Sunkissed Acres

12/14/2024

National day of the horse. This is the one who made all things ok..Sunkissed Angel, forever in my heart.

12/12/2024

Whose your daddy?

12/10/2024

For those concerned with saving horses from slaughter. Please, please read.

Social media is littered with posts about horses who are supposedly about to be exported and rendered for meat, if the public doesn't pay the owner's "bail" price. What's going on here?

Read more: https://bit.ly/41JgjIf

12/10/2024

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, all around the barn.

12/09/2024

What does it really mean to "let them go on a good day?"

It means it will be your hardest day. It won't matter if you've never done it before, or if you're gifted a dozen good days, each good day is always the hardest one.

It means they won't know what the fuss is about, why they're getting so many treats and extra belly scratches and hugs.

It means you will second guess your decision right up to the very last moment, the very last breath. You'll second guess yourself afterwards.

They'll knicker at you when you arrive, just like any other day.

The weather, perfect. They are content. They look sound today. They are breathing well, eating well, they get up easily enough from a nap in the sun....the list goes on. Whatever issue they struggle with, today they aren't.

Today you euthanize them.

This is what going on a good day means: sending them out while they are happy, while they are healthy, while they are eating well, walking well, etc. You make the choice to do it before an emergency takes the choice away from you, before your horse has to experience any more trauma or pain.

Their last memory will be filled with love.

It'll rip your heart out every time.

We can see the patterns and the increasing trends. We can predict it a little. We can obsess over the past and worry about the future.

Fortunately, horses, all animals, live in the moment. They don't worry about those things. They aren't worried about winter. They aren't worried about July, or allergies, or progressive diseases like cushings or dsld. They don't think about the close calls they've had before, and they certainly aren't thinking about the close calls that are destined to come, as their body continues to age and break down. They just are. They are happy and healthy, or fearful and in pain, on that day, in that moment.

It is the most difficult, most loving gift we are blessed to be able to give.

And that first ice storm will come, that first deep snow, that first heat wave....and you will find a little relief, no longer doubting the choice you made.

They were happy, and safe, and loved. That is all that matters.

It is never easy. ~Kelly Meister, author

12/08/2024

Not my babies but they could have been.

12/07/2024

12/04/2024

This my horsey friends, is the real killer. Yes, it's been cold, but it's been dry. Next week, 3 days of rain and then a drop in temps. A wet horse is a cold horse. Prepare your horses, prepare yourselves.

12/04/2024

A huge gratuitous thank you to our donors. With added credit cards we reached out goal. $3126.00 in donations. This is equivalent to supporting one horse for an entire year. You are so very, very appreciated.

12/03/2024

GIVING TUESDAY

Over the years, Sunkissed Acres has been the home of hundreds of horses, dogs, cats and kids. A place to heal, a place to grow from. For many, it was the place to live till they die, for others, it was a step up. Over the years we have become sanctuary only. We are the final resting place for aged equine. We are the homecoming for the myriad of foster kids who once lived here. While much has changed, it remains the same. Home to 18 horses currently, we can't do this without your help. This Giving Tuesday, please consider a donation to our cause. Share our posts in order that we can continue our work. You are our success story, you are the reason. [email protected] (PayPal) (venmo) or www.sunkissedacres.org

12/02/2024

Let us introduce ourselves. Jewel is finding friends.

12/01/2024

Jewell has arrived much thanks to Lee and Phil. This girl needs no groceries for sure. Typically QH, she is a little rotund.

12/01/2024

Another 126 bales in. 3 more trips to go. Yes, I can get my hay delivered but, I want to see what's going in my barn. All hay is not equal. Even really good hay is not always what my toothless wonders can eat.

12/01/2024

Traditional German dinner of Rouladen, Spatzle and red cabbage for dinner cause I can. Sure wish Chocomare lived closer.