Paradise Waits Mustang Sanctuary

11/19/2024

Kix undercover, blanketed and exiting for that Bomb Cyclone to hit! I spent the morning prepping for this crazy Cat 1 Hurricane coming off the Pacific with crazy low pressure and east winds?!
It seems like we’re located right where the two will meet and we’re either going bunk be safe or all hells gonna break loose. I’ll be securing shelters and such for the next two hours then heading down the road to check out the King tide as it should be a doozy today! We always lose some trees in a big storm, Alders in particular, hoping the herd stays safe and well that we are in the safe zone! Sending prayers of safety to our friends east of us Serenity Equine Rescue Rehabilitation, they’re east in Monroe in the danger zone, and also to Toni’s Ponies, stay safe ya’ll! And everyone else on the west side of the cascades, stay safe!

11/18/2024

A heartfelt thank you to everyone that has donated to our 24/25 Winter Hay Fundraiser 🙏🏽 we are filled with gratitude and hope that we can reach our goal for our biggest ask so far.
It is of the utmost importance to give our herd members the very best care possible and we can’t do that without
Your support and the support of our community. 🙏🏽
Here are some of the mustangs that you are helping when you donate, Fee and Jasper (aka Jigsaw) both from Oregon, Jasper a BLM Mustang from the Paisley Desert and Brother Fee a Warm Springs Reservation Mustang. Both of them needed a safe landing and protection from the slaughter pipeline. They are close in age and a bonded pair in our boy band, aka “the young herd. Brother Fee will possibly be up for adoption in the next year or so but he serves an important role in our herd so for now he stays while he finishes growing and continues to aid Kix and Jasper. Jasper has Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Disease and will have an abbreviated lifespan as we don’t want him to suffer as his condition gets worse. For now he’s doing great and living his best life in the herd. Winter is hard with the mud so we’ll manage him a little differently for the next few months.

📸 Julie Lawrence

11/16/2024

Hollywood update. ♥️
Over the summer we were able to help this beautiful Cold Springs HMA Mustang into a new life back to living in a small herd with wide open space.
Not all BLM mustangs do well with domestic life and it can be a rough life for those that don’t. But also, humans, they can ruin a good horse so fast and do damage to the body and spirit of our wild friends, sometimes beyond repair. By the time Hollywood’s last owner purchased him he had already been through the ringer with multiple trainers, owners, and started out with a Hollywood film crew as a pack horses, unfortunately they were inexperienced, neglectful and abusive, to the point the BLM took him back during a compliance check before he was titled, a rare moment the system of protection for a BLM Mustang worked.
The trauma had been building and eventually he landed with someone who saw him, I mean really saw him and knew what he needed and deserved. After searching and searching for a sanctuary to take him to no avail, she reached out to us, it was serendipitous that in that moment we actually had a few ideas, possible options with one of our fosters or our satellite rescue in Blaine, Wa.
In July I was able to visit and meet him while visiting my brother in Oregon, I was grateful to the chance to make sure he would be a good fit for the Blaine sanctuary. It didn’t take very long to decide he’d be perfect for our dear friend and wild horse advocate, Erin. So, here he is, living his best life with his buddy Wally and not pictured are his five mares, Thistle, Reba, Talula, Dolly, and Rosebud. His new human Erin, loves him so much and says he really completes the herd up there. ♥️

11/15/2024

Stop 🛑 using these products, please! 🙏🏽

WARNING!!!! There are several rat poisons that now contain the ingredient called "Bromethalin" Outdoor cats can eat a mouse who has ingested this poison and die a horrible death. This poison causes neurological symptoms that can start with wobbling, then progress to paralysis and seizures and eventually the cat is rigid and cannot move at all but is still conscious. The cat can then live like this for as long as 5 days. I've seen 2 street cats with these symptoms this week alone. It's heartwrenching and there is no treatment. If you have pets, you should seek other means of rodent control.

11/15/2024

UPDATE: YOU DID IT❣️thank you, thank you, thank you! 🙏🏽

The Paradise Waits 24/25 Hay and Feed ~ Refill The Barn fundraising is in full swing, we thought we’d dive into the full moon energy on this frosty morning and hold a 5️⃣ dollar Friday raffle! We have almost reached our first milestone in our fundraiser and we are hoping to reach it by the end of the day ~ we only need one hundred and seventy four dollars to reach our first $1000 😍

We are a 501c3 nonprofit Mustang rescue and sanctuary providing long term care to a beautiful herd of senior and special needs BLM mustangs, reservation mustangs and one very special quarter horse and one exceptional Arabian, we care for twelve horses in total. ♥️

Donations are tax deductible at ~
PayPal.me/ParadiseWaits
Venmo:

You can find our fundraiser on Zeffy by searching our Paradise Waits Mustang Sanctuary or find our full Zeffy fundraiser pinned at the top of our page.

Dm us for mailing address 💌

Thank you 🙏🏽 from all of us out here at Paradise Wxits your love and support mean the world to our herd and their caregivers. 🙏🏽

11/14/2024

Good morning!
We are headed towards our first ton of hay and we're three weeks away from giving Tuesday! Thank you to everyone who's donated so far., we see you and we are so grateful!
We can do this! ✨🙏🏼✨

We are humbly asking for your help filling our barn and feed room for this upcoming winter. Hay and feed is the biggest expense of our rescue/sanctuary. In the last 5 years we've seen hay prices go from $12 to $15 a bale to what we're paying now, $22 for local orchard grass and up to $33 and $35 for...

11/14/2024

We love Zeffy! If you are starting a non profit or already have one please consider signing up for Zeffy for FEE FREE fundraising. 🙏🏼
Here's our code, please use it when you sign up and Zeffy will donate $150 to our cause!

Cheers, PWMS

Zeffy

11/14/2024

📸 Julie Lawrence

A gorgeous image of Cosmo and some of the mares, Luna, Freya, and Willow on the move. Cosmo came to us at the end of February as his person was in hospice and the end was near for her.
Cosmo came to us pretty broken down emotionally and physically he’s come a long way since then, he’s become strong and confident and watching the mares follow behind him makes my heart so happy, after his first vet visit and looking at his X-rays we really weren’t sure what life was going to look like for him, that first vet visit was a little rough for both of us and it left me wondering.
All I can say is, look at him now. ♥️

11/13/2024

It’s wet out here!
Our pond is full and even a little flooded, I spent the morning unclogging a few spots and pulling back fern and nettles where it grew in thick this summer right where it drains. Our work is never done out here, whether it’s taking care of the land, the fencing, drainage, manure, and of coarse taking care of the herd in all weather conditions.
Lots more rain this week followed by lower temps.
The seniors will all get groomed and get their rain sheets back on, Willow will be closed into a smaller area with shelter, this mare loves to stand out in the weather, she doesn’t do blankets, luckily she has a nice winter coat already but she’s also prone to skin funk in the winter so we have a shelter specifically for her to dry off in if needed, I’m also hoping that all the extra care and supplements she received going into this year boosted her immune system to better fight of the funk.

11/13/2024

Last Friday I had the opportunity to watch Colton work with Cedar, I may not have captured “the moment” but honestly the whole hour felt like the moment. Knowing that every moment he spends with Colton is building a foundation that we can continue to build on ensures a better future for Cedar.
Cedar is making beautiful progress, letting go of fear and participating in what is being asked of him. He’s a very brave little Mustang, to be taken out of his little herd and away from his mare Freya is a giant ask and he’s done it with all the grit and his silly personality.
He is stalled next to Prince and Wolf, a pair of adorable mini horses, and has lots of people stopping for chats with him. We can officially ✅ being stalled (with a run out) for a period of time off the list. Since Cedar had been there I’ve been able to touch him in more places along his back and working towards his butt, I’ve done some very light fascial work with his hip, withers, right side of his neck, I even brushed out his mane over the weekend. 🧡
I stopped by yesterday and learned that Cedar was picking up both front feet and even allowed the trainer to hold his foot up for an extended period of time. All of this is huge for one week of training. Side notes, Cedar loves playing with water especially in buckets, he’s never met a water bucket he didn’t want to put his feet into, unfortunately after tipping his over a few times, breaking off both handles, taking it outside and tossing it around he’s having to drink out of the auto waterer. I dropped off a Jolly ball and hope he finds a little joy in tossing it around. We discussed ulcers and I decided to put him on ulcer guard for a bit, this is a big change and the first week certainly must have had some stress. He also could’ve already had ulcers, it’s a bit of an experiment as well as a preventative step. He has lots of new fans there rooting for him and it’s been fun to meet some of Cedars adoring new friends.
I am so grateful to everyone at Fox-Bell for taking such good care of him. 🙏🏽

11/10/2024

11/09/2024

As some of you know we started our winter hay and feed fundraiser through Zeffy - unfortunately we don’t have the d as face yo fill our barn fur more than one season at a time and winter is the crucial time that we actually fundraise for hay and feed.
Our goal is big this year, it’s to feed five seniors that require most of their diet to be supplemented with senior feed as well as hay. We have horses with special needs as far as supplements and medication. It really adds up, and on top of that we live in an area with the most expensive hay, local and from out of the area. I often say the hay prices here aren’t sustainable for a small rescue that needs high quality hay, but the moving the rescue closer to better hay prices isn’t exactly on the table, yet. So here we are humbly asking for donations to help feed the herd over the winter. We only need 400 people to donate $20 and we’ll reach our goal! It seems do-able, right?
Obviously any amount $5 or $500 or more is welcomed. We are so grateful to everyone that follows our little herd of senior and special needs BLM and reservation mustangs, they are truly a magical bunch, deserving of all the love and care, it is my greatest honor to be their caretaker. ♥️here is the link to our fundraiser on Zeffy -
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-to-peer/winter-hay-and-feed?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2H1UQPNgmcBOAB9ijeGJsKPTKAZ5X0X4UyAGq8Lw11RgGBOja3DL1vWDs_aem_E7ptg97PhYa0nBxK3fkxDQ

you can donate to any of our other charity accounts as well.
Our PayPal 🔗
PayPal.me/ParadiseWaits
VNMO


📸 Julie Lawrence

In gratitude 🙏🏽

11/08/2024

L♥️VE

Today is International Human Animal Bond Day!

Anyone who has the gift of having an animal as part of their family knows how important the bond between human and animals are. It is even scientifically proven thata having an animal in your life can help with:
Stress relief and lowering blood pressure
Improved heart health
Stronger immune system
Better sleep
Improved social skills
Sense of purpose
Mental acuity
Increased Oxytocin
and more!

The Human Animal bond helps in both directions too! An animal that has a human in their life can show imporvement with:
Improved social skills
Sense of purpose
Mental acuity
Increased Oxytocin
and more!

Celebrate with us by sharing your experience, giving your pet a well deserved pet/scritch, giving your pet some extra treats, and spreading the love for animals!

11/07/2024

We’re rooting for this guy! Any of our Tahoe friends and family interest in this big love bug of a senior husky 🐕

***Foster or Adopter Needed ASAP***

If you remember, a while back we took over the remaining dogs at the humane society when they made the decision to temporarily close the Barkhouse. These were their more challenging to adopt dogs - the ones who had been at the Shelter for a long time.

Little by little, we moved them out. They went to foster, were adopted, and the rest came to stay with us at our place. But as the kennels at the shelter began to empty, we found ourselves in a pickle.

The quieter it got at the shelter, the more isolated and alone this guy became. Pops didn't do well as all of the dogs left but him.

As he became more anxious at the shelter, we made the decision to move him to our place, where there were more people, and he'd get more exercise and attention.

He did awesome...he loved being with the people and checking out the new place...

But when we had to leave him alone, he struggled.

Because we have to confine him in a kennel during downtime for safety, which he's anxious about...

And because he's stressed at the shelter now that the other dogs are gone...

We are looking for an immediate foster or adopter for Pops.

Pops is a 9-10 year old husky, and he LOVES people. He's so sweet, and so affectionate. He does well with friendly, female dogs, and needs someone that is home more than not. A home with no cats is a must. Pops doesn't like to be left alone, and he especially hates being confined when he is - the crate isn't his favorite just yet (we're working on it!).

He does great in the vehicle however - he's ridden around with our head trainer all day as she ran her errands, and he's more relaxed than ever. He just wants to go with you, wherever that might be.

If you are home more than not and you want to give this dapper dude a soft place to lay his head, even if just for a short while - please email [email protected].

We appreciate you!

11/07/2024

Hello! We were so excited to receive two donations our first day, and we even had someone set up a fundraising team!
I wanted to talk about that option because I believe it is how we can reach our goal.
When you click on our Zeffy fundraising page you'll see two options, "Donate" or "Fundraise" if you click on fundraise you will be able to create your own fundraising team, you can set your own goal, it can be anything you want it to be, $100 or $500.
We are hoping to find several people to form teams as this gives us a much larger reach, your fundraisers can be shared in Emails, on social media, X and all the places. This is a great option for workplaces with several employees or book clubs etc.
Please consider this as an option, you can DM us if you have and questions.
Have beautiful day, we'll be enjoying the sunshine, doing chores before we get hammered with a week of rain. 🌙☀️🌦

We are humbly asking for your help filling our barn and feed room for this upcoming winter. Hay and feed is the biggest expense of our rescue/sanctuary. In the last 5 years we've seen hay prices go from $12 to $15 a bale to what we're paying now, $22 for local orchard grass and up to $33 and $35 for...

11/05/2024

We're going live with our winter hay and feed fundraiser, if you are able to make a one time, monthly or yearly donation towards our winter hay fundraiser Zeffy offers this without fees. This is our biggest fundraiser ever and we're hoping to reach our goal during this giving season. Please share this post and if you'd like to create a fundraising team let us know. thank you so much, Vanessa, Christy, Lily, Paige, Zoe, Jaydon and the herd.

We are humbly asking for your help filling our barn and feed room for this upcoming winter. Hay and feed is the biggest expense of our rescue/sanctuary. In the last 5 years we've seen hay prices go from $12 to $15 a bale to what we're paying now, $22 for local orchard grass and up to $33 and $35 for...

11/05/2024

I stopped by to see Cedar this afternoon, I took him a toy and a salt block.
He was in good spirits and munching on hay, he’s a little flighty with all the new sounds and activities, there was a group lesson going on in the arena and he was very alert. I spent some time in his run outdide, talking to him, giving him treats and I even did a little fascial release on the right side of his neck.
He’s been self soothing, sucking on his tongue and it’s not helping the tension he already holds.
To my surprise he let me work on his neck long enough to have some good releases. ♥️