Big Hoof Foundation

17/11/2024

Yesterday I was tagged in a post for Lot # 8112 at Bowie Texas Livestock. This poor girl is in need of TLC. We have decided to rescue her but we need your support to save her life. She is direct ship to slaughter for Monday the 18th. We started fundraising yesterday but this morning the fundraiser is live on our website. We still have about $800 left to raise for this beautiful horse. She deserves a soft place to land.
Please consider making a life saving tax deductible donation to the Big Hoof Foundation. Even a small donation can be the difference between life and death for these horses.
We appreciate all of your support!
www.bighooffoundation.org

25/10/2024

Episode 105On September 29, 2024, Bowie Texas Livestock posted 27 Belgian Draft horses on their website that were going to ship to slaughter! 16 of the 27 we...

19/10/2024

On October 12, 2024, I was tagged in a post on Facebook about 5 Belgian Draft Horses that were posted on a page "Wish Upon A Horse" 3 gelding and 2 mares. The kill pen is located in McLean, Texas which is only about an hour from us. I have been watching to see if any of these 5 Belgian Draft horses would get a home and as of today 10/19/24 they did not get a home and were put on 72 hour notice to ship to slaughter.
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The reason these 5 horses have been on my mind for the past two weeks is because one of the mares looks like Charlie and her name is Waffles. If you have followed our story, Charlie was very special to us (as are all the horses) but Charlie had a special place in my heart and he passed away in February. He was my Charlie Waffles! I felt this was a sign that we needed to help somehow!
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I have been trying to figure out how to save these horse with all the recent horses we have taken on? We are still working to get the 11 rescued from Bowie to the vet and turned out with the herd.

When these horses came up on the notice list today, I reached out to Wish Upon A Horse and they are allowing me to put a deposit down on the 5 horses to keep them off the truck on Tuesday.

But we need to raise the funds to cover bail in 5 days! We need your help to save these 5 Belgian Draft horses from shipping to slaughter!​​
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The fundraiser is at www.bighooffoundation.org

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you for your support!

11/10/2024

On September 29, 2024, Bowie Texas Livestock posted 27 Belgian Draft horses on their website that were going to ship to slaughter! 16 of the 27 were colts and fillies (4 to 6 months old). The other 11 were older horses with an age range of 2-20 years old. Our foundation (Big Hoof Foundation) raised money to rescue 6 of the older Belgian Draft horses from shipping to slaughter!
A few days after we rescued the 6 horses, a very generous subscriber reached out to us because she didn't want the 4 remaining Belgian Draft horses to ship to slaughter. She offered to pay the full bail for the 4 and boarding till we could pick them up. Of course we said yes! We rescued 10 Belgian Draft horses in total! Until...Thursday night Bowie posted a Belgian filly with an injured leg that was going to ship to slaughter on Monday. She was on the direct ship list and there was no way I was going to let that happen! We rescued her as well!

Last Friday, October 4th, we picked up the first load of Belgian Draft horses along with the additional little passenger!

Baby Belgian Draft horse filly rescued from almost shipping to slaughter along with the other 10!

Episode 103On September 29, 2024, Bowie Texas Livestock posted 27 Belgian Draft horses on their website that were going to ship to slaughter! 16 of the 27 we...

03/10/2024

03/10/2024

THANK YOU all so much for all of your support, kindness, love and generosity on our last fundraiser. Because of all of you 6 Belgian Draft horses are safe from shipping to slaughter!
Today, 10/2/24 a supporter reached out to us and wanted to know if she paid the bail on the last 4 older horses at Bowie Texas Livestock if we would take them as well? We are beyond grateful for this amazing supporter and her believing in what we are doing! Of course we said we would take the last 4 horses and give them a forever home! We are beyond grateful and blessed to have every viewer following our story and supporting our journey!
FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS...THANK YOU!!!!
This video is what is happening with Opal and also a video of the last 4 horses at the livestock yard that were saved today!

Episode 102THANK YOU all so much for all of your support, kindness, love and generosity on our last fundraiser. Because of all of you 6 Belgian Draft horses ...

01/10/2024

Episode 101On Sunday September 29, 2024 Bowie Texas Livestock posted 27 Belgian Draft horses on their website. Out of the 27, 16 are colts and fillies meanin...

26/09/2024

EPISODE 100
WOW! 100 episodes! I never thought that rescuing a donkey almost three years ago now that this farm and our channel would grow to what it is today! We are so grateful for all of you that have subscribed to the channel and continue to watch and believe in what we are doing as a foundation! We are honored to have you along on this journey!

I thought for so long on what to do for our 100th episode and what better way to celebrate then by introducing the 6 new rescued Belgian Draft horses to join the farm. YES 6! I know our last fundraiser was for 4 but sometimes things change!
Find out what happened in this episode! Thank you all again for your support!

EPISODE 100WOW! 100 episodes! I never thought that rescuing a donkey almost three years ago now that this farm and our channel would grow to what it is today...

20/09/2024

20/09/2024

20/09/2024

Episode 99About 2 weeks ago, a rescue group reached out to me to see if we could take two of the horses they had rescued. One was a Belgian Draft horse geldi...

15/09/2024

We can not thank you all enough for your support, generosity, love and kindness! With the help of Border Horse Slaughter Rescue and all our wonderful followers we raised the money we needed to save the 4 Belgians from Bowie Texas Livestock! We will be going on Thursday to pick these beautiful horses up! We are so happy that we can give them all a place to retire! Stay tuned for more updates!

14/09/2024

The last call list was just put out today 9/14/24 at Bowie Texas Livestock. Out of the 11 Belgian Draft horses that came in last week there are 4 that are scheduled to ship today. Border Horse Slaughter Rescue and Big Hoof Foundation are working together to help save these 4 lives! Border Horse is raising half the bail funds and we are raising the other half. Bowie has given us an extension to keep the 4 Belgians off the truck but we still need the funds to save their lives!

Our fundraiser is at www.bighooffoundation.org.

The 4 Belgians we are rescuing are 3310, 3312, 3314 and 3317. Their livestock yard videos are included in this video!

We could definitely use your support to save these lives!

09/09/2024

We need your help! I was notified this morning about a Belgian Draft horse gelding at Bowie Texas Livestock that is on the direct ship list for today at 4pm. We need your help to save this beautiful horse that needs some TLC in his senior years! All the fundraiser information is at www.bighooffoundation.org
Your donations are tax deductible! Please consider helping this beautiful boy!

03/08/2024

New update video about Ava and Pearl after their eye surgery!

Episode 93If you haven't been following our story, we rescued two horses recently that both had tumors in their eyes. Our foundation has experience with thes...

24/07/2024

Because of all of your amazing support, generosity and kindness we were able to raise the funds to rescue the two Belgian Draft horse gelding and the mare from Bowie Texas Livestock. We picked everyone up this week and acquired another traveler while at the livestock yard. When we arrived to pick up the Belgians we went down into the pen area to see the mare because she wasn't in the loading area yet. While we were down there this little standard bred horse kept following us around, just like Blue the donkey did to get us to take her home. When we went back up to the truck this horse followed us to the gate. So me being me...I asked if he was available and they said he was and he was scheduled to ship to slaughter on the next truck. Of course, I wasn't going to let that happen so we loaded him on the truck with the Belgians! I know he doesn't fit the "draft breed" but sometimes everything happens for a reason and you have to make exception for the animals that steal your heart.

This video is from their freedom ride and the first days on the farm. The farrier will be here on Saturday and everyone will be to the vet this week. We will continue to have updates on all the horses as soon as we can after the vet sees everyone.

Thank you to everyone that supported our fundraiser and helped us rescue these amazing horses!

Episode 92Because of all of your amazing support, generosity and kindness we were able to raise the funds to rescue the two Belgian Draft horse gelding and t...

21/07/2024

With an extremely heavy heart, we said goodbye to our sweet Sophie girl. She was down in the pasture when we went out to feed this morning. Sophie could not get up and her breathing was extremely shallow. At first glance, when I first got out to where she was, I thought she had already passed on her own. We made the difficult decision to end her pain and suffering.
Sophie was diagnosed with Cushings disease back a few months ago and you could see the signs lately that it was catching up with her. She would walk in slowly from the pasture and was distancing herself from the herd. But still stayed with her friends when she was feeling up to it.
Sophie was one of the original 6 horses we rescued. She had two and a half years of love, kindness, care and a perfect retirement life.
Sophie passed peacefully and we all stayed with her till the end. Elias, Noah and Dutch were right behind us as we said goodbye. Her herd was with her till the end. Run free sweet girl! We love you!