GRG Ranch Horse Rescue & Sanctuary

07/15/2025

🐴❤️‍🩹 I'd just like to take a minute and appreciate how far our baby brained big boy, Buddy Holly, has come.

~ Nearly a year ago, we met this boy more or less unhandled at 16 years old, with dramatic halter scarring and lacking knowledge of any handling beyond walking on a lead. A sweeter, more curious and willing gelding has never existed.... Today, he's a gentle giant, softly supervising while a therapy student gives him some grooming love. 💙

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07/14/2025

🐴❤️‍🩹 Soon... The GRG Ranch Horse Rescue & Sanctuary ninja army is nearly complete.... 🥷

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07/13/2025

🐴❤️‍🩹 ITTY BITTY BETTE MIDLER HAS BEEN ADOPTED!! And this morning, she embarked on her long journey home!!!

After a long search - both far and wide - Traci and her family finally found their PERFECT fit in this spicy little meatball!! Itty Bitty Bette will be living in Michigan, our farthest adoption to date!! Though she's going to be incredibly missed, we are SO happy - and so very excited for her to start this new chapter!! 🧡

🥳 Congratulations to everyone!! We can't wait to hear all about your new adventures together!!

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07/13/2025

🐴❤️‍🩹 Keeper needs you to know he is still adorable, and his look back is the stuff of legends....

~ Keeper is a 12 year old registered Welsh pony gelding that came to us after his loving owner passed away. He had gone through training for riding and driving, however didn't work beyond that. He is available for adoption. He's barefoot, sound, and healthy - however does need a dry lot and careful diet management due to previous laminitis.

Keeper will be leaving his wonderful foster with Toni Maat so he can make room for ANOTHER foster kid ready to soak up Toni's love, and enjoy her delicious home cooking!! 🤔 What's Keeper's destination? Why - GRG Ranch home base to start training, of course!!

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07/12/2025

📣 IT'S A 24 HOUR DONOR MATCH ALERT!!! 📣

🐴 Jermaine is THRILLED to tell you that from now until MIDNIGHT tomorrow, Saturday July 12th, we have an amazing supporter willing to match ALL donations up to $200!!! CAN WE TRY TO REACH THAT GOAL??

🥰 Note "MATCH" on your donation, and watch the comments for total updates!! LET'S GO!!! 🥰

GRG Ranch Horse Rescue & Sanctuary is a registered 501c-3 charity organization (88-1660703) All donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE and go DIRECTLY to the horses of GRG Ranch.

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GRG Ranch Horse Rescue & Sanctuary
3380 233rd St E
Prior Lake, MN 55372

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07/11/2025

🐴❤️‍🩹 IT'S FIVE DOLLAR FRIDAY!! This week for $5 Friday, we bring you our vet exam update with Bones and Gato - and our friends Dr Young, Taylor, and Mackenzie from Cleary Lake Veterinary Hospital Equine !

💛 Gato was up first! Naturally, this handsome boy was an absolute gentleman! His weight is moving in the right direction - another 75 pounds and he'll be golden! (See what I did there?? 😁) Overall exam was passed with flying colors, and he is a heslthy and sound boy! He had some weepy eye things going on, so we had his eyes checked closely, and it's just a bit of allergies!

🤎 Bones was up next, after he kept close watch of Gato's eye exam over the stall wall. He's been a bit sore, so he was pulled off pasture as a precaution - and we investigated a bit further into his feet. X-rays show he's had previous bouts of laminitis, leaving him with some minor rotation. So - this young man will be pulled onto dry lot for a couple weeks, and we'll have our farrier Alex Ehr out to get both boys feet right - and set Bones up in front shoes and pads for dome happy feet!!

🙌 Next to come, the training assessments!! 🙌

Every single Friday, we ask you to skip your fancy drink or that unhealthy snack and send that money to a horse in need! 💵 Did you know that just a $6 donation buys our rescues a bale of hay??

GRG Ranch Horse Rescue & Sanctuary is a registered 501c-3 charity organization (88-1660703) All donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE and go DIRECTLY to the horses of GRG Ranch.

DONATE VIA:

PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/GRGRanch

Venmo:
Last 4 Digits: 2031

Credit Card Donations securely processed via GoDaddy :
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My Giving Circle donation and FREE VOTING link (votes put us in the running got grant funds:
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cashapp: $grgranch

Zelle: [email protected]

www.grgranch.org/donate

Mail Check or Money Order made payable to:
GRG Ranch Horse Rescue & Sanctuary
3380 233rd St E
Prior Lake, MN 55372

www.grgranch.org

07/11/2025

NOMINATE GRG RANCH FOR A GRANT!! 👉 Link in original post!

It’s officially our 5-Year Anniversary week, which means it’s time to give back! ❤️

We are donating ✨$25,000✨to local non-profits that are decided by YOU! 😍 Nominate your favorite non-profit here: https://bit.ly/3GnjLjl

5 different organizations will receive $5,000!
So…put in your vote today and be sure to share the news with all your friends!! 👏😊

Voting ends on Sunday, July 13th.

07/10/2025

🐴❤️‍🩹 Left Eye and T-Boz experience some farrier greatness with our friend and farrier, Alex Ehr!

These 2 have come SO incredibly far since we first met the ! They can still be a bit uneasy about sudden movement, there's just not a mean bone in them - and as their confidence continues to grow, their personalities are emerging more and more.

~ Left Eye, our black and white pinto pony, is a bit spicy - but also just a sweet and affectionate girl. The more we work with her, the more apparent it is that she's had quite a bit of handling in her life - a LOOONG time ago. Soubd, healthy, athletic, and smart - Left Eye will do best with a kind and confident, experienced handler. Left Eye is the momma of Tough, pony gelding currently with our friends at Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue Foundation and is an approx 15 year old, 40" pony mare.

~ T-Boz, our little appy-pinto mini mare, is a sweet and shy little girl. She's very sweet, well behaved, girl - really just a little lady. Her confidence is growing daily, and this incredible little warrior girl is coming out of her shell! If you remember, this little one had 2 tattered, banded braids remaining in her mane when we met her, hinting at a life filled with love before landing in a concrete paddock - very much on the menu for the starving, feral dogs that shared her home. T-Boz is an approx 17 year old, 32" mini horse mare.

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07/10/2025

07/09/2025

It’s ! Let’s take a moment to celebrate and thank our farriers!

Proper foot care is the cornerstone of maintaining a sound horse, and a good farrier is an essential part of your equine's healthcare team, keeping your horse’s feet balanced and well-supported. Farriers and veterinarians often work together for the best interests of the horse, so a skilled farrier is both a necessity and a tremendous asset. Be sure to let your farriers know they are appreciated!

07/09/2025

🐴❤️‍🩹 It's with some AMAZING gifts for our herd of misfits and rejects!!

🙏 Thank you SO much to Michelle for the fly masks and traps - those fly traps are already HARD at work, and pictures coming soon of our equine nonja army!! To Kenny for all of the gifts he gives to these rescues, from his time and his unconditional love - to salt blocks, fly traps, and fly spray. 💚

~ And to Amy - for her gift in loving memory of Denali (formerly Flynn), who was lost tragically to lightning during the recent storms. That boy was special, and he was so very lucky to have called you his person, and I am grateful to you for loving him so fiercely. 💜

🤔 Want to take advantage of and help out rescues at the same time? We are still in need of another 5 feed bags, several sets of fly boots and masks in smaller sizes, and the fly spray is going SO fast... 💨 We also have Spartan mosquito repellent sticks on our Amazon.com Wishlist - with all the rain, the mosquitoes around Prior Lake are BOOMING ,so we would LOVE to hang those throughout the pasture and paddocks!

Amazon.com Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/D1HEVILPMT9D?ref_=wl_share

Or donate via our website:
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07/09/2025

🐴❤️‍🩹 Today, our sweet and VERY special girl Esperanza has made the move to join her new BFF, Sapphire - and some pretty incredible humans at her new foster home!!

~ Esperanza originally came to us from a camp pony rental facility after a lifetime of hard work, hoof neglect, poor diet management, and untreated Cushings left her too painful to work the long hours required of her - and then again, through absolutely NO fault of her own, from a failed adoption.

So when Sydney and Heidi needed a companion for Sapphire after the loss of her mate, Esperanza seemed a perfect match. A couple of Golden Girls, both being treated for Cushings, we were pretty blown away at how easily Esperanza settled right in.

This peaceful and loving retirement home is exactly what we'd wanted for Esperanza. We cannot thank you enough for loving this sweet and shy beauty, and we SO look forward to hearing all about her new life. It's easy to see just how loved she is already. 💜

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