By the Sea Sanctuary

25/05/2024

Louie was our first customer of the day! Come down and get a pup cup from us at 550 Broadway today!

Pup Cup Pop Up today!

19/04/2024

Look at that happy goat face!

✨Bernie✨

13/04/2024

Just a little Bernadette update from Onalaska Farm Sanctuary!

29/03/2024

The goats weren’t really in a photographic mood after a 7 hour trip, but look at this beautiful area they get to call home!

28/03/2024

On the road to Ashland with these guys where they will be joining ! We are super thankful to them for taking these last of our goats. We’ve been downsizing recently due to some other life responsibilities and priorities and it’s really nice to know all these guys have a safe and happy place to land ❤️

19/03/2024

Thank you Cara and everyone at Rags to Rescues Sanctuary for giving Bernie a safe and happy home! I just know he’s going to fit in great there. He’s our OG and By the Sea Sanctuary will miss him but we are so happy he is in a place he can find peace.

The world sure works in mysterious ways! I met Cara at The Bridge Tender years ago, and she owns Your Store Clothing Co. downtown Seaside (and beyond). Fast forward to now and we both have sanctuaries, and our favorite little guy is now with her in Sisters! Coincidence or fate? Either way, my heart is full.

11/03/2024

It’s been a rough couple weeks at the sanctuary.

Sarah passed away suddenly. We believe she was having seizures based on one event the week before. But whatever it was it progressed quickly. We are still looking into it but her sister Ashley had a neuro issue and also had seizures and passed a couple years ago. Poor Bernie is so sad without his family but he is going to a new sanctuary next week with lots of friends! We got to love them for 4.5 years! They were our first permanent residents. We miss Sarah and we will miss Bernie but his future looks bright.

And everyone probably remembers Tua, the big white goat that was rescued from a horrible situation in the middle of the night and brought to us. She was found tied up and eating trash in downtown Portland. Not long ago we noticed her limping a bit. And then she began to lose weight even though she was eating. Without doing too much diagnostic testing (she was old, and rapidly declining), we concluded that she had cancer and the best choice was to let her go in peace. But we gave her 2.5 years in a happy and safe home and I will never be sad about that.

This life can be sad and make you feel defeated at times. I never feel like I’m doing enough. I rarely feel like I know what I’m doing. But the truth is in these faces, and they got to live many years beyond what they would have because they came to us. I am grateful for the life and love we were able to give to these friends. Thank you Rags to Rescues Sanctuary for giving Bernie a safe plans happy home!

11/03/2024

🎉I think we found him a home! Will delete this as soon as things are secured🎉

Looking for a gentle home for Bernie the brown goat! Where he will be a friend, not food or exploited. His mom (the black one) passed last week, and he is super depressed. The 4 other goats we have are a family, and large. They bully him a lot. I’ve had him in a stall for the most part because they are really mean to him. He’s super sweet. Just wants treats. Vaccinated. Hooves trimmed. Whether. No known medical issues. He came to us from the fires in 2019. I believe he’s about 6 years old.

22/12/2023

Don’t forget, we will happily take your Christmas trees (unflocked) and pumpkins if you’ve still got them!