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🐴Kataluna Horse Rescue
Registered 501(c)3 nonprofit | WA
Rescuing, rehabilitating & restoring trust and love in neglected horses & donkeys in the auction pipeline. This page was created to share our horses life changing journeys through rescue of slaughter bound horses. As well as embark on the amazing opportunities to allow humans be the student, and learn from the horses point of view.

10/15/2025

Just a fall appreciation post from some of my favorite times around the farm🌻🍂🍁 This is a time of year where the horses all just seem so happy, the cooler weather has them spunky and playful, the sun warms their coats for good morning naps after the cooler nights, it’s just a nice little season before the rain hits.

What is your favorite season or favorite fall memory?

10/14/2025

Can you believe it’s almost been two years since one of my favorite comebacks of all time?🥹 Elton the donkey, who was rescued as a weanling from an auction in Texas while he was emaciated and so sick to the point he couldn’t stand on his own, is living his best life and *thriving* now. He got his second chance thanks to this community❤️

It’s been a little while since I’ve thought about Elton’s recovery journey, but this morning I woke up with him in my head. I was looking through some of his old photos and videos while standing in line at our local coffee shop, and what are the odds that this exact same song, Elton’s song that I haven’t heard in several months, came on the speaker and began to play. It just put such a warm smile on my face like a little reminder that this is it, this is the reason. This is right. It’s stories like Elton that inspire all the new stories to come✨

10/12/2025

Callisto❤️

This sweet girl has made quite the turnaround in a short period of time. She is completely blind in her left eye and was a nervous wreck with no personal space when we first met her. She was taken to an auction underweight with a chance of being pregnant, where she sold to the kill buyer until we were able to intervene and bring her home. After a few months of being here, she has turned into one of the sweetest horses on the farm who just loves to be in your presence sharing this positive space with you❤️ We have confirmed that she is in fact not pregnant, which although the babies are always such a positive light in a world where we see a lot of darkness, I am so grateful for Callisto’s sake that she is not pregnant.

I told you all when I first saw her, how she reminded me so much of my Luna, but in so many different ways. Watching her go through this healing journey has just brought that to life so much more✨ This is always something I will be so honored to be a part of for them.

10/11/2025

Little baby Dubs is growing up so fast🥺❤️ She’s now around six months old and learning all the things there is to learn about being a big horse. Thanks to our entire team, Dubs has gone from a sick weanling who was terrified of people and pulled from an auction with her emaciated mother Dolly, to a happy healthy baby who loves attention, going on walks, is building her confidence every day conquering new goals, challenges, and adventures. She’s just about ready to start looking for her forever person who is ready to conquer this world with her!

I apologize for the social media radio silence over the last week. We’ve been working really hard around here getting the whole farm ready for winter, working on a lot of new projects, mud prevention, shelter and fence building, etc. we finally have just about everything wrapped up but it took all the last bit of mental and physical energy I had left for a little while there😅 I’ll be sharing more updates soon on all the happenings around the farm! All the horses are doing so well I am just so proud of how every single one of these guys has made such an incredible turn around❤️

10/04/2025

BOO👻🎃🍂 ITS HERE!

We have a new merch drop!! And this one is just in time for HALLOWEEN! We haven’t had any new merch drops for a little while now, because we’ve been saving up for today’s special day dropping *three* new designs, two of of which supporting two of the most incredible artists I know and have the honors of working with, who created this amazing design in honor of little Boo who is now back home at Kataluna almost a year after we originally rescued her last October. As well as who created this fun design featuring baby Dubs and one of her best little friends Millie Moo the mini cow, as well as our two kitties Rio & Spats! The last design was made by yours truly because why not have a tshirt with the original Kataluna crew Harley, Mila, Bud and Piper that is too cool for school🤷🏼‍♀️😂🧡

Proceeds raised when purchasing any of these new drops, will directly benefit Kataluna Horse Rescue and all the animals that are supported because of this mission!

Get yours HERE: https://www.bonfire.com/store/kataluna-horse-rescue/ (or visit the link in our bio)! Order ASAP to get them in time for the spooky season!

10/02/2025

One of our special golden seniors, Loretta❤️ taken to an auction after a lifetime of serving her people, to be sold to whoever raised up their hand last. She could have ended up with a kill buyer on a truck to a horrific fate, or with trader being sold from auction to auction wherever the most money were to follow, not knowing her special diet because of her bad teeth, or her stiffness from her old lady bones that have carried all your kids and grandkids, or her favorite places to be scratched and share buddy scratches because that’s all she asks for in return.

Luckily, my hand was the last hand to go up that day. She came home with us, where we cleaned and doctored her all up, learned her quirks and her sweetest personality, all the things she needs, likes and doesn’t like, to give her the best life and best retirement she could have. That’s what she deserves. That’s what they all deserve❤️

09/26/2025

I felt like today was a good day for a happy announcement🥹❤️

Sweet Bo, who was dumped at an auction skin and bones, after just having her baby pulled off her the night before, who we also rescued in honor of Aurora, is not only doing great in her rehab, but has officially made it through quarantine AND BEEN ADOPTED!🥳

Not only that, but I am over the moon happy to share with you all that she’s not just been adopted by anyone, but welcomed into the family of one of my absolute best friends and soul sister, and the one who has been by my side since this rescue started. Dani and I grew up together as kids dreaming of the days we would get to help horses every day, and now here we are, almost two decades of friendship and seven years of rescuing horses together❤️ Dani has fallen in love with several of our Kataluna alumni over the years but there was always something telling her to wait. And that something was miss Bo🥹 These two are such a perfect match for one another and I just couldn’t be happier for them, truly.

Congratulations Bo and Dani🥹 Welcome home Bo Mavis. The best part of your life is just beginning❤️

09/25/2025

Rainier, the big friendly giant💔🌈🪽

Grief is the last act of love we give those who we love. With heavy grief comes great love and no matter how weighted that pain feels, that love will have always been worth it.

This has been a tough few months on the farm. We’ve now had three horses join our heavenly herd over the summer, but when I think of those three horses, I don’t think of death and sorrow. I see light, and I see love. So so so much love. Because that is the greatest gift we can give any of our animals who are suffering. It’s a honor to be with them in their final moments, as you hold them, pet them, tell them what a good girl and what a good boy they are. Give them a place where they can feel safe, and they know they are home. Because when I think about the alternative of where they would have been otherwise, dying alone, maybe in an auction yard, maybe on a slaughter truck to Mexico or Canada, surrounded by fear and uncertainty. I know in my heart I would do this a million times over for them, so not one of our horses ever has to face that in terror, but rather in peace. This was by far the right call. Rainer’s feet were falling apart. He is no longer in pain now.

If any one of our dear community would like to help sponsor and contribute towards Rainier’s passing, we need you now💔 With Little Bees fundraiser we are still over $1000 from her goal and now Rainier, who due to his large size has been far more costly to help him cross over. The original fundraising we did to bring them in has been used on feed and vet appointments, his end of life expenses are right around $1500 for the vet and the renderer. As always, I am so eternally grateful for everyone’s love and support. Thank you❤️‍🩹

Helping finish Baby Bee & Rainier’s end of life care🌈🪽: Fundraiser COMPLETE!

Venmo: (UNDER CHARITIES)
PayPal: Kataluna Horse Rescue (UNDER CHARITIES)
Zelle: [email protected]
Card/ApplePay: donorbox.org/donate-today-257 (link in bio)

Thank you for these beautiful photos ❤️

09/22/2025

Boo is back home❤️‍🩹
I am so eternally grateful for everyone who came together to help make this happen. Boo settled in right away with our other minis, who she has been herd mates with before, so that was good to see.

I wish more than anything the outcome was that both girls were here, but I know little bee is with the rest of the herd up there, ready to help guide the herd down here. The hospital saved a small piece of her fluffy little mane for us💔 We have currently raised $3,487 of our final total for baby Bee’s end of life expenses. I will find out what our total is tomorrow when the office opens up again.

I was to express a huge thank you to our vet who was able to pick Boo up right away and bring her to her house so she could be among friends and other minis as she grieves. She was treated like royalty with everything she needed until we could bring her home to Kataluna today❤️ I’ll share more soon, but for now, Boo is safe, she is healthy, and she is home.

09/20/2025

I can’t believe she’s gone. I can’t believe I’m writing this💔

If you have been following my stories as of last night, you know I decided to take a two day trip away from the farm to try and just have some time to recoup and remind myself the whole reason I got into horses in the first place all those years ago. We didn’t even make it one night until I got a call that a very familiar little face who we all love so dearly was in trouble and needed help right away. Immediately I knew we would do whatever we needed, whatever it takes.

She was rushed to the emergency hospital where this little four month old baby, who was just there fighting for her life for an entirely different reason when she was only one day old, is now there due to a major colic impaction. We knew the ICU is never a good place to have to be directed to, but if it could help then no questions asked. I thought worse case scenario our final option would be surgery.

But never did I expect this.

This kind of thing doesn’t just happen. Four months old with a major colic impaction, she was perfectly healthy and happy just yesterday, blood work and all her tests came back normal, her odds were great. I got the call around 9pm that surgery was the only way to save her life. This is not cheap, *starting* costs are $10,000. But again, no questions asked. We fought for her once, you bet we’re going to fight again. Both myself, our regular vet we work with, and the surgeon thought surgery was as bad as it would get, but we’ll see her on the other side.

The surgery itself actually went very smoothly. She had two tears but those were able to be replaced and impaction removed. Just as they were finishing up, the worst got unimaginable.

She went into cardiac arrest. A four month old. Perfectly healthy, the odds were high in her favor, just a baby with what should have been a whole lifetime ahead of her. They did CPR for ten minutes, but she was gone. She passed on the table. I got the call around 1:30am and I knew as soon as my phone rang, my heart just dropped.

They explained to me what happened, and apologized sincerely there wasn’t more that could be done. They closed her back up and let Boo be with her body the remainder of the night so she could say goodbye and understand her baby was no longer here with us.

I just truly have no words right now. Normally when we are having to say goodbye to a horse here I can see it coming. This was so unexpected and such a punch in the gut. I have been with every single one of our horses who have crossed over in their final moments, but I couldn’t be with her.

Boo is getting picked up by our amazing veterinarian today who has been so supportive during this whole process, and will come home to Kataluna tomorrow. She will be home here, forever. That is the least I can do for her right now.

We are likely still left with a $7000-8000 bill for the hospitalization and surgery expenses. We’ve raised just over $1000 so far. Asking for donations in a time like this feels so wrong. This was just so out of the blue and I know how many of you loved Boo and Little Bee. I am just crushed we couldn’t do more.

If you are interested in helping with Bee’s end of life expenses, and Boo’s home care, this link is the best way to help: https://donorbox.org/donate-today-257

Thank you. I am so so sorry.

02/13/2025

What’s cuter than a baby donkey wearing heart sunglasses on Valentine’s Day?…. Absolutely nothing this is as cute as it gets🥹💖 featuring the best photobomb of all time in the third picture😂 Hard to believe this was already a full year ago with baby Aretha & Elton! Who have both been adopted into the most incredible and loving homes we could ask for!❤️

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Our Story- Living through Liberty

This page was created to share the amazing opportunities that allow humans be the student and horses to be the teacher, and for us to learn from their point of view.

I grew up working with rescue horses using the “typical” type of horsemanship training, until when I was twelve years old one horse in particular came into my life and turned all that around. These methods that I always considered to be the only way of working with horses, were being shut down left and right. This horse was scared, frightened of humans and not ready to trust. Others had tried their methods on her, some helped, some did not, but I was at a loss. Honestly, I was scared. I had made all the choices I thought I knew how, until I soon came upon this idea of letting the horse choose, and letting the horse be completely FREE rather than forcing her to engage. I will admit, I was hesitant. I was scared if I took off the ropes, she would run, that if I gave her the choice, she would choose no. But that is the reality we had to face. Five years later, by using this method of FREEDOM, we developed a trust, a team, and most importantly a friendship. My ways of working with horses changed forever.

Since then, I have come across so many amazing horses through fostering, adoption from feed lots, etc. I am currently working in Washington to grow and exploit this “training” technique to share with the world of equine. We appreciate everyone who comes through to our page and hope to inspire you and your four legged friend to try something new in honor of them!