Painted Horse Rescue

12/05/2024

‼️Thankful Thursday‼️

As you all are aware, we have a lot of mouths to feed 😳 and today is…… THANKFUL THURSDAY!! We are so thankful for all the help that has been provided by a lot of you that follow us and help us on a weekly basis! We absolutely could not do it without you💪🏼 THANK YOU!!!💞

This week we are in need of bales of Timothy Hay for all the animals!!! There are so many mouths here that eat the Timothy hay, including the tortoises🤣 We would really appreciate it if you are able to call in and donate towards a bale for us!!! A bale of Timothy is $17 at Hay Direct Malabar. Feel free to stop by their facility from 2-6 daily at 650 Hall Rd. Malabar or call them at 321-626-5727 to prepay for the hay. Or as always our links are below if you’d rather send it to us and I will write a check.

And remember we are a 501(c)(3) so everything you buy us or donate to us is a tax write off. We appreciate anything and everything because every little bit helps us and we are so grateful!

https://linktr.ee/paintedhorserescue

Thanks again for all your help and support!!!

https://www.haydirectfl.com/

We provide high quality Hay, Queen Pine Shavings and Queen Pine Pellets directly to our customers on the Space Coast of Florida.

11/30/2024

“Captain Einstein “ (Stormy) entertaining us this morning 😆🤣

11/26/2024

Spirit is doing great and looking amazing 💞 and the word is, he is so super sweet!! 🥰

11/20/2024

🎉HAY Y’ALL!!!!!!🎉
We are about 6 weeks into our hay drive and I have to say thank you so very much!!! We are so grateful for all of you that have taken time to call or stop by Malabar Feed to help out with providing hay for our amazing animals💪🏼

And with that being said, it’s
🎉WISHLIST WEDNESDAY🎉
So let’s keep this wish going!!!
With your help, we are able to feed almost a hundred mouths everyday! 🫶🏼 Thank you for all your support 🫶🏼

Also, please keep all our sweet babies in your thoughts and prayers as we move through this holiday season. That they all remain on the healthy list with no drama!!! 🫶🏼🙏♥️
🐴🐐🐕🐈🐖🐢🐓🦆🦢🐄

11/19/2024

This is truth 💯. Rescues are full so be very cautious finding your horse a forever home. It’s all so scary and sad what some people do to these sweet, majestic creatures 💔

Keeping your horse is the kindest thing you can do provided you can care for him or her adequately

Rescues are full and not all rescues are responsible rescues so finding a local home, where you can check in your horse, is the best possible solution if you fo have to rehome

Get a contract
Check their property and references
Check up on the horse

Finances and health may mean a horse needs to be rehomed, but it can be done in a way that’s ok for the horse

But verify!

If you don’t personally know the person, you don’t have mutual friends that can verify it’s a good home- that’s on us to do the checking

Because someone seems nice online does not mean they are legit.

It’s a hard thing to rehome. It’s often pretty scary. But if you have to do it- take steps that help keep your horse safe

Picture of two horses having a nap. They lay down because they feel safe

Make sure your horse goes to a home w a buddy. Change is just so hard in a horse. A friend makes it easier for them to adjust.

11/10/2024

🐴Rescue life is not an easy job, but thankfully most rescues work together to find the best possible solution. It takes a village and I am very thankful for mine.

I got a call 2 weeks ago from an elderly woman who needed to rehome her daughters horse that she had rescued less than a year ago. I began to ask questions about the horse and why he needed to be rehomed. She said the horses previous owners had neglected to care for the horse and provide a safe environment for him to live. Her daughter was able to convince the previous owners to give her the horse. Her daughter has been working to improve his health and weight since this sweet boy has been in her possession.

My question to this lady is, so why do you need to rehome this horse? She immediately started crying.

She said she is in a wheelchair and it’s hard for her to even get up to the horse to do anything with him and her Daughter had to move because of a horrible tragedy. She proceeded to tell me that the hurricane that just came through, and I said hurricane Milton? She said yes, it flooded their property and her 5 year old grandson accidentally fell in a ditch and drowned right after the storm went through. Now we are both hysterically crying together. I immediately lost it because my youngest son is 5 and I cannot even imagine what these people are going through.

We both pulled ourselves together and she told me her daughter can’t be here anymore. She can’t eat or sleep and is so depressed. They just want what’s best for the horse and that is to find him a new home.

I told her I would do everything in my power to help her but I needed a week or two. I thought about it for a few days and how I could help these people. There is no way I could bring him here. We are so overfull!! So I reached out to one of my good friends and fellow rescuer, told her the story, and she said she would take him!! I was so excited I called my husband crying and saying “Karie said she’d take Spirit!!! “
He was happy too!! 🙏🥰

Today was a special day for this sweet boy they named SPIRIT!!! We picked him up and took him an hour south to The Liberty Barn where he will continue his rehabilitation and healing journey!! I am so thankful for Karie and The Liberty Barn!! I am so grateful she is a part of our village!

We were told Spirit is about 3 years old. He is still intact, so needs to be gelded, and needs an annual check up! (Shots and coggins)♥️ And lots of groceries.

If you’d like to help with this sweet boy’s journey or with anything he might need, please contact Karie VanderWerf at The Liberty Barn!
Anything helps and remember it is a tax write off. Also please share!! 🐴

And a big shout out to Julie Wilkinson-Hochard for loaning me her horse trailer while mine is being used for hay right now 🤷🏻‍♀️

11/07/2024

🎊Farrier day, AKA Pedicure day🎊
Was a success!! We had 9 horses sponsored, and trimmed a total of 13 horses 🐴💪🏼🙌🏼🫶🏼🐴🎊🇺🇸🤪🐴. Also met some new people that are eager to come back and volunteer their time here with our sweet fur babies!!!! Today was a win!!

Thank you so very much to all the donors!! It truly means a lot and helps more than you know!!
And a huge THANK YOU to Ashley for always being here and helping and to Justin for all your hard work trimming these not all cooperating guys and gals😅🙏

11/07/2024

Today is farrier day!! We received 2 sponsors (thank you to those that helped) We really need at least 8 more if possible 🙏 please let us know if you can help out last minute…WE STILL NEED 8 SPONSORS!!!!
Farrier will be here all day so if you’d like to stop by and pay him directly, send me a text (321-591-3406) I had carpal tunnel release surgery yesterday so I’m basically just holding horses today. 🤪
Thanks again for all your support 💞 We can’t help the helpless without you🐴♥️💪🏼🤗

11/06/2024

Ok, our amazing followers tomorrow is……
🎊WISHLIST WEDNESDAY🎊
And our wish this week is for 10 -15 sponsors for our horses to get their pedicures on Thursday with our farrier!! $50 a trim and we are aiming for 15 horses!!! This would help us out so very much and offset some of the other costs we are facing right now🫶🏼
If you can help let me or Ashley Nicole know and we can help you or if you haven’t been to our website lately, please check it out. It’s super easy to navigate now and you can donate there as well!!

https://www.paintedhorserescue.com/

Thank you so much in advance!! Remember anything donated is a tax deduction and anything helps. Even sharing the post to get the word out is super helpful!! 🙏🐴💞🤗💪🏼

1st pic is 2 of our bigger horses hoof trims. And 1 of the little mini’s tiny trim. 🫶🏼
2nd pic is Sonata. She loves this guy. Normally, she hates her back feet being messed with, but she was sweet on him! 🤣🤣🤣

11/02/2024

11/02/2024

These 2 went to visit the neighbors 🤷🏻‍♀️what can I say? The grass is greener on the other side in this situation 🤣😬😆😳