Shenandoah Valley Equine Rescue Network

04/08/2025

Some of these names are so close it is shocking that none have garnered enough votes yet! Let's push this thing over the edge and get these horses the care they deserve! https://www.svern.org/name-a-rescue-contest

04/07/2025

Another Chesnut glow up. Cherry Blossom 🌸 before and after. It was so hard to get a good picture of exactly how thin she was, especially from the side profile. Here in the before photo you can see a very pronounced back bone as well as hip pockets. Her chest is also super tiny and narrow. The after images she is nice and chunky, with a wider chest, and no longer are the back and hip bones pronounced. She truly has blossomed under the proper care.

04/07/2025

We love a good glow up! Can you imagine riding the horse in the first picture? This poor guy was being used for lessons looking like that. So happy to see him happy, healthy, and looking so good!

04/07/2025

Getting down to the wire on these names! We have narrowed it down to the top 2 under each horse we just need a few more votes to have some winners!!! The top 2 names under each horse are: under horse 1: Penny and Gypsy; horse 2: Misty and Pearl; horse 3: Hank and Jethro; horse 4: Teddy and Scout. Get your votes in at https://www.svern.org/name-a-rescue-contest!

04/06/2025

Hank is in the lead currently! Get those votes in at https://www.svern.org/name-a-rescue-contest we are so close to having names on the first 4 horses!

04/06/2025

How cute is Banjo in his pink feedbag trying to get every last bite!

Some of our Clarke County horses need to be supplemented with grain, feed bags have been so helpful with this since we don't have a great way to seperate the horses.

There is always a way to feed the horses sometimes you just have to do some trial and error!

04/05/2025

Misty is pulling ahead! Will that be this sweet girl's name? https://www.svern.org/name-a-rescue-contest

04/05/2025

Who is she?! We won't know until you vote! Votes are starting to come into https://www.svern.org/name-a-rescue-contest, and we are so excited to see what names you pick for the horses!

04/05/2025

You guys came up with so many amazing names for our new rescues that we honestly couldn't pick!! So if you go to https://www.svern.org/name-a-rescue-contest you can cast your votes for the names you like the best. $1=1 vote🗳 and the first name to make it to 100 votes will be the winner! You can cast as many votes as you want, so if you really like a name you can cast all the votes for that name to win! All donations will go directly to the care of the horse pictured so we can find them they forever home! We are going to name 4-5 horses at a time until everyone has a name. Cast those votes and get to naming! 🐴❤️

We recently took over a herd that was in sanctuary, after the woman who ran it had health complications that made her unable to continue their care. These horses are in need of farrier and vet care before we can place them into new homes, but in order to do that they also need names! The records for...

04/04/2025

We took these horses in Novemeber of 2023 from a law enforcement seizure. After many months of working on basic ground manners, we adopted them out to a volunteer that fell in love with Dolly, the percheron. Dolly went from being almost impossible to catch, to coming right up to the fence for breakfast and dinner. In order to adopt them, this volunteer-turned-adopter put in a shed, fixed fencing along the property, so many things that to us said "wow this person is really serious!". Dolly and Remy have been with this person for nearly a year. After some life changes the adopter decided that boarding them would better suit their current needs. They have been in boarding for only a few months now, and the rescue was notified that: 1. this person would not be paying the owed board (due the next day) and 2. They were no longer keeping the horses. Our policy has always been that once a SVERN horse, always a SVERN horse. So the horses are coming back us. It is through no fault of the boarding facility that we have also had to pick up the board payment for them in order to bring them back. Dolly has also regressed to no longer allowing to be caught after so much work was put into that. Please let it be known, when we adopt horses to you, we are TRUSTING you. The goal is to find these horses lasting and committed homes. If you are not committed, please, for the sake of the horses, the rescue, and all of us that work so hard: do not adopt. Dolly and Remy will return to us in the next couple of weeks, we will then begin the evaluation and retraining process with them again before putting them back up for adoption.

04/02/2025

Naming time! Now that we are through the worst winter we have had in a while, we are getting ready to start vetting these guys (as donations allow) so they can move on to permanent homes! Given that their caretaker is no longer at capacity, we do not know any of their names... and naming 31 horses is just a lot! Here are just a few horses we haven't named yet.

We have a page on our website you can go to ans select your favorite names! $1=1 vote and the first name to make it to 100 votes will be the winner! All donations will go toward the care of that animal so we can find them permanent homes!

04/02/2025

Our sweet little boy Leroy (chesnut) was adopted and arrived safely at his new home! We still have many more horses looking for their families. Maybe your new best friend is here waiting for you?!

04/01/2025

One of those lazy days I guess! 😴

03/30/2025

Parden me, but could you spare some donations?

Our wishlists have all be updated to reflect our current needs! ❤️

Items we always need/use alot of:
-Timothy square bales
-Alfalfa cubes
-Beet pulp (molasses free)
- Weight builder supplement
- horse quality round bales
- dewormers
- thrush products
- mane and tail conditioner
- vet wrap
- gift cards to feed stores, chewy, lowes, tractor supply, or Walmart

Our wishlists can be found below! We have a chewy wishlist and two wishlists on Amazon. One is for our main facility, the other is for our new herd in Clarke County. If you have any items that you see on any of our wishlists that are in good condition you would like to donate please feel free to do that as well! Thank you all so much for all your support! ❤️

https://www.chewy.com/g/shenandoah-valley-equine-rescue-network_b132854455 -list&wishlistsortby=DEFAULT

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/OL56L3YXQ6FX/?ref_=list_c_wl_lol_ovle

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1Z80M0I11IXLL/?ref_=list_c_wl_lol_ovle&filter=unpurchased&sort=default&viewType=grid

03/29/2025

Working on tagging and grooming some of our Clarke County herd today. This has been a big undertaking, but we are finally making some progress!

03/27/2025

This is your reminder to check those teeth! Horse teeth need to be checked every year for sharp points, decay, tooth root disease, loose teeth, and so much more! Keeping up with teeth helps keep horses comfortable, and will save you in the long run on more costly dental care from tooth neglect.

03/26/2025

We are so lucky to have some of the sweetest and best barn kitties.