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SCSDR is a 501c3 non profit (EIN 87-2261371) horse rescue focused on saving draft breeds. .

04/11/2025

I cannot begin to thank everybody who offered their assistance with getting replacement panels for Rip
& Beth’s paddock.

We raised enough money to buy one panel and then one of our wonderful supporters JK bought a panel from tractor supply, which I am on my way to pick up now in Bennington.

Then to top it off Rip’s sponsor BB donated enough to buy three more!

With a total of 5 we can replace the broken ones and expand the paddock another 12ft ( I know 12ft doesn’t seem like a lot but it truly is). 🥹❤️

Rip Beth and I would like to thank you all for turning a s**t day into a blessing 🙏🏻🙏🏻

04/11/2025

Goal MET ❤️❤️

Ok guys I’m asking for help with a 100% non essential item.

Usually we fundraise for a save or big vet bill, and I try to keep those minimal.

However, Betsy and I spent hours after work last night taking down Rip and Beth’s old fence and putting up their new one.

Now if you’ve been following you know about the land bulls**t we’ve been going through.

We lost a full paddock but the one bright spot was that we would still be able to lengthen Rip and Beth’s paddock. We didn’t have enough panels to finish it (we were only like 4 short) but I figured next year I could buy the extra we needed.

A couple panels were missing connectors so like always we zip tied them and put tposts around the pen to hold the weight.

Well apparently the powers that be were watching, and said let me see how we can f**k this up for you after the last 6 months of hell you’ve already been through (I’m a little angry this morning).

So he unleashed the winds from hell and demolished their new paddock.

I am asking for help to replace 3 of the panels that were twisted and broken. I think the rest I can salvage with c-clamps.

For now we have 143 (guesstimate) zip ties holding it together.

New they are 200$ but I see them on marketplace all the time for $125-150.

$450 should get us 3 to replace what was destroyed.

Again this is non essential but I cannot afford them right now (just under 15k of my own money went to address the land nonsense and for obvious reasons Rip cannot have an electric fence. They deserve more room and this is so upsetting.

Any help is appreciated but please know it is not expected thank you ❤️

Current donation platforms-

Venmo- last 4 are 5599

Zeffy-
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/2f557835-6212-4489-8475-fecf40140526

Cash/check-
Second Chance Stables
262 Loop Rd
Savoy MA 01256

PayPal- fee charged they no longer have a donation platform
[email protected]
Last 4 are 5599

Thank you in advance 🙏🏼

03/11/2025

We had a great time yesterday and got so much done 🎉

Thank you Cory, Randy, Kathy, Jeremy, Billie, Jody, John, Megan, and of course the critters for supervising.

I want to give a big thanks to Peter & Christine from Tractor Supply of N. Adams. Let me start by saying, they are always great to me there, but yesterday they joined us for volunteer day and the company donated bedding and buckets which we desperately needed.

Charlie can’t use the same bedding as everyone else becayse of his airway condition so this was perfect!

Also if you know me, while necessary, spending money on bedding hurts my heart. You basically spread it, remove it, throw it away repeat. Painful 🤣

Thank you everyone, it was greatly appreciated ❤️

01/11/2025

Alice is home ❤️

Heading into the winter I was trying to decide what to do with Alice and Jayne, and the rest of our herd.

Here, Sage was relentless to Sammy, always picking on him and he’s just a big mush so he wouldn’t do nothing about it.

There, Alice & Jayne’s foster family has a horse Bobby who could never seem to find a friend that wouldn’t pick on him. He was anxious and struggling.

We decided to try Jayne with Bobby (she’s literally the kindest horse ever). For a few days we separated the girls (Alice could’ve cared less) and brought Bobby in with Jayne. In no time, they were in love. They even have matching outfits now 🤣

I decided to bring Alice home and try her with Sammy. What a difference…they get along great and she doesn’t bully him like Sage did.

We put Sage with our friend Merlin who came to join us a few weeks ago. She dropped to low man and is much calmer now.

There’s always some worry when moving horses that it won’t work and then what do you do? Herd dynamics will trump any decision you make and are 100% a factor in a horses health and happiness. You can have a million back up plans to address an issue and sometimes, things still fall apart.

This was not one of those times. Everybody is doing great!!!

Oh and MOST importantly, Jayne gets to stay with her favorite little girl ❤️

31/10/2025

The ol’ gal Churchy was sore today. She has a tendon issue ( from an injury this spring) and it seems to have flared up.

Her foster mom Betsy applied poultice to her legs and wrapped them. We changed up her meds a little bit and Betsy will keep a close eye on her.

I love this mule ❤️

Ps-she’s been healing from the loss of Scotty. She has her donkeys (same donks Scotty loved) and thinks of them as “hers” now 🥰

They’re all taking care of each other and I know he’s watching over them 🥹

31/10/2025

There is STILL time to sign up for our new Equine Assisted Therapy program starting Dec 6, 2025 with Dr. Marie Wargo.

This program is designed for adults with severe anxiety. The program utilizes our rescue horses to help teach coping mechanisms, acceptance, promote self worth and supply an outlet to those who need one.

All sessions are run by Dr Wargo who is a licensed mental health counselor. Sessions are on Saturday, each session is six weeks long. Most insurance is accepted and we do have the option for a sliding scale if somebody doesn’t have insurance. You will NOT be turned away for lack of healthcare.

If you are interested please complete attached form and we will get you started in the enrollment process.

Please note all information is confidential.

https://form.jotform.com/253034565243049

31/10/2025

Please welcome Sq**rt (aka Slug) to the crew ❤️

He is a very friendly young man who was behaving poorly with his previous lady friends so he needed to find a new place to reside.

He is quickly becoming Richard’s new BFF and had blended right in🥰

29/10/2025

My daily breakfast assistant. Everyone around here is always so willing to help out ❤️

28/10/2025

Slow and steady Sammy. His skin is improving, his coat is softer, he holds his head a little higher, and this morning he gave me a little whinny 🥹

Sammy, Sage, Jayne & Alice are all
looking for sponsors 🙏🏻

Sponsorship is a large part of our horses care. Full sponsorship is $150.00 a month and that money goes directly to your sponsored horses care.

We have incredible sponsors, who honestly are more like family. I would love to find that for these four horses as well.

If you would be interested in sponsoring one of them please do not hesitate to reach out ❤️

28/10/2025

We had a little scare on Sunday night.

Normally we do treats for the animals on our Open Farm Days, Richard and the geese roam around, and everybody just does their thing.

Sunday we did not give out treats because we were handing out candy and I was paranoid somebody would accidentally give the critters candy.

None of the animals ever seem to have an issue after our regular farm days but Sunday night Megan mentioned Rip would not eat his dinner (NOT like him). He was also lying down (which he does, but not at dinner). His respiratory rare was very elevated and he was definitely off.

I gave him half a dose of Banamine in case he was starting to colic and I called Dr Jaynes.

Within a half hour of getting the Banamine he seemed more comfortable. We held his dinner and by morning he was back to his normal self ❤️

I don’t know what happened. My guess is he got something he shouldn’t have and it upset his belly.

It’s nobody’s fault (maybe mine for making sure everyone knew not to feed the animals that day). Next time I will be sure to communicate that better to our guests.

I’m just so happy he’s ok 🙏🏻

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