Animal Neglect and Abuse
is sadly rather common place
here in West Virginia
We Always know of horses up for adoption:
Please Inquire about those listed below and others!
Lucy - Tobiano Pony (contact me for information)
Happy - Saddlebred Gelding (contact me for information)
Lilo - 17 yr old Saddlebred Mare (companion type home is probably all that will
work for Lilo, but the rescue she is placed in can tell you more about what she
is suited for at this point)
Teka and Taro - ADOPTED 1/2010
Big John - ADOPTED 11/07/2009
to a wonderful home in Virginia
to be a family trail horse!
Finding these guys great homes is
Why we do this - They Deserve a Chance!
Adopted
Adopted with her foal!
Teka, our first rescue - read further down for HER UPDATES!
She was ADOPTED from West Wind in Ohio in January 2010 with her foal
FAQ
Q: What types of Animals will you help place from our home? A: I will help you place any animal from your own home. I can offer no promises about being successful, but I will try through putting up ads on my site(s), on all the popular web classifieds and in all of the local ad papers. I will also contact rescue groups I am familiar with and request they place the animal on petfinder. I will work as hard as I can to help you directly place your animals in need with a good family or in a good rescue. You can also contact rescues for your dog breed directly. Many are very will to help and take in purebred or 1/2 purebred dogs and cats. I know of good rescues and shelters for dogs, cat, ferrets and horses. I can provide you information to help place your animal!
Q: What types of animals will you accept when you do bring one into your farm? A: I will accept, from time to time and on a case by case basis only: horses, mules, ponies, cattle, chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, llamas, and alpacas.
We cannot take in cats or dogs because we will come across many strays on our own and cannot possibly help the strays that come in on their own, and livestock, and horses plus have additional cats and dogs brought in as well. We WILL help you place your cat, dog or other animal from your home! Usually, I will only be able to work with you to place your pet or livestock directly.
Q: Do you accept donations of supplies, services or money? A: When we accept or have rescue animals onsite, we do appreciate any used or new animal products or feeds you might desire to donate, and this donation, if it is a product, will go with the animal to a larger rescue when it leaves or when it is adopted.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO RESCUE ANIMALS AT THIS TIME 2/2010, but when we do in the future:
We could always use discounted services for our rescue animals in the way of vet care, dental work and farrier work. We would also really appreciate experienced riders or trainers that love horses enough to come out and work with any rescues we have to make them ready for new homes.
Q: Are you a 501c or Tax Deductible Rescue Group? A: Not at this time. We are more a stop on the path toward an actual rescue than a place that would ever seek 501c status.
Q: Why are animals only accepted on a case by case basis? A: I would love to take all animals that need homes and love in; however, with limited space, time and income, I simply cannot do it, no matter how much I'd like to. Also, some horses have conditions beyond my scope. With small children, I have to consider time and cost, but I have had great success finding placements for people with animals in need. With dogs and such, we must regard our own livestock and consider their saftey. Most dogs aren't suited to living with livestock and not harming them, even through rough play. We have had to allow rescues to take our own Aussies because they mortally injured one of our goats, so we know we cannot bring in dogs here.
Q: Why do you place some animals in larger rescues instead of placing them yourself? A: We can get them started on the right path, and we can give them a second chance. We are a bit like a foster
care system, and I think of us as just one link between the horse and its new life. This first vital step is needed in order to work toward placement in a forever home and it saves rescues a great deal of money. In addition, prior to Sept 2009, we had had no access to a farm visiting vet or to a professional farrier, so full REHAB work with us was made impossible if the horse needs more than just LOVE and FOOD. Upon moving, we have gained access to an Equine Vet (Chad Brown, located in Wayne, WV) and Professional farrier (Ricky Legg of Oh), and that will make a huge difference in what we can do here, but placement is still best left to large rescues that are able to screen applicants, that have financial backing and resources beyond our means! To date, we have placed all our rescues into larger rescues with the exception of Big John, and he was an easy case to rehab and response to him was tremendous. I still get emails hoping to adopt him months later. I wish all horses were so lucky!
Current and Past Rescues
Shiloh was arrived totally Emaciated at our home in early 2007. This photo was taken a month after she wandered in, and you can see that she is still very thin. She had an old injury to her back leg as well.
She escaped, as Beagles are very good at, from our back yard in June 2009, and some very cruel person shot her, so we had to have her put to sleep at the after hours vet's office because her injuries from the gun
shot were so severe. She was a very sweet little dog! Although I cannot find any after photos at this moment, she quickly gained weight and lived happily until her death. She is buried at our former home.
ADOPTED FROM WEST WIND in Ohio 1/2010
This was my first equine rescue, Teka. She is, believe it or not, a AHA Arab of 14. She was being fed a diet of whole corn, and when she tried to eat, she produced so much saliva,
she really could not chew her food. I actually purchased this mare after seeing the deplorable conditions she was living in while pregnant in March 2009. She had lice, rain rott and was missing tons
of her hair. She was underweight and had horrible hoof overgrowth and an injured fetlock which had caused a hoof deformity. She had no shelter and was
in a large herd of horses being mistreated by all. I purchased her for a sum far above any value she held, and I brought her to our farm.
Notice the lack of hair on even her legs, and the overgrowth (which had been trimmed shorter than is was when we first saw her by the time we picked her up a week later) of the hoof.
Who would beleive she would get to the point in hoof correction that she could be ridden? But she was able to!
This is Teka in Late May when we took her to a very large 100 acre rehand and rescue in Ohio. We drove her around 6 hours with her little foal, Taro, to West Wind Rescue and Rehab to see
that she could get the extensive care we could not provide due farriers we deal with having no experience in such a hoof issue. Her hoof needed a farrier with expertise beyond the scope of any we have locally, and her foal was such a handsome little guy, we wanted to assure
early training so he could become a great mount for someone someday, and we are not horse trainers yet, but we knew his chance at the best home would require work from his young age. Her condition was much improved in such a short time, and we saw she delivered a healthy foal while with us, though she still had a long way to go.
Teka the day we took her to the new rescue, still needing weight (and more than that, muscle!),
but she had a healthy foal, got wormed, vaccinated and her overall look had improved, no rain rot, some sheen
in her coat and some trims for her feet.
ADOPTED FROM WEST WIND 12/2010
Little Taro at about 5-6 weeks old. He can be registered as a half Arab
Teka and foal at West Wind Rescue
Taro and Teka - Left at their new home in Ohio!
Teka - Look how her mane has grown and its sheen! You can also see how much better her hoof is in the background!
Little Taro growing up at his new home!
ADOPTED from West Wind in January 2010 together, with
Teka being able to be ridden with her hoof correction!
These are three of FIVE kittens I rescued from being taken to the pound last summer, in 2008.
They were only about 5 weeks old when I took them in to save them from the pound. I was able to find all of them new homes
This kitten was found alone at about 4 weeks old on the roadside this Summer, 2009, and I found him a new home through online placement
Happy and Lilo
Saddlebred rescues
Happy at the new farm
The two larger horses are slaughter rescues.
Happy and Lilo were Amish Horses until they
had minor hoof injuries that prevented them from working for a little bit, and so they were sold to slaughter.
I brought them home with me from their inital rescue home in Late April.
I wasn't sure, at the time, what we were looking for, but I wanted to help these two.
As it turns out, Lilo was never able to gain the weight with us to allow her to be ridden,
and Happy was far too large for my son to able to ride him, and we've been able to place Lilo in
a situation that will assure her having situation where where she will be taken care of and loved!
Happy has gone to be placed in a program where he will be tracked in a new home forever and this assures
me he will always have a great home as well!
Lilo still needing hundreds of pounds but working slowly toward it with a diet of Equine Senior Feed, Flaxseed, Rice Bran, Alfalfa Pellets and cubes and beet pulp with 24/7 Pasture!
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After her condition improved only slightly in the 6 months we had her, we placed Lilo into Horse Haven Holler in Ellenboro, WV on the 12th of August.
We drove her up to them, and you can track her progress on their rescue blog HERE
Horse Haven Holler to see if they might have a horse
up for adoption you'd be interested in, to inquire about LILO or to donate to the care of the many horses they currently care for!
Lilo does look a tad heavier since going to H.H.H.
Here Lilo is in December 2009 in her winter coat - taken by H.H.H. at their rescue
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Lilo was placed with a more experienced rescue to handle her serious weight issues, as we were not able,
to improve her condition. At her age and with her poor conformation,
she will probably only be able to be a nice pasture companion.
We have also found placement for Happy in January 2010.
He is too nice a horse to site around in a stall waiting with us feeling sorry for him, and he wants something to do.
He will make an amazing trail horse for his future owner!
My son riding Happy, and he is loving every moment! Happy is a gentle, albeit thin, giant!
Here is Big John.
He came to us in September and is a Clydesdale cross.
The woman we got him from had a daughter who choose to abandon him with her and his poor condition is the result.
The lady found him a new home to get him into a healthy condition.
He is 8 years old and with a little time and plenty of feed, he gained several hundred pounds, and he was placed
up for adoption to a forever home.
Big John found his new adoptive home in November 2009 in Virginia!
Such placements make rescue work very rewarding!
You can't help them all, but everyone horse you're able to take from a sad situaton is still so important and vital!
Initial After:
Growing a Winter Coat in October 2009
Big John at his name VA home! Looks how happy and how gorgeous he is NOW!
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