Misfit Toys Rescue Division, Inc- Equine Sanctuary

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.

12/25/2024

“Perhaps Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Perhaps Christmas means something MORE….”

Thank you to all who realize that Christmas means love and not gifts. That it means kindness to animals year round, and not just in the holidays. Our donations were down 90% this year, but we remain grateful for those who supported us. Thank you to those who love and support horse rescue and sanctuary efforts. You are loved and appreciated. ❤️

Photo credit to Oakwood Stables
Misfit Toys Rocky (now Phantom)
Owned and loved by the Wilson family

12/19/2024

“Know that old gelding of yours? You know, the trusty gelding who taught you to ride. We all have one in our pasture. He was the first horse you trusted with your kids. Everything this horse has done has had a purpose behind it.

Now his joints are starting to show arthritis from all the learning you two did together. He probably has slowed down and need a little extra food. Your family is ready for something with a little more speed and he doesn’t fit the bill. So you convince yourself you are letting him go so he can help teach another child. In your mind, you see him happily trotting down the road with a sweet little girl on his back.

In reality, that little girl will ride and love him for a few years. However, she outgrows him. He’s even slower and she’s ready to run. Her family is not bonded with your horse like you were. They sell him to the inexperienced family down the road.

This family knows nothing about horses. They don’t know how to feed an aged horse. He looses weight. Soon it’s so bad they keep him in the back pasture where no one can see him.
Finally, they take him to a sale.

No one at the sale wants a neglected, aged horse. So he goes through the ring and sells for $400 to a killbuyer. The killpen is where I find him. I know nothing about his history and nothing about his health. All I can see is the wisdom and pain in his eyes. I take him home.

As much as I love what I do, I would love to never see one of these poor old guys again. It breaks my heart to know that this is the story of so many animals out there.

So please, please keep your aged horses. If you can no longer afford them, lease them to a friend or put them down. No one deserves for their life to end this way.”

- Shishana Rourke (writing / photo)

12/12/2024

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12/03/2024

Today is the day! It’s our big fundraiser today to help stack hay for the winter for our residents. Check back for our link soon!

12/02/2024

Dont forget everyone, tomorrow is !!!!!! The horses of Misfit Toys Rescue Division are counting on you to help keep them fed and warm this winter. Our goal is $10,000. Can we do it?

Misfit Toys Rescue Division, Inc

11/28/2024

Giving thanks with a grateful heart today and always for our wonderful donors and supporters! Thank you all for being you.

11/28/2024

It was with great sadness that we said goodbye to one of our best little pilgrims here at the sanctuary this week. We met Nessie in 2018 when she was bailed from a kill pen, abandoned there, bailed again, and then was consigned to a local sale within a week. I knew right away, this horse probably had some issues that will eventually get her into even worse trouble than she had already seen, so I reached out to the terrified new owner with my usual spiel.

"Hey there, I saw the ad about Nessie and have seen her go through a few places recently. We help horses like her find a new path blah blah blah, I bore myself sometimes- I get it! ". Anyway, I work out the details and we collect our little extremely pregnant looking pony horse, who takes a grand total of an hour to load on the trailer (thank you Khari Ryder for picking her up and for your patience). Our little turkey was on the way. That was six and a half years ago. That dash went by, so, so fast.

In her six and a half years with us, Nessie was a model lesson horse and loved getting brushed, led, having her face stuffed with treats, and living her big girl life out in the field with her friends. She would dump someone once a year just because she could, and she was always down to help me do demonstration videos for e lessons and virtual clinics, because she knew whoever helps with lessons gets the most for dinner. she volunteered her time, every time.

I will miss you, my little chubby, stubborn friend. You went out fat and happy, and really, what else could we ask for?

Thank you for being my friend, Nessie.
In Loving Memory of Misfit Toys Nessie
?2000-2024

Misfit Toys Rescue Division is full service 501c3 equine rescue/sanctuary/retraining facility for pro

10/12/2024

Dear everyone,

I want to thank everyone for all of their friendship and support of all my crazy ideas and horse related tomfoolery. I am happy to announce that our winner for the saddle giveaway, donated the saddle back to the rescue! So, we will use it for our Horse Sponsorship Drive!

Anyone who signs up to be a monthly sponsor in October will be entered to win the saddle, and we will have the drawing on December 10th! So don't be shy, it's super easy to sign up~

Simply visit www.misfithorsetoys.org, click the "donate" button, and click the item "be a monthly sponsor" for $100.00/month. Choose the box "make this a monthly donation". Then complete the purchase and send me a screen shot, I will enter you in the contest to win the saddle. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy! Contact me for a list of Heatherens that need sponsorship (they are many!)

If being a monthly sponsor isn't your jam, there are plenty of other ways to support! www.misfithorsetoys.org

Misfit Toys Rescue Division, Inc

10/10/2024

🔊 *HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT* 📣

Great news everyone!

I am proud to announce that our second cookbook will be wrapping up at the end of November and shipping out the first or second week in December! This book is LOADED with over 75 of my own recipes from my family’s kitchen! 100% of the proceeds go to Misfit Toys Sanctuary!

We are taking preorders NOW! $35 shipped, will combine shipping on multiples! I ordered us 500 to start with.

Venmo -navarro
Cashapp $misfithorsetoyz
Paypal.me/misfithorsetoys

09/19/2024

What do these horses have in common? They are all:
*over the age of 30 (think over 100 in people years)
*they love giving horsemanship lessons in our free lesson program
*they all eat about $450-$800 each a month in alfalfa, grain, and supplements
*only 3 of them have a sponsor @ $100/mo
*they are hungry, every single day, and have to eat
*they are owned by the sanctuary and not me
*they depend on the kindness of people like you and me to live their very best life since being discarded once they were deemed useless
*they would love a donation honoring their existence, and so would i, because love does not keep them fed in the winter
*they thank you in advance, as do I!
*they love you for helping, and so do I
*they said the link is paypal.me/Misfithorsetoys

09/14/2024

Good morning to everyone from our residents! Many people have asked me how we care for so many elderly horses here. The answer: lots of prayers, help from kind people like yourself....and With lots and lots of this stuff! If anyone has any extra previcox/equioxx, or any other supplements your horse isn't using, send them our way! We love medicine, hay, grain, and horse treats sent to:

MTRD
4725 us 150
Palmyra IN 47164
Have a happy everyone

09/12/2024

We are starting to collect hay for winter at the rescue! We will need about $36,000 to feed our residents from october-january. Who would like to help us reach our goal?