Author: Horse Plus Editor

Thursday was going to be evaluation day.  Steve has moved in with his fiance out of town, and Kirsty is on her vacation.   Tawnee and another volunteer got to work doing the evaluations. Swifty is such a cute mare, about 7 years old.  She is a little unsure of people, but wants to be […]

Wednesday morning we introduced Daisy to Petuna.  Petuna explained to Daisy that this is like the Biggest Loser camp for pot belly pigs.  The doctor has given strict instructions to the staff that the pigs need exercise, and the best way to get exercise is to dig for roots and find their food.  The staff […]

On Monday, the auction, that we went to Saturday night, called us to tell us a horse was missing from the sale and asked us to double check the horses we got to make sure we didn’t accidentally load it.  We checked and all the horses that we brought to the shelter matched the receipts. […]

Thanks to your support and donations our rescue teams were at the auctions over the weekend.  A total of 17 precious lives were pulled from the auctions.  Saturday night was going to be a long night as the auction got underway. At the Saturday auction we were able to rescue 10 horses: 1 stallion, 2 […]

We would like to thank everyone who made donations to our Auction Rescue Fund.  We are currently at $4,922, with only $1,078 left to go!  Please make a donation to help us save horses in jeopardy.  Every dollar will help a lot, and your support will save lives.  To make a donation, click here. Every day […]

The auction fundraiser is currently at $1,385 out of our goal of $6,000 for the rescue, care and training of slaughter bound horses at livestock auctions.   The auction is this weekend and we need your help to save lives.  Even $10 will help us rescue a horse that is facing a terrible, uncertain future. […]

Last month, thanks to your generous donations, we were able to save 15 horses from the cruelties of the slaughter pipeline.  This month we would like to save a lot of horses again, and we need your help.  Our goal is to raise $6,000 this month for the rescue, care and training of slaughter bound […]

As we announced in the last blog, Steve is engaged to Tara.  We don’t believe they could be a better match, Tara is a great horse trainer and has been a farrier for many years.  Like they say, the family that works together stays together. Tuesday morning Socks and Snowman were waiting patiently to be […]

We apologize that the blogs have not been sent out for awhile, our blog writers were on a long trip to the midwest and were unable to write the blogs on the road. Jason and Tawnee, along with a volunteer film maker, visited Valley Meat Company in Roswell, the Rio Grande Livestock auction, the Texas […]

We would like to thank every single person who donated towards this months auction rescue fund.  Thanks to your support we were able to rescue 14 horses and 1 precious donkey.  That is 15 lives that were saved from entering the slaughter pipeline thanks to you!  Our rescue teams rescued from two different auctions over […]