Sanctuary Residents
The Geldings
Matt was born at a 'rescue' that has since been shut down. He had been adopted many times because of his wonderful confirmation and gentle nature. He was always returned because he was only halter broken and not responsive to abusive 'breaking' techniques, starvation and cruelty. Matt is a sweet horse but, he's never forgotten the cruelty inflicted upon him and has temper tantrums. We love him dearly.
Strider is most probably Matt's younger brother. We know they have the same sire, a TB named Casey. Strider endured the same rough treatment every time his brother was adopted, he went as well because the 'rescue' said they couldn't be separated. No one really wanted this big guy but he went nevertheless. Strider too, has never forgotten the abuse but has come to trust us. He will stay here forever as Strider explodes when too much stress is placed on his already abused soul. He's very protective of Matt and is the patriarch of the herd.
Abandoned along with his pregnant mother, Pardner had a rough start
in life.
He had been injured by a stallion, was emaciated, and was no one's
special guy.
Pardner now has a forever home at this sanctuary and has turned out
to be looker. He wants so badly to be the leader of our little band but
still lacks the maturity and wisdom to do so. In time grasshopper, in time.
Sky is
a beautiful Mustang gelding with 60 days gentling. He is an 'in your
pocket' boy with a wonderful disposition. His mother,
Earth, was a rescued Mustang mare who sadly
passed when Sky was only a yearling. She and two other pregnant
mares were from a infamous seizure in Nebraska. Sky has matured into
the classic Spanish Mustang look with his gorgeous mane, he has paired up
with our little Abby and are very bonded.
Rain
is Sky's foal from an accidental breeding with our Mustang mare, Wind one of
the Nebraska 3 Strikes mares that came to sanctuary. He is much like his
sire in personality and like his dam. He's still but a youngster and will
live all the rest of his days here with mom and dad. The Mares
This is Abby, the cutest little buckskin mare around these parts. At only around 14H I call her 'Shorty' and she knows her nickname. Abby came to us with an aged TB gelding companion that needed a place to call home since the family that rescued them were moving out of state. We were happy to give both a retirement home. Abby's friend, Daniel was quite old and passed away in his stall, peacefully after a year with us. Not having a buddy she was rather adrift until we rescued an aged gelding named Doc, what a friendship that was, you never saw one with out the other. Doc passed in late 2015 and again Abby was without a friend, until Sky. Now just like her previous friends, you rarely see Sky and Abby apart. They are an endearing little couple and both so very gentle and sweet.
'Baby Brat', as we like to call her, was born
here at the sanctuary. Her dam is Abby, her sire, Blue. Yes, sometimes one
has an unplanned breeding. Thriller will live at the sanctuary and be
spoiled befitting the treasure she has become for the rest of her life. She
and Sugar make quite the pair. Now at 7 years old, Thriller is trying on the
role of 'Boss Mare' she not doing a bad job, just needs to curb her
enthusiasm a bit. Wind is one of the branded Mustang mares from the 3 Strikes Ranch seizure in Nebraska in 2009. She came to our sanctuary pregnant with Breeze. She had two companions, Fire and Earth. Earth gave birth to Sky, but Fire lost her foal to the stress of her journey to us. Wind is a very large mare and wild. She was not treated well by humans in the past and she will not make that mistake again. We allow her to be herself and we think apart from not being able to be released back into the wild, she is content.
This beauty is the daughter of Wind, one of the three pregnant Mustangs from the Nebraska 3 Strikes seizure. She is wild as her mother but curious and loving. Breeze makes a wonderful addition to our sanctuary herd. At 7 years old Breeze is a stunning unbranded Mustang mare with just the right touch of chrome. She lives with her dam and half brother Rain. She thinks she is all that and a bag of chips!
Some horses come to the sanctuary with names,
these are changed upon arrival.
01/15/2017 |