Author: Horse Plus Editor

Wednesday morning Shadow wanted to say “Hello.”  She tried different poses and decided that this one was the best one for the blog.  She has gotten so big since we rescued her as a day old calf. One of the Sebrights brought up from Animal Control is really enjoying his new barn yard life.  One […]

The Extreme Rescue Makeover horses are doing great at the shelter, waiting until trainers will be picking them up and starting their training on the 26th. All the ERM horses were rounded up by the state of Nevada and all have an N freeze brand on them.  Along with the freeze brand… …they were also […]

The Extreme Rescue Makeover is coming right along.  We need trainers and experienced horse people to apply and so we can get their applications processed.  The horses will be available to be picked starting on the 26th, first come, first choice for approved contestants.  For more information, visit the website, fill out the application and […]

We would like ask you all to pick up a copy of January’s Horse Illustrated.  It has several horse rescue success stories, and one of them features Hope, who we rescued and adopted into a great home.    Wednesday Kirsty was busy working with the horses and took Bella for a walk.  Shadow and Parcy […]

   Our year end statistics are out.  In 2013 we saved 355 equines (mostly horses,) 242 fowl (mostly roosters,) 29 sheep and goats, 9 rabbits, 3 pigs, 2 dogs and 2 guinea pigs.  We couldn’t have done all that without you!  We almost rescued 1 horse every day.  What a huge year! Out of the […]

First off, we would like to welcome you all to a new year, the year end statistics should be in the next blog. This blog is to catch you up since the shelter has been closed over the holidays and the blog has not been sent out on a regular basis. On Dec 13th, Patches […]

We have many volunteers who go to auctions, monitoring the activities of kill buyers in California.   Sadly, some of the times our volunteers can only be humane observers, and at one such auction last week a little horse came into the ring that was too heart wrenching to leave behind.  This is Angel’s story. […]

Monday found Jason on the road to pick up a horse from Animal Control.  Animal Control had said the horse was abandoned in a trailer, but we weren’t sure what the whole story was. When Jason arrived he got the rest of the story.  It seems someone was out trailer riding with their horse, and […]

Over the weekend we had snow at the shelter!  There wasn’t a lot, just enough to make everything white.  If you notice, you don’t see any critters standing out in the cold.  We have a lot of inside room for critters at our shelter with all the barns and stalls, and they were making good […]