The Warriors of the Rainbow Horse Sanctuary, Inc.

12/22/2024

Oops. The Christmas party photo is here. Plus me with MFH Susan Gentry. Thank thank you thank you thank you Susan and Craig and Rex you are the best!

12/22/2024

First photo is all of us at the Christmas Party. These are on the hunt proper. Safe to say we all had a blast!!

12/22/2024

Recently, as a sendoff to my two livein volunteers Clarisse from France and Lilly from Iceland I took them fox hunting at Cloudline Hounds CelestevTexas

11/27/2024

"Don't cry for the horses
That life has set free
A million white horses
Forever to be

Don't cry for the horses
Now in God's hands
As they dance and they prance
To a heavenly band

They were ours as a gift
But never to keep
As they close their eyes
Forever to sleep

Their spirits unbound
On silver wings they fly
A million white horses
Against the sky

Look up into heaven
You'll see them above
The horses we lost
The horses we loved

Manes and tails flowing
They gallop through time
They were never yours
They were never mine

Don't cry for the horses
They will be back someday
When our time has come
They will show us the way

On silver wings they will lift us
To the warmth of the sun
When our life is over
And eternity has begun

We will jump the sun
And dance over the moon
A ballet of horses and riders
On the wind to a heavenly tune

Do you hear that soft nicker
Close to your ear?
Don't Cry for the horses
Love the ones that are here

Don't cry for the horses
Lift up your sad eyes
Can't you see them
As they fly by?

A million white horses
Free from hunger and pain
Their spirits set free
Until we ride again"
-Author Unknown

Mourning the loss of our 22 year old CF Rassuli ("Dazzle") purebred Arabian gelding, to a twisted gut.

11/21/2024

Once I lay my cane aside (notice it leaning against the mounting block) I still look pretty good, hey? This is me aboard Captain Wilmore, our most recent rescue. He had been starved for SEVEN years. A good Samaritan neighbor, Morgan Wiggens, took him out of the hands of those evil people and found us to rescue him. He was so afraid of people he had to be run into the horse trailer like a kill pen horse - he couldn't even be haltered. Yet look at him now! He is a pinto Tennessee Walker, probably 17 years old. Gaits beautifully. Easy enough for an old lady like me! If you're interested in providing him an adoptive home, please inquire but be forewarned: your references will be rigorously checked and he will not be inexpensive!!!

08/08/2024

Thank you everybody I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of birthday wishes. I love you all!!!!!

07/08/2024

Ain't this the truth!?

05/19/2024

05/19/2024

Have i got my Open Jumper here, or what?? Not even a week and a half old!!! Proudly presenting our newest Warrior: "Holly Siobhan" - Irish Connemara "Skyview's Triton" x Curly Mustang "Out of the Blue"

04/10/2024

Amen, sistah!

I read this post on a FB horse site this morning, an “anonymous person” complaining how hard it it to adopt from a rescue as well as how expensive and how intrusive to their personal life….

Frankly I am tired of this BS on behalf of legitimate rescues who do a good and necessary job…. many of them are my friends and colleagues.

First of all why do you have to hide behind “anonymous”? Nothing says “pot stirrer” more than anonymous.

Rescues who have had vetting, training and feeding… you don’t recoup the costs of most rescues via the adoption fee. I don’t know of any rescue who is adopting their horses for thousands of dollars… maybe someone can point them out to me? If the horse is well trained to do a job, is healthy , good foot health and is ready to go… why can’t the adoption fee be what he is worth in this horse market? Have you been horse shopping lately?

I also have never heard of a legitimate rescue who just up and wants to take their horse back from you, the adopter, if the horse is well cared for. Personally I have only taken horses back that the adopter couldn’t keep (due to finances or health or death) I don’t want the horse back unless you have turned some corner that you can’t come back from. Heck… I even have in our adoption contract that you can sell the horse … say like you have developed him into a superstar who can jump the moon or he’s become an FEI horse .. but I do want to know where he is going and that future owners know he has a place to come back to.

I have placed several horses that we spent literally thousands of dollars on at a very minimal adoption fee because it was a stellar home and I knew every need would be met. I am in this for the horse.. not the adoption fee…. The adoption fee will never pay us back for the hours, the sweat or the heartache.
We got in this to help horses out of bad situations and get them into better circumstances.

Why do we all have background checks and adoption contracts? To keep the horse from falling through the cracks again….to make sure we aren’t adopting to people with criminal pasts or people who have AC complaints (hoarding, neglect, abuse)… because those people often try to adopt believe it or not. YES, they do. Site checks? Yes.. to make sure it is safe.

If you don’t want to go through a vetting process… go and rescue a horse yourself … maybe you can fix him , maybe you can’t … send him for training somewhere @1000 a month for a couple of months … maybe he will be sound… maybe he won’t…. Maybe he will come along at the trainer and be quite rideable in 60 days but maybe it will be 90-120. Nothing is for sure until you get there. A legitimate rescue has likely done this work and knows the horse and what it can or can’t do… and the type of rider it needs. But seriously … do it yourself if you can take all the risks and come out with exactly what you want…. It just takes time, effort, money and RISK.

Someone else chimed in on this conversation and said that rescues send their horses to the kill buyer… I want to know who that is? Who is doing that? Their names should be known to the rest of us.

Lots of people chimed in and said rescues just beg for money and don’t take care of what they have.
Someone else said she won’t adopt , donate or surrender to rescues anymore… ?? What?

I am just speaking up on behalf of all of us who are out there legitimately working …. Keep your head up.. walk it off..it takes all kinds to jab anonymously.

02/23/2024

Only in Wisconsin, right?

Remember to check before starting your car as heat can attract animals!