Equine WellBeing Rescue Inc.

09/07/2025

Where did our Facebook Donate button go?? Or the Facenook Birthday fundraisers?

Thanks to the ineptitude of the USPS in Sacramento, our 2024 CA filing was lost in the mail in Sacramento. We had no idea till FB sent us a notice that they pulled our donation button because we were listed on the CA nonprofits agency as delinquent.

How could this be? We immediately reached out to that department and emailed them copies of our filing and Priority Mailed the annual fee to a different address we were given. The check was recieved in days, and our account up to date.

At the same time, we filed a lost letter request with USPS. After six months this is the response, the USPS has no idea what they did with our Priority Mail with a tracking number package. They lost it.

It gets worse. The CA agency immediately put us on the Good Standing list, but FB has not given us back our donation accepting ability. You cannot speak to a live person with FB and we have filed several reports stating the issue has been resolved and that we'd like our Donation button back...all with no response. We have tried to do what their online HELP instructions say and it doesn't work. We have tried to apply again, but FB tells us we already have one. We have no clue what to do to get our Donate button back.

How FB can use a list to only deny you something and not use the same list to reenact it is beyond us. Are we losing donations? Yes. Are we frustrated? Yes. Are we angry? Yes.

We didn't do anything wrong. The USPS lost our mail which we have no control over. FB took our Donate button which we have no control over. We have tried everything we can think of to re-establish our Donate button and get NO RESPONSE FROM FB-META.

It is ONLY FACEBOOK that has this issue.

We apologize to all for this inconvenience. We have lost hundreds of dollars in donations because of this and it seems we are helpless in this situation. All we can do is tell you all how sorry we are. It is the horses, donkeys and minis who have lost because the donations are no longer here. Theses two giant companies have done this and the animals are paying the price. And neither USPS nor FB-Meta, care!!!!!

We can still take donations via our website:
Www.equinewellbeing.org
Zelle: [email protected]
PP: [email protected]
Venmo @-wellbeing
Our 501c3 is on perfect standing as we are also in both AZ and CA. It is not us......it is FB.

09/06/2025

One of our adopted orphaned foals is already helping people...way to go Pancho. You are a sweetie.

🌅🥕 Pancho is starting his morning off right with a big breakfast and lots of energy as he gets ready for this weekend’s equine-assisted therapy sessions! After a tough few weeks, he’s feeling so much better and back to his feisty little foal self. 🐴💫

He’s curious… what’s on your breakfast plate today? And what do you have planned for the weekend?

09/05/2025

Bemer me up!!! Today Baby got her first PEMF treat to help stimulate healing and perk her muscles up. She enjoyed it too. We have to use the leg wraps because she is so tiny...but whatever works. Have you ever used PEMF (pulsed electro-magnetic field therapy) for yourself or your equines?.

09/04/2025

Our two dental patients, Carmen and Lucky are doing so well after their tooth extractions, they can go back in the pasture. Yay.

09/04/2025

Out and about! Stretching those legs. Go Baby Go!

09/04/2025

09/04/2025

Baby says, "Thank you auntie Jen Oleson Baker for my rain coat." It is rainy all day today. Thank you Baker Ranch Mini Sanctuary for sending her a rain sheet. SO thoughtful 💕 💖

09/04/2025

This has been many weeks of orphaned foals needing us and today was not an exception.

Meet Bridger, he is only 24 days old and heartbreakingly lost his mother to colic. His owners reached out to Tia at Turning Pointe Donkey Rescue in MI and were referred to us. Living in Taylor, AZ, they had no idea there was a horse and donkey rescue in Snowflake. They came to the rescue yesterday to discuss what options may be available for Bridger.

We introduced them to Baby so they could see an orphaned foal can grow ok with the proper feed and care, but they were concerned about his loneliness, as were we.

One of our mini donkeys, Cumari, has a sweet personality and has been around Junebug since she was just a few weeks old. We felt she might be the solution and we all agreed to give it a try.

Today we delivered Cumari, we could hear Bridger tiny bray calling to her from his pen behind the house. We cautiously got them near each other to see how the introduction would go. Cumari did nothing mean, rather she was curious about him and he quickly started following her around and she was not bothered by that. The family will continue to closely monitor them both. Bridger is bucket feeding his milk replacer, so a nurse mare was not needed.

We are hoping this works for both of them and glad we were able to help in a time of tragedy.

The coincidental thing is that in 2019, Tia at Turning Pointe Donkey Rescue reached out to us to see if there was anyway we could help with a situation down the street from them. Called the Sweet 16, a trailernload of minis came to our rescue all the way from MI. Cumari was one of them!!! Talk about serendipity.

09/03/2025

This morning both Carmen and Lucky are loudly braying for their breakfast. I think they are recovering well from their teeth extractions yesterday. Still, we will keep them in the barn a few days to flush the areas and monitor for any pain. They are both on Excede antibiotic too. Well-being is our middle name!

09/03/2025

Dental day for Carmen and Lucky, our two oldest donkeys.

Carmen had many teeth that needed removal, she has very few molars left in her mouth. But at age 26, that happens. She needs Senior feed now because she has only a few molars left and can no longer chew hay.

Lucky is younger than we thought, but still around 20 and he had 2 incisors and a canine tooth removed. We are watching him closely for EOTRH and hope he doesn't have it. Xrays are not needed at this time, but could be needed in the future.

Both are on antibiotics, which is preventative any time teeth are pulled, and pain meds because they will be tender for a few days as they heal.

They will be getting special TLC through the weekend.

09/03/2025

What an adorable picture of Baby. Thank you Betty Nixon for sharing this with us.

Today Baby has had a good appetite, her pooh is back to normal and she whinnies to everyone in the barn. I think she is feeling much better.