Freedom Valley Quarter Horse Rescue

17/11/2024

Violet chooses to come over and sleep by me. ❤️💜

15/11/2024

🩷💜BLACK FRIDAY ADOPTION SPECIAL💜🩷

✨Must be adopted together ✨

Violet (Grey)
13 years old
14hh- every bit wide as she is tall. Finished 45 days of refresher training. No funny business under saddle. Prefers a nice walk and trot, would make a nice sturdy trail horse. Came from Navajo Nation. Was excellent for the farrier, loads the trailer perfect, bathes great, loves attention.

Her vice- she has some trauma with the whip. If you avidly whip your horses, she will not be the horse for you. It takes her a minute to warm up. She js a protector, if she bonds to you, she will protect you. This is not a horse that will be ok being passed around from person to person, she needs a gentle soul (probably a woman) who will keep her for the rest of her life and build the bond with her. I can tell you with 💯 surety, she will be someone’s heart horse. She will give you 110%, if you can bust through that protective wall she has up. She has already started to claim me as her person (and my actual mare isn’t loving that 😂)

UTD on everything and negative coggins

Salty (Bay)
18 yrs old
13hh ish- came off a kids lesson program they said. We haven’t seen a single thing from this mare we didn’t like. Easy to catch, loads up, good. My 2 yr old can walk her around, walk up to her in the pasture for kisses. She will wait til he has completely moved away from her before she will even move a single step any direction. Her mouth was a mess when she came to us and have been able to clean it up some, but she will require soft grain. She is doing great with hay and grain! We have seen her rode by kids, she did just fine, even with her mouth hurting and honestly in horrible body condition. We are hoping to get some better videos soon! She’s good with her feet, she does pull them a way just a little, but it’s not a kick- it’s almost like it just takes a few secs to get her weight situated. You can literally hold her foot with one hand while she’s doing it. I really like this mare, she’s easy going. She is quick, she likes to trot everywhere she goes 😂. She’s a happy girl, bottom of the pecking order, even the donkey bosses her around. Nothing bothers her.

Application and contract required. To help expedite the process, when applying please submit pictures of pasture and shelter.

Adoption fee is $3500.

This is for BOTH

Priority given to a home willing to adopt both.

If we cannot find them a home together

Salty is $1600
Violet is $2500

(I need better pictures of Salty, she has gained quite a bit of weight. This offer is good til Dec 1)

15/11/2024

I am 🩷LOVING 🩷 the fact that Salty is finally gaining weight pretty continuously now. I feel like we can start putting some feelers out for her.

She came from a kids lesson program supposedly.

She is gonna be around 13hh. She is 18 yrs old (dentist aged)

We saw her rode by a little girl who was actually being pretty rough and mean, and she did what was being asked even though she was skin and bones.

Her mouth was a mess too. Her teeth have been cleaned up, but she will always require a softer grain. She’s doing great on hay and grain!

My 2 year old can walk out to the pasture and give her kisses 💋. She’ll lean down so he can kiss her nose. She’s low on pecking order, comes running when you call her.

We have gone back and forth with adopting her ourselves for our son. And honestly, if the PERFECT home doesn’t come up, we may still.

I am hoping to get Salty over to a friends house soon where we can get some kids on there to showcase what she knows! Pictures and videos hopefully coming soon!

Salty is the bay pictured below.

Violet and Salty came together and I would love to find them a home together!

Would do a Black Friday special to a APPROVED HOME (contract STILL required) both horses for $3500.

Both ride! Both are UTD on everything, both are GOOD HORSES. Violet needs an experienced horse person, but I can promise you, if you will put the effort into her, you will have yourself a very loyal mare who will give you her heart.

Saltys adoption fee is $1600
Violets adoption fee is $2500

11/11/2024

We are being tagged every single day in all the horrible posts of these horses. 😩

I wish I had unlimited hours in the day and unlimited funds.

You guys are really making me feel like it’s time to jump back in full force.

07/11/2024

Not sure if you remember Nelly, but we have had to change directions a couple times with this mare and this week she took a turn for the good. It is like all the sudden her nerves calmed and she clicked with the trainer! She came back home to me and I decided to actually keep her in the rescue, with the notion she was only a broodmare for a reason, and it’s ok if she lived her days out with me. Something told me to try again, so we did. I am so happy right now!!

This girl has an AMAZING set of foundation papers. She won’t be the kid horse I originally hoped, but she will have some skills and value to someone and that gives her a fighting chance in life!

07/11/2024

We have had zero applications on Violet. Lots of people saying they were gonna apply, but nobody actually has. 😞

02/11/2024

Finally starting to see a change in Salty. She has been a slow gainer.

01/11/2024

🩷💜 VIOLET 💜🩷

Ready for her forever home!
Violet just finished 45 days of refresher training!

Violet is 13 years old and stands right around 14hh. Do not let her height scare you, this girl is thickkkkk and stout. She can carry your husband just fine.

Violet W/T/C (although it takes some work to get that canter, she prefers to mosey on)

Violet loads and unloads a trailer great, stands for the farrier and bathes great too!

She loves to be loved on and you won’t find a sweeter mare.
Violet is current on teeth, feet, vaccines and has a negative coggins.

Violet is sensitive, and requires a softer rider. She will take a correction politely, if you are polite in your correction delivery. If you are an avid whip user, Violet is NOT the horse for you.

She is the epitome of “get what you give”

We believe she is best suited for an intermediate rider.

Located in Lebanon, MO

Adoption fee 2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣

Application and contract required

25/10/2024

You guys, Violet is doing so awesome in training! She is going to make someone an awesome horse!

She has a great stop and back up! And working on picking up the canter. She’s had no funny business under saddle. Ugh, and she’s beautiful too!

Available for adoption ♥️

18/10/2024

♥️ GOOD MORNING ♥️

This is Heather here, 👋

And I thought I would give this a try. Wednesday October 23rd is my birthday! WOO HOO!

I’d like to propose a 🎂 BIRTHDAY FUNDRAISER 🎂

My goal is $1000!

This would cover farrier appt coming up, feed, and supplements for the winter!

If you’d like to donate tot birthday fundraiser benefiting FVR, please use one of the links below!

As always, I appreciate every single one of you!

🟩 Cash App- https://cash.app/$FVRhorses

🟦 PayPal - https://www.paypal.me/FreedomValleyRescue

🟧 Website- www.freedomvalleyrescue.com

16/10/2024

It’s not perfect, still working through the bit. Trainer says Violet has had no buck, no rear, no bite, no desire to run off with you. She just needs some tuning and she will make someone a nice horse. Violet is 13 yrs old, gonna stand around 14hh. She is as wide as she is tall, stocky and solid.

Was great for the farrier, loads a trailer perfectly, loves attention. Can be a little bit of a bo**er to catch, but can be done with treats or grain.

Will be finishing out 60 days- available November 1st.

UTD on teeth, feet, vaccines, dewormer.

Adoption fee $2500 ($500 off to previous adopters of FVR)

Contract and application required

08/10/2024

Let’s talk about VIOLET 🥰

Her training is coming along well.

What we know….
She is approximately 13 yrs old
She came from Navajo Nation (her brand)
She does ride
She is so sweet

What we suspect….

Someone once upon a time was not nice, they were forceful and aggressive and maybe…. Used a whip too harshly. (Thinking maybe those marks on her back and butt are whip marks) so she comes off defensive (for now) but as soon as she knows you’re not there to hurt her, she softens up.

Trainer has been able to ride her with little fuss. We can’t wait to see her progress.

She will for sure need a non aggressive rider- someone soft, but also will not allow her to walk all over them.

We know her person is out there! Will be available for adoption in November

08/10/2024

🚨 🚨🚨🚨

If there is anyone evacuating Florida and heading to MO, (I know it’s far) but we can comfortably house 3 horses in our quarantine dry lot. It’s not the Hilton by any means, but there’s a small shelter, space, we have hay and water.
Also a campground right across the street for hookups or even small cabins to rent. Free of charge for the horses.

Message me if you need it. Can only take up to 3, otherwise it starts to get crowded.

05/10/2024

Hi! I am so sorry for the lack of posting lately. I have started a new job, trying to spend more time with my family and the horses, rather than social media.

We are still here, still doing well. Still loving all the horses. We have had some adoptions too ♥️

Thank you for being here for us! Will be posting updates soon!

(Annie and I say 👋 HI)

26/09/2024

❤️SPONSORED♥️

Salty is here to ask if someone could sponsor a blanket for her? Winter is coming fast! And she’s been a slow gainer (we will take the progress as a win, even if it’s slow)

She needs a size 68 blanket. Needs to be heavy duty and waterproof! If you’d like to buy it and send it, reach out to me for address! If you’d like to sponsor it, I have found them for $90

❄️ ❄️❄️❄️❄️

26/09/2024

This hurts my heart. Cookie was one of 10 saved from the ‘Auction takeover’ we did with Lucky Break Ranch Corp and Golden West Rescue. It’s never easy saying goodbye

Sweet Cookie ..
This is not what we expected for the outcome for this little pony. Today we noticed a little blood coming out of cookies hind end. Shortly after we noticed it and got to her it started pouring out ..

We rushed her to the vet. Only to hear a grim prognosis 😔

This much blood out of a horses hind end results usually in a very sad outcome.

Due to the amount of blood and her size, they opted out of doing a re**al ultrasound. We agree with that choice. It would likely cause her to rupture going in re**ally.. if she hasn’t already ruptured.

She either has a tumor or multiple that are bleeding..

We are deciding to take her home, get her comfortable in her safe space, loving her, and euthanizing her at home. She could have only a day left or maybe a week only time will tell.

We won’t know an exact timeline but what we do know is she won’t suffer and we will be here when it’s time.

Please be respectful of this horribly hard decision in this time. Deciding to part with any of our animals is one of the worst things we have to do. We know them and believe we know what is best for them.

Any donations to help support us with this tragic unexpected bill would be such a blessing in a dark time.

Your donations are tax deductible 🩵🧡
Donations can be sent

Vnmo at goldenwestrescueinc

Pypal at PayPal.me/goldenwestrescue

Directly thru our website www.goldenwestrescue.com

Zelle [email protected]

26/09/2024

We only need $420 to finish out the hay fundraiser! We are so close! What this means…. We won’t have to worry about hay ALL WINTER! And it’s coming quick. 😩

Salty also needs a blanket if anyone would like to sponsor her winter blanket?

Hey! Hey! Hay?

We are back to focusing on supplies and prepping for winter.

$1800 for a tractor trailer load of hay is needed!

We are over HALF WAY there and only needing $720 to get our winter hay!

This is our main focus right now, as it is kind of scary to think about more horses coming to FVR and not having what we need for them.

We try to do it the right way and try to prepare the best we can!

If you’d like to help us secure our winter hay, ways to donate are ⬇️ below.

💥 IF YOU DONATE MORE THAN $250 I WILL SEND YOU A T-SHIRT 💥

We appreciate you all so much!!

Also, once we have our hay secured we will go back to bringing horses in!!!

We can also use some grain if you feel inclined to help us!

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Website: www.freedomvalleyrescue.com

Pypal: https://www.paypal.me/FreedomValleyRescue

Csh app: https://cash.app/$FVRhorses

Zelle or 🍎 pay: 515-360-8507

🎃 We are a 501c3 non profit both federally and state level in good standing.if you need a tax donation letter please message us!