Boone Creek Equine Sanctuary

21/12/2024

The crew taking advantage of the sun.

14/12/2024

14/12/2024

Everyone is happy, which makes me happy.

14/12/2024

Today is THE NATIONAL DAY OF THE HORSE 🐴
The day was established by the US Senate in 2004, to recognize the contribution of horses to our nation’s history. The day is also to encourage the care and conservation of these sentient beings 🩵

We hope you like this composition by Karen Bayerl, founder of Midwest Horse Welfare.

Perhaps today is the day you could make a donation to help us continue our mission? You needn’t have a Paypal account to use this link.
You could make a donation on behalf of someone on your Christmas list! It’s a great gift for the horse lover! We’ll send you an acknowledgement to present to the person 🎁🎄

www.paypal.me/spirithorse

Thank you 🩵🐴

13/12/2024

I do not think Pippers liked his antlers.

08/12/2024

A friend said to me "My enemy is not death, it's suffering", and I found this profound and true. Death will come to every living thing and as a natural conclusion to life, is not a surprise or a tragedy, or avoidable. Suffering, however, is avoidable, sometimes. And avoiding suffering is very important to us, in the care of our equines. To overcome this we employ our very skilled DVM's and we use our own knowledge of our horses and their emotional needs and attachments to make decisions about what we provide next. This is a sacred journey, and one we are always looking to improve as we learn from each soul who joins us, and who eventually leaves us. It's a funny thing, but with many of the horses, especially the old ones, upon welcome, I recognize that I will likely be holding them as they take their last breath. I accept and assume that responsibility on day one. It's somber. And it's why we try to only step in for those who truly need us and who will benefit from being here. Many senior horses are best served ending their lives at home. This is not bitter or sad, unless a human labels is so. The end was not a surprise. But living a life and having a home are not guaranteed for a horse, and if they must leave, it's better to cross over from there. Too many heartbroken seniors have arrived here, confused and sad and without full faculty, either legs or joints or eyes, unable to fully comprehend why this happened or where they are... just that it's not home.
This week we will be saying a gentle goodbye to another senior who is not going to survive winter. We want to spare pain, struggle or a bad emergency ending, for all of us. These decisions, while never easy, become more clear with each horse we watch and help to their conclusion. They leave here with friends near, with love, without pain.
Without suffering.
This is my wish for all of you, and all of the animals that you steward on your journey.

08/12/2024

New kid on the block. Meet Pip. Thank you so much for the Christmas present Carla and Doug. He will be so loved.

07/12/2024

A big thank you to everyone who has donated and purchased items from us. It has helped pay for their feed, medications, treats, and medical care. This year has been a hard year. We lost Mac in February. We lost Snatches(rescued feral kitty) in March. And then we lost The Doctor. I hope 2025 will be better year. We have already taken in 5 more horses this year.

14/11/2024

That is a good idea

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08/11/2024

Rest In Peace my Friend

08/11/2024

It has almost been a week. I could not bring myself to clean Docs’ stall. This is what I will be doing today. I hate it, this is the last of him I have. It has been tough not seeing that sweet face every morning. I cherish my 2 years.

05/11/2024

The heavens have been crying since Doc passed. The Boone Creek is a flowing.

04/11/2024

My last video of Doc, one week ago. How fast things can change. This is how I was greeted every morning for the last 2 years. How can you not fall in love with this guy.@