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

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...
30 & Lots of Life Left
6 Months in a Hospital; Now You're Home Ark Watch Foundation saved a starved paint female quarter horse, 30 years old with a swayed back, who was...
A Really Serious Runny Nose
When a Runny Nose is a Really Big Deal This little shnookums came to us at only 5 months old. Dropped at a sale barn, with...
Eye Can't See
Ouch! Last Monday morning, we came in at 7:30 am and did our normal good morning check on everyone before we started preparing breakfast meals....
Willow Needs All Your Well Wishes
Willow is a Wonder Woman 3 years into her extraordinary Sanctuary life, Willow is facing her toughest days yet. After 5 years pulling tractors, dropped off broken and infected...
Harvey & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Hoof Abscesses
Hoof Care that Has No End Harvey, our most recent Sanctuary arrivee -- who came in with 7-inch long hooves, and who kicked, bit and had full...
Head Over Hooves for Honey
It’s a GIRL! Meet our littlest love. For a sheep named Pearl (who was found in the trunk of a Honda Civic), a fortuitous rescue...
A Happy Beginning
Meet Harvey Can you imagine having feet so deformed that your tendons and muscles bend to accommodate 7 inches of overgrown hooves? Where you’re standing...
2 Inseparable Souls
Happy, Healing, and Thriving Thanks to You! This holiday, two elderly draft horses who were left in terrible condition at a sale barn, were saved...