Lyric Farm

20/11/2024

Please sign this petition to help the cats.

12/11/2024

Today is the day of Tempe’s mass removal. Please say a prayer for her and her veterinary team. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Also, if you’d like to help us out, we’re not quite to our fundraising goal to pay for this surgery. Checks can be made out to The Refuge at Lyric Farm (PM me for address to send it to), or contribute through our Facebook fundraiser, here: https://www.facebook.com/donate/521694684127840/?fundraiser_source=external_url

We cannot thank you enough for helping us help Tempe!

26/10/2024

Marian is looking for a home. Could YOU be her forever family?

You may remember Madigan. This little sweetheart was surrendered to us from a tough situation and we transported her to Fast Friends Greyhound Adoption Center, who was kind enough to take her in for us. It broke Maddie’s owner’s heart to give her up, but it was the best thing for her. She is a small, affectionate girl who lives for cuddles and wants to have a best friend to love her forever. Maddie has gone through a lot — she was found as a stray in Texas, then transferred to Rhode Island where she was adopted and lived in a home for several months before we brought her to Fast Friends. She is worried right now and looking for comfort. Going home will be another transition for her, so she needs a quiet home with a patient adopter that can help her feel more confident. Once she settles in, she will be the most adorable little shadow and you won’t be able to imagine how you lived without her!

* Interested in having Madigan join your pack? Head over to Fast Friends Greyhound Adoption Center and check out the adoption process and complete an application*

26/10/2024

Anyone??

Good evening, friends.

Tonight, we had an elderly equestrian whose health has started to fail ask us to help find a home for their beloved Medicine Hat paint. The owner has had a bad fall and broken their hip. They no longer have funds to pay for his care.

The gelding’s name is Van and he is about 24 years old. This is the write up we received.

“Unfortunately, at this writing I have to find my best friend a new home. My horse Van is a 16 hand Tennessee Walker who has been with me for 18 years laying out trails for the fall foliage ride and enjoying hunter paces. He is 24 years old, and I have been his only rider. He has great ground manners and is not afraid of much.

I have to find a new home for him as a companion horse. He is a trail horse, can endure light riding as he needs conditioning, has not been ridden much over the past 4 years and has Cushing’s so he gets hot rapidly. But he is always willing to go.

Van is a great ride for an experienced rider with a light hand. He is a forward moving fellow. That communicates thru leg and hand cues. He is well trained and trustworthy with the right person. Loves kids, friendly dogs and animals, a curious guy with personality.

He requires a limited/special diet and a lot of grooming /shearing as his hair grows profusely. Kinda like a llama.

Van needs a good home where he can get all the attention you can give him”

If any of our followers have room for this old boy to live out his days, or would be willing to donate funds so we can arrange temporary care at a boarding facility, it would bring great peace to his current owner. He’s an awesome boy and a gorgeous Medicine Hat, just like Misty. Please let me know if you’d be willing to help in any capacity and I will arrange communication between you and the current facility and owner.

Much Love,

Diego’s Friends ❤️

06/10/2024

Live from Pet Rock Fest in Lancaster, MA!

03/10/2024

Woo-hoo!! Only 3 1/2 days until ! Come see us and our traveling ambassadors at the Lancaster Fairgrounds on this Sunday, October 6, from 12-5pm. PM us your email address if you want a $2 off adult ticket coupon!

01/10/2024

30/09/2024

Uxbridge, MA—It is with great sadness that we announce that our sweet Martin has lost his battle with squamous cell carcinoma. He let us know that he was done fighting, and we honored his decision. We helped him go to sleep on Thursday afternoon, September 26, 2024. He was 11 1/4 years old. He is survived by his twin sister, Margaux, and his other beloved sheep and goat herdmates, as well as his 5 protectors, our livestock guardian dogs. He was laid to rest on Friday, September 27, in the Lyric Farm Winter Garden, with the those who passed before him. He is greatly missed by one and all here on the farm. 💜

25/09/2024

Look where we’re going to be on Sunday, October 6! Come say hello to our traveling ambassadors! We can’t wait to see you there! Pet Rock Festival

🐾 Lest you be unaware, Pet Rock Fest promotes kindness to ALL , and supports a variety of animal-related causes and organizations! We’re pumped to welcome The Refuge at Lyric Farm, making their Pet Rock Festival debut on Oct. 6 at the Lancaster Fairgrounds with some of the most adorable farm animals in tow. 🐐🐑✨ Meet Cosmo the goat, Merry Berry & Luna D’Estata the sheep, Crystal the alpaca, and even one of their Livestock Guardian Dogs! 🐶 The Refuge is a fiscally sponsored project under the nonprofit Players Philanthropy Fund, and they’re accepting tax-deductible donations. 💚 They also welcome volunteers of all abilities, including neurodiverse individuals, to help care for their residents! 🌟 Come say hi, learn more, and discover how rewarding it can be to care for these amazing animals!

23/09/2024

UPDATE on Martin.

I’ve needed a few days to process and be able to write this post. You may recall that last week we were at Tufts Large Animal Hospital for Martin to be evaluated for additional treatment of his squamous cell carcinoma. The results of the evaluation were not what we wanted to hear: sadly the cancer has spread too far, too fast, and has advanced beyond the treatment stage. We are now keeping him comfortable, and enjoying the short time he has left with us, but an end of life decision will need to be made sooner rather than later.

Thank you all for your prayers for him (and us!). 🙏🏻

Pics of the handsome boy at the hospital.

16/09/2024

This handsome fellow is Martin (pronounced approximately like Mar-TAN, the French way). He is named after the great hockey goalie Martin Brodeur, and he has been fighting squamous cell carcinoma (a type of skin cancer) as fiercely as Monsier Brodeur defended the goal on the ice.

Today Martin (the sheep) is at the Hospital for Large Animals at Tufts University to be evaluated for treatment that is not available on the farm. We have been working closely with Dr. Caitlin Eaton of EquidDoc Veterinary Services, LLC, and have made the joint decision that this is the best next step for him.

I solicit your prayers for Martin, his medical team, and me as we all make the important decisions. We are hopeful that treatment will be helpful. 🙏🏻

Thank you ! May your day be blessed!

11/09/2024

Our sweet Sally Girl made the perfect picture laying down and basking in the sunshine ☀️😍, but the moment I pulled out the camera 📸 to capture it, she jumped up and came walking over to see me. 😆🥰 (She was probably just looking for a treat, but let’s pretend she loves me! 😜)