Misfit Toys Rescue Division, Inc- Equine Sanctuary

04/25/2025

Misfit Toys Rescue Division, Inc- Equine Sanctuary is honored to work with Fighting Chance Rescue from Cincinnati to help their horse Breeze get a grip on his aggressive and weird behavioral issues! Welcome, Breeze!

I love me a challenge. ♥️ I think he is telling me what he thinks of this endeavor 🤣😜. If anyone recognizes this young man, please let me know. He came from Ohio and was passed through several sale barns. We will be sending his hair off for DNA, but it's always fun to see if anyone recognizes them first! Follow along to watch his progress, full training videos and pointers for working with your own problem horses will be available on our subscriber page.

Donations to our cause can be made at www.misfithotsetoys.org or via the donate button on our FB page. ♥️☺️ We are proud to help the worst cases in rescue to help give them a better future, and provide a forever home to those who simply cannot deal with life away from the farm. Thanks in advance for your support! MTRD is a 501c3 Equine Rehab and Retraining facility for elderly and dangerous horses, and we have held the coveted Platinum Seal of Transparency from Guidestar every year since our inception for our commitment to our horses and tracking every donated cent so you can donate in confidence.

04/19/2025

Weekly square bale order has been delivered, and we will be getting $450 in rounds tomorrow, too. It is not cheap caring for 39 sanctuary residents (not to mention our personal horses, who are billed separately). Our costs for the rescue alone run nearly $10,000 a month. We would love some monthly sponsors to help us offset costs to assist the horses! We have over 5100 followers on our page. If everyone donated just $2 a month, these horses would be able to live a life they never imagined before. What say you? Can we count on your two dollars to change their lives? There are so many adorable faces who would love to thank you for your kindness here! I will post some in the comments!

04/19/2025

Reporting to you live from Misfit Toys Inc, Equine Sanctuary, it’s me, Stoney, and my homegirl Alana. We represent the Elderly Saddlebred Guild, and are two of 25 horses over the age of 25 at the rescue!

We see you over there, looking at us, wanting to become a monthly sponsor so I can remain a glorious fa**ss along with my partner in crime here. Just as we are easy to look at, we made it easy for you to sign up! Just visit www.misfithorsetoys.org, and show us some love on this Easter Weekend.

Your donation helps us stay happy and healthy in our final days, and we are so grateful for your kindness.

04/08/2025

A very important message. We are already feeding 56 horses with very little help. While are grateful for our donor base, its really a bad situation all the way around. We feel terrible that we cannot help any more horses, but must act responsibly to continue to provide top notch care to the horses already in our care.

The possibility of a recession from a very micro-viewpoint……….

If we go into a recession, horses will die.

Some people will not be able to afford the monthly costs of keeping their one, two or three horses. Normal, regular people who have their horses for pleasure, be it regular riding, some small shows & events or simply because they love them. People who sacrifice creature comforts, now, so their charges are well cared for.

I know this from experience.

During the Great Recession, from 2007-09, we (Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary) took in a number of those very horses. And each & every one of them came in with a sad story – a story of financial distress, a foreclosure on their home, their people having to move to other places to take whatever job came their way.

I was fielding numerous calls every week, sometimes two or three a day. For months & months & months.

And, because my heart is probably larger than my brain, we maxed out at 33 horses on the ranch. Too many, really.

Because each & every one of those horses came with a price tag: feed, supplements, medical supplies, farrier work, more manure that had to be paid for to be hauled away & more. It got to the point where I lay awake at night, staring at the ceiling, wondering whether we’d survive or not. I was buying two days’ worth of hay at a time because that’s all the money I had. Naturally, donations had dwindled & we didn’t have the number of donators that we do today.

To stay comfortably afloat & to give our existing herd the best we possibly can, we are – for all intents & purposes – full. We can take in no more.

And I know that I’m not alone in feeling this way. I know that there are hundreds of rescues & sanctuaries all across this land that are feeling the same way I am: that our phones will be ringing off the hook & that we’ll have to deliver bad news. And, just like with us, every dollar taken in is precious & none of us have vast stores of money to pay for all of the added expenses that would surely come our way when horses find themselves without homes because desperate people will no longer be able to keep their loved ones.

Yes, I realize that our very, very little tiny part of the world that is the rescuing of & caring for horses is but a small pittance compared to the overall damage that a recession would bring but it’s our world. The world we live in.

And my heart breaks for all of the horses that may find themselves in the most challenging times of their precious lives. And for those who won’t be able to find shelter & solace.

And for those who didn’t need to die.

04/07/2025

People always ask me the most silly questions.

"Why do you rescue all those horses?
Why do you keep them at your farm?
Why do you keep feeding them?
Why do you ask for donations?
Why don't you put them to sleep?
They're just hay burners, waste of money!"

This picture is why. This is Snoop. He is pushing 30, and when I rescued him, he had an active fracture in his ankle, causing it to swell to the size of two softballs. When he arrived, we found out he was not just pinfired on the insides of his front cannon bones, but on the outside, too, and his hind legs were pinfired on both sides from the ankles all the way up to the hocks, too. He slaved away his entire life, through horrible pain, just to be discarded when his body finally said, "enough". There was nothing left to pinfire. So he was dumped.

But Snoop has never had a sour day. He greets us with a nicker, ears pricked forward, and with a gentle, Snoopish style. He is consistently kind and caring, and has never met a stranger. Even on his worst days physically, he never loses his spark or his kindness. So yeah, can he do ANYTHING for ME? Probably not. But he and his battered body deserve this level of rest. At our farm, he lays down every day at 10am on the dot and takes the longest, deepest sleep that nobody can wake him from. Knowing that he feels that level of comfort here, and is enjoying the rest he worked so hard for, is worth every cent to me.

And no, I didn't owe this horse his retirement. The people he worked so hard for should have done this for him. But since they didn't, that's what we are here for.

And that, my dears, is priceless.

Misfit Toys Rescue Division is full service 501c3 equine rescue/sanctuary/retraining facility for problem horses, specializing in saddlebreds with behavioral issues.

04/06/2025

Thank you to Teri and Kevin for their donations to the rescue! We could use help with alfalfa today at $10/bale if anyone can assist. Trying to get 100 bales raised. Thanks everyone! ❤️

03/26/2025

Hay everyone! It's springtime, and that means MUD and deworming and vaccine time at the farm. We know times are hard on people right now, and they are equally hard on a self funded rescue with very few donations coming in. While our director takes good care of us with her tax manager job, tax season is coming to a close, and she needs YOUR help to help us live our best lives. We are 42 residents strong, and many of us need a monthly sponsor for $100 a month to keep us happy and healthy. Many of us cost much more than that a month to maintain, but Ms. Danielle will try to cover the rest with her salary. Until everyone has a proper sponsor, we will keep running monthly fundraisers to help offset costs, and we hope that people can join in with even $5 or $10 each. Heck, if everyone who follows our page donated even $1 a month, these horses would be in really great shape for the rest of their lives. What say you? Can we count on your $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $75, or $100 monthly? Any amount helps! We always run giveaways and gift our donors with special items. Local sponsors can also come "foster in place" and come pay their monthly lease fee and have a horse as "theirs" for the month, and can come groom and visit during scheduled times, too! We are flexible and grateful for any help. Thanks in advance for your kindness to our residents.

Other ways to help: We also have amazon and Chewy wish lists!
https://a.co/aGuVLqZ

Thank you so much everyone, we are so grateful to all of you for loving these horses as much as we do.

03/15/2025

Dolly says, "I see you looking at us. Yes, we would love some hay and treats!" Come on over to our website and hit the donation link or check out our chewy.com wish list!

We are in desperate need of dewormers of all types, equioxx (generic or previcox is great!), Hilton herbs no more shake liquid, rice bran pellets, and hay or grain of any variety! Thank you in advance for your kindness

03/12/2025

PATRICK says, "HAY, FRIENDS! I'm waiting for the alfalfa truck to come! I was selected from a jury of my peers to be the official taste tester for this load. It is an honor, and a privilege to be selected from some of the best alfalfa tasters in the industry. I will report back soon after I perform the quality test"! 🐴🌾🚚👍💚

03/12/2025

We love our elderly horses! Meet Alana, a 32 year old American Saddlebred pony mare! Alana is toothless and has been with us since 2018. She can still rack a hole in the ground with the best of them, and has a nurturing and kind spirit, with just enough mischief to keep us all on our toes. Alana is a firm but compassionate herd leader and embodies what it means to be a strong woman. She leads the group in her field, but also is very caring to people and other horses. We thank her long term sponsor Debbie Anderson for always making sure Alana lives her very best life! We love you, Debbie!

Ps- there is nothing wrong with her back. She has a condition called Lordosis, which is more common in saddlebreds and thoroughbreds, and does not cause her any pain. 🥰

02/28/2025

Thank you to the Kevin Scott family for their donation in honor of our long time supporter Bob Hackney’s birthday! Happy birthday Bon, and thank you to the Scotts!

02/21/2025

A beautiful face to bid you good night, Sprouty Sprouterson says "don't forget to sign up to sponsor my friends at Misfit Toys Rescue Division, Inc- Equine Sanctuary" today! Horses who still need monthly sponsors:

Snoop, age 27+
Calypso age 28
Cliff age 6 (hackney pony)
Windy, age 28
Sugar Berry age 24 (I think?) has a part time sponsor Saxton (older 20s)
Dolly age 26
Lexi 20
Prince (his old owners send him support too!)
Reggie (late teens)
Harley (late 20s) thanks to Sara for covering February
Rosie Arabian 13
Pokey Arabian 16
Easter 19
Tiny Tim (needs ride home from Greensburg IN to Palmyra IN and sponsor)

There are six more in the front field but I'm spacing on names until I go look at them 😂🙈 I will just pay for those this month. Thanks everyone!

PayPal.me/misfithorsetoys
Venmo
Cash app $misfithorsetoyz
Checks:
MTRD
4725 US 150
PALMYRA IN 47164

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

MTRD is a 501c3 Saddlebred Sanctuary, Rescue, and retraining center for troubled, dangerous, and elderly horses where they live out their days in peace and love. We have held the prestigious Platinum seal of transparency from Canva/Guidestar every year since our inception, and are mostly self funded. You can donate in confidence, knowing that all your donations go straight to feeding horses or other veterinary expenses.

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02/04/2025

Is your ex a piece of poo?

This Valentine's Day, for a donation to our hay fund, we will find a suitably large pile of poo in the field and name it after your former loved one. Please let us join you in wishing them the absolute worst! Donations of any size accepted, but donations of $50 or more will be entered to win prizes and equine artwork, to be given away on Valentines Day!

Misfithorsetoys.org

Misfit Toys Rescue Division is full service 501c3 equine rescue/sanctuary/retraining facility for problem horses, specializing in saddlebreds with behavioral issues.

01/31/2025

For the rest, you can donate to PayPal.me/misfithorsetoys

01/15/2025

Thank you to all who donated, prayed, cared, and loved our bew Morgan rescue from last week. Unfortunately, Gumby bear succumbed to his poor care and neglect. We sent him off to the rainbow bridge with love and a full belly that he deserved. ❤️ we ask for additional prayers for our friends at sunny acres Morgan farm for their kindness to him during his final days, as their hearts need our support now instead.

To anyone who dumps their elderly horses on rescues…..or auctions them at the end of life trying to make a dollar off them instead of giving them the peaceful end they deserve, I hope things rot and fall off you. You deserve the worst.

Thank you to our wonderful supporters who love and care for these horses as much as we do. With that being said. We are still very much behind on rescue fundraising for hay and grain for our winter needs and could use some help. Thank you again, everyone.
Paypal.me/misfithorsetoys

01/02/2025

Some harsh truths about rescue:
1. Rescues have created a lot of the issues they are facing today. Instead of insisting breeders take responsibility for their defective or unsavory horses, rescues begged them to “give” them to then instead. Now rescues are full bc they are no longer for emergencies, but a dumping spot for everyone’s bad decisions.

I have no issues telling someone who wants to dump their ruined or poorly bred horse here that they can afford to keep their mistakes. Period.