About Our Horses

We rescued Kate from a horse slaughter pipeline in Texas. This is her story: Kate is a 4 year old Quarter Horse mare who grew up on a South Dakota Indian reservation.  After a horrible draught Kate and many other yearlings of the Indian reservation were sold in a livestock auction. She was only one year old at the time when a "kill buyer"

We rescued Kate from a horse slaughter pipeline in Texas. This is her story: Kate is a 4 year old Quarter Horse mare who grew up on a South Dakota Indian reservation.  After a horrible draught Kate and many other yearlings of the Indian reservation were sold in a livestock auction. She was only one year old at the time when a "kill buyer" was the highest bidder. So called "kill buyers" are people who supply horses to horse slaughter pipelines to Mexico or Canada. Because horse slaughter is illegal in the USA many horses sold in auctions end up in "kill pens" where "kill buyers" keep the horses until they ship to Mexico or Canada to be slaughtered. These "kill pens" usually have horrible conditions. Horses from all over and all kinds of different backgrounds are thrown together into an overcrowded pen where they have to fight over food and water. In those grim conditions many horses bite and kick each other to survive. 

Kate was lucky and was saved from this kill pen by a lady. At the kill pen her left eye was badly injured (most likely by an electric prod) which resulted in a blind spot on her eye and made her permanently head shy. She can only be approached slowly and patiently. Once she trusts you, she will allow you to pet her head. The lady who previously owned her was no longer able to keep her and Kate ended up back in a "kill pen" in Texas where we rescued her from in September 2022. She's currently in rehabilitation and is doing really well :)

Kate is a very sweet horse.

We rescued Leo (Emmett) together with Kate from the same kill pen in Texas. Both horses came from the same owner and were inseparable.  Leo is a 1-year-old Quarter Horse. Kate was protecting him from other horses in the kill pen. When he arrived at our barn, he was very sick. A lot of heavy drainage from his nostrils, dangerously high fev

We rescued Leo (Emmett) together with Kate from the same kill pen in Texas. Both horses came from the same owner and were inseparable.  Leo is a 1-year-old Quarter Horse. Kate was protecting him from other horses in the kill pen. When he arrived at our barn, he was very sick. A lot of heavy drainage from his nostrils, dangerously high fever and severe coughing. He also had a badly infected injury under his neck. Given his age his immune system is not built up yet. Usually, vaccinations prevent horses from such viruses, but we don't know his medical history. Being in such stressful conditions at the kill pen the chance of infection and outbreaks are very high and many horses are severely ill. After 4 weeks of TLC and good nutrition, he is free of symptoms and doing well :)

Being only one year old he's the sweetest in your pocket kind of guy. 

We rescued Sunshine with her mother when she was only one month old in 2021. We raised her with lots of love on our farm and she has a wonderful personality and loves kids :) She is currently in training to become a Therapy Horse to visit Children's Hospitals and Nursery homes in the area. Because of her beautiful look we offer photo shoo

We rescued Sunshine with her mother when she was only one month old in 2021. We raised her with lots of love on our farm and she has a wonderful personality and loves kids :) She is currently in training to become a Therapy Horse to visit Children's Hospitals and Nursery homes in the area. Because of her beautiful look we offer photo shoots with her. We have different themes to choose from, e.g. "Fairytale Unicorn" or Santa/Reindeer for Holiday pictures. She's quiet the little model and all of the proceeds of her "modeling career" are going to help us rescue more horses in need :)

Braxton is one of four horses that we most recently rescued from the same kill pen in Texas. He arrived in pretty bad shape. He had a terrible cough, high fever and a very snotty nose. After our vet examined him, the diagnosis was severe pneumonia. After a week of monitoring and medication he did not improve, and we had to take him to an 

Braxton is one of four horses that we most recently rescued from the same kill pen in Texas. He arrived in pretty bad shape. He had a terrible cough, high fever and a very snotty nose. After our vet examined him, the diagnosis was severe pneumonia. After a week of monitoring and medication he did not improve, and we had to take him to an emergency clinic in Ocala, where they specialize in such medical cases. He's currently getting intensive care at the clinic, and we are happy to report that he is feeling a little better :) 

Stay posted for updates on his progress!

We rescued Lavender and her mother, Luna, in May 2021. These two were our first rescued horses and started our mission to help more of them. Lavender was about one month old at the time and the cutest little thing. 

Her mother, Luna, came to us in pretty poor condition. She suffered from severe malnutrition and needed medical treatment for

We rescued Lavender and her mother, Luna, in May 2021. These two were our first rescued horses and started our mission to help more of them. Lavender was about one month old at the time and the cutest little thing. 

Her mother, Luna, came to us in pretty poor condition. She suffered from severe malnutrition and needed medical treatment for a chronic illness. Within just a few months of good nutrition and TLC she was looking really nice. 

Baby Lavender was growing up to be a very sweet horse but unfortunately got recently injured and needed surgery. She is currently in an intensive rehabilitation program in Ocala, and we are hoping for a full recovery. We miss her greeting us every morning.