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Sunday Kirsty was giving more leading lessons to young horses.  She is working hard to confirm in their minds that leading is good and staying with the person, without running them over or dragging them around, is mandatory. Q-Tip is doing very good with her lessons, she is such a pretty girl. Archie was getting […]

Tawnee has been working diligently, along with our vet, farrier and staff, on getting reports on each of the horses we purchased in the group of 19 directly from the owner of Lincoln Horse Auction who was arrested on animal cruelty charges.  It was a very large, thorough stack of papers with a lot of […]

On Tuesday we were transferring to a sanctuary a rooster who was surrendered to us. The rooster had a severely twisted and deformed beak.  Critter Pass Ranch specializes in caring for special needs animals like this adorable little guy. Kirsty was busy working Archie, getting him used to leading.  He was out of the round […]

As we rehab skinny horses and post their updates. many people ask “I would like to know what you feed to get a skinny horse to gain weight so quickly.” For years our shelter has followed the UC Davis Emaciated Horse Diet and we see it do amazing things for emaciated horses first hand time […]

It has been two weeks to the day since we rescued the large group of horses, first 19 from the owner of the Lincoln Horse Auction, and then another 4 from the Lincoln Horse Auction.  If you missed that blog, click here. We had been monitoring the situation for months, and the skinny horses didn’t seem […]

We got a great adoption update from Tante’s adoptive family.  She originally adopted him as a horse for a young man, who was staying with them, but then the young man left.  She wasn’t quite sure what she was going to do with another horse, but she had fallen in love with Tante.  You can […]

Our blog is a little behind since we rescued the 23 horses, but a lot has been going on at the shelter.  We have been extra busy making details reports on each of the horses, including vet exams.  They have all been microchipped, dewormed, vaccinated and seen by the vet. Bunny and Cody were adopted […]

Since we have purchased the 23 horses recently there has been some controversy with some friends of the guy who sold them to us.  We have been monitoring the situation for months and one thing we are very strong about is even if you have a lot of horses, and most of them are doing […]

We need your help!  We just rescued 23 horses from a hoarding situation.  The horses feed bill is astronomical, not to mention the vet care, gelding operations, etc.  Please donate right now and help us cover these emergency rescue costs.  We couldn’t say “No” to these horses, and we stepped out in faith, trusting that your […]

A lot has happened since our last blog, but we’ll get you caught up. The Nevada Auction Rescue horses are at the shelter!  Mavi and Fenti (the paint) headed down the unloading chute to their waiting stall. This big Percheron Stallion also headed to his waiting stall.  His name is Golem. Angel, the blind horse, […]