Blackberry Creek Farm Animal Sanctuary

03/02/2025

Celebrating National Pig Day filled with gratitude and love for these magical beings we get to call friends. Loving one another means showing kindness always. 💖🐷

02/25/2025

Samantha, Queen of the Rock. 👸 Here’s your annual PSA that geese and ducks are NOT Easter presents. Those sweet, adorable little ducklings and goslings will grow up to be adults who need a decade or so of care, will get sick/injured and needs veterinary attention and potentially surgeries, and will need daily food, predator proof housing, attention, and lots and LOTS of p**p cleaning… they are messy!

Please purchase a plush duck or goose friend instead. Sanctuaries are overcrowded, underfunded, and animals deserve to be lifelong companions. If you are going to get a live animal, please consider the serious commitment and please adopt instead of buying! So many need loving homes. 🩵

02/22/2025

“I was thinking of Ernie 🦙when I wore this hat…but PJ is certainly a Disco Daddy too (and he lets me hold him for selfies, unlike Ernie).”🕺🪩🦙 - Annie

At Blackberry Creek, we are a nonprofit run 100% by volunteers, and many who pour their hearts into the sanctuary become family. 💖 Annie is one such extraordinary human.

She has volunteered and visited the sanctuary for almost the entire ten years it’s been in operation, first bringing her girls to family volunteer days when they were little, and now doing a weekly morning shift taking care of the entire sanctuary and housesitting for our founder when she’s away (and no surprise here, the animals adore her).

Annie is also one of the kindest people you’ll ever meet and she truly exemplifies our motto of “loving one another” in every facet of her life. She is an ethical vegan, an incredible wife and mother, a kitten foster mama for the local shelter, and a compassionate advocate for others in her community and beyond.

We are so very grateful for her and so lucky to have her in our Blackberry family!

02/19/2025

This fluffy puff is always proud of himself for saving a little smackerel for later. 😋

02/16/2025

Since Wrigley got 2nd in his group he’s in a wildcard round until 7pm PST today! He needs to get 1st to move onto the semi-finals for America’s Favorite Pet and win $10k for the sanctuary!

We know it’s an annoying amount of voting for this contest and we’re sorry 😆, but if you’re still willing to vote for a couple more rounds we would appreciate it!

https://americasfavpet.com/2025/wrigley-0418

Or link in bio 😊

02/15/2025

❌🐽❌🐽 Hogs and Kisses from everyone here at Blackberry Creek!

02/13/2025

🚨DEADLINE TONIGHT! This cutie needs votes to move up two spots before midnight in order to stay in the race for America’s Favorite Pet! The contest is offering 2-for-1 votes through 7pm PST tonight, but voting runs through 11:59pm! Please vote for Wrigley and help him win $10k for the animals of Blackberry Creek!

https://americasfavpet.com/2025/wrigley-0418

Photo cred: 🐶

02/11/2025

Enrichment is important for all animals, and yesterday, the sheep and Barnaby got to spend a few hours in the garden nibbling on all the fresh, green, winter grass. So simple but one of their favorite things to do! Note animal-gram in the background volunteering for her weekly cow 💩 pick-up. life

02/09/2025

Wrigley made the top 5 in his group in America’s Favorite Pet contest! Now he needs to finish #1 in his group to move on to the quarterfinals!

You get one free vote every day; he’s currently 4th and needs to land the top spot in his group by February 13th to advance. If he wins, he’ll earn $10k for the medical fund here at the sanctuary! Thanks for helping and supporting him in this fun contest! ❤️🐶

Vote here every day or at the link in our bio: https://americasfavpet.com/2025/wrigley-0418

02/06/2025

Bob had a scary choking incident last Friday while he was eating dinner. Luckily happened to be standing nearby with volunteers when it happened and was able to massage his neck (which he didn’t mind) and stick her hand down his throat (which he minded a lot). While his airway was never totally obstructed, the risk with senior donkeys and horses with choke is typically aspirating food and saliva into their lungs during the incident and developing pneumonia. Thankfully, Bob recovered well without aspirating anything and is now getting only mashed pellets which he demands be warm. We got you, old man. Stay with us a few more years.🩷

P.S. When it happened, he did not run to any of the humans nearby for help, but directly to Sophie who was in the adjacent barn stall. These two are relationship goals all the way.

02/04/2025

Wrigley is the cutest boy, especially when he sits like this with his three legs. 🥹 Please keep voting for him in the America’s Favorite Pet contest! He is 4th in his group and they are narrowing it down to the top 5 in each group this week. If he wins best overall dog, we will win $10k for Blackberry Creek! 🙌

Vote here or at the link in bio: https://americasfavpet.com/2025/wrigley-0418

You get one free vote each day and can pay for more votes to bump him higher (the contest donates the funds from votes to PAWS - Progressive Animal Welfare Society) which you can read more about on their website. Thank you so much to those of you who have been voting for him daily! ❤️🐶

01/22/2025

This good boy is currently 4th in his group for America’s Favorite Pet competition, and votes are doubled today on their site! Help Wrigley win $10,000 for Blackberry Creek’s medical fund by voting for him daily at the link in our bio or here: https://americasfavpet.com/2025/wrigley-0418

01/20/2025

MacFarland made sure to supervise the cleaning of his water tub. Thanks, Auntie Annie! You’re the best.🫶

01/13/2025

Wrigs had a vet appointment this morning, and we learned that he helped save another dog’s life recently! Dr. Natalie had an Anatolian Shepherd come in with osteosarcoma in a front leg, and his owners were just going to let it run its course because they thought he was too big to amputate. The dog was in a great deal of pain and could barely walk, and Dr. Natalie encouraged them to go through with an amputation since Wrigley did so well with his. They took her advice and the dog is doing great and in SO much less pain! 🥹

Wrigley’s appointment this morning was to check out his back leg (which has been a little sore lately) as well as to get his annual vaccines and a blood draw to confirm his heart worm treatment was successful now that he’s 6+ months post-treatment.

This poor dog has gone through SO much medically both when we initially rescued him and as residual effects have come to light over the years. He did awesome at his appointment, is on a good pain management regimen for a tripod dog of his size, and they’re checking his kidney and liver values to make sure his meds aren’t harming his organs.

If you haven’t yet, please start voting for Wrigley daily at the link in our bio for the America’s Favorite Pet contest! Everyone gets one free vote daily, plus you can donate on their site to earn more votes. If he wins, he’ll earn the sanctuary $10,000 to help pay for his hefty medical bills and help other animals at the sanctuary get the medications and vet care they need. Link in bio or here: https://americasfavpet.com/2025/wrigley-0418

He needs to get to first place in his group in the next three days to advance to the next round! ✨🐶♥️

01/12/2025

Percival recently stumbled to dinner with a terrible limp and was unable to stand to eat. At over 800 lbs it’s difficult to lift his leg up to look for problems, but it was very quickly obvious his foot was swollen, hot, and extremely tender.

Working with animals, especially when they’re in pain, can be dangerous, which is why for sanctuaries and pet guardians alike, it’s so critical to build strong, trusting relationships and know your animals inside and out.

After distracting the other pigs with food, and getting Percy in a comfy spot with belly rubs, he allowed to not only examine his foot, but to pull a huge, sharp rock out that had pierced the flesh between his toes! 😱 Despite all the mud after recent rains, she was able to clean it well enough to apply a poultice and bandage him up. After pain meds and a couple of days of rest he is good as new!

Please enjoy these photos of Percy patiently being treated while nibbling on a pumpkin, with Grover and Cromwell (the king of foot procedures) there for solidarity!

When you donate to the sanctuary you allow us to have supplies, medication, and animal caregivers on site who know the animals and can quickly detect changes and problems with their health. Thank you for donating, for supporting the animals monthly, and for sharing the mission of kindness that lives at the heart of 💜

01/06/2025

Hey friends! Help Blackberry Creek win $10,000 by voting for Wrigley each day as America’s Favorite Pet!

Link in bio or here:
https://americasfavpet.com/2025/wrigley-0418

You get one free vote each day that will help catapult him to the finals (and to make it less annoying to remember, just bookmark the page and set yourself a reminder alarm). It’s an easy, free way to help us afford medical care for our deserving residents! Wrigley alone has needed over $7500 in medical care since he arrived (not including his monthly meds). 😳❤️‍🩹🐾

Wrigley, a formerly neglected tripod rescued dog, who’s now the best LGD for our rescued farm sanctuary animals and the most loving boy.

01/06/2025

Hey friends! Help Blackberry Creek win $10,000 by voting for Wrigley as America’s Favorite Pet!

https://americasfavpet.com/2025/wrigley-0418

You get one free vote each day that will help catapult him to the finals (and to make it less annoying to remember, just bookmark the page and set yourself a reminder alarm). It’s an easy, free way to help us afford medical care for our deserving residents!

Wrigley, a formerly neglected tripod rescued dog, who’s now the best LGD for our rescued farm sanctuary animals and the most loving boy.