Thanks
for thinking about the horses and visiting this page. Please visit
often and scroll all the way down because even ADOPTED horses run into
trouble and need assistance from time to time. We operate on a
shoe string budget and when a former supported or adopted horse owner
ceases support for their horse without warning, it puts us in a real
bind. Yes, life happens........but the speed at which a horse's
"family" can suddenly yank their life out from under them is stunning.
Our policy is one of the things that separates us from the others.
We don't adopt out and turn our backs on the horses from that moment
on........but it does make our mission a lot more difficult than a
standard "rescue". Thanks for YOUR support. We hope to count on
YOU to help us feed the horses that run into trouble.
Horses
Trooper
(failed adoption due to finances-need
support)
Amulet (failed
adoption due to finances-need support or adoptive home)
Admiral (failed
adoption due to finances-need support or adoptive home)
Binky (failed
adoption due to past abuses-need support or adoptive home)
Gabriel and Dude
(need full support or adoptive home by
Sept 1)
Buckwheat (resident)
Amaryllis Pirate (pending)
Pilgrim
Butterscotch
(resident)
Nemo
DanAngel
high maintenance, cribber, colics under
stress. looking for full support
Chase
high maintenance cribber, soul mate of Frisco, inseparable.
looking for full support or adopter
NOW
Valentine
Gideon
special needs resident (21 yrs unsound) need support NOW
Leo special
needs resident (24yrs unsound) need support NOW
Cowboy
special needs resident need support NOW
Mayor
special needs resident (22yrs unsound) need support NOW
Jasmine
Mayor's wife, inseparable need support NOW
Arapaho
special needs working resident
Karma
special needs resident (no teeth,
severely abused)
Ellie Mae
special needs resident (severely abused)
Momma
special needs resident (cancer) need
support NOW
Freddy Bear
special needs resident(28yr) need support NOW
Heartbreaker
special needs resident (severely abused) and unsound need Support NOW
Lauren
soul mate of Heartbreaker, inseparable
need support NOW
Sierra special needs resident
(unsound) soul mate of Ginger, inseparable need support NOW
Adopted/Sponsored Horses
Elijah
3 yrs old saved from feedlot
Banderos
Flicka 7 mos old saved from euthanasia
threat
Halcon
14yr old trainer relinquished show champion with COPD
Button
13 yr old children outgrown owner relinquished
Annie 11 yr old saved from
feedlot mare
Secret Fire 9 yr old heading
for slaughter mare
Augustus McCrae 3 yr old saved from kill
pen
Teddy Bear 21 yr schoolmaster
heading for slaughter
The Promised One 8 yr old
rescued after his owner died
Prince Caspian
5 yr old relinquished by owner
Frisco
18 yr old saved from feedlot
Bay
23 yr old abandoned
Ginger 30 yr old OTTB starved
almost to death. Slaughter truck turned her away.
Ace 22 yr old rescued when
owner's hospital report was terminal
Sage 8 yr old OTTB saved from
kill pen
Pocohantas 2 yr old saved
from feedlot
Jack 4 yr old
warmblood saved from feedlot
Nitika 20 yr old lesson pony
saved from kill pen
Kiowa
7 yr old pregnant saved from kill pen
Flash 4 yr old saved from kill
pen
Calypso 19 yr old OTTB abandoned
The Pearl 26 yr old OTTB
abandoned
Pegasus 8 yr old saved from kill pen
Sargent 18 yr old saved from
kill pen
Stardust
18 yr old pregnant saved from feedlot
Comanche
18 yr old saved from feedlot
Navajo
11 yr old saved from feedlot
Cupid
7 yr old saved twice, once from kill pen then from BOGUS
RESCUE
Abraham
20 yr old saved after found tied to fence for year after
owner died
Punkin
29 yr old owner relinquished when she moved, then sent
for him
Mikey 15 yr old barn
surrender champion show horse
Cochise
3 yr old saved from kill pen
Misty
pregnant, foaled in kill pen saved her couldn't save foal
D'Artagnan
18 mos saved from feedlot
Maverick
3 mos old saved from feedlot with mother
Nicky
1 yr old saved PMU
Apache 3 yr mustang saved from
feedlot
Angel
3 yr old saved from feedlot
Lucky
joint save with another rescue
Trace
11 yr old ottb saved from feedlot
Star
4 yr old saved from feedlot
Sir Galahad
19 yr old saved from feedlot
Miami
20 yr old saved from slaughter
Justin 4 yr old blind
Morgan saved from killpen
Hope 5 mos old pmu filly
saved from kill pen
Faith 4 mos old pmu filly
saved from feedlot
Laredo 10 yr ottb saved
from feedlot
Red
20 yr old brought in from barn
Gem
saved from feedlot
Will Turner
2 yrs old saved from feedlot
Scoot
born her to saved mom
Beauty
18 yr old saved from feedlot
Cherokee
saved from kill pen
Prince
20 yr old saved from kill pen
Mirage
11 yr old saved from kill pen
Jewel
18 mos old saved from kill pen
Jed
18 yr old saved from kill pen
Penny
7 yr old OTTB saved from kill pen
Spirit owner relinquished, we
rehabbed and owner happily took him home
Unlike
most days at
Rainbow
Bridge, this day dawned cold and gray, damp as a swamp and as dismal as
could be imagined. All of the recent arrivals had no idea what to think,
as they had never experienced a day like this before. But the animals
who had been waiting for their beloved people knew exactly what was
going on and started to gather at the pathway leading to The Bridge to
watch.
It wasn't long before an elderly
animal came into view, head hung low and tail dragging. The other
animals, the ones who had been there for a while, knew what his story
was right away, for they had seen this happen far too often.
He approached slowly, obviously in
great emotional pain, but with no sign of injury or illness. Unlike all
of the other animals waiting at The Bridge, this animal had not been
restored to youth and made healthy and vigorous again. As he walked
toward The Bridge, he watched all of the other animals watching him. He
knew he was out of place here and the sooner he could cross over, the
happier he would be.
But, alas, as he approached The
Bridge, his way was barred, he would not be able to pass. Only those
animals who were with their people could pass over
Rainbow
Bridge.
With no place else to turn to, the
elderly animal turned towards the fields before The Bridge and saw a
group of other animals like himself, also elderly and infirm. They
weren't playing, but rather simply lying on the green grass, forlornly
staring out at the pathway leading to The Bridge. And so, he took his
place among them, watching the pathway and waiting.
One of the newest arrivals at The
Bridge didn't understand what he had just witnessed and asked one of the
animals that had been there for a while to explain it to him.
You see, that poor animal was a
rescue. He was turned in to rescue just as you see him now, an older
animal with his fur graying and his eyes clouding. He never made it out
of rescue and passed on with only the love of his rescuer to comfort him
as he left his earthly existence. Because he had no family to give his
love to, he has no one to escort him across The Bridge.
The first animal thought about this
for a minute and then asked, "So what will happen now?" As he was about
to receive his answer, the clouds suddenly parted and the gloom lifted.
Approaching The Bridge could be seen a single person and among the older
animals, a whole group was suddenly bathed in a golden light and they
were all young and healthy again, just as they were in the prime of
life.
"Watch, and see" said the second
animal. A second group of animals from those waiting came to the pathway
and bowed low as the person neared. At each bowed head, the person
offered a pat on the head or a scratch behind the ears. The newly
restored animals fell into line and followed her towards The Bridge.
They all crossed The Bridge together.
"What happened?"
"That was a rescuer." The animals you
saw bowing in respect were those who found new homes because of her
work. They will cross when their new families arrive. Those you saw
restored were those who never found homes. When a rescuer arrives, they
are allowed to perform one, final act of rescue. They are allowed to
escort those poor animals that they couldn't place on earth, across The
Rainbow
Bridge.