BIG MACK 11 year old GRADE gelding 14.3 Hh Did you ever read King Of the Wind as a child? Remember Agba’s delight and surprise at the all-bay foal with the one white spot on the right hind heel symbolizing swiftness and foot fortune ? … Continue readingBIG MACK
Hi, guys! Just penning a quick note to let you know I am (hah, hah) TRYING to utilize this gorgeous website more going forward. A ‘Renew and Re-Focus’ , if you will. Spring cleaning?Perhaps all of that and more. My dear and closest friend ( … Continue readingR&R ~
I hope this finds you all well and excited to dream new dreams this year….Or perhaps find new ones. We have some VERY exciting things happening and simply cannot wait to share them all with you ! Many , many blessings to you and yours … Continue reading2024
‘Those horses don’t ship to slaughter!’ ‘They don’t have a ‘contract’ to ship to slaughter’. Cool story. Absolutely false. Fun fact : ‘They’ do not NEED a ‘contract’ to ship horses to slaughter. SOMEONE needs paperwork to ship them, true. This HIGHLY false rumour that … Continue readingSLAUGHTER SAVVY
‘ They don’t ship those horses’!I’d like to make something VERY clear. With all of the false and misleading information out there I feel this is a necessary post to make. In my years of rescue, bailing horses from kill pens and the like I … Continue readingI Ship you Not
I am so pleased to announce the completion of our 501c3 subsidiary non-profit, Soul Afire!! Though we naturally primarily focus on equines, it encompasses small animal rescue as well. Cats, dogs…….. for ‘All creatures great and small’ need us. Below you will find links to … Continue readingThe Good News
Warning ~ I’m going to vent a bit. There are days I long for ‘pre internet’ and peaceful oblivion. Some days it is just too damned hard to see what I see…..So many healthy, gorgeous horses losing their lives for no real ‘reason’. Today is … Continue readingA Mere Seed Of Hope….
You just never know. In ‘rescue’ there is much heartache. Many times we lose an animal we try so desperately to ‘fix’. I suppose that is life in general….we THINK we are in control from time to time……..but no amount of ‘science’ will fix that … Continue readingOnly God Knows Why
Buyers Be AWARE~ Informative post based on MY experiences:PLEASE note ~When purchasing horses from auctions OR kill pens ( as well as often private sellers, but more so the auction/ Pens) there are a few things you should take in to serious consideration. I. What … Continue readingBuyer Be AWARE
I am sorry to post this, as it never gets easier. ‘Macha’, ID’d as ‘Stout Margaret’, eight year old OTTB mare rescued April 7th, 2021 from East Texas Equine in horrendous condition and tremendous pain(and a foal at her side) had only five days of … Continue readingThe Real Cost
‘Horses give us the wings we lack’. ~ Pam Brown Here’s the thing……I ( and many others) catch a great deal of flak for ‘riding our horses’. ‘But how on EARTH can you ‘rescue’ horses if you ride them?I’ve spoken before on this topic but … Continue readingDREAMS
They say ‘Life is a Gamble’….and that is certainly true when purchasing or rescuing a ‘Kill Pen Horse’. More often than not you will have NO idea what you are getting, what medical or mental issues these horses will have. You may never know their … Continue readingROLL THE DICE
‘Humanity’s true moral test, its fundamental test consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.’~Milan Kundera SURELY….In a world given the GIFT of the presence of animals there is something terribly and fundamentally wrong with the way they are all too … Continue readingA Hole in the World
One week in to the year 2021………..And slaughter is still an ever growing and rampant issue. I am still shocked, five years after learning what a huge issue this is, how many people still do NOT know horses are shipped daily from the United States … Continue readingSpeaking of Slaughter
Regarding ‘Riding Rescues’ ~I’m going to touch on something that isn’t terribly popular with many in the ‘rescue’ world here. ‘Omg, you guys RIDE rescued horses’?!?!The short answer is ‘yes’ BUT…..Here is a bit more about that. You see, many horses ENJOY ‘being ridden’. WAIT, … Continue readingRiding Rescues
Ah, Bolero . What a guy!Saved from slaughter not once but TWICE….Yes. Twice. A ‘fundraising group’ bailed him from a kill pen once….and left him there for months after. Yes, that still irks me to think of but in the end….it all worked out well … Continue readingBon Voyage, Bolero
And sometimes….. We save ourselves. Let me share with you a horse that either displayed fate in action ….or exceptionally good ‘Horse Sense’. Owned by a kill buyer in Texas and the un fortunate victim of ‘the slaughter pipeline’ this horse landed in a direct … Continue readingHorse Sense and Pistachios
Enlightening announcement regarding my organization Soul Horses LLC ( And its subsidiary nonprofit Soul Afire) ~I have, and will continue to move LARGELY away from ‘fundraising’ horses. BUT WAIT, let me explain precisely what I mean by this. After several years of watching , learning, … Continue readingEnlightenment
‘But they can’t ship stallions to slaughter!’ I hear this ALL the time, so let’s talk about that for a moment. No, they are not ‘supposed to’ ship stallions to slaughter. Does that stop them? Often not. Now for the uglier part. MOST often, a … Continue readingStallions and Slaughter~ TRUTH
The ‘Baby Bloomer’ Makeover Challenge was not only a huge success but a WONDERFUL learning experience. The women involved with this project have been amazing, as are their results. Correction…..They ARE amazing! Each took in a ( or two 😉 ) saved from slaughter babies … Continue readingBaby Bloomer BADASSES!
‘This old Horse’~ Last week I posted a video with Dreamcatcher, (who will be picked up today by the way) but there were two others in the video that I couldn’t stop thinking about and many of you have asked what happened to them. When … Continue readingPICKNICK,ANYONE?
We get many horses from kill/ slaughter pens but many may not know that often we get BABIES. Currently we have several babies in residence ranging in age from six months and up . I despise seeing ANY horses in a kill pen but to … Continue readingProject Baby Bloomer ~ Makeover 2020
“Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead I often hear ( or read) ‘What the hell are you doing?’ How can you possibly make … Continue readingTHE PROCESS ~ PART I
In the spirit of ‘Clearing the Air’ (not to mention saving me from needless hours of redundancy) I am putting this out on the proverbial table. Pull up a chair. Some of you out there are far too aware of the sheer ugliness that sometimes … Continue readingQ&A