August is National Make-A-Will Month
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The Best News!
The following is from All About Equine Rescue:
Mollie & Mila Went Home!
More Adoptable Horses
Boots & Bling
Volunteer Corner, Volunteer Needs
Other Ways to Help
AAE Friends, Supporters, & Service Providers
Look Who Went Home!
Adoptions are always some of the best news, ever! Last week mom & filly pair, Mollie & Mila, went to their forever home, together!! They are the first of the law enforcement horses to graduate to their new homes – this is a big first step in finding new families for all of these sweet creatures fur babies.
Look at their amazing transformations from when we first met them (below) until they arrived at their new home. It’s hard to believe these two were with us less than four months.
Thank you to Alison & Tom for adding these lovely ladies to their family! And thanks to all of you that supported their rescue and helped them get to their happily ever after.
We are so happy they found their home, and we can’t wait to match the other horses with the right home!
View the adoptable horses to see if you’re a fit for anyone! And refer a friend, share the info, repost! Together, we can make it happen!
Be Part of Something Bigger!
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HELP HORSES-IN-NEED,
DONATE AN AUCTION ITEM
Our Boots & Bling event provides critical funding that allows AAE to continue operations serving horses-in-need, giving them a second chance at a better life! Auctions play a very big part in this event.
We have received some wonderful items for this year’s auction, but we are falling far short of our need. Please, please help us help horses.
If you or anyone you know can work with us to find great auction items, we would greatly appreciate the support of AAE and our animals.
We have two immediate volunteer needs for Boots & Bling:
· Individuals to submit auction requests online. The team lead will provide you with a list of company and organization’s websites and content to help complete auction request forms. No phone calls required!
· We’re adding some fun with some contests and prizes at Boots & Bling to spice up the evening and make it more interactive. We are looking for some individuals to help plan and coordinate that. This team is not auction related, but it would be a fun role!
If you are able to help with either volunteer need, please contact the Boots & Bling team.
Here are several other ways you can help with the auctions!
Donate an item, donate an experience, or volunteer your professional service (This evening is a great opportunity to highlight your business with 350+ in attendance). This event has sold out since 2017.
Contact your family and network of friends and business associates who may be willing to donate items/products, services, or experiences.
Join our Boots & Bling Auction team and help us obtain items, products, services, and experiences.
Refer someone you know to the Boots & Bling team. If you’re not comfortable asking, share your ideas with us, and we can reach out. We would be happy to ask for you.
Ideas for donations include:
Airline miles, vacation rentals, cruises, hotel accommodations, timeshares, or any version of travel.
- Tickets to sports games, concerts, or other events
- Experiences (sailboat rides, fishing trips, horseback rides, hot air balloon rides, golfing, ziplining, whale watching, or similar)
- Theater tickets; wine tasting experiences, and the likes
- Appliances (air conditioner, wood burning stove, refrigerator, grill, television, technology devices, etc.)
- Gift cards (restaurants, department stores, services, Amazon, any and all gift cards make great gifts)
- Jewelry, art, or collectibles
- Professional services (accountant, hairdresser, massage, photography, design, diagnostics, pet care, auto detailing, etc.)
Businesses do not need to be local. Vacation/destination items help make wonderful auction packages or baskets!
Please don’t wait, we need your help now!! It takes time to create and build packages and baskets for the auction, then get information into the auction system. The sooner we have your items, the better the auction will be.
If you are able to donate to the auction, please complete the donation form found on our website.
If you have questions, please visit our event website or email our event team: bootsnbling@allaboutequine.org
Your donations, volunteering, adopting, and social media shares & likes really do make a difference; it’s what makes all of this work possible!
Thank YOU!
Ready for Adoption
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
Update on Seizure Group
More Adoptable Horses
Boots & Bling
Volunteer Corner, Volunteer Needs
Other Ways to Help
AAE Friends, Supporters, & Service Providers
UPDATE
Apologies it’s been a while since we sent an update on the seizure horses. We’ve been working hard to get them healthy and ready for adoption, and we’re excited to let you know they are all doing tremendously well. Nearly all are now available for adoption. Unfortunately, we don’t have the best progress photos of everyone to share, so know that some of these photos don’t do justice to all. The Arabians are all really nice group of horses, and they’ve made a ton of progress since arriving. Now, it’s time to get them adopted!!
Though some were touchable and enjoyed interaction, none were halterable when they arrived. None had likely had any hoof or dental care, at least for a long time. Today, all are halterable and handleable, some more confidently than others. All understand the basics, all have had the work (hoof and dental care, vaccines, deworming and microchips). The older colt (Niko) has been gelded, the other will be done in the next month or so. Some are more confident than others, but they’ve all made good progress since they arrived the end of March and early April.
Learn more about each horse by clicking on the name or photo below.
Please read each horse’s description and needs carefully to make sure YOU are a good match for the horse (or to help find a good match)!
If you are (or someone you know is) interested in exploring adoption, please learn more about our adoption process, then submit an Adoption Inquiry (This is the first step to find your match). (We’re working on updating the website, so if you see someone you’re interested in, and the description is brief, submit an Adoption Inquiry and we can share more information to see if there’s a match.)
Refer a friend, share the info, repost! Together, we can make it happen!
Sweet Jennings Has His Wings
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
Angel Jennings
Whiskey Found His Person
Adoptable Horses
Boots & Bling
Volunteer Corner, Volunteer Needs
Other Ways to Help
AAE Friends, Supporters, & Service Providers
Jennings is Running Free
Sweet Jennings earned his wings earlier this week after a very difficult cancer diagnosis.
Jennings had a persistent swelling in his sheath/groin area for the past few months. We hoped it was a stubborn pigeon fever abscess that hadn’t come to a head. Attempts to drain it in the field were unsuccessful, and a more extensive surgical procedure was undertaken.
Unfortunately, the swelling was a football-sized mass involving a lymph node. Biopsy results showed the tumor was a metastatic melanoma. Based on the type of cancer, the lymph node involvement, the size, and the location, there was little hope for a positive outcome for our sweet boy. The kindest thing we could do was to help Jennings across the Rainbow Bridge before cancer took its toll. F@*# Cancer!
Jennings came to AAE in 2020 with a baseball-sized mass on his sheath. He underwent surgery, and the mass was a melanoma. Fortunately, the surgery was successful, and there were clean edges around the incision site. We gave him time to heal, and after 12 months were very optimistic when he had no recurrent lesions. Thankfully, he stayed happy and healthy until this. That said, even with the swelling, he was his happy self!
Jennings loved attention; he was an absolute character. He was playful in his herd, and he always had a special gal by his side. Elli was his latest craze, and she made him a much better guy. He was aloof and much more independent (from humans) when he arrived, but the longer he was here, the sweeter he became. He loved to let you know he enjoyed your company. The pic above is one of the special Jennings moments Cindy experienced when he came up behind her, and he gave her a big, affectionate hug!
We’re incredibly grateful he knew (and gave) so much love while he was here. This special guy is going to be missed soooo much! Be free, our gentle love!
We’d like to bring Jennings home to stay at the barn with some of our other special angel herd-mates. If you can to help with his cremation costs and/or extensive treatment and hospitalization expenses, we’d sure appreciate the help.
Join AAE for a Slice of Fun and Help Raise Dough for the Horses!
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
HAPPENING TOMORROW!
Join us at Viscuso’s Pizza & Draft House tomorrow, Saturday, June 22 between 12:30p and 8:30p to enjoy good pizza for a good cause.
This is some of the best pizza (if not THE best) pizza in town. If you haven’t been yet, you must try this AAE favorite.
Mention AAE when you order and 20% of sales will be donated to help the horses of AAE!
Their menu also features a variety of tasty appetizers, flat breads, toasted sandwiches, all-you-can-eat dine-in salad bar, and desserts.
Valid for dine in, take-out, and at the bar.
You must mention AAE each time you order for it to count towards the fundraiser. Not valid with coupons.
Help us spread the word by sharing this email with your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, and everyone you know!
Don’t have an AAE shirt or hat? Stop by the AAE Used Tack Store and pick one up!
Don’t have an AAE shirt or hat? Stop by the AAE Used Tack Store and pick one up!The store is open daily from 12-4pm and is located at 4050 Durock Road #6 in Shingle Springs.
Thank you for being a part of the All About Equine Animal Rescue team
All About Equine Boots n Bling
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Hello Fellow Horse Lover,
All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc. (AAE) is planning our 11th annual Boots & Bling celebrating our 15th year of rescue, which will be held Saturday, September 28, 2024 at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville, CA. Boots & Bling is an evening of family fun featuring DJ music, BBQ dinner, and auctions to benefit horses-in-need. Previous events have always been very popular, and the past six events sold out with over 400 ticket holders.
Our goal is to raise $125,000 at this year’s event. Funds are used to support general operating costs so we can continue to help horses and keep our programs growing.
Would you consider being one of our sponsors or donating an item to our auction to help the horses? We are looking for unique items, services or experiences. Everyone who sponsors and/or contributes items to Boots and Bling is posted on our website and/or social media, listed in the event program, as well as on the auction display and auction description.
If you can help, please let me know and I will provide you with more information/ documentation.
Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity; your support makes a difference!
My best regards,
Mindy
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Mindy Wilke-Douglas
530-417-2299
Get Ready to Cut Loose at AAE’s 11th Boots & Bling
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
Boots & Bling: Event Info, Table and Event Sponsorships, Auction Donations, Volunteer Opportunities, and more!
Adoptable Horses
Volunteer Corner, Volunteer Needs
Other Ways to Help
AAE Friends, Supporters, & Service Providers
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Table sponsorships are growing in popularity, and limited tables are available. Boots & Bling has sold out the past several years with upwards of 350 to 400 ticketholders.
Don’t miss your chance – secure your sponsorship/table now!
To get started, complete and submit the Sponsor Form in the downloadable packet (found here on our website) OR complete the online Sponsor Form.
Individual tickets will go on sale Thursday, August 1.
AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED
The Boots & Bling auctions are an extremely important part of this event. The funds raised from the evening, particularly the auction, provide critical funding that allow AAE to continue operations, keep our programs growing, and help more horses-in-need.
There are several ways you can make this year’s auction the best one yet!
- Donate an item, experience, or volunteer your professional service (This evening is a great opportunity to highlight your business with 350+ in attendance)
- Contact your family and network of friends and business associates who may be willing to donate items/products, services, or experiences.
- Join our Boots & Bling Auction team and help us contact businesses about donating items/products, services, and experiences.
- Refer someone you know to the Boots & Bling team. If you’re not comfortable asking, we would be happy to ask for you.
A Big and Heartfelt Thank You!
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
Thank You for Supporting AAE on Big Day of Giving!
Save the Date for Boots & Bling
Updated Adoptable Horses
Volunteer Corner, Volunteer Needs
AAE Friends, Supporters, & Service Providers
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Together, you gave $30,146 during Big Day of Giving to help horses-in-need! It was a BIG day indeed!
Thanks to you, we met our match, and we surpassed our overall BDOG goal! Once again, our amazing AAE community showed up for the horses and gave with their heart.
Thank you to the Sacramento Region Community Foundation for hosting this monumental Big Day of Giving to raise funds and awareness for so many wonderful organizations.
Together, we are making better lives for for horses like Stormy, but also our community.
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Your donations, volunteering, adopting, and social media shares & likes really do make a difference; it’s what makes all of this work possible!
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Over 5 Hours Left to Help Make a BIG Impact!
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
Today is the Big Day of Giving! Help us reach our goal!
Save the Date for Boots & Bling
Adoptable Horse Update
Volunteer Corner, Volunteer Needs
AAE Friends, Supporters, & Service Providers
Big Day of Giving (BDOG) is a 24-hour online giving challenge that helps AAE and other non-profits in the Sacramento area raise funds and awareness. It is a day to give where your heart is! To learn more about Big Day of Giving, visit www.bigdayofgiving.org.
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Thank YOU for your donations so far today!! We’re so close to our goal, less than $4,000 to go. This is a Big day for AAE, and a very important day. Funding today helps bridge the gap between now and our annual Boots & Bling event in the fall. Your support helps horses-in-need like our recent large intake supporting law enforcement in a neglect case! Did you hear?
Back in early March, AAE was contacted by a Nor Cal law enforcement agency requesting assistance with a neglect case that involved 24 Arabian horses. We were told law enforcement stepped in when they learned of starving horses who had been abandoned on a large, remote, high desert property. Law enforcement started providing food and water for the animals from late 2023 until mid-February, but not before three were lost. By mid-February, they seized 21.
Twenty-one horses soon became 22 when a colt was born shortly after seizure. By the time AAE got involved, the horses had been under care of law enforcement for a few months. The horses’ body conditions had improved some, but they were still rough and in need of basic care. Together, with another rescue, we supported this effort, and in the end, AAE took in 15 of the horses (two pregnant heavily mares, four mare/foal pairs, and two young, sickly fillies). The other rescue took in seven (two mature stallions and young five stud colts). These are mostly younger Arabian horses. Basic care had been neglected for some time. In general, body conditions and hair coats were in poor condition, especially the foals and weanlings who were very heavily matted. Hooves were in poor condition with long toes, high heels, splits, cracks, and even one long slipper toe on a young filly. Dental care was needed for the mature horses. Arabian stallions (and potentially mustang stallions) had been running with the mares, so the older fillies and mares are all potentially pregnant.
The group joined us in Pilot Hill without much time to spare! The horses arrived on a Wednesday and just four days later, on Sunday, a new filly was born in the early morning. We named baby girl, Noah, and mom, Norah. About two weeks later, on Eclipse day, mom Sweeney, gave birth to a beautiful and healthy filly named Tyler (as in Bonnie Tyler who sang “Total Eclipse of the Heart”). The new fillies brought our intake total from this seizure from 15 to 17! That’s a BIG number for one intake!
Another important detail. Though most of the horses were friendly, few were familiar with halters and leading. After quarantine, education kicked into high gear. Once we could halter and lead, AAE began updating basic needs (hoof and dental care, vaccines, and deworming), microchipping, DNA analysis, and pregnancy checks, as well as other diagnostics/treatment that was needed (e.g. radiographs of slipper hoof, wound treatment, post-delivery foal testing, etc.). We’re close to all being done.
Once the horses are current with basic care and any additional needs, they’ll be available for adoption. Colts will need to be gelded, and foals will need to be weaned.
The Match is Met But We’re Not Done Yet!
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
You did it! We met our $6000 Match! Just like that we doubled our impact! Thank you for you help in getting us there! And, thank you to our anonymous angels who offered to match your donations!
The match may have been met, but we aren’t done yet! We are only about $5500 away from our Big Day of Giving goal of $30,000, and there are about seven hours left to give!
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We Have a BIG Announcement!
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
This is BIG, BIG news!
With BIG thanks to two special, anonymous and generous horse-loving supporters, donations to AAE from now through 11:59:59 pm will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $6,000!
Donate now to double your donation and help us create brighter futures for horses-in-need!
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Other Ways to Give
(These will count towards the match, too!)
1) Set up a bill pay with your bank for a one-time (or recurring) donation.
(2) Mail a check to:
All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
2201 Francisco Drive #140-174
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
**If you plan to send a check, please send us an email and let us know so we can count your donation towards the match.
(3) Drop off your donation at:
AAE’s Used Tack Store
4050 Durock Road #6
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
(4) Donate online using a credit card, Venmo, or PayPay by clicking here.
(5) Text AAEBDOG to 53-555.
(6) Venmo your donation to @allaboutequine
(7) Check with your employer to see if they offer matching funds for your donations (another way to double your impact!).
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You Can Make A BIG Difference!
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
Today is the Big Day of Giving!
Adoptable Horses
Volunteer Corner, Volunteer Needs
AAE Friends, Supporters, & Service Providers
Big Day of Giving (BDOG) is a 24-hour online giving challenge that helps AAE and other non-profits in the Sacramento area raise funds and awareness. It is a day to give where your heart is! To learn more about Big Day of Giving, visit www.bigdayofgiving.org.
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This is a Big day for AAE, and an important day. Funding today helps bridge the gap between now and our annual Boots & Bling event in the fall. Your support helps horses-in-need like Trinity, Rimes, Sage, Elvie, and Kinsey, recent law enforcement intakes.
This year, we’ve had a surge in requests for assistance from law enforcement. Trinity and Rimes were seized in a nearby cruelty case.
Both were thin and needing help. Trinity’s hooves were in poor condition, and she had a large swelling over a front fetlock. Radiographs and a vet exam indicated it appeared to be scar tissue from an old injury that was likely untreated.
Rimes was lame with swelling over her right rear pastern, and her long hooves caused more pain and discomfort. Radiographs showed two older, unhealed fractures in her hind pastern.
Visit Trinity and Rimes‘ webpages for additional information and photos of each gal.
AAE was also called to help with foster and medical assistance for three horses from a stray/abandonment case. They were all thin and needing basic care, too. Kinsey had an old, open laceration over a hind fetlock. Elvie had very long, neglected hooves and infected eyes, and Sage had a nail in her hoof.
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When horses arrive at AAE, they often need their basic care updated (dental and hoof care, vaccines, deworming, etc). Some require more, such as diagnostics, treatment, and sometimes surgery. That’s why Big Day of Giving is so important. We need to be ready and able to provide the necessary care for horses who come to AAE. Feed and care costs have skyrocketed the last few years, and it’s getting more and more difficult to keep up with so many horses-in-need. Your support keeps us helping horses every day!
Give now and anytime until 11:59:59 pm tonight!
Donate for Big Day of Giving, and create a better future for horses-in-need!
Ready. Set. Give!
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
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Miles, Monroe, Liza, and Lola came to AAE as the result of a collaboration with another rescue organization. This is a group of young reservation mustangs. Miles and Monroe had been with a foster who didn’t have experience with mustangs, and Liza and Lola had been with another foster who didn’t have adequate facilities for gentling mustangs. They were unhandled/unhalterable, and as a result, they hadn’t had any dental or hoof care, vaccines, or deworming. Hooves were long, and Miles was intact and needed to be gelded. There was no adoption interest, and no other fosters available to help. They were not making any progress in furthering their gentling to get them the care they needed. We were asked to assist and the group was transferred to AAE. Monroe and Miles came in December 2023. Lola and Liza came in January 2024.
Thank YOU! ❤️
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
To all of our volunteers,
Thank you for being such an important part of the AAE volunteer team! You ARE the heartbeat of AAE, and we couldn’t make this world a better place for horses without every one of you!
With every moment given, your passion, love, dedication, and hard work make a significant difference in the lives of horses and for AAE. The work isn’t always glamorous and the weather isn’t always ideal, but you show up to get the job done, and you save lives! Thank you for your commitment to the horses.
Special recognition to all of our Shift Leads and Team Leads that have made the huge dedication to the horses, their teams, and AAE leadership.
Without all of you, there is no AAE. You truly make the world go around at AAE, you make a much better world for the horses we serve, and it is an absolute privilege to have you in our herd!
Thank YOU!
Would you like to join our volunteer team? Start here.
You can make BIG difference for the horses!
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
Did you know? Big Day of Giving is Thursday, May 2, and early giving starts TODAY! Big Day of Giving is a very important funding day for AAE and ALL of the horses we care for every day throughout the year. This year is as important as ever, as the need is extremely high!
Help us kickstart this year’s event and assure we reach our goal by making a gift anytime from today until midnight on May 2.
You can also raise the bar for horses-in-need by pledging matching funds! Inspire giving, and you can make your impact twice as BIG!
To learn more about starting your own matching funds campaign for the horses and AAE, send us an email. We would appreciate that in a Big DOG way.
Other Ways to Give
(1) Set up a bill pay with your bank for a one-time (or recurring) donation.
(2) Mail a check to:
All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
2201 Francisco Drive #140-174
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
(3) Drop off your donation at:
AAE’s Used Tack Store
4050 Durock Road #6
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
(4) Donate online using a credit card, Venmo, or PayPay by clicking here.
(5) Text AAEBDOG to 53-555.
(6) Venmo your donation to @allaboutequine
(7) Check with your employer to see if they offer matching funds for your donations (another way to double your impact!).
Other Ways to Support AAE
Give your time and become an AAE volunteer! We are always in need of volunteers and have opportunities at the ranch, the AAE Used Tack Store, remote roles (such as our outreach, grants, fundraising, or events teams), and more.
- Adopt! We have some wonderful horses looking for a forever home
- Sponsor a horse! Donate in honor of a specific horse and make a monthly donation to help cover his/her costs for basic and maintenance care while he/she awaits his/her forever family. Become a hero for a horse! Learn more about our sponsorship program here.
- Shop at the AAE Used Tack Store in Shingle Springs! There you can purchase tack, clothing, boots, and other items to benefit AAE’s rescue operations. The store also accepts donations of gently used tack, ranch equipment, and other ranch related items.
- Join us at Boots and Bling. Sponsor the event, purchase tickets, or donate to our auctions. Celebrate our 15th Anniversary this year on September 28 at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds.
- With our partner, FreeWill, you can include a gift to All About Equine in your will or revocable living trust without spending anything today. It’s a powerful way to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome horses…today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Begin your legacy with All About Equine.
- Turn your car, RV, truck, boat, trailer, motorcycle, and/or other vehicle into support for AAE! Learn more through our partner: CARS.
- Donate art, jewelry, coins, or similar items.
Diamonds in the Rough!
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All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
Large Seizure Group Update
Big Day of Giving is May 2
Share Your Love of AAE – Leave a Review
Save the Date: Boots & Bling
Join the Boots & Bling team!
Adoptable Horses
Volunteer Corner, Volunteer Needs
Other Ways to Help
AAE Friends, Supporters, Service Providers, & Boots & Bling Sponsors
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you all for your support and generous contributions assisting with our recent law enforcement intakes. With supporters like you, we know we can give second chances to so many horses-in-need.
LARGE SEIZURE GROUP UPDATE
This sweet mare finally delivered a beautiful and healthy little filly on Eclipse Day, and she’s so excited to share the news. Her little’s name is Tyler (as in Bonnie Tyler and “Total Eclipse of the Heart”). Mom is Sweeney. Y’all know our new intakes all get country artist inspired names, right?
Is she not the most precious creature?? This makes two new little fillies who were able to come into a much better world thanks to all of you. Both moms and babies are doing well.
The first filly and her mom have new names, too! Everyone, meet Noah and her mom Norah.
We were asked to assist with three more of the potentially pregnant mares from the group of 22 seized horses. The other rescue assisting with this group was unable to take the mares, so we jumped into action and picked them up just over a week ago. They’ve been reunited with their herdmates at AAE! Stay tuned for more updates on these all of these ladies. There’s so much more to share!
Meet Kacey, Mica, and…
… Karli!
We’re working our way through all of these beautiful mares and foals. Most are unfamiliar with a halter and lead (or act like they are), so they’re learning to live in our human world. Most aren’t familiar with hoof handling, either. We are working toward their spa days when they will have their dental and hoof care, as well as vaccines and microchips. Mares who are not with new foals and who are not obviously pregnant will be preg checked, too. Once they’re current with basic care and any further evaluation needed, they’ll be available for adoption. Keep an eye on the website, if you’re interested.
If you’re able to help support the costs associated with this rescue, please donate, post, share, etc. These horses appreciate your support, and so does everyone at AAE!
Please consider sponsoring a horse or creating a sponsor team. Sponsoring with a monthly donation is a huge way to help cover the ongoing costs for basic and maintenance care as horses await there forever family. Become a Hero for a horse! Learn more about our sponsorship program here.
Two More Lives Given a Second Chance
The following is from All About Equine Rescue:
All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc.
Meet Trinity and Rimes
Big Day of Giving is May 2
Save the Date: Boots & Bling
Join the Boots & Bling team!
Adoptable Horses
Volunteer Corner, Volunteer Needs
Other Ways to Help
AAE Friends, Supporters, Service Providers, & Boots & Bling Sponsors
March was an incredibly busy month at AAE with several law enforcement intakes, and together we have been able to help so many horses-in-need. Before we could introduce two new horses to you, we got the call regarding the big seizure. While the group of 12 is wrapping up their quarantine, we’re taking a few minutes to introduce the two new kids.
TRINITY AND RIMES
AAE welcomed Trinity and Rimes last month after they were seized by law enforcement in a cruelty case. (More applause for law enforcement!) These two were thin and not so trusting when we arrived to pick them up. Despite being hesitant to be haltered, they both loaded into the trailer without issue.
Trinity
Trinity is about a two-year old filly. She has swelling above one of her front fetlocks, and from radiographs and a vet exam, it appears to be scar tissue from an old soft tissue injury that was likely untreated.
After quarantine, Trinity received dental care, vaccines, and deworming, and she got a microchip. She’s been terrified of anyone touching her legs, let alone trying to pick up her hooves, so hoof care is a work in progress until we can handle her hooves safely and our farrier can work safely. Fortunately, her hooves are in fair condition.
Trinity is starting to enjoy people more and more (as long as they aren’t touching her legs or hooves), and we know she’ll make someone a wonderful partner. She will be available for adoption, soon!
Rimes
Rimes is an estimated 2013 mare with a beautiful, icy blue eye. Upon arrival to AAE, she was lame with swelling over her right rear pastern, and her long hooves (especially the right hind) caused more pain and discomfort. Pain meds and a quick trim to the long hind provided her with immediate relief.
Rimes’s basic needs were updated: dental and hoof care, vaccines, and deworming, along with a microchip. Additionally, we needed radiographs to better understand what was going on with her hind pastern. We learned this poor girl has two older, unhealed fractures in her hind pastern. A fracture at the bottom of the bone is almost fused, but the second at the top of the bone is not healing. She is currently on stall rest and daily medication in hopes the upper fracture will heal with some quiet time. Rimes will be re-evaluated in two to three months to see if the fracture has healed. If not, surgery will be considered. If the fracture has healed, she will be available for adoption as a non-riding companion.
Despite her current condition, Rimes seems more comfortable and more trusting than when we first met. She is a sweet mare, and we are hopeful she will heal so she can find her special human and have a special relationship for the rest of her days. Keep your fingers crossed for this sweet gal.
Most new intakes have had little to no basic care, and often other issues or injuries go untreated like Trinity and Rimes. New intakes generally need, at minimum, hoof and dental care, vaccines, deworming, and a microchip. Often times, they need more, like diagnostics (e.g. lab work, radiographs, etc.), various treatments, or even surgery (e.g. castration, etc.). Most are thin to emaciated and it takes time and extra feed for their body conditions to return to normal.
Your support today and every day assures we can assist horses-in-need, including these coming in through law enforcement, to help them transition from rescued to rehomed.
AAE has a very heavy population right now, and it’s especially important we have the resources to support law enforcement when asked. If you can donate to help support the care costs for these two sweet girls, please do. Your support makes this work possible, and it makes a difference in the lives of horses-in-need.
No Time To Spare!
The following is from All About Equine Rescue:
IT’S A GIRL!
It looks like we got everyone here with no time to spare!! We have a new foal from the rescued group! A new filly was born very early Sunday morning! She’s a big distraction, and it’s hard to get our work done! Both mom and filly are doing well.
As you can see, baby girl is adorable! She is tall, and mom is so relieved her big belly is gone! Mom went from uncomfortably full-figured to trim, in just a short while. Pictured above left was mom last Friday and again, yesterday morning. She arrived back at AAE late Wednesday night, and baby came early Sunday morning. She had barely moved to her own paddock on Saturday, but it was just in the nick of time. If you missed the story about how/why they came to AA, click here.
Welcome to the world, precious girl! You are already loved beyond your imagination!
Your donations, volunteering, adopting, and social media shares & likes really do make a difference and make all of this work possible!
Rescued Horses Update
The following is from All About Equine Rescue:
RESCUE UPDATE
Thanks for your patience. It’s been a busy couple days.
Please accept our heartfelt gratitude for your passion for and commitment to helping horses! Thank YOU for donating, sharing this story, and sending your love.
We are always awed by the kindness of our community, but this time, we are absolutely overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity and support. Everyone came together and raised three times our initial goal for these horses. It’s amazing, it’s what we need with an undertaking like this, and you came through in a big way! Thank you so much for helping!
On Wednesday, our plan was to pick-up three or four of the heavily pregnant mares and a mare & colt pair, then return in the near future for an additional five or six mares and weanlings. Well, as with anything horse-related it seems, once we arrived, there was another plan in the making. We left Pilot Hill early morning, and after a long day, we returned to AAE with the 11 original horses we committed to, plus an extra! In rescue work (and with horses), we’ve learned that we need to be prepared for the unexpected! Thanks to our community of horse-loving folks, our wonderful volunteers, and a few other caring individuals, we handled a quick pivot and got it done!
We are eager to learn more about these girls and the two little guys as we move them forward to better health.
After figuring out who was who, and who would ride where, the horses were sorted and loaded. Despite being so young, the littlest guy and his mom handled the journey well (as did the rest of the herd). Back at AAE in the dark, the group was unloaded into three large, connecting paddocks, and they spent the next morning huddled together, relaxing as the sun came up. (The rising sun was beautiful, but not great for photos). They spent the day settling into their new surroundings, while enjoying a little TLC. Everyone is adjusting in nicely, and we are eager to get to work! Thanks to your support, life is already getting better for these beautiful fur babies! Stay tuned for more updates!
…and know, even though we reached our initial goal, please don’t let that hinder you from donating now or in the future to support these horses. Wednesday was just the beginning, and there will be ongoing costs associated with the continuing needs of this group of horses (not to mention all of the other horses in our care). Each will initially get their basic care needs met: dentals (for those two years and older), hoof care, vaccines, deworming, and a microchip. The filly with the slipper hoof (pictured above) will have hoof radiographs, and the mare with the infected leg will receive treatment. Babies are coming soon, and any newborn foals will have IgG testing to assure they have absorbed ample antibodies from mom’s colostrum. Mares were free-roaming with stallions, so we suspect all the girls are pregnant. The mares who are not obviously pregnant will have blood drawn for pregnancy testing. There are also two colts (so far) who will need to be castrated. Once each horse is in good health, he or she will be available for adoption and receive maintenance care until finding his or her person. As you can see and as many of you know, there’s a lot that goes into rescue after initial intake, and it often feels like intake is the easiest part.
Please consider sponsoring a horse or creating a sponsor team. Sponsoring with a monthly donation is a huge way to help cover the ongoing costs for basic and maintenance care as horses await there forever family. Become a Hero for a horse! Learn more about our sponsorship program here. More individual horse information will be available soon.