Bluemont Equine Sanctuary

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Bluemont Equine Sanctuary

We’re a GFAS acredited and Equus vetted 501(c)3 nonprofit Equine Sanctuary with a platinum rating on Guidestar.

We rescue, rehabiliate and offer permanent sanctuary to equines of all kinds. We specialize in dwarfs, seniors and difficult medical cases.

11/14/2025

As a sanctuary founder and rescuer you aren’t supposed to have favorites. But we’re human and our souls connect with another and sometimes you just can’t explain why. Skipper reminds me of a beloved horse named Nelson who we lost just before Christmas in 2022. Nelson was a tall black standardbred with a Roman nose and hardened eyes. He was a buggy horse and was worked hard. He fought his heart out pounding the pavement pulling a family to and fro. He was sent to auction after years of service. When he stepped off the trailer here at Bluemont he gave me a glance that said “absolutely not” when I greeted him. He was strong and stoic and had accepted his fate for all those years. It took about 6 months but his eyes softened. He fell in love with a beautiful mare named Glowy and he knew and felt real kindness.

His second Fall with us hit him hard and his body began to unravel again. Seasonal changes can trigger all sorts of problems in senior and medically fragile horses. First it was a lyme flare up, then hoof abscesses and then his heart. All within a matter of weeks. We released him from his body in the middle of the night, in the freezing rain on an emergency call. Carl was out of town for work and I was very ill with the flu. When I walked into the house after tarping his body I tripped over a large grocery order that had been delivered. I remember crying while I shoved food into the freezer thinking I would never give my heart to another again. That I would rescue but I wouldn’t allow myself to get so close, so invested. Ofc these were just fleeting thoughts while I was in the throes of grief. I love every single animal that calls us home.

But Skipper. While his transformation isn’t exactly the same as Nelson’s it’s profound in its own way. Nelson softened and gave and received love. Skipper arrived jarred, a bit broken and didn’t have a real zest for life. Looking at these current photos of him…he almost looks like a Mustang. Like a wild man. Strong, bold and intelligent. He shines like a copper penny and he has real autonomy but in a domesticated setting.

Somehow skippers transformation is healing the hole in my heart that Nelson’s loss left behind ❤️‍🩹.

11/07/2025

This week we had two unexpected emergencies with senior horses. Peanut, a 38 year old pony who’s been in sanctuary with us for 3 years had a severe colic. And Jingles presented with malaise and an increased respiratory rate on Sunday night. He’s new to and an old boy too.

The last 24 hours have been a nail biter with Peanut who isn’t a big drinker and tends to gas colic during change of seasons. We’ve tried all the things to get him to drink and wet down his old man mashes for hydration. His colic began around 5am yesterday morning and persisted even after an emergency visit from our vet. We requested a second visit last night when Peanut had still not passed manure and was quite down and miserable. He started to perk up a bit around 11pm last night but he’s still barely eatinf. We’ve been by his side non stop since his colic began. Our biggest challenge is to keep his blood sugar up via 10cc of maple syrup 4 times a day. Otherwise Peanut will develop a serious condition called hyperlipidemia. Our vet came out for a third time today and administered more medications and gave a bag fluids plus b vitamins to Peanut. We’re hoping this boys appetite is back by this evening 🙏🏻. Three emergency vet calls with all the interventions are costly.

Add on jingles pneumonia call on Sunday night and we were smacked with unexpected emergency veterinary costs. The equines in our care deserve the best care. Seniors are extremely fragile and expensive to care for. It’s critical that we catch things early and address them immediately.

Please consider a donation towards Peanut and Jingle’s care. I can’t think of two more deserving souls.

Donations can be made via this fundraiser, on our website or through Venmo (under charities), PayPal or Zelle.

We appreciate the Bluemont family so much, without you there is no us. 🩷

PS Stay tuned in stories for updates on Peanut and Jingles.

11/06/2025

Zoli helped raise Rue and she 💯 thinks she’s a dog 🐶🐴

11/05/2025

BamBam transported well with a trusted hauler and went straight into QT here at the sanctuary. The isolation can be tough on them but he can see and hear horses and luckily it’s temporary. We don’t trust 99% of quarantine facilities for all the reasons. The main two being that oftentimes when a horse is first rescued they have serious medical issues that need top notch medical care and a diligent team. Additionally active QT facilities can expose horses to all sorts of diseases. If a horse comes from a private home and a closed farm and we can verify that, we don’t isolate them. Clean trailering is also an important component when assessing QT needs.

As you can see BamBam has severe angular limb deformities (ALD) in his hind legs. Which is also called skeletal atavism due to the severity. He will see our Vet this week for a once over and some baseline bloodwork along with an SAA test.

We think that the children on the farm handled and trained BamBam as he’s very gentle and well mannered. He has known a kind hand and love. Selling him on would’ve likely changed all that. Yes there’s a slim chance that a decent home that knows dwarfs might’ve seen him and pulled him from auction. But they’re so few and far in between that we just couldn’t risk it. Additionally minis go very low at the auction he was headed to so flippers love to buy there and then head to new holland or Lebanon where they will make double what they paid. In the meantime the minis are loaded onto mixed trailers with larger horses and end up getting injured or sick.

This is why we yell from the rooftops to rescue them before they go to auction. We know auction pulls feel more exciting to the public. But just think about all the hardship we save them by intercepting them. 🙏🏻

If you feel called to contribute towards our mission and to BamBam’s rescue you can donate via this fundraiser or through our website. 🩷

We appreciate all of you so much. Together we can change lives.

PS how cute was our team waiting to watch BamBam walk through the barn gates. Even Thor gets so excited for a new life to call Bluemont home. 😭❤️‍🩹

11/04/2025

NEW INTAKE! This isn’t an exciting photo and we don’t have any footage of this sweet boy but we were contacted about a little dwarf that needs our help. I was reluctant to post a fundraiser with just these photos knowing this post won’t perform well but this is what we got. He’s an auction intercept that was born and raised on an Amish farm. We’re grateful that they chose to castrate him and not breed more miniature horses with dwarfism. He’s a gentle and sweet 5 year old gelding that needs sanctuary.

He has Achondroplasia so he has a normal size head, elongated body and short angular limbs with contracted tendons. With help he can hopefully live a long life with reduced pain. Just like Hilde, he has severe angular limb deformities in his hind legs. Had we received him as a foal we could’ve surgically helped his legs. He will need customized pain medication for his small size, Adequan to help with his arthritis and specialized dental and farrier care. While dwarfs certainly eat less they are more difficult and costly to care for overall. They require close monitoring in every way.

Please consider a donation towards his care. His intake expenses will be on the high side as he needs a complete work up. We will be picking him up immediately to QT here at our farm as he’s scheduled to go through auction next weekend.

Without you there is no Bluemont to step in for horses like him. He would end up in the wrong hands at a low end auction and that would just break our hearts.

Carl has been dying to name a male horse Bam Bam 🙃🫠. What do you guys think ? Does it suit him? Will Bam Bam and Hilde like each other and be the next Bluemont couple?

How exciting to start off November with a new save. Your donation means the world to us and them. ❤️

Donations can be made via this fundraiser
Our website
Venmo (has to be under the charities tab) there are fake Bluemont accts
PayPal and Zelle

We don’t say if you donate we will help them. We say we ARE saving this horse and we need your help. You guys always step up for them and we’re so grateful for team Bluemont. ❤️

11/01/2025

What is rescue and what is sanctuary? It can mean different things based on a non profits mission.

Shown: Skipper happy in sanctuary vs when he 1st arrived

Here, sanctuary means safety for life. The horses that land with us have changed hands many times, experienced neglect or have a medical issue that deems them undesirable/unadoptable. It’s hard enough for shelters and rescues to place special needs/senior cats and dogs, now imagine horses… where the industry focuses on utility and having a job. How can we ethically push these equines back out into the community that rejected them in the first place?

What if we did adopt out riding horses? Do those horses actually want to be ridden? And what happens when they can no longer be ridden? Every single domesticated horse is one wrong step away from becoming an unridden horse. Rescues that adopt out that actually offer a safety net and accept a horse back no questions asked have a constant stream of adoption returns because of the nature of the horse industry. Good adoption based horse rescues have a return rate of 30%. Even yrs later after someone has used the horse for their purposes.

While I’m not criticizing adoptions I am saying that this model didn’t sit right with us. None of us will adopt our way out of the overpopulation and antiquated horse culture. Roughly 20% of all horse owners are still FOR horse slaughter. It’s our opinion that change is created through story telling to shift the narrative, advocacy, education and lobbying for better protection for all animals.

True sanctuary in the horse rescue landscape is rare and we aim to fill this void. Sanctuary is both hard work and expensive. Real sanctuaries receive hundreds if not thousands of requests every year from other rescues, networkers and owners.

Sanctuary for Skipper, the horse pictured here means a large pasture, companions, a special diet, arthritis and pain management, farrier care for navicular, solid shelter, blanketing and 24/7 forage. Most of all it means love and security no matter what. If Skipper needs more intense medical care we won’t decline him based on his age.

True sanctuary is meaningful work, it’s our highest calling.

10/30/2025

This sweet angel has been at the shelter for 4 years. Shes dog friendly and a total mush. There has to be a beautiful home out there. Let’s share her far and wide.

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Colts Neck, NJ
07722

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https://bluemontsanctuary.org/

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