Helping Hearts Equine Rescue, Inc.

12/10/2024

Helping Hearts Equine Rescue annual online Wreath-“Raffle” is here!!!
📌Pick Your Number(s), check the list to make sure they’re not already taken and post in the comments below. 📌

-Win this Gorgeous Hand-Crafted Wreath for the holidays, created especially for Helping Hearts by Volunteer Betsy Conway’s wonderful hubby Tom!
-You MUST be able to pick up from Helping Hearts in Millstone, NJ. No shipping.
-$5/chance with a total of 40 chances being sold. Winner will be chosen once all numbers are chosen and paid for. Payment is cash, check or Paypal - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YPLB8JUPNS6T2

- Choose your Number(s)!!

1 - Amy Miller Barkman
2 - Jill Hastrup
3 - Toni Monar
4 - Julie Stern
5 - Debbie Pfau
6 - Julie Stern
7 - Jill N Jet
8 - Carol Stillwell
9 - Amy Miller Barkman
10 - Michele Tempora
11 - Toni Monar
12 -
13 - Jill N Jett
14 -
15 - Ida Howell.
16 -Jeannie Macchia
17 - Jill Hastrup
18 -
19 - Julie Stern
20 - Amy Miller Barkman
21 -
22 - Toni Monar
23 - Michele Tempora
24 - Jill Hastrup
25 -
26 - Ida Howell
27 -
28 - Carol Stillwell
29 - Toni Monar
30 - Jill Hastrup
31 -
32 -
33 - Jeannie Macchia
34 - Ida Howell
35 -
36 - Julie Stern
37 - Toni Monar
38 -
39 - Ida Howell
40 - Amy Miller Barkman

12/07/2024

BOB protecting AJ, (just in case!), from the newcomers to the field, Galileo & Noah.
Don’t mess with Bob or his buddy!! 💞

12/03/2024

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12/01/2024

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11/30/2024

It’s been a week since our Sunny was laid to rest. Ironically, her story as a captured Mustang was recently told in this newly released children’s book.

Seeing it published, to illustrate the plight of American Mustangs, and then losing her … she lives on …. in this little book that tell’s not only her story, but of all mustangs.

https://kodyscapers.com/kodys-capers-kody-meets-a-mustang?

Experience the enchanting story of 'Kody's Capers: Kody Meets a Mustang,' an endearing book penned by Terri Abbatiello and vividly brought to life with illustrations by Sigha Sajid. Follow Kody as he embarks on a captivating adventure and forms a heartfelt bond with a mustang, set against stunnin...

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving!!! 🦃 🍁

The 3 Amigos showing off their new outerwear yesterday ahead of today’s rain and the expected drop in temperatures tonight.

Skeeter, Gordon & Jefferson 💕

11/24/2024

Our sweet lovely Sunny was laid to rest this morning. She was experiencing a severe colic and her veterinary exam disclosed a displacement of her large intestine. 😢
Surrounded by her barn family, with Eli’s help Sunny passed gently.

Sunny was born a wild Mustang. Her BLM records show she was foaled in 2000 in the Twin Peaks HMA of California and was captured November 1, 2001. A friend adopted her from the BLM as a youngster. I actually started her under saddle as a 3 year old and she then came to my farm with her family every Weds for lessons for several years. When circumstances dictated that she needed a new home, she was signed over to Helping Hearts in 2009.
Sunny adopted out twice while under HHER’s auspices. Her final return was July, 2021 after enduring a severe bout of laminitis from which her vets did not expect her to recover. Sunny beat the odds.
Retired from work and future adoptions due to the severity of her coffin bone rotation, Sunny joined the ranks of our permanent residents. She buddied-up and lived out with Gemini until Gem’s passing earlier this year. She became One of the Girls on our Volunteer Days, soaking up all the love and adoration the Ladies showered her with. Yesterday was no different. Lots of love, lots of grooming, lots of attention and photos. Sunny had a last wonderful day and she left us knowing she was loved and cherished. Something that Every horse should know.
Sunny, 2000 – November 23, 2024 💛🩷🩵

11/23/2024

Yay!! Bob’s abscess finally started draining!! While he’s still a bit sore, the heat and pulse are gone.
Once we saw where it was emerging, we could open it up a bit more to help. Then we rewrapped it with gauze and vetwrap to absorb the exudate and keep it clean.

11/21/2024

Keller. 🥰This little old gentleman spent the last 5 years of his life with us. Abandoned at a small private barn at the age of 45, he had a long life, probably starting out West as he was covered in various ranch brands. The last years before arriving here he was loved by a little girl (I have some adorable photos on my computer that the barn owner shared with me). The phone call looking for help delineated his issues: 45’ish, blind in one eye, arthritic, missing a chunk of ear. We headed out. As I was loading him up she added “Oh, did I mention he’s kind of deaf?” Like that might have been the detail that broke the deal. 😋
We got this little sweet-heart home and he and our aged throwaway Amish draft, Simon, bonded immediately. The Odd Couple. BFF’s Forever. 💕

When we lost Simon, Keller had a stroke 3 weeks later. I like to think they’re grazing side by side up there ☁️☁️☁️.

11/21/2024

Bob’s battling an abscess the past few days.
And as sweet as he is, he Is NOT a good patient. Ever.
Seven minutes into his epsom salt soak he dumped it.
Notice how much Brighter he looks stomping down on the pan so I can’t pick it up again. 😋
I persevered and Did get it poulticed, lol.
Sunday it looked like it was working it’s way up the front of the hoof and would come out the coronary band. It has since worked it’s way around the side of the hoof and we think it’s going to come out the right heel bulb.
Fingers crossed it pops sooner than later.

11/20/2024

11/19/2024

From Bob’s human BFF 💕💕💕

11/18/2024

‼️Help needed ‼️$10 adoption fees for dogs over 40lbs and rescue incentives for rescues‼️

We have taken in 367 animals in the last week, 139 of those were dogs🐶 making us beyond full with dogs in crates in multiple rooms. 10 dogs are Timestamped, meaning they are scheduled to be euthanized by a certain time if they do not find placement with rescue or an adopter (some are also available for foster through ACCT!). 9 of those dogs are timestamped for no other reason than that they have been here the longest (a few weeks) and lack of space for incoming dogs. 😞We know this is hard to hear, but it's an even more difficult reality for the dogs, our staff and our volunteers.

We want every adoptable dog to find placement. We continue to try to support owners in keeping their pets, having our officers return pets in the field 🚓and more, but with an average of 20 dogs coming in each day running out of space means we exceed our capacity for caring for the 130+ dogs and 150+ cats 🐱in the shelter. We will become more crowded, resulting in more dogs getting sick and developing behavioral issues due to lack of space, resulting in difficult decisions. We need your help so they have the best chance at a loving home.🏡

That's why with animals continuing to come in, we need your help:
👉🏼Reclaiming your pet: If we've called you because we have your pet, PLEASE respond. If you cannot reclaim your pet, we understand (though have resources to help!) but not knowing means the dog sits there when they could be leaving with a rescue or adopter if not with you.
🐾Adopt: We're doing $10 adoptions for all dogs over 40lbs through Sunday November 24th! This includes for dogs in foster care so that you can help free up space for a new foster! Our ability to extend dogs who are time stamped depends so much on space, and so whether or not you adopt a timestamped dog, you're still saving a life by freeing up a kennel! We're open 10-6pm daily, no appointments needed!

🐶View adoptable dogs here: https://bit.ly/3AOSUd7
🐱View adoptable cats here: https://bit.ly/4fnc6hb

♥️Foster: We're looking for both long term and short term fosters for large dogs! Especially with the holidays, we need people to foster large dogs in while their foster parents are away for the holidays so they don't come back to the shelter. https://bit.ly/4fRQlWx
🐾Rescue: Thanks to an anonymous donor, we're offering generous rescue incentives of $750 for every dog over 40lbs that is picked up by the end of the day on Tuesday, and an additional $500 if a group takes two or more dogs over 40lbs. If you're not a rescue partner but would like to become one, please fill out our love local application here: https://bit.ly/4fC1VFB
📍Help reunite lost pets! In the last week, we took in 98 stray dogs. Please spread the word in your community that if someone is missing their pet, to please come to the shelter! We have flyers you can download and share here: https://bit.ly/4eIbJNe.
🐾Volunteer: We need volunteers to help with everything from events, where you're helping spread the word about animals in need, to picking up animals at the shelter and driving them to a rescue or a Doggie Style Pets location, to walking dogs or socializing cats at the shelter and so much more https://bit.ly/3ZbMXR5
🐾Donate: We rely on donations and sponsors to do things like decrease or waive fees, to send animals offsite for urgent medical care, help people keep their pets by providing resources such as training or vet referrals and much more. You can make a donation here: https://bit.ly/3AJ8Y04