded llama, I found Tux at an auction in California, and he was bound for the “killer” so brought him home. He was halter broke but had been neglected as the halter he arrived in had grown into his nose and scared it horribly. It will no longer grow hair but he is still handsome none the less. He did not trust humans at first and as quick to run away….but now he loves his brushings and does very well in parades and petting zoo situations. Tux is an older guy, we’re not sure how old, but he does need extra calories so we give him llama feed which he loves almost as much as “Cheerio’s”. He has taken up the job of watching over and protecting the baby goats (kids) he loves his job and counts them all at night to make sure they are all there. If we need to remove one or two for some reason he “cries” till we show him where they are and he is satisfied they are safe.