On Golden Rescue

10/30/2024

"Red Sky at Morning, Sailor Take Warning!" Jericho and our newest rescue, Honey, have bonded and come rain or shine they are happy being together!

09/24/2024

My wife and I were given a personal tour of On Golden Rescue by Larry and Gayle, who started the sanctuary, and met all of the horses (minis and standards), goats, and donkeys that reside on this beautiful property.

My wife has a disability which limits her mobility, so we were a little concerned about walking the full tour. We mentioned this to Larry and Gayle before our scheduled visit, so they were fully prepared. OGR has a side-by-side cart, and Larry was more than happy to drive her around and help make her experience more enjoyable. She has been wanting to spend time around animals (especially horses) for many years but could not find a sanctuary that could accommodate her special needs. Thankfully, OGR could. So don’t let disability discourage you from taking a tour.

We not only got to meet each rescued animal and learn about their (sometimes heartbreaking) stories, but we also learned a great deal about sustainable energy, rainwater catchment and all of the environmentally friendly processes OGR uses.
OGR is a little piece of heaven that is working hard to ensure the residents who are accepted live out their golden years in a safe space with the love and care they deserve.

We’ll definitely be out to visit again!

Thank you to all of the staff and volunteers who work at OGR, a truly amazing non-profit sanctuary that really lives up to their motto of “No More Bad Days.” Keep up the great work.

Oh, one last thing to keep in mind – you must contact OGR to schedule a tour before coming to On Golden Rescue. Click the link below to learn more.

https://bit.ly/3ZCTHIa

09/16/2024

Gayle and the greeting crew welcome our new minis to OGR.
Please donate to help us give Goldie and Buckaroo the care they need.
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09/13/2024

Thank you to our friends at Sound Equine Options for coordinating the rescue of Bucky & Goldie! This is our second time working with Sound Equine with placing animals at our forever sanctuary.

Bucky & Goldie are settling in, in our temporary quarantine area & we look forward to introducing them to our herd once they acclimate to their new environment, pass their health checks and enjoy a future with “No More Bad Days”!

Your donations keep organizations like ours & Sound Equine Options operational and able to help the most animals.

Please consider donating to help support our mission!

Last year we were asked by family to take on two minis from an elderly woman whose health was failing. She was not quite ready to let them go so they stayed until her unfortunate passing.

Last week we picked up Bucky and his sister Goldie. Both horses are suffering from chronic laminitis so bloodwork, X-rays and farrier work were done.

On Golden Rescue graciously agreed to take these adorable siblings on and continue their medical and farrier needs. They will have such a great future at this wonderful sanctuary. Thank you OGR!

09/05/2024

A Red Flag warning has been issued in our area by the National Weather Service, so Gayle, Larry and the ORG team are on standby, ready to help if needed. OGR has three large animal/equine trailers and trucks and are prepared to respond to any natural or man-made disasters to remove animals from dangerous situations. We also have the ability to temporally provide shelter and care for these animals until their owners are able to take them back. We have staff and volunteers who are trained to safely load these animals in trailers and take them to safety.

Your donations make it possible for us to respond to these kinds of emergencies. Thank you for your generosity!
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08/30/2024

Dental Care Day at OGR
Dr. Kim Post, our veterinarian and a board member at OGR, recently spent the day providing dental care for our equines. She was assisted by vet tech Kindi Weis.

A dental float should be performed by a veterinarian at least once a year once horses reach geriatric age. This is the best way to identify dental abnormalities prior to the development of secondary complications. Only a veterinarian should be used for dental care, as only a veterinarian is trained to (and legally allowed to) appropriately sedate your horse and properly diagnose and treat disease.

A dental float can cost between $75 and $250 per horse. Your donations help us provide this critical care for our rescued animals. Please click this link to donate:
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Many of our rescued equines are older, so their dental care is critical to their overall health. Geriatric horses are prone to dental disease that can result in teeth falling out or being extracted.

The more missing or expired teeth a horse has, the more difficult it will be for the horse to sustain their body weight on hay alone. To help them maintain their healthy body weight, Dr. Kim creates a personalized diet for each animal.

07/16/2024

FIRE SAFETY AND EVACUATION PLAN

The triple-digit heat may be over, but fire officials are warning that we are not out of danger. Multiple crews have been fighting fires across the Portland Metro area and say they are experiencing an earlier start to fire season than usual.

Your donations can help us respond quickly to evacuating animals in danger.
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Disaster Response
OGR is engaged in a partnership with the Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization (RDPO) .unified Animal Multi-Agency Coordination Group (MACG). The RDPO is a collaboration of government agencies and private and non-profit organizations in the Portland Metropolitan Region (PMR) working together to build and maintain regional all-hazards disaster preparedness capabilities through coordinated planning, training and exercising, and investment in technology and specialized equipment. The PMR encompasses the five counties of Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, and Washington in Oregon and Clark in Washington, along with the City of Portland.

OGR has three large animal/equine trailers and trucks and are prepared to respond to any natural or man-made disasters to remove animals from dangerous situations. We also have the ability to temporally provide shelter and care for these animals until their owners are able to take them back. We have staff and volunteers who are trained to safely load these animals in trailers and take them to safety. We are activated through the RDPO and receive our instructions through the incident commander.

06/22/2024

The Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS) recently celebrated our own Barbara Lebl during The Animal Sanctuary Caregiver Day celebrations!

Barbara was born and raised in Germany. She began spending time at her grandparents’ farm helping with chores and animal care. At an early age she discovered a passion to care for animals of all kinds. She had her own animal care business and had her own barn for ten years along with being a horse owner for twenty years.

Barbara also has a holistic animal care background along with ten years of working closely with a veterinarian.

As Animal Care Director, she starts her mornings by going through each barn and assessing every animal regarding their nutritional needs, medical issues, body condition and more. This creates the daily plan, which can change at a moment’s notice with our aging residents. She also does regular training with our OGR staff and explains how to utilize the skills she’s teaching which stems from her history of teaching children and young adults for six years in VA.

06/12/2024

Recently, we had a medical emergency with our wonderful, retired, Search & Rescue horse, Jericho. He had what was called a colic impaction and required an IMMEDIATE visit from our local vet, Dr. Kim Post, who dropped everything and came to save him. If not treated, a horse can die from this. It was costly, but he’s recovering nicely!

Please donate to help with Jericho’s large vet bill. Thank you for your generosity!
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Gypsy, his lifetime pasture mate (pictured here with Jericho), is staying by his side.

05/26/2024

Thank you Jon Goodwin KGW for airing this profile about OGR.

05/03/2024

Many On Golden Rescue board members are also trained Large Animal Rescue Technicians. We were recently called upon to aid The Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire Protection District to rescue a cow named Ruby who had been bogged down in a marshy area.

Larry Boxman and another Board Member, Steve Berg (as Fire District members) were on-site helping with the cow rescue. Hailey Palmore and Marianne Berg helped with the dispatch of the call to get the resources on scene.

Ruby was exhausted after her rescue, but is doing well thanks to the quick response and team work.

You can read the full article and watch the video on The Oregonian’s page:

https://bit.ly/3UGDwXt

04/29/2024

We are grateful for our volunteers of all ages!

Gordon Sahnow – After reading about us in The Vernonia's Voice, Gordon reached out to us to donate his vast building experience by helping to build structures, gates and more. He had never been a "horse person", but has found that he really loves being around them in the barn in between projects. He has also helped with our Community Outreach program when fences needed to be repaired for an older local resident with two horses.

Devon Burton – Devon is very familiar with some of our original rescues, as she was a caregiver for them for about a year before they came to our sanctuary. She loves to come and walk our minis, Annie and Sophie, but her real heartthrob is Jethro, our mini donkey!

Lois Tivey – Former owner of Elvis, she comes to groom Elvis and love on him when she can make the trek. Each time she has also brought treats for all of our animals at our sanctuary.

Irelyn Johnson is our "youngest" volunteer who helps by walking our minis with her mom!

04/27/2024

Thank you to the friends and family of staff members who volunteer at OGR.

Aubrey Johnson – Aubrey's mom, Tiffany Steinweg, is one of our care provider staff and Aubrey has an extensive working knowledge of horses and is very flexible in what she can do for us at OGR. Grooming, walking, socializing, setting up food, and other menial tasks in the barns. When she's not doing these chores, she's also watching our "youngest" volunteer, her 1&1/2 year old sister, Irelyn, who also helps by walking our minis with her mom!

Kim Magee – A longtime friend of Barbara Lebl, our Animal Care Director, Kim brings a great knowledge of therapeutic support for some of our medically compromised equines. BEMER therapy is particularly good for one of our older horses, Elvis, who has a neurological disorder, called EPM (Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis). She has also served as Barbara's "right hand" when she comes to visit us at OGR.

Mike McKay – Barbara Lebl’s husband has been there as an emergency back up for us when we haven't got the strong people here to help lift one of our animals into a trailer, or rig for an emergency transport to the vet's office. He will drop everything at a moment's notice to come when we are in desperate need of another pair of strong arms! He has also been an emotional support for us when one of our goats had died naturally and suddenly, offering to help us move him after he passed.

Jasmine Peterson – daughter of our care provider, Ashley Cavett is Ashley's back up when she is working at OGR on the weekends. Jasmine assists with rounding up the horses and donkeys for meals, cleaning of food bowls and water buckets, and filling water for all of our 20 animals.

04/26/2024

A big thank you to our Fishhawk Lake neighbors who volunteer at On Golden Rescue.

Bob Bevan and Sue Mohnkern – They are local neighbors from Fishhawk Lake who have worn several hats since they started volunteering for OGR. They helped set up our WIFI system in our office. They help with animal care whenever needed; grooming, walking and Sue sometimes pitches in to help prepare the feed and mucks stalls, too.

Lisa Freselli – A local neighbor of ours living at Fishhawk Lake, Lisa has a kind and gentle spirit that works well one-on-one with the animals here at OGR. Walking them, grooming them, she also does various jobs in the barns to support staff. The mini donkeys are especially fond of her!

Barbara Lebl, our Animal Care Coordinator, provides guidance to all of them and is around to answer their questions.

04/25/2024

Continuing Volunteer Appreciation Week, meet the Westside Goat Girls!
Linda Williams (on the right) is the owner of Westside Goat Girl LLC (Westside Goat Girl LLC - Goat Rental). Shown here with her friend (now ours too!), Laura Bujjoni, they have volunteered by being “goat farriers” to our 4 goats several times in the last year. Linda also found us a stanchion that was donated which keeps the goats contained while having their hooves done by our team of two, Linda and Laura!
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11/03/2023

Elvis is getting the royal treatment with cutting edge BEMER Therapy. Utilizing PEMF (Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy), this proven therapy improves microcirculation and vasomotion, and promotes relaxation and regeneration. It releases toxins at the cellular level, helps with body ailments, stiffness and even some diseases. Many owners of highly competitive horses use this to improve their performance, but for our senior horses like Elvis it provides enhanced well-being and comfort.

10/30/2023

Jackie and Speckles are settling in and getting to know the other critters at On Golden Rescue. Your donations will help us give them the care they need.

https://ongoldenrescue.org/donations/

10/26/2023

Jackie and Speckles are on the road to recovery. Gayle and the OGR team are patiently helping them regain their trust of humans, which will make their upcoming farrier and dental treatments go more smoothly. You can help us by signing up for monthly giving, which allows us to plan ahead

https://ongoldenrescue.org/ways-to-help/monthly-giving/

Stay tuned for updates on Jackie and Speckles!