Rescue Stories

Here, They're Home.

These are the beautiful souls we see and care for every day at our headquarters. Many came under the most dire of circumstances, and they're part of our family now. We make them whole again, and ensure they live their best life at our ranch.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

“Et vim graeco principes. Cu dico nullam pri. Duo stet possim quaerendum eu, cum in invenire platonem animal assentior nam.”

- Reba McEntire

“Et vim graeco principes. Cu dico nullam pri. Duo stet possim quaerendum eu, cum in invenire platonem animal assentior nam.”

- Reba McEntire

Rescue Stories

Leaning but Standing
Struggling for Balance  Two weeks ago, Willow started showing signs of a neurological issue. In fact, she started walking sideways - doing the “Electric Slide” or...
48 - From Code Red to a New Life Up North
48 Lucky Dogs Find New Life Because of Archangel Network  We are so very proud (and lucky because of your FarmHouse Fresh purchases!) to be able...
Our Blind Little Stargazer
Serendipity Strikes  Our ranch manager, Elise, happened to be an hour north at the fabulous Bonham Veterinary Clinic, with Dr. Avery who was examining Pickles and...
Fixing Terrible Teeth
Teeth Cleanings For All This month we're doing our yearly teeth exams. Yes, horses and donkeys need their teeth checked just like humans!  It's often called...
Clogs Clearly Help
Routine Fitting For This Elderly Pair Shoes make the difference - don't we all know! These are a little different. They're clogs, and they're made from scratch for...
5 Months out of Starvation
Turning the Corner  We never know how or why animals are starved. Sometimes, owners are taken to court and animals become forced surrenders. Other times, like...
Willow is Walking Taller
Willow Is Walking Taller We love this picture. This is our dear Willow. She is a Belgian Sorrel Draft Horse whose spirit takes your breath...
Beautiful Long Life For this Baby
A Catastrophic Injury & New Life With a Prosthetic Leg  Meet a remarkable young lady. This 6 month old baby horse (filly) wouldn't be alive today...
Big Surgery for our Big Beauty
A Basketball-Sized Problem This is our horse named Summer. She's an elderly Belgian Sorrel Draft Horse who came into our Sanctuary with another tractor-pulling draft,...
138 At-Risk Dogs Find Homes in the North
Home for The Holidays - Thanks to Farmies!  We are SO proud to share that your purchases on Giving Tuesday were able to pull, vet, and...
Up, Up & All the Way Home
65 Dogs Fly off Euthanasia Lists To New Lives Up North In the very wee hours of a Texas morning, an amazing group of animal...
Bringing Her Back To Life
An All-Out Effort of Survival Our team set out on an 18-hour round trip to save this beautiful starved gal, who ended up at an Oklahoma...
Stitch Gets a Blood Transfusion
Life Saving Care by our Super-Champ Blood Donor, Oliver! Stitch, the baby goat who was brought to us after being stomped on by a mule...
Walking on Sunshine (and Knees)
Elliot Has Been Walking on His Knees   Our 1-horned goat, Elliot, has been spotted all over the ranch walking and grazing on his knees.  We thought...
Hugs as Long as Possible
Hugs and Love No Matter What The hardest part of working with injured animals is that sometimes hugs, love, and medicine are just not enough....
This Mermaid is Making Her Comeback!
Willow is Standing Tall  Again  Our Belgian Draft, Willow, who arrived with dropped pasterns in both legs, and who is a candidate for a novel...
Lilo & Stitch
Little Nuggets Have a Home Here A man called from across the county after seeing us on The Today Show. He had a few baby goats...
Old Knees -- New Life
Two Horses Get Special Care from the Ground Up Meet Bo and June.  These two elderly horses' misshapen knees and bowed legs make you wince when...
46 Lives Saved
Emergency Intervention Last week, a large group of starving horses, donkeys, cows, pigs and goats were taken from a property in Wise County, Texas where...
Foster is Down
No Time To Wait During a week of ongoing rain, Foster, our former racehorse, limped in from the pasture, not able to put pressure on his...
Hanging On
Focus On Emergency Care This week, we are thrilled to help a wave of emaciated horses that arrived at Focus Rescue & Rehabilitation in Ohio.  At a...