Natalie's Blind Saves Sanctuary & Rescue

07/10/2025

Our spinner winner wants to donate her gift to someone in need. How thoughtful! Is anyone in need of a grocery tote? It helps our rescue with free advertising and its completely free to you. $20 value

If you live further from Houghton County, MI you must pay shipping.

Tax deductible donations can be made on our website Nataliesblindsavessanctuaryandrescue.org

Venmo https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3489296350709007194&created=1759864135

EIN #92-1117248

Help us, help the horses with upcoming surgeries and Lakotas dental/castration.

In 2018 Adam and Natalie Este were dedicated to making a difference saving and training blind horses and giving them their retirement as a hobby. 

06/10/2025

Looking for a special home for a special boy 🩵Chance 🐎

If anyone’s been dreaming of giving a blind horse a forever home, we have a 5-year-old Morgan cross gelding who’s ready to meet his person. His papers list him as bilaterally blind, though we believe he can still see some shadows or light out of one eye. He has uveitis, but his eyes are otherwise healthy, and he’s not a candidate for surgery at this time.

He’s had some prior training and shows a true willingness to learn. He can be a little hard to catch in the pasture, but once haltered, he turns into a completely different horse - calm, smart, and eager to connect one-on-one with his person.

He’s lower on the herd totem pole, though he can be a bit of a bully at times. He gets along fine with geldings but definitely prefers the company of mares.

He’s up to date on all care and vaccinations, though a new Coggins may be needed for transfer. He comes with a lifelong adoption contract and a reduced adoption fee to help him find the perfect match.

✨ He’s young, full of potential, and deserves a future filled with love and safety. Could you be the one to give him that chance?

03/10/2025

Being fully blind doesn’t mean life stops but it does mean extra care, extra surgeries, and extra costs to keep them healthy and pain-free.

🐴 Diesel – fully blind, both eyes removed: $1,313.04 October 27th, estimate doesnt include his dental and facial xrays.

🐴 Oliver – fully blind, all front incisors removed: $1,357.35 October 22nd

🐴 Bentley – fully blind, second eye removal: $1,320.29 October 29th

🐴 Destiny – fully blind, split molar pulled: $518.69 (possible referral to a Wisconsin specialist if complications arise). October 29th

We are a small, nonprofit blind horse rescue. These horses depend on us and we depend on you. When they are healthy, our blind horses give back as therapy animals for autistic children, seniors, and anyone willing to learn from them. We never charge a fee for this, it’s our gift back to the general public.

Every dollar matters. Every share matters. Every act of kindness matters.
💥 We are a non profit 501c3 organization, EIN # 92-1117248, your donation is a tax deduction.
👉 Please consider donating through our website:
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In 2018 Adam and Natalie Este were dedicated to making a difference saving and training blind horses and giving them their retirement as a hobby. 

01/10/2025

Picking up hay today $500 for 10 bales - (1200lb squares) we have 2 left in the barn. We have gotten some small square bales for a donation, thank you!
We have
Sunny
Honey
Bentley
Diesel
All eating grain right now, everyone else is doing fine on forage with the exception that Lakotas grain is paid for separately by our founders and Sunny is sponsored by HOC Rose Sanctuary Rescue ❤️
So not as much grain has been needed weekly but grain pickup was today.

We will now be fundraising like crazy for the upcoming needed surgeries on 4 horses.
Donations can be made on our website

In 2018 Adam and Natalie Este were dedicated to making a difference saving and training blind horses and giving them their retirement as a hobby. 

26/09/2025

✨ Update on Our Blind Horses ✨

You saw the recent vet bill for Lakota and Diesel - thanks to your generosity, we were able to get it paid. ❤️ Unfortunately, that leaves us short again for hay, grain, and upcoming surgeries.

Here’s where we stand right now for surgeries:

Destiny: ✅ $518.69 - SAFELY COVERED

Bentley: ❗️ $1,320.29 needed

Oliver: ❗️ $1,357.35 needed

Diesel: $1,313.05 bill - credit of $951.86 applied, $361.19 still needed EDIT - A fundraiser is open at the barn of the previous owner for the remaining balance 🥰

👉 Total still needed: $3,038.83

You can choose to help with the overall fund or sponsor a specific horse’s vet cost in full - and your donation is tax deductible. It’s a true win-win!

💻 Donate directly on our website (PayPal, credit, or debit card accepted)
Nataliesblindsavessanctuaryandrescue.org

💵 CashApp: $BlindSavesRescue
EIN #92-1117248

Every dollar goes directly to the care of these horses surgery, and healing. Please help us reach our goal 🙏❤️

Additionally if youd like to help with hay, we only have 2 bales (1200lb) left and grain is approximately $160 a week.

In 2018 Adam and Natalie Este were dedicated to making a difference saving and training blind horses and giving them their retirement as a hobby. 

25/09/2025

✨🐴 WAFFLE TIME 🐴✨
We’re doing something fun to help our blind horses - a WAFFLE (not a raffle 😉)!

Here’s how it works:

We’ll have 20 spots available.

💬 Every share of this post = 1 FREE spot on the list! After your share, COMMENT SHARED..so we can see who you are.

💵 Every $5 donation = 2 spots added to the list.

Once all 20 spots are full, we’ll spin the wheel and the name will receive a surprise FREE gift with a $10+ value as a thank you 🎁

You don’t have to donate to join - just sharing helps us spread the word and gets your name on the list!
But if you’d like to increase your chances AND support the horses, donations are always appreciated. ❤️

🐎 Every spin helps us get closer to covering vet bills, hay, and care for our blind horses. Thank you for always cheering us on!

Donations are made on our website Nataliesblindsavessanctuaryandrescue.org

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In 2018 Adam and Natalie Este were dedicated to making a difference saving and training blind horses and giving them their retirement as a hobby. 

25/09/2025

For everyone watching and waiting, here’s the negative Coggins on the mini pony. We’ve got a referral lined up nearly 6 hours away to a specialist for his castration, because as the doctor made clear, adopting out a 16-year-old stallion would be irresponsible. After that and his training, he’ll be ready for a forever home exactly how it should be done. 🐎

23/09/2025

Next weekend, October 3rd and 4th will be our annual rummage sale. 12pm to 6pm
Keep checking back for the addresses
Shirts $1 each
Jeans $5 each

Mostly women's and girls clothing

Odds and ends extras will be added and priced in.

Every $1 helps us help them. 🐎

23/09/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Angelique Richard, the winner of our silent auction! 🎉

Thank you so much for participating and taking home this beautiful decorative knife. Your support helps us continue caring for our blind horses, and it truly means the world to our rescue. 💖🐴

22/09/2025

🎉 Free Entry Sweepstakes Giveaway! 🎉

As a special thank you, once we reach our vet expense goal of $3,865.37, we’ll be sending out free merchandise and donated gifts, picked at random and given away multiple times! 💝

✨ No purchase or donation required to enter but every dollar donated goes directly toward our blind horses’ vet care, and it truly makes a difference. 🐴💙

SHARE, LIKE, FOLLOW THE PAGE

Every $1 helps us get closer to covering the cost of these much-needed surgeries and treatments.

Together, we can reach this goal and give back along the way!

Don't do it for me, do it for the horses, do it in memory of Lady!

Names are being picked at random today for the previous giveaway since we got our merchandise in!

22/09/2025

Here is the vet bill for Lakota and Diesel’s recent visits.

Our vet is working hard to fit Diesel in sooner than the two weeks originally scheduled for his x-rays. While we are grateful for her efforts, this puts us $435 lower than what we had budgeted for next month’s surgeries on four of our blind horses.

We don’t ever want to delay the care they need. 💙 Every donation, big or small, helps us bridge the gap and make sure each horse receives the treatment they deserve.

Can you donate today to help us, help them?

Donations can be made many ways on our website Nataliesblindsavessanctuaryandrescue.org

Scroll down the website to learn how!

21/09/2025

🎥 Comedy Documentary Clip: "Just One More Horse…" 🐴😂

At Natalies Blind Saves Sanctuary & Rescue, we have a running joke:
"Just one more" … and then suddenly, we’re rearranging pastures, doubling the hay order, and convincing our president Natalie that her personal coffee budget is now a grain budget. ☕➡️🌾

Here’s how it works:
✨ When the rescue is full and there is an open space and a horse in need, Natalie personally adopts horses from the public in need and calls them her personal horses.
✨ When the horses in rescue are ready and cleared by our vet for adoption, those horses bunk with her own crew on her dime until they’re ready for a forever home.
✨ It’s like a horsey “transition camp”… with hay, grain, snuggles, free training and the occasional sassy kick.

So if you ever wondered how we balance it all… well, let’s just say we don’t. When other rescues are full, we just add another horse and laugh our way through. 🤷‍♀️💚 As long as we have the funding, space and the care, what's one more?

Because at the end of the day, every horse deserves a second chance… and that’s a promise we’ll always keep.
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