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Is it game over for wild horses?

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The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign:

there are only hours left to take advantage of our year-end match and make a tax-deductible gift for wild horses in 2017. We’re almost there – can you give before midnight to make double the difference for horses and burros?

2X the impact for wild horses

Thanks for all your support – and best wishes for a wild and free New Year!

– The AWHC Team

SYALER eNewsletter

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The following is from Save Your Ass Long Ear Rescue:

 

Dear loyal SYALER friends,

As I write this Ann is out doing chores this frigid night, lugging hot water from her house to make mashes for the animals who get them, carrying and spreading hay for each group so every donkey and mule has access, graining and medicating those who need it, filling water troughs (yikes, don’t let the spigot run over and cause a skating rink now!) and most importantly checking that each animal appears bright and healthy as the day flips from dusk to dark.

In that manner, Ann works her way around to all four barns until every creature on the farm is fed, watered and content.

Come daylight, she will do it all again and hope once chores are complete she has the energy to go back to scoop manure and add fresh shavings so her charges can be as comfortable as possible.

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While she has an amazing employee to help her, Ann is in the trenches caring for these lucky beasts day-in and day-out.

Rain or snow or heat or hail, there will always be Ann on the job delivering food and care to every rescue animal on the property.

Ann is not a salaried CEO. She gets paid in brays, nuzzles and eventually down the line… happy adoptions. Her commitment and dedication is out of love. Love for the animals and the mission. That sounds noble and heartfelt but the reality is that caring for a farm full of long ears is HARD work!

So while we need hay and we need vet care to be paid for, I am appealing to you tonight to send donations that will make Ann and Hannah’s job of caring for these animals 365 days and nights a year just a little bit easier.

Toward that end, please consider Long-Ear-Marking your year-end donation for:

*      A new run-in shed – to make care easier

*      A farm truck – always helpful when needed

*      Electrical updates –  a matter of safety

*      Part-time employees –  everyone deserves a day off

I believe it is immensely important that SYALER supporters give what they can to help keep the LABOR involved in daily care of the animals sustainable.

Thank you!

Elise Paffrath

SYALER board member

Donations can be made by using the “Donate” button in the left column, on our website: http://saveyourassrescue.org/donate.html, by sending a check to SYALER, 23 Saw Mill Road, South Acworth, NH  03607 or by using the “Donate” button on our Facebook page.

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Let’s lawyer up to protect wild horses

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The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign:

Great news: a generous donor has offered to MATCH all gifts up to $25,000 made by midnight tomorrow. Can you donate now and help us take advantage?

As President of the American Wild Horse Campaign, I am honored to have supported AWHC for more than six years. After working hard on this issue for nearly a decade, I can tell you that we are having real impact – in the halls of Congress, on the range, and in the courtroom.

My strategy from the start has been: let’s lawyer up to protect our wild horses. We work with the nation’s top environmental/public interest law firm, and together, we’ve been racking up the wins. Just this week, we won a huge case against the BLM in Idaho to stop the inhumane sterilization of an entire mustang herd.

We’re building a firewall between our wild horses and burros and the government’s plan to destroy them. Can you chip in to help, and have your impact doubled today?

Our opponents may be powerful. But we keep winning because we have science on our side, we have the facts on our side, and we have people like you on our side. Because of you, our wild horses and burros have the best legal team available to defend them.

Please stay in the fight with us and donate to defend wild horses and burros. Donate by midnight tomorrow and have 2X the impact.

With your help, we’ll keep fighting on behalf of America’s wild horses and burros. Thank you for your support, and let’s keep winning in 2018.

Ellie Price
President
American Wild Horse Campaign

When No One Else Would, We Did! Blue’s Last Hope

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The following is from All About Equine Animal Rescue:

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Let’s Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty for 2018

3 Days Left, Blue!

Blue is a young mustang gelding out of Nevada who came to AAE at the beginning of the year after being asked for assistance by Virginia Range Wild Horse Sanctuary and Hidden Valley Wild Horse Protection Fund. He had been carrying around a large mass of proud flesh (granulation tissue) over his rear fetlock/pastern area for some time.  He was not halterable when he arrived at AAE, and we knew we had a big job ahead in helping Blue.

Before we could evaluate the mass, he had to be gentled, haltered, and his legs/hooves handleable.  With a straightforward mustang, not a big deal, but Blue had some substantial fear/trust issues.  Initial efforts with befriending and haltering him were lukewarm.  Thanks to Dr. Stolba and Team LBEMC (throughout Blue’s journey), we were successful enough to sedate him, radiograph the bony area beneath the mass and collect tissue samples for biopsy.  We wanted to make sure there was not an underlying reason for the mass other than old injury before getting too deep into corrective measures if they would be for naught.  It was not an easy feat.  Even with sedation, he kicked quickly and with purpose.

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Radiographs and biopsy showed no obvious issues, so the work continued.  Weeks in, Blue seemed to have had a reaction to something and developed a mysterious condition that turned out to be a form of vasculitis.  He developed sores/ulcers throughout his mouth.  They were horribly painful.  Though his history and symptoms didn’t suggest, we had to quarantine him for testing for vesicular stomatitis.  Thankfully, it was negative.  We scaled back our efforts to reduce his stress and allow him to heal.   But, the mass was growing.
After several weeks, he improved, and we resumed course.  He would take few steps forward, then a few steps back.  Finally, after many weeks with nominal results, we had a marathon day.  We worked until we broke through.  The next day, our learning curve was much shorter, and the next and the next, until finally, we could halter, touch all over, and pick up his left hind and handle it all over.  We tested with bandaging materials and wrapped it up, and he was a gem!
We scheduled surgery, and in August, he lost nearly seven pounds in a matter of minutes.  The mass looked like a big brain, and it weighed in at nearly seven pounds.  Imagine what that must have felt like with every move.  Needless to say, it was done!
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However, the mouth lesions returned, and more and worse this time.  They were on his body, around his anus, and on his sheath.  Poor guy, these things were awful, and they appeared to be an autoimmune issue.  At one point, we questioned his prognosis and quality of life.  Before jumping to conclusions, we biopsied the tissue and a couple rounds later, ended with the vasculitis diagnosis.  The best thing was we changed up his meds, and the sores began to heal.
In the meantime, the next test came when it was time to change his first bandage.  With a bit of sedation, it went fairly smooth, but cleaning the lesion was a little challenging.  But, wow, it looked amazing!  Such a tremendous improvement.  It was like a victory in and of itself, even though not healed.
After several bandage changes, Blue was getting resentful of the needle for sedation, so we tried without.  It went well with cleaning a few times, but oddly, after a few times, he didn’t like it when placing the medicated bandage over the lesion. He stomped it off, over and over.  It was a little intimidating, but really, he was only trying to get the “big white bug” off his leg.  He didn’t kick out or kick at.  His stomp was purposeful in knocking the bandage off his leg.  Unfortunately, we couldn’t keep the bandage on so we had to go back to sedation for a bit.  Eventually, we could remove the bandage, clean the lesion, and replace the bandage without issue, without sedation, thankfully.
Today, the lesion has almost healed, but there’s a small area where the granulation tissue is persisting.  Next week, Dr. Stolba will be back, and we’ll be trimming it off.  All in all, Blue has made tremendous progress.  The lesion should be healed soon, and Blue can finally be a horse.  He deserves it.  He’s faced so many challenges.  He’s a fighter, and he continues to battle on!  Love this boy!
Blue still has concerns when approached for haltering.  He really prefers to be in the stall when haltered, so now he practically heads to the stall on his own, then waits.  Once haltered, he stands quietly for the routine, and it seems he’s truly beginning to enjoy the interaction.  In time, when there’s no more strings, he’ll cross over entirely.  “Til then, we’ll keep on keepin’ on until he’s healed.
We don’t get over trust issues just because someone tells us we should. Trust is earned
For Blue, it’s the same.  We take baby steps, and we must earn it.  In time, we will.
One more thing, Blue LOVES carrots….carrots and apples.  They became the secret ingredient in his medicine.  Early on, he wouldn’t eat anything, only alfalfa, no pellets, no grain, nothing.  When we discovered how much he liked carrots, it was a new day.  When there was a carrot, nothing else mattered.
To say he is food motivated is an understatement.  He loves feeding time.  He really enjoys greeting volunteers as they walk down the drive or come to his stall.  His favorite is meeting volunteers at the gate at feeding time.
Before coming to AAE, Blue’s future looked grim to none.  None of the other rescues or sanctuaries that were contacted were willing to help him.  He sat, and he waited.  The “E” word was discussed several times.
AAE set out to give this gorgeous boy the best future possible.  He’s not healed yet, but his future is looking better and better thanks to everyone that has supported his journey to healing.
Blue’s story is not an uncommon story in terms of the hurdles we cross with any intake with special needs.  We have unexpected bumps in the road that required more than anticipated.  For Blue, it was the bouts of vasculitis.  For some, it’s colic; for others, abscesses, lacerations from tree branches or scuffles with others.  We can’t plan for these things, but need the resources to handle them when confronted.  We are grateful to have your support now and throughout the year to assure we can manage most any unexpected issue along the way.
If you are enjoying our stories and
would like to help more horses get the help they need,
please donate here.
3 days to 2018, YOUR donation means more horses can be helped! 

Join AAE as we Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty.  As the year comes to an end, we are sharing stories straight from the barn to show how your support has helped horses in 2017. This year was very special, and there are so many stories to be thankful for!
As we count down to 2018, please help us as we prepare for another year of helping horses.  Your donations will assure we have ample funding for unexpected veterinary needs as we move into our next year.

We want to thank everyone for their love and support!

We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do!

Have a great holiday season!

Save The Date!!

Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last!
Buy Tickets Here

Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org

Daily Horse Care, especially pm shifts
Used Tack Store Support, all areas
Barn/Facility Maintenance
Foster Homes, Long-Term Foster/Sanctuary Homes
Capital Campaign Support
Board Members
Fundraising/Events
Grants – Writing and Research
Volunteer, Project, and Activity Coordinators
Outreach Activities
Youth Programs
Therapy Programs
Veteran Programs
Special Projects
Admin Support
Marketing
Graphics
Social Media
Bloggers
Photographers
Media and/or Photo Librarian

More, more, more

Interested in volunteering or volunteering in other areas?
Email volunteer@allaboutequine.org

Submit a Review Today!

Great NonProfits – Top Rated Awards


Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!

If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.

GreatNonprofits is the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback, and it honors highly regarded nonprofits each year with their Top-Rated List.

Won’t you help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us? All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers.

It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes!

Click here to get started!

Employers Match Donations, Does Yours?

Hey volunteers!

Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?

Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:

  • Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
  • Microsoft provides a $17 grant to a nonprofit per every hour volunteered by an employee.
  • Apple provides a $25 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $10,000 per employee.
  • Verizon provides a $750 grant to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers for 50+ hours.
  • State Farm provides a $500 grant nonprofit when an employee volunteers for+ 40 hours.
  • Others top 20 matching gift and/or volunteer grant companies include
    • Starbucks 
    • CarMax
    • Home Depot 
    • JP Morgan
    • Chevron
    • Soros Fund Management 
    • BP (British Petroleum)
    • Gap Corporation
    • State Street Corporation 
    • ExxonMobil
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Boeing
    • Disney
    • Google
    • Merck
    • Aetna
    • Dell
    • Outerwall (CoinStar and RedBox) 
    • ConocoPhillips
    • RealNetworks
    • Time Warner and subsidiaries
    • AllState
    • and more

Check with your employer.  You could help purchase our next load of hay!

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VICTORY in Arizona

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The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign:

GREAT news: yesterday we learned that the Governor of Arizona signed an agreement to save the famed Salt River Wild Horses. Two years ago, these horses were almost removed from the Tonto National Forest and sent to auction. Now they are protected under state law from roundups, harassment, and slaughter.

We’re proud to have worked with the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group to achieve this victory. It’s just another example of our vital work – and none of it would be possible without support from people like you. Watch our Year in Review video now – and then pitch in before midnight tomorrow to stand up for wild horses and burros.

Thanks,

AWHC Team

We’ve done a lot this year, and we couldn’t have achieved any of it without you. Watch our 2017 Year In Review video to see all the victories you’ve won for wild horses and burros.

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WATCH NOW

You’ve helped us do so much in 2017 – but wild horses and burros need us to continue the fight. Chip in today and help us keep fighting for wild horses and burros in 2018.

With Gratitude,
The AWHC Team

VIDEO: A year of saving horses

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The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign:

We’ve done a lot this year, and we couldn’t have achieved any of it without you. Watch our 2017 Year In Review video to see all the victories you’ve won for wild horses and burros.

Screenshot for 2017 Year In Review video

WATCH NOW

You’ve helped us do so much in 2017 – but wild horses and burros need us to continue the fight. Chip in today and help us keep fighting for wild horses and burros in 2018.

With Gratitude,
The AWHC Team

What If Tomorrow Never Came?

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The following is from All About Equine Animal Rescue:

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Let’s Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty for 2018

4 Days Left, Aziza, Nailah and Layla!
 
Today’s story is about four Arabian horses that came to AAE in early 2015.  It was back in fall of 2014 that AAE got a call from Janis Jones about several horses left on a ranch after the passing of their owner.  It turns out, there were four beautiful bay mares and a gorgeous black stallion.  These were the last of the horses at Coffey Arabians. Janis Jones, the former Mrs. Michael Coffey, assisted AAE in this rescue and ended up adopting the black stallion (now a gelding). Per Dr. Jones, “The Coffeys were known as one of the finest breeders of Egyptian Arabians in the United States, and these mares are most probably of the Shiko Ibn Sheikh line, a line known for beauty and performance”.
Mr. Coffey passed without a will or trust, and the horses were caught up in probate.  An administrator was appointed to oversee the estate, but there was no information about the horses.  No records of care or feeding practices, no veterinary history, no pedigrees, nothing.  No one knew who the horses were, how old they were, whether they had any health conditions or special needs.  However, it appeared they had lived on the ranch’s 80 acres of lush green pastures without much care.
Their hooves were long, and it appeared one had been dealing with chronic laminitis/founder for some time.  Fortunately, the administrator was a compassionate animal person and sought veterinary and farrier care.  Unfortunately, there were probate issues that limited her ability to provide for the horses via estate funding, so personal funds were used.  Further, being from well known breeding stock, there was belief that the horses had substantial value to the estate.  Reality was that without any specific information about the horses, they had little value to the estate, and the cost of care would exceed the value of the horses.  Ultimately, the horses were released from the estate about six months or so after the death, and AAE was finally able to pick them up.
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Upon visiting the ranch, two of the horses were friendly and social, while the other two were feral. Once at AAE, the mares were named Skye, Layla, Nailah, and Aziza.  Skye and Layla were the friendly two.  It appeared Nailah and Aziza had not been handled, but it quickly became apparent they were familiar with humans and halters, and at the same time, terrified.  Nailah and Skye spent several weeks at the Monty Roberts International Learning Center (MRILC) where they regained their confidence with humans while participating as project horses during MRILC courses.  They were socialized, learned basic groundwork and long-lining, and they were started under saddle (light work with no riders).
Skye was adopted not long after the journey back to AAE.  After returning to AAE, Nailah became a very sweet, social mare, and she learned to really enjoy grooming and attention.
Layla was very social and interactive from the start.  It didn’t take long for her to settle in at AAE and enjoy all the attention she got from volunteers.
Aziza was another story.  When we brought her back to AAE, her hooves were in really poor condition, and we weren’t sure we could help her.  After spending some time with her the first evening, she shook like a leaf on a tree, and her eyes were wrinkled with fear.  It wasn’t until the first touch we both sighed with relief.  That was the moment we promised her we would never give up on her.  It was a big commitment.  She could barely be haltered, let alone handle her hooves.  The journey had just begun.  We had the vet out, and sedation became our friend.  We took radiographs of her hooves before trimming and shoeing.  Poor girl, the rotation of her coffin bone was substantial.
That being said, she managed unbelievably well.  One visit, led to two, then more, and we were making progress.  Slowly she began to trust.  Aziza was willing.  Though scared, she slowly let us handle her hooves, then the farrier and vet.  Before too long, her hooves looked like hooves again.  Unfortunately, she got Pigeon Fever and developed a huge chest abscess, and shortly thereafter, she battled another round of laminitis.  We nearly started over.  Fortunately, she rebounded and did really well.
The journey was long, but these girls were ready for adoption.  However, turns out they were older mares, and they were so bonded.  After all, they’d run together on their 80 acres all of their life.  It didn’t take long to realize these three needed to stay together.  When introduced to the herd at AAE, they kept their distance from the other horses.  They had a place on the hill where none of the others would go.  That was their hill, their place,they weren’t bothered.  Months passed, then a year, then two, and they never integrated with the herd.  With each month and year, the need to keep them together grew.
FINALLY, one recent day, our prayers were answered!  Our three girls found their forever together home, and we couldn’t be more grateful to the incredibly kind and caring family that opened the doors to make this possible.
 
Layla, Aziza, and Nailah, you touched us all, and we’ll miss you every day, but we’re so happy you finally found forever together!
Many of the calls we get at AAE are from family members or friends of horse owners who have passed, or become incapacitated.  They have passed without any instruction of funding to provide care for their horse(s).  The family or friends usually have no experience caring for horses, no space for the horse, and/or no resources to provide housing or proper care.  If you own a horse(s), please consider what would happen if tomorrow didn’t come.  Who would care for your horse?  Where would it go?  Who would pay it’s board or buy it’s food?  Who will make sure he/she doesn’t end up in a free ad on Craigslist only to be picked up by a dreaded kill buyer whose only concern is how much meat is on its bones.  Please, find the courage and the resources to talk about the “what if’s” of death.  Find the time and resources to plan for your horse(s).  Find an attorney, draft a will or trust, do whatever it takes to make sure your animals are safe in the event of death.
If you are enjoying our stories and
would like to help more horses get the help they need,
please donate here.
4 days to 2018, YOUR donation means more horses can be helped! 

Join AAE as we Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty.  As the year comes to an end, we are sharing stories straight from the barn to show how your support has helped horses in 2017. This year was very special, and there are so many stories to be thankful for!
As we count down to 2018, please help us as we prepare for another year of helping horses.  Your donations will assure we have ample funding for unexpected veterinary needs as we move into our next year.

We want to thank everyone for their love and support!

We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do!

Have a great holiday season!

Save The Date!!

Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last!
Buy Tickets Here

Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org

Daily Horse Care, especially pm shifts
Used Tack Store Support, all areas
Barn/Facility Maintenance
Foster Homes, Long-Term Foster/Sanctuary Homes
Capital Campaign Support
Board Members
Fundraising/Events
Grants – Writing and Research
Volunteer, Project, and Activity Coordinators
Outreach Activities
Youth Programs
Therapy Programs
Veteran Programs
Special Projects
Admin Support
Marketing
Graphics
Social Media
Bloggers
Photographers
Media and/or Photo Librarian

More, more, more

Interested in volunteering or volunteering in other areas?
Email volunteer@allaboutequine.org

Submit a Review Today!

Great NonProfits – Top Rated Awards


Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!

If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.

GreatNonprofits is the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback, and it honors highly regarded nonprofits each year with their Top-Rated List.

Won’t you help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us? All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers.

It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes!

Click here to get started!

Employers Match Donations, Does Yours?

Hey volunteers!

Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?

Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:

  • Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
  • Microsoft provides a $17 grant to a nonprofit per every hour volunteered by an employee.
  • Apple provides a $25 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $10,000 per employee.
  • Verizon provides a $750 grant to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers for 50+ hours.
  • State Farm provides a $500 grant nonprofit when an employee volunteers for+ 40 hours.
  • Others top 20 matching gift and/or volunteer grant companies include
    • Starbucks 
    • CarMax
    • Home Depot 
    • JP Morgan
    • Chevron
    • Soros Fund Management 
    • BP (British Petroleum)
    • Gap Corporation
    • State Street Corporation 
    • ExxonMobil
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Boeing
    • Disney
    • Google
    • Merck
    • Aetna
    • Dell
    • Outerwall (CoinStar and RedBox) 
    • ConocoPhillips
    • RealNetworks
    • Time Warner and subsidiaries
    • AllState
    • and more

Check with your employer.  You could help purchase our next load of hay!

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Tens of thousands of lives on the line

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The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign:

The slaughter lobby has launched an all-out assault on wild horses and burros. They are desperate to destroy our progress and strip away the rights of wild horses and burros once and for all. Worse, they’re willing to sink to almost any level to do it.

Here’s the good news – we held the line in 2017, and if we can hold it against these attacks in the New Year, we will win. But we need the resources to keep up the fight, and what happens in early 2018 will determine whether tens of thousands of these innocent animals live or die. There are only a few days left in 2017 – can you make a tax-deductible donation right now to help save wild horses and burros?

Wild Horse Defense Fund Campaign Status

Photograph by Kimerlee Curyl

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CAMPAIGN GOAL: NOT MET
CAMPAIGN DEADLINE: 12/31/17

Wild horses and burros are counting on you. Please, chip in now and show you have their backs.

With Gratitude,
Suzanne

 

Aging – Realities of Life for Horse and Human

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The following is from All About Equine Animal Rescue:

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Let’s Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty for 2018

 5 Days Left, Danny!

 
Danny’s story isn’t one of neglect, abandonment, abuse, or poor care.  Sadly, it’s one of human health and aging.  Danny was loved beyond words.  So much, his former owner considered euthanizing him rather than risk him having difficulties transitioning to a new home, ending up in a bad home, or worse, the fear of auctions and the slaughter pipeline.
Fortunately, the timing was right and Danny has a couple special people in his life that paved the way for him to get to AAE.  Danny is the most kind, mellow, and affectionate horse we have known, and we are grateful he landed with us.
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Danny’s owner’s health was failing, and she was unable to provide ongoing care for him any longer.  Danny is 27.  He knew no other owner, as he was born to her mare.  Mama rejected him for four days, and on the 5th day, she finally accepted him.  Danny spent those four days with his surrogate mom while she held mom and made sure he was able to nurse.  It was a rocky start, but Danny and his other mom grew a bond like no other.  She trained him; she rode him; they competed together.  They spent 27 years together until they had to say good bye, and not because of death.  To say it was a sad day when we loaded Danny in the trailer is an understatement.  We all shed tears.
Danny will stay on with AAE as a resident, helping new volunteers learn about horses.  He will also participate in youth activities and any other related equine programs where we need a most trustworthy and dependable horse.  We are lucky to have this ol’ guy, and I think he’s enjoying befriending volunteers and visitors, alike.  Danny, you are loved!
For many, relinquishing a horse is terribly painful.  It means giving up a family member.  It’s sad for everyone, even on the receiving side.  It can be a difficult transition for an older horse, as well, especially if they leave behind a buddy.  Even though AAE is providing a safe haven for a beloved horse, there is no pleasure in taking a horse from its owner when he or she really doesn’t want to say good bye.
When acquiring a horse, remember they live long lives, into their 20s and 30s.
Think about where you will be then.  If you’re aging, think twice about taking on a young horse; consider taking on an older horse.
If you are enjoying our stories and
would like to help more horses get the help they need,
please donate here.
5 days to 2018, YOUR donation means more horses can be helped! 

Join AAE as we Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty.  As the year comes to an end, we are sharing stories straight from the barn to show how your support has helped horses in 2017. This year was very special, and there are so many stories to be thankful for!
As we count down to 2018, please help us as we prepare for another year of helping horses.  Your donations will assure we have ample funding for unexpected veterinary needs as we move into our next year.

We want to thank everyone for their love and support!

We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do!

Have a great holiday season!

Save The Date!!

Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last!
Buy Tickets Here

Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org

Daily Horse Care, especially pm shifts
Used Tack Store Support, all areas
Barn/Facility Maintenance
Foster Homes, Long-Term Foster/Sanctuary Homes
Capital Campaign Support
Board Members
Fundraising/Events
Grants – Writing and Research
Volunteer, Project, and Activity Coordinators
Outreach Activities
Youth Programs
Therapy Programs
Veteran Programs
Special Projects
Admin Support
Marketing
Graphics
Social Media
Bloggers
Photographers
Media and/or Photo Librarian

More, more, more

Interested in volunteering or volunteering in other areas?
Email volunteer@allaboutequine.org

Submit a Review Today!

Great NonProfits – Top Rated Awards


Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!

If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.

GreatNonprofits is the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback, and it honors highly regarded nonprofits each year with their Top-Rated List.

Won’t you help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us? All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers.

It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes!

Click here to get started!

Employers Match Donations, Does Yours?

Hey volunteers!

Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?

Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:

  • Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
  • Microsoft provides a $17 grant to a nonprofit per every hour volunteered by an employee.
  • Apple provides a $25 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $10,000 per employee.
  • Verizon provides a $750 grant to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers for 50+ hours.
  • State Farm provides a $500 grant nonprofit when an employee volunteers for+ 40 hours.
  • Others top 20 matching gift and/or volunteer grant companies include
    • Starbucks 
    • CarMax
    • Home Depot 
    • JP Morgan
    • Chevron
    • Soros Fund Management 
    • BP (British Petroleum)
    • Gap Corporation
    • State Street Corporation 
    • ExxonMobil
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Boeing
    • Disney
    • Google
    • Merck
    • Aetna
    • Dell
    • Outerwall (CoinStar and RedBox) 
    • ConocoPhillips
    • RealNetworks
    • Time Warner and subsidiaries
    • AllState
    • and more

Check with your employer.  You could help purchase our next load of hay!

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Mule Shot with an Arrow

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The following is from a Lucky Three Ranch follower:

On 12/22/2017, John the mule was show with an arrow by an unknown person(s). This occurred on Deal Mill Road in the Hudson, North Carolina, area. If you know who is responsible please call Crime Stoppers at (828) 758-8300. Crime Stoppers will pay $1,000 cash for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible. You can remain anonymous. The owners of John the mule are also offering a reward.

See the post on Facebook

If you’d like to donate toward John’s veterinary care, do so at the link below:

Abandonment is not the Answer

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The following is from All About Equine Animal Rescue:

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Let’s Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty for 2018

6 Days Left, Shelby!
Shelby is one of several horses that has come to AAE after abandonment by an owner or previous owner.  Sadly, too many horse owners feel they have no other option than to abandon a horse and leave them to fend for themselves for food, water, and shelter.  Many end up in shelters in poor condition, while others are injured, or worse, lose their lives to injuries or accidents.
Shelby is a 6-7 year old QH-type mare that came to AAE in April of 2017 when her new owners realized they did not know enough about horses to provide proper care. They had taken her in after she had been abandoned in their neighborhood.  When we arrived to pick her up, it took about 2.5 hours to earn her trust and place a halter on her.  She was fearful and reactive, and acted as if she’d been abused or otherwise mis-handled.  She was in fair condition, but had several abrasions across her body.
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Since arriving at AAE, she has learned to trust and enjoy human interaction.  She is a sweet, social mare, and really enjoys grooming and attention.  Shelby does fairly well with hoof handling, though she is a bit impatient with her fronts; they are a work in progress, while she does well with handling/trimming hind hooves.  She has moments of nervousness, but is usually willing, always thinking and trying to understand what is being asked.  Shelby has been living in a herd environment with mares and geldings.  She is middle of the herd, and has no special needs.
She is ready for a person of her own and advancing training to the next level.  Shelby will do best in an experienced home, and her person should be patient and willing to take as much time as it takes to develop her confidence as she learns new things.
If you are enjoying our stories and
would like to help more horses get the help they need,
please donate here.
6 days to 2018, YOUR donation means more horses can be helped! 

Join AAE as we Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty.  As the year comes to an end, we are sharing stories straight from the barn to show how your support has helped horses in 2017. This year was very special, and there are so many stories to be thankful for!
As we count down to 2018, please help us as we prepare for another year of helping horses.  Your donations will assure we have ample funding for unexpected veterinary needs as we move into our next year.

We want to thank everyone for their love and support!

We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do!

Have a great holiday season!

Save The Date!!

Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last!
Buy Tickets Here

Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org

Daily Horse Care, especially pm shifts
Used Tack Store Support, all areas
Barn/Facility Maintenance
Foster Homes, Long-Term Foster/Sanctuary Homes
Capital Campaign Support
Board Members
Fundraising/Events
Grants – Writing and Research
Volunteer, Project, and Activity Coordinators
Outreach Activities
Youth Programs
Therapy Programs
Veteran Programs
Special Projects
Admin Support
Marketing
Graphics
Social Media
Bloggers
Photographers
Media and/or Photo Librarian

More, more, more

Interested in volunteering or volunteering in other areas?
Email volunteer@allaboutequine.org

Submit a Review Today!

Great NonProfits – Top Rated Awards


Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!

If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.

GreatNonprofits is the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback, and it honors highly regarded nonprofits each year with their Top-Rated List.

Won’t you help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us? All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers.

It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes!

Click here to get started!

Employers Match Donations, Does Yours?

Hey volunteers!

Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?

Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:

  • Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
  • Microsoft provides a $17 grant to a nonprofit per every hour volunteered by an employee.
  • Apple provides a $25 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $10,000 per employee.
  • Verizon provides a $750 grant to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers for 50+ hours.
  • State Farm provides a $500 grant nonprofit when an employee volunteers for+ 40 hours.
  • Others top 20 matching gift and/or volunteer grant companies include
    • Starbucks 
    • CarMax
    • Home Depot 
    • JP Morgan
    • Chevron
    • Soros Fund Management 
    • BP (British Petroleum)
    • Gap Corporation
    • State Street Corporation 
    • ExxonMobil
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Boeing
    • Disney
    • Google
    • Merck
    • Aetna
    • Dell
    • Outerwall (CoinStar and RedBox) 
    • ConocoPhillips
    • RealNetworks
    • Time Warner and subsidiaries
    • AllState
    • and more

Check with your employer.  You could help purchase our next load of hay!

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This is tough to read

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The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign:

THOUSANDS OF LIVES ARE AT STAKE: Please donate to save wild horses and burros today.

For all the talk about legislative strategy, campaign tactics, and fundraising goals, here’s the sad truth:

Thousands of wild horses like this young mustang in Nevada languish in government holding pens. Their freedom stolen. Their families separated. Their sadness evident in their eyes.

The stakes of our campaign have never been higher. If we don’t succeed:

1) Thousands of wild horses like this will be killed in cold blood. It’s what our opponents want… they’re not even hiding it.
2) More and more wild horses like this will be rounded up, robbed of their freedom. They’ll end up confined in feedlot pens like this – or worse.

We need your help now more than ever. With just days left in 2017, can you make a critical tax-deductible gift now?

Every dollar you give us is used carefully and thoughtfully to prevent the slaughter of wild horses – and work to reform BLM’s failing system of roundups and stockpiling of horses in holding facilities.

Here’s what your donations will fund:

  • We are working day-and-night to ensure that Congress rejects the BLM’s request to start slaughtering America’s wild horses. Our efforts helped to preserve protections in the U.S. Senate’s Interior spending bill, but now our fight continues into the New Year as the Senate bill gets reconciled with the House pro-killing measures.
  • We are working to expand humane birth control programs using the PZP vaccine. We’re leading the way and showing how to manage wild horses without cruel roundups that destroy family bands and lead to horses losing their freedom in overcrowded holding pens.
  • We are monitoring roundups to stop cruelty and expose the BLM’s wasteful and inhumane practices. We’re shining a light on this hidden tragedy, and educating the American public about what can be done to stop it.
  • We are fighting in federal court to build a future of freedom for wild horses and burros.

All of this work takes resources. We’re as thrifty as we can be with your money, but it is vitally important that we’re able to continue this important work in 2018. It may be our most critical year yet.

Please consider a tax-deductible gift now. There has never been a more important time to give.

Thank you for everything. And I hope you have a joyous holiday season.

In Freedom,

Suzanne Roy

A Christmas Story…Thank You for Making It Possible!

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The following is from All About Equine Animal Rescue:

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Let’s Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty for 2018

 Merry Christmas!

7 Days Left, Sparkie!

What happens when a horse gets old? Do their guardians continue to provide good care and allow them to live out their lives in a beautiful green pasture and run free? More often than not, this is the case – however, there are horses who are not given the dignified retirement they deserve.  It’s not uncommon to find senior horses abandoned, neglected or worse, as was the case of Sparkie, a former rodeo barrel racer and cow horse.  Sparkie, a 20+ mare, had given her entire life to her owner.  Then she was thrown out as if her lifetime of service wasn’t worthy.  The pasture had dried and gone, and there was nothing more for her to eat.  She wasn’t fed, she wasn’t supplemented, she was just there.

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AAE was called out to help Sparkie the beginning of July, in the heat of summer. Thankfully, she wasn’t the worst we’ve seen, but nonetheless, she was neglected, emaciated and hanging on.  Sparkie was waiting to be rescued. Thanks to caring neighbors, they encouraged her owner to relinquish her to their care.  They moved her to their side of the fence and took the first step to assure Sparkie was well on her way to the golden years she so deserved. However, after a couple weeks, they realized she wasn’t making much progress, and they didn’t know enough about horses to assure they were really helping her, so they reached out to AAE.

When we arrived, the neighbors came out to greet us. They had been feeding her a can of grain and grass cuttings.  Grain isn’t the best choice for refeeding an emaciated horse, as it can effect the metabolic process.  Grass cuttings shouldn’t be fed to horses because they ferment which can cause colic and laminitis, mold can grow rapidly, and botulism can develop in the anaerobic environment.  All can produce deadly results. They also patched together a temporary paddock and shelter to ensure that she had a way to get out of the sun.

Leading her from her temporary paddock, Sparkie quickly hopped into the trailer as if knowing her future was in a new direction.  Back at AAE, due to Sparkie’s condition, she was promptly put on a gradual refeeding program consistent with the U.C. Davis Recommendations for Refeeding A Starved Horse to assure she had the best opportunity for recovery.

Her condition was complicated by a very neglected mouth, so we used alfalfa meal (with no molasses) instead of alfalfa hay.  Blood results from vet exam showed she was anemic, but other results were within normal range.

As soon as her condition stabilized, her teeth were floated.  Her teeth looked like she had never had any dental care.  Several teeth were removed, so continuing with alfalfa meal would be the plan.  While Sparkie recovered from her former life, all of our volunteers doted on and loved on this gentle mare – who we assured would only know love and compassion for the rest of her days.  Sparkie had one special volunteer who showered her with love again and again and again.

  

 By the end of August, less than two months from arrival, Sparkie had made tremendous progress, and she was ready to move on to a forever home.  That day is always bittersweet.  We all grow to love every horse that comes to AAE, but each one needs to move on to their forever homes so the cycle can continue.  Each time one leaves, it opens a space for another horse in need.

After only a monthy, Sparkie had made tremendous progress.

By the end of August, only two months after intake, Sparky was well on her way.

Sparkie was ready to move on to her forever home.

Only a month later, on October 1st, this sweet girl was adopted by a lovely couple looking for a sweet senior horse to be a companion to their aging mare that had recently lost her older friend.

Sparkie now has an old buddy and two very loving owners who spoil her and remind her daily that not all humans allow their animals to get to such an extreme neglected state.

AAE receives frequent calls for help with older horses.  Callers often suggest they can no longer afford a horse they can’t ride.  It seems some people fail to consider that horses age like humans.  Many of these horses serve their owners throughout life.  They get arthritis, their bodies tire, their strength weakens, illness and/or injury renders them unrideable.  This doesn’t mean they don’t deserve to be properly cared for ’til the end.

When we choose to take on an animal – it’s our responsibility to love and care for them forever.

Horses need care their entire lives, not only while they serve our needs.

We are not disposable when we get old, neither are our senior horses.  

Please think ahead and plan for your horse’s retirement.

If you are enjoying our happy stories and

would like to help more horse get the help they need,

please donate here.

7 days to 2018, YOUR donation means more horses can be helped!  Donate Today!

Join AAE as we Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty.  As the year comes to an end, we are sharing stories straight from the barn to show how your support has helped horses in 2017. This year was very special, and there are so many stories to be thankful for!
As we count down to 2018, please help us as we prepare for another year of helping horses.  Your donations will assure we have ample funding for unexpected veterinary needs as we move into our next year.

We want to thank everyone for their love and support!

We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do!

Have a great holiday season!

Save The Date!!

Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last!
Buy Tickets Here

Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org

Daily Horse Care, especially pm shifts
Used Tack Store Support, all areas
Barn/Facility Maintenance
Foster Homes, Long-Term Foster/Sanctuary Homes
Capital Campaign Support
Board Members
Fundraising/Events
Grants – Writing and Research
Volunteer, Project, and Activity Coordinators
Outreach Activities
Youth Programs
Therapy Programs
Veteran Programs
Special Projects
Admin Support
Marketing
Graphics
Social Media
Bloggers
Photographers
Media and/or Photo Librarian

More, more, more

Interested in volunteering or volunteering in other areas?
Email volunteer@allaboutequine.org

Submit a Review Today!

Great NonProfits – Top Rated Awards


Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!

If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.

GreatNonprofits is the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback, and it honors highly regarded nonprofits each year with their Top-Rated List.

Won’t you help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us? All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers.

It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes!

Click here to get started!

Employers Match Donations, Does Yours?

Hey volunteers!

Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?

Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:

  • Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
  • Microsoft provides a $17 grant to a nonprofit per every hour volunteered by an employee.
  • Apple provides a $25 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $10,000 per employee.
  • Verizon provides a $750 grant to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers for 50+ hours.
  • State Farm provides a $500 grant nonprofit when an employee volunteers for+ 40 hours.
  • Others top 20 matching gift and/or volunteer grant companies include
    • Starbucks 
    • CarMax
    • Home Depot 
    • JP Morgan
    • Chevron
    • Soros Fund Management 
    • BP (British Petroleum)
    • Gap Corporation
    • State Street Corporation 
    • ExxonMobil
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Boeing
    • Disney
    • Google
    • Merck
    • Aetna
    • Dell
    • Outerwall (CoinStar and RedBox) 
    • ConocoPhillips
    • RealNetworks
    • Time Warner and subsidiaries
    • AllState
    • and more

Check with your employer.  You could help purchase our next load of hay!

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Season’s Greetings & “Wild” Wishes for the New Year!

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The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign:

May the spirit of the Holidays bring you and your family hope, joy, happiness and love.

May we continue to be inspired by the beauty and boundless spirit of America’s majestic wild horses and burros and the magnificent public lands on which they roam.

Thank you standing with us as we fight for the future of this great American legacy… We’re proud to call you part of our “herd!”

Wishing you and those you love a wild and free New Year!

In Freedom,

Suzanne, Deniz, Grace, Jenn, Mary & Ocean

(The AWHC Team)

Give the Gift of a Horse Sponsorship! Our Horses Need You!

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The following is from All About Equine Animal Rescue:

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 8 Days Left, Maya!

Maya is a beautiful 12-14 yr old mare that was rescued by her former owner from extreme neglect and abuse. She came to AAE at the end of September 2016 when her owner was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and would no longer be able to care for Maya or work with her due to illness, and terminal prognosis.

Not having a place for Maya to go, Maya’s owner and daughter tried to rehome her via a Craigslist ad that turned into a pretty scary experience. Maya generated A LOT of interest, but all from backyard breeders, trainers looking for a resale project, and someone even wanted to make her a dancing horse. Her owner felt she deserved a forever home with someone who would LOVE her, not breed her or “train” her to resell at a profit. They contacted AAE and over a few months a place became available and the owner made plans to get Maya from the California, Oregon border to AAE.

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So, September 28 the transporter picked up Maya in the morning and her adventure to AAE began. The transporter had requested a Coggins test, as he had to go into Oregon and come back to CA. When there was no word of Maya that evening, efforts were made to contact the transporter. Concern was setting in over the Coggins test and that Maya might actually be on her way to Canada. Finally, the transporter called back and he was in the Bay Area, he would be headed back to AAE with Maya and deliver her in a few hours. Maya arrived after 10pm that night, frightened, but OK.

 

Soon after arrival, Maya received a veterinary exam and she was diagnosed with Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Desmitis or DSLD.  Due to her DSLD, she will need a companion home with relatively flat ground where she will not be pushed around or pushed to move by other horses.

Maya has been at AAE for over a year now, where she is safe and gaining confidence, while waiting for her forever home. In the meantime, Maya would love to have a sponsor, like many of the other AAE horses.  Sponsor Today!

 

Sponsors provide a support team for AAE to ease the cost of care and help make caring for more horses possible. Maya has yet to find her supporter and sponsors are so important to long term, companion home, adoptees like her. Some day she will make someone a wonderful companion. Today, she just needs someone special on her side.

Click Here To Learn More About Sponsoring a Horse

If you are enjoying our happy stories and

would like to help more horse get the help they need,

please donate here.

8 days to 2018, YOUR donation means more horses can be helped!  Donate Today!

Join AAE as we Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty.  As the year comes to an end, we are sharing stories straight from the barn to show how your support has helped horses in 2017. This year was very special, and there are so many stories to be thankful for!
As we count down to 2018, please help us as we prepare for another year of helping horses.  Your donations will assure we have ample funding for unexpected veterinary needs as we move into our next year.

We want to thank everyone for their love and support!

We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do!

Have a great holiday season!

Save The Date!!

Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last!
Buy Tickets Here

Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org

Daily Horse Care, especially pm shifts
Used Tack Store Support, all areas
Barn/Facility Maintenance
Foster Homes, Long-Term Foster/Sanctuary Homes
Capital Campaign Support
Board Members
Fundraising/Events
Grants – Writing and Research
Volunteer, Project, and Activity Coordinators
Outreach Activities
Youth Programs
Therapy Programs
Veteran Programs
Special Projects
Admin Support
Marketing
Graphics
Social Media
Bloggers
Photographers
Media and/or Photo Librarian

More, more, more

Interested in volunteering or volunteering in other areas?
Email volunteer@allaboutequine.org

Submit a Review Today!

Great NonProfits – Top Rated Awards


Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!

If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.

GreatNonprofits is the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback, and it honors highly regarded nonprofits each year with their Top-Rated List.

Won’t you help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us? All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers.

It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes!

Click here to get started!

Employers Match Donations, Does Yours?

Hey volunteers!

Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?

Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:

  • Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
  • Microsoft provides a $17 grant to a nonprofit per every hour volunteered by an employee.
  • Apple provides a $25 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $10,000 per employee.
  • Verizon provides a $750 grant to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers for 50+ hours.
  • State Farm provides a $500 grant nonprofit when an employee volunteers for+ 40 hours.
  • Others top 20 matching gift and/or volunteer grant companies include
    • Starbucks 
    • CarMax
    • Home Depot 
    • JP Morgan
    • Chevron
    • Soros Fund Management 
    • BP (British Petroleum)
    • Gap Corporation
    • State Street Corporation 
    • ExxonMobil
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Boeing
    • Disney
    • Google
    • Merck
    • Aetna
    • Dell
    • Outerwall (CoinStar and RedBox) 
    • ConocoPhillips
    • RealNetworks
    • Time Warner and subsidiaries
    • AllState
    • and more

Check with your employer.  You could help purchase our next load of hay!

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Reba’s life has now come full circle!

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The following is from All About Equine Animal Rescue:

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Let’s Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty for 2018

 9 Days Left, Reba!

Reba and her adult filly came to AAE after the death of her owner.  Subsequently, family was not able to provide for them.  Reba’s daughter was adopted some time ago.

Reba was an amazing senior mare that we had hoped to utilize as a program horse at AAE. However, she has challenge after challenge as a “herd” horse at AAE. We make ongoing adjustments to try to keep her happy and healthy! Ultimately, Reba was not happy.  We needed to make that right.

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We moved her to a foster, and she did much better with a smaller herd and

more consistent interaction. 

 


 Last month, a beautiful thing happened. Reba, went to her forever home. It was not just any forever home, but the home of a family who knew her former owner before she lost her tough battle with cancer. Her adopter knew how much Reba had meant to her owner; how much love and attention she had devoted to Reba during her lifetime. Once they realized Reba had made her way to our rescue, they knew that adopting Reba was not only the right thing to do, but the perfect thing to do.

Watch Reba with her Forever Family

Reba’s life has now come full circle – she will be doted on for the rest of her days by a whole family of horse-loving girls. We are so grateful this family opened their hearts and farm to this lovely lady; and we wish you all much happiness!

If you are enjoying our happy stories and

would like to help more horse get the help they need,

please donate here.

9 days to 2018, YOUR donation means more horses can be helped!  Donate Today!

Join AAE as we Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty.  As the year comes to an end, we are sharing stories straight from the barn to show how your support has helped horses in 2017. This year was very special, and there are so many stories to be thankful for!
As we count down to 2018, please help us as we prepare for another year of helping horses.  Your donations will assure we have ample funding for unexpected veterinary needs as we move into our next year.

We want to thank everyone for their love and support!

We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do!

Have a great holiday season!

Save The Date!!

Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last!
Buy Tickets Here

Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org

Daily Horse Care, especially pm shifts
Used Tack Store Support, all areas
Barn/Facility Maintenance
Foster Homes, Long-Term Foster/Sanctuary Homes
Capital Campaign Support
Board Members
Fundraising/Events
Grants – Writing and Research
Volunteer, Project, and Activity Coordinators
Outreach Activities
Youth Programs
Therapy Programs
Veteran Programs
Special Projects
Admin Support
Marketing
Graphics
Social Media
Bloggers
Photographers
Media and/or Photo Librarian

More, more, more

Interested in volunteering or volunteering in other areas?
Email volunteer@allaboutequine.org

Submit a Review Today!

Great NonProfits – Top Rated Awards


Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!

If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.

GreatNonprofits is the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback, and it honors highly regarded nonprofits each year with their Top-Rated List.

Won’t you help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us? All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers.

It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes!

Click here to get started!

Employers Match Donations, Does Yours?

Hey volunteers!

Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?

Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:

  • Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
  • Microsoft provides a $17 grant to a nonprofit per every hour volunteered by an employee.
  • Apple provides a $25 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $10,000 per employee.
  • Verizon provides a $750 grant to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers for 50+ hours.
  • State Farm provides a $500 grant nonprofit when an employee volunteers for+ 40 hours.
  • Others top 20 matching gift and/or volunteer grant companies include
    • Starbucks 
    • CarMax
    • Home Depot 
    • JP Morgan
    • Chevron
    • Soros Fund Management 
    • BP (British Petroleum)
    • Gap Corporation
    • State Street Corporation 
    • ExxonMobil
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Boeing
    • Disney
    • Google
    • Merck
    • Aetna
    • Dell
    • Outerwall (CoinStar and RedBox) 
    • ConocoPhillips
    • RealNetworks
    • Time Warner and subsidiaries
    • AllState
    • and more

Check with your employer.  You could help purchase our next load of hay!

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Plan Ahead, They Are Counting on You!

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The following is from All About Equine Animal Rescue:

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Let’s Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty for 2018

10 Days Left, Blaze and Quinn!

Quinn & Blaze came to AAE when their family was preparing to downsize.  Another frequent reason horses end up at rescue is their family is moving and they can’t take their horse(s).  More often than not, people don’t realize how difficult it can be placing horses, especially older horses.  When the time comes to go, they have no place to go.  

Fortunately, Quinn and Blaze’s family was planning ahead, and when space became available, AAE was able to help, which is often not the case.  

Quinn and Blaze are looking for a new family to call their own.

Quinn is a very fancy 23 year old half Arab (registered) and half Saddlebred mare. Quinn tends to be higher energy and a bit impatient. Quinn was trained English and Western in the distant past, and she has been used in the arena and on trail.  However, she has not been ridden for about 5 years.  She was forward on trail, loved to go!  Quinn is a bit more complicated and needs at least an intermediate handler/rider.  She’s not always compatible with other horses, and is known to kick out at other horses when under saddle.  She has had a mild injury to her front right, but was lightly rideable in the past.  She was recently evaluated and okay’d for light riding. 

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Blaze is a very handsome 21-ish year old (~1996) Arabian gelding.  Blaze has no formal training, but was used as an occasional trail horse.  He hasn’t been ridden for about 5 years.  Shortly before coming to AAE, he suffered a mild bout of laminitis.  Blaze is much improved and doing very well.  He is refreshing his groundwork now, and will be tested under saddle as he progresses on the ground.  

 

 Quinn and Blaze have been together for several years, and they are bonded seniors.  They would do best in a companion home with potential for light riding with some refresher training.  These two are not beginner horses, and should go to  home with someone that has substantial experience or plans to utilize a trainer to retrain/refresh their riding abilities.  They would make a nice pair of companion horses for someone looking to enjoy the companionship of a couple of horses, too.

If you are enjoying our happy stories and

would like to help more horse get the help they need,

please donate here.

10 days to 2018, YOUR donation means more horses can be helped!  Donate Today!

Join AAE as we Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty.  As the year comes to an end, we are sharing stories straight from the barn to show how your support has helped horses in 2017. This year was very special, and there are so many stories to be thankful for!
As we count down to 2018, please help us as we prepare for another year of helping horses.  Your donations will assure we have ample funding for unexpected veterinary needs as we move into our next year.

We want to thank everyone for their love and support!

We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do!

Have a great holiday season!

Save The Date!!

Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last!
Buy Tickets Here

Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org

Daily Horse Care, especially pm shifts
Used Tack Store Support, all areas
Barn/Facility Maintenance
Foster Homes, Long-Term Foster/Sanctuary Homes
Capital Campaign Support
Board Members
Fundraising/Events
Grants – Writing and Research
Volunteer, Project, and Activity Coordinators
Outreach Activities
Youth Programs
Therapy Programs
Veteran Programs
Special Projects
Admin Support
Marketing
Graphics
Social Media
Bloggers
Photographers
Media and/or Photo Librarian

More, more, more

Interested in volunteering or volunteering in other areas?
Email volunteer@allaboutequine.org

Submit a Review Today!

Great NonProfits – Top Rated Awards


Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!

If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.

GreatNonprofits is the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback, and it honors highly regarded nonprofits each year with their Top-Rated List.

Won’t you help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us? All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers.

It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes!

Click here to get started!

Employers Match Donations, Does Yours?

Hey volunteers!

Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?

Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:

  • Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
  • Microsoft provides a $17 grant to a nonprofit per every hour volunteered by an employee.
  • Apple provides a $25 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $10,000 per employee.
  • Verizon provides a $750 grant to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers for 50+ hours.
  • State Farm provides a $500 grant nonprofit when an employee volunteers for+ 40 hours.
  • Others top 20 matching gift and/or volunteer grant companies include
    • Starbucks 
    • CarMax
    • Home Depot 
    • JP Morgan
    • Chevron
    • Soros Fund Management 
    • BP (British Petroleum)
    • Gap Corporation
    • State Street Corporation 
    • ExxonMobil
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Boeing
    • Disney
    • Google
    • Merck
    • Aetna
    • Dell
    • Outerwall (CoinStar and RedBox) 
    • ConocoPhillips
    • RealNetworks
    • Time Warner and subsidiaries
    • AllState
    • and more

Check with your employer.  You could help purchase our next load of hay!

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The following is from All About Equine Animal Rescue:

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Let’s Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty for 2018

11 Days Left, Smokey, Tilly, Mazie and Hildago!

Today’s story includes several horses, previously rescued, and they fell back on AAE this year as a sort of a safety net.   Too many times, people adopt a horse, and for one reason or another, and they are unable to keep the horse.  That’s how many end up here to begin with.

One of our disappointments in recent years is that AAE’s failed adoption rate has grown to about 10 percent.  Though AAE strives to match horses with forever homes, sometimes the situation is beyond anyone’s control.  Other times, it seems people far underestimate the effort, responsibility, commitment, and cost of horse ownership.  Sometimes the adopter overestimates or overstates his/her abilities, resulting in a mis-matched adoption.  Sadly, these things happen far more often than they should.

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Tilly and Smokey came back to AAE after their young owner was no longer able to properly care for them.  Both of these gentle souls had been adopted, and twice they were returned.  Smokey originally came to AAE when his former owner was unable to move him to new property.  He had been neglected.  Then his original adopter had a terrible accident and due to a severe injury, she was physically unable to care for him.  Now back, Smokey is doing well.  He’s still at AAE, getting lots of love from volunteers.  He enjoys the pasture and his herd, but he really enjoys attention from his human partner.  Smokey really needs a forever commitment from his next person.  He needs a home to grow roots and live out his life without further separation.  He bonds strong with a buddy and the separation is hard on him.  Smokes will stay at AAE until we can assure his next move is his last move!

Tilly originally came to AAE after seizure in a neglect case.  She had a young foal, and the two were in extremely poor condition.

She rehabbed beautifully and went out on adoption.  Her original adopter pushed her too hard, too fast to make her a riding horse – though she promised to take it slow and give her time to adapt to her new home and build trust.  Tilly came back a bucking horse.  Fortunately, Tilly truly seems to have found her special person; it was love at first sight.  This one feels like forever!


Mazie came to AAE as a yearling from a collaborative auction rescue.  She developed into an aMAZIEng lil filly.  She spent time at the Monty Roberts International Learning Center and impressed her student with her personality and brains.  Her adopter brought her into her life after retiring her other horse.  Sadly, her other horse passed, and she decided she didn’t want to be in horses any more.  So Mazie came back to AAE, and she recently met her new mom, who seems the perfect fit for forever with Ms. M.

Hidalgo came to AAE when his prior owners were downsizing and moving to a smaller property.  He came in with hoof issues and a bit stand-offish, but he quickly became a volunteer favorite.  He was an older guy, and had some limitations because of his hooves, and his soft topline.  He was adopted to be buddies with a couple other horses, but unfortunately, in his new environment, he grew a big youthful attitude and thought he was king of the hill.  Sadly, one of his pasturemates had a very arthritic knee, and Hidalgo was too much a threat to his safety.  He came back for a short while before moving on to a new home to be a buddy to a big Percheron boy.

Finally, two AAE favorites returned recently, but not for long.  Petie and Pumpkin are two minis that were adopted a few years ago, but due to a family health crisis, they came back.  Fortunately, they practically had a home waiting for them with one of our volunteer families, and the opportunity to become their new home was a dream come true.

Fortunately, five of six horses that returned this year have been adopted again.  We hope this is their last stop!  Our fingers stay crossed that the right situation comes along for Smokey.

Before you adopt or purchase a horse, please take time to consider the big picture.  Consider the time it takes to care for the horse, the expense of horse ownership, the knowledge you need for proper care, handling and training. Consider the effort it takes to properly care for and provide for a horse.  Consider that housing can be a challenge if you don’t have property or you have to move.  If you can’t afford vet care, don’t gamble with a life.  Consider the disruption it causes a horse when it’s detached from it’s home, it’s people, and it’s equine family.  Think also about the impact to AAE and other organizations or families that provide that safety net for your horse.  Consider the impact to space, care and/or monetary resources.

Consider that every day we have your horse in our care, 

is a day we are unable to help another horse in need.

If you are enjoying our happy stories and

would like to help more horse get the help they need,

please donate here.

11 days to 2018, YOUR donation means more horses can be helped!  Donate Today!

Join AAE as we Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty.  As the year comes to an end, we are sharing stories straight from the barn to show how your support has helped horses in 2017. This year was very special, and there are so many stories to be thankful for!
As we count down to 2018, please help us as we prepare for another year of helping horses.  Your donations will assure we have ample funding for unexpected veterinary needs as we move into our next year.

We want to thank everyone for their love and support!

We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do!

Have a great holiday season!

Save The Date!!

Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last!
Buy Tickets Here

Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org

Daily Horse Care, especially pm shifts
Used Tack Store Support, all areas
Barn/Facility Maintenance
Foster Homes, Long-Term Foster/Sanctuary Homes
Capital Campaign Support
Board Members
Fundraising/Events
Grants – Writing and Research
Volunteer, Project, and Activity Coordinators
Outreach Activities
Youth Programs
Therapy Programs
Veteran Programs
Special Projects
Admin Support
Marketing
Graphics
Social Media
Bloggers
Photographers
Media and/or Photo Librarian

More, more, more

Interested in volunteering or volunteering in other areas?
Email volunteer@allaboutequine.org

Submit a Review Today!

Great NonProfits – Top Rated Awards


Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!

If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.

GreatNonprofits is the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback, and it honors highly regarded nonprofits each year with their Top-Rated List.

Won’t you help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us? All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers.

It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes!

Click here to get started!

Employers Match Donations, Does Yours?

Hey volunteers!

Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?

Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:

  • Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
  • Microsoft provides a $17 grant to a nonprofit per every hour volunteered by an employee.
  • Apple provides a $25 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $10,000 per employee.
  • Verizon provides a $750 grant to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers for 50+ hours.
  • State Farm provides a $500 grant nonprofit when an employee volunteers for+ 40 hours.
  • Others top 20 matching gift and/or volunteer grant companies include
    • Starbucks 
    • CarMax
    • Home Depot 
    • JP Morgan
    • Chevron
    • Soros Fund Management 
    • BP (British Petroleum)
    • Gap Corporation
    • State Street Corporation 
    • ExxonMobil
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Boeing
    • Disney
    • Google
    • Merck
    • Aetna
    • Dell
    • Outerwall (CoinStar and RedBox) 
    • ConocoPhillips
    • RealNetworks
    • Time Warner and subsidiaries
    • AllState
    • and more

Check with your employer.  You could help purchase our next load of hay!

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WE DID IT – 7 MORE LIVES SAVED! MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM CHILLY PEPPER!

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The following is from Chilly Pepper – Miracle Mustang:

MERRY CHRISTMAS from Chilly Pepper.

We did it, we saved the 7 (2 minis and 5 ponies) from slaughter. This took awhile, but all came home safely. Great news is that two of them have already been adopted.

This group was by far our most expensive, but we had to save them. THANK YOU EVERYONE who stepped up to make it happen. The “tiny’s” would have been slaughtered for dog food or their hides. So they say THANK YOU!

At this point we have 23 horses on the property. Four of the older ones have special feed requirements . One of the 20 year olds need his teeth floated as he looks like he is starving :( But he will get those fixed soon and he is on special feed and doing well so far. We need to get a couple stallions gelded so they can be adopted. There are 9 total up for adoption. Most of our permanent residents have either health issues or are special needs for a variety of other reasons.

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In the last month or so,10 of these amazing horses have found their loving, forever homes. It is always bittersweet to say goodbye, but is wonderful for the horses. We recently went and visited “Sky”, one of our orphans. He came up for a kiss but took off with his two new friends. When he came running back up to say hi again he ignored me and ran straight to his new mom. Hmmmmmm I know that is how it should be but it did make me sad for about a second LOL. Because that is the perfect home, where he loves his new mom best. It’s so heartwarming to see them thriving.

We now have 3 ponies and one miniature available, as well as two gorgeous purebred Arabian colts and 3 mustangs (once Tomahawk and the mini stallion are gelded.)

Our number of permanent residents has grown, so we will need to get the rest of the acreage fenced quickly and add a few more shelters. Everyone here has shelter, but we need to be ready for the coming year.

2017 has been crazy and together we have saved so many horses from slaughter. We cannot thank you enough and are so appreciative of your ongoing support. We could never have done this without you.

We are looking at quite the feed bill. We had a wonderful grant for hay, but we need lots of groceries for the special needs and the elderly to get them through the winter.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful journey with us and for making the Chilly Pepper family so amazing.

LOOKING FOR THAT GIFT FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE TO SHOP FOR PERSON? Make a donation in their name. You get a tax donation, we can send them a photo of a horse they helped save. (Just let us know their information), and they can help save a life without any effort – for the gift that KEEPS ON LIVING!

(The horse shown above in the top photo is Levi, the 20 year old y’all made it possible to save a few months ago.)

Thank you and God bless!

Thank you for all the love and support and all the lives you’ve saved! We could not do this without you!

To our monthly donors, Due to joining WIN, our tax ID number changed. We appreciate all the ongoing support and are asking you (with so much love and appreciation) to please transfer it to the new Paypal – Palomino@chillypepper.org as we will be closing the old paypal acct. Thank you so much for being part of the Chilly Pepper family.

If you want to help You can go to You Caring – to help us keep saving lives..

You can go to [Paypal](https://www.paypal.me/WildHorsesinNeedUS

if you would like to help these horses.

You can donate via check at Chilly Pepper – Miracle Mustang, P.O. Box 190 Golconda, NV 89414

You can also donate via credit card by calling Palomino at 530-339-1458.

NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL – WE SAVE THEM ALL!

SAVING GOD’S CRITTERS – FOUR FEET AT A TIME

Chilly Pepper – Miracle Mustang, WIN Project – Rescue & Rehab

 

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He Caught Her Heart and Changed Their Lives!

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The following is from All About Equine Animal Rescue:

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Let’s Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty for 2018

 12 Days Left, Legend and Jackson!

Last January, AAE learned of a call for help with 20 some horses that had been removed from the range in Nevada.  These were Virginia Range wild horses that were removed by the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDOA).  The NDOA manages the horses that are on state lands.

In short, the NDOA has authority to remove horses that present a clear and continuing danger to motorists after failed relocation attempts.  Sadly, this group of horses had crossed the highway too many times and presented a threat to motorists.  The Virginia Range Sanctuary (VRS) works tirelessly to protect and advocated for the wild horses, and when they are removed, this amazing group works diligently to place the horses in forever homes.  When forever homes can’t be found, they look to other organizations to continue their work.

In January, one of our volunteers, Pam, reached out to VRS with interest in one of the horses that had been removed.  At the time, we were still hoping to help the Hallelujah Horses, but winter weather and the transport situation was not cooperating.  Since we hadn’t made progress in that situation, we refocused to a more local need.  Before you know it, we committed to four Virginia Range Horses that became five:  Onyx, Whisper, Annie, Legend and Jackson.  Today, we focus on Legend and Jackson.

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We credit Legend’s good looks for helping save Onyx, Whisper, Annie, and Jackson.  If he hadn’t caught Pam’s eye (and heart), these five may not have found their way to AAE, but we’re glad they did.  Legend was a band stallion, and he and the others from the group of 20-ish were pulled from their families so “us” travelers could safely navigate the highway in Nevada.  It’s truly a sad thing, but better than the alternative of human or horse deaths.  So, we make the best of it and try to do right by the horses.

Legend and Jackson started as neighbors at AAE after quarantine.  Legend was the calm, cool and collected one, but he seemed almost too cool.  He didn’t exhibit the curiousity of the young ones.  He had been a band stallion on the range, and his stoic and brave leadership showed through.  There was a wisdom about him, and you could see him process every subtle movement, change, thought.  Initially, it seemed like any minute he would blow.  But with each interaction, he would show more calmness and confidence.  With Pam’s patience and committment this past year, Legend has gone from wild to willing and now a riding horse.

Jackson, on the other hand, is the curious, rambunctious, and studly one, more interested in becoming the AAE’s herd leader than befriending us two-leggers.  He’s curious, but lacks confidence.  Jackson is an absolute character, and like the cowardly lion in the wizard of oz, he thinks he’s ferocious.  He loves to assert himself over some of the other boys in the bunch, then quickly take his place behind the girls.  Love this boy.  Given some time pasture time commingling among his volunteer peeps, Jacks is coming around and seeking humans.  We’re on his time, no hurry.  He’s been haltered and handled, but for now, he’s enjoying being a horse in captivity.  He’s working his way to haltered, handled, and enjoying human interaction.  Hopefully, he’ll meet a wild horse experienced person that will commit to him the time and trust he needs to believe in humans.

Unfortunately, recent state action has threatened the existence of the Virginia Range wild horses.  For more information about the Virginia Range horses, check out the Virginia Range Sanctuary.

If you are enjoying our happy stories and

would like to help more horse get the help they need,

please donate here.

12 days to 2018, YOUR donation means more horses can be helped!  Donate Today!

Join AAE as we Deck the Stalls with Boughs of Plenty.  As the year comes to an end, we are sharing stories straight from the barn to show how your support has helped horses in 2017. This year was very special, and there are so many stories to be thankful for!
As we count down to 2018, please help us as we prepare for another year of helping horses.  Your donations will assure we have ample funding for unexpected veterinary needs as we move into our next year.

We want to thank everyone for their love and support!

We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do!

Have a great holiday season!

Save The Date!!

Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last!
Buy Tickets Here

Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org

Daily Horse Care, especially pm shifts
Used Tack Store Support, all areas
Barn/Facility Maintenance
Foster Homes, Long-Term Foster/Sanctuary Homes
Capital Campaign Support
Board Members
Fundraising/Events
Grants – Writing and Research
Volunteer, Project, and Activity Coordinators
Outreach Activities
Youth Programs
Therapy Programs
Veteran Programs
Special Projects
Admin Support
Marketing
Graphics
Social Media
Bloggers
Photographers
Media and/or Photo Librarian

More, more, more

Interested in volunteering or volunteering in other areas?
Email volunteer@allaboutequine.org

Submit a Review Today!

Great NonProfits – Top Rated Awards


Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!

If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.

GreatNonprofits is the #1 source of nonprofit stories and feedback, and it honors highly regarded nonprofits each year with their Top-Rated List.

Won’t you help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us? All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers.

It’s easy and only takes 3 minutes!

Click here to get started!

Employers Match Donations, Does Yours?

Hey volunteers!

Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?

Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:

  • Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
  • Microsoft provides a $17 grant to a nonprofit per every hour volunteered by an employee.
  • Apple provides a $25 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $10,000 per employee.
  • Verizon provides a $750 grant to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers for 50+ hours.
  • State Farm provides a $500 grant nonprofit when an employee volunteers for+ 40 hours.
  • Others top 20 matching gift and/or volunteer grant companies include
    • Starbucks 
    • CarMax
    • Home Depot 
    • JP Morgan
    • Chevron
    • Soros Fund Management 
    • BP (British Petroleum)
    • Gap Corporation
    • State Street Corporation 
    • ExxonMobil
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Boeing
    • Disney
    • Google
    • Merck
    • Aetna
    • Dell
    • Outerwall (CoinStar and RedBox) 
    • ConocoPhillips
    • RealNetworks
    • Time Warner and subsidiaries
    • AllState
    • and more

Check with your employer.  You could help purchase our next load of hay!

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