Freedom Run Farm Sanctuary

You may not realize, but Sanctuary's are so often criticized and belittled for the work we do. We are often met with confused faces, smirks of humor, or the endless question of "but what do you _use_ them for", as if it was unimaginable that someone could simply live their life without being exploited. Some days it's easy to brush past with the hopes that we're planting seeds to promote animal welfare. Most days it's emotionally draining and we deal with heavy compassion fatigue. To know they could have met the most horrifying fate haunts us whenever someone compares them to a meal or a commodity. But these pictured moments... these beautiful, precious moments that we share with our rescues... they bring us back to peace, and we would never give up these moments for anything in the world. Unconditional love doesn't begin to describe how we feel about every single one of our residents. They're our children, our family. They're who we fight for, and who we live for. #NationalNonprofitDay

Today's Sunday Snoots are brought to you by baby Dexter's snoot! This was the day I picked him up from Purdue. We immediately fell in love with his calm gentle soul, and he settled right in as if to say "okay, let's go home mom", and slept the whole way home. I can't believe this was two years ago.

Teddy has had his fill of cookies today!

Everyone is doing okay today despite the heat. We're closing monitoring everyone, and have given out fresh water and watered down runs and wallows this afternoon. Can't wait for cooler weather tomorrow! In the meantime, enjoy Miley, Dottie and Hope having a little visit from last week!

We're jumping in on the sanctuary Olympics!

The fam ❤️

Did you know that pigs need sunscreen in the summer months? Especially our pink piggies Hope and Dexter! This is Dexter saying "thanks mom" after his ears and back were sprayed down with our favorite cruelty free sunscreen! Mud acts as a natural sunscreen for them, but most times their backs and behind their ears need extra covereage.

Hope pooping into your Saturday morning to say Boop!

Thank you so much to Tatiana for volunteering today! We were able to bring Summer, Lo, Winter and Nutmeg outside in their run and work on getting more things in place for them!

Duncan is blowing his coat and turning into a hippo! He's doing so good at getting around and moving more! He's definitely lost a few pounds in a good way and we're excited to get him to where he needs to be.

Summer is doing really well and isn't showing any signs of depression after losing Sterling. We miss our girl so much, but we're glad that Summer is doing well. Summer has a vet appointment on Wednesday where we'll be getting bloodwork done and a full physical to make sure hes as healthy as he appears! This is just a wellness check, but Summer is 3 years old and fate isn't on his side due to his breed. Cornish crosses are bred to be killed at 6 WEEKS old, and their bodies have been bred and modified to grow more quickly than their legs can carry them, and more quickly than their organs cam properly develop. Summer is a string healthy boy and we've been lucky enough to have raised him from a baby when he was found wounded in an apartment complex! We're so happy to have found a vet who will be treat our bestest boy like the individual that he is!

We did not hit our match but there's still time to help us reach our goal! We raised 265 towards the match (1k) and in total we are only 890 away from our entire goal!!! We brought home the trailer today which is so incredible! But we need to recoup those funds QUICKLY for upcoming vet care needs for Dexter, Hope, and possibly Duncan. Please keep sharing, donating, and commenting on our post so they continue to reach people! Tomorrow if the weather isn't too hot, we start training with positive reinforcement to load in and out of the trailer! We can't wait to share what you've all made possible!

We're picking up the trailer TODAY and have 945 left to meet our match as of last night! We're so excited and relieved to finally be able to get this for our larger residents. We can't put into words how incredibly thankful we are to everyone who has supported us and shared our plea for help, and we know we can meet our match by this afternoon but we need your help! When a group of people who love animals come together for a shared cause, nothing is impossible! Please keep the momentum going so we can cover the whole trailer when we pick it up today!

Dexter's checklist: ✅️ Spa treatments ✅️ Stuffed unicorn pillows ❌️ Travel Trailer We still need to raise funds for our trailer! Dexter and Duncan were roughhousing and Dexter got a wound on his shoulder. We treat these at home, but this one isn't healing like it should and we're very concerned for our little lover boy. He has a vet appointment tomorrow afternoon that we are borrowing a trailer to transport him in, but we're really asking a lot from our friends kindness because they also need their trailer tomorrow! We really need our own. We've lost out on two due to lack of funds. Please share, spread the word, and help us meet our goal! Dexter needs you! Fundraiser: givebutter.com/Freedomruntrailer Venmo: Freedomrunfarmsanctuary Paypal: [email protected]

Sunday snoots with Hope!

I was refreshing the piggies water when Dottie decided that this will absolutely not do, and that the trough shall be used as a bathtub from now on.... She does make the cutest little bathtub piggy though ❤️

With everything going on lately, our focus has been heavily on our bird residents. But we wanted to share our trailer fundraiser for those who may have missed it! We have some anticipated needs for Hope coming up where she'll need to go to Purdue Vet for an MRI to get some imagining on her spine. It's nothing urgent yet but with your help, we can get the trailer before it may become urgent! We knew we would eventually be dealing with health issues with Hope and Dexter especially with them jumping from a truck on the highway as babies to save their own lives from the meat industry, and we are so thankful for all of you to help support them! The trailer we had our eye on sold already, but we have two others we found with the same price range! They're both smaller but will still work well. If you can't donate, please share, comment, and spread the word! Www.givebutter.com/freedomruntrailer We have some exciting news about our chicken crews coming up later this week so make sure you're following up for that!

Sunday Snoots with Lo! We decided to reschedule pur Open Barn Day this Saturday, future day TBD. We have a lot of projects planned for this week that were on hold because of the heat last week, so we need to focus on those projects for our residents, but we will announce a new date in a couple of weeks!

We had an amazing day with an amazing visitor! We are so grateful for our friend Brandy who has been part of the sanctuary family for some time and has a special bond with Dottie girl ❤️ this visit meant so much to us after what we've been going through these last few weeks. Brandy brought some amazing donations including lots of fruits&veggies, snacks for the chickens, tarps, and vegan snacks for the humans! A big thing was poultry netting and an electric charger, which we've already put up to better protect our flock from everything that may wander by in the night. I'm honestly looking forward to getting some sleep now! Thank you so so much Brandy! Keep being an amazing human.

We're expecting a super hot day tomorrow and are freezing treats, charging small fans, adding more regular fans, and freshening everyone's water! We're so happy to say that the weather for Open Barn day next weekend is looking beautiful so far! Sign up using our new link! https://givebutter.com/3H4iTY