Identifying Health and Mental Problems
All but one of our rescued animals suffered both physical and mental neglect or abuse by their previous owners. Accordingly, we have developed an intake system which evaluates and documents the condition of each animal upon arrival and recommends various courses of action to be taken in order to return the animal to good physical and mental health. Follow-up activities are well-documented and entered into each animal's permanent file.
Physical and Mental Rehabilitation
The rescued horses may have been starved and/or abused. Subsequently require a tremendous amount of time and patience to establish or re-establish their trust and acceptance of humans while at the same time nursing them back to a healthy state.
Physically, those horses that were starved or nutritionally neglected must be fed a carefully-monitored diet to rebuild muscle mass and bone density. Physically-abused horses can only be re-socialized with gentle, human love and a lot of personal attention.
Daily Love and Affection
Each horse is talked to, petted, and brushed every day. We ensure a high level of love and tenderness is shown each animal. Hand treats such as fresh carrots, corn on the cob, apples, saltines and animal cookies are always provided to help in the bonding and re-socialization processes and help bring the animals back to trusting, and once again, accepting humans into their complex social structure. Our horses are never worked. They are afforded a life of peace, rest and a whole lot of love.
Our adopted animals are never sold, traded, given away, or slaughtered. They will remain with us until they pass on. Court-ordered foster animals will remain with us until the court's decision is handed down. We are registered with the various sheriffs and police departments for emergency rescue and boarding and may be called on at any time to bring unexpected horses to our sanctuary.