Silent Wave Horse Rescue

29/12/2025

Good news! Blaze and Star, the two mares who were found starved and rescued on October 4th and recently signed over by a judge to Silent Wave Horse Rescue, moved today from state protective custody to their SWHR foster home!
They are incredibly sweet mares, so deserving of the soft landing they have been afforded. Star has acute hoof issues which we’re addressing with our vet and farrier team. Radiographs demonstrated pedal osteitis in one hoof and dropped coffin bones in 3. She had to work as a ranch/cow horse while suffering these issues and other neglect problems.
But she’ll never have to suffer again. Both horses are in a loving home with an incredible view. We cannot divulge details or foster names because this is still an active criminal case, but please know these two mares are safe and they know it. I would like to extend our gratitude to every individual who stepped forward to foster. You know who you are. It takes a village and Grant County has an amazing village.
Blaze, age 9, will go to our longtime trainer, Charlene Mehl of Lone Star Ranch Training & Rescues LLC in the spring to undergo assessment, training as needed and for as long as she needs to become a solid riding partner, with the goal of eventual adoption into a loving forever home. Star who is 19 years old will remain in SWHR sanctuary for a much-deserved retirement 🩷. These two seem to know they’re safe and adored

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27/12/2025

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For their countless hours of feeding animals, cleaning pens, grooming and so much more, we are grateful for the volunteers!

26/12/2025

Happy Boxing Day! 🐴 🦃 🐎

25/12/2025

Blossom, Rosie, Oso, and the rest of the peanut gallery 💖 wish you a very wonderful holiday, full of joy, warmth, and cheer!

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas from Harley, Oso (perfectly drawn by trainer / artist Kylie McElligott) and all of us at Silent Wave Horse Rescue!
May you all have a peaceful and joyful holiday 🎄💝🎄💝

24/12/2025

Horses aren't in rescues because they are bad horses, they are there because their humans failed them. They have every reason to give up on us, but they don't, and they teach us lessons every time they allow us back into their circle of trust and we are so grateful for that.

23/12/2025

We wish to extend our warmest gratitude to our farriers, each and every one of whom shows up for emergency situations, who keep our rescues galloping comfortably, and upon whose shoulders sit the soundness of The Horse—starting with its hooves. Equine rescue and care from the ground up begins with farrier care. A horse without healthy hooves cannot be a horse.
Our gratitude goes to Jeff Larson, Jordan Lee, Adam Williams, and Ashley Brandsma. Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones 🙏🏽🎄🙏🏽🎄

Farriers take extraordinary measures to help horses who's hoof care has been neglected, for that we are grateful.

21/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who showed up to shop and support us at the Monument Christmas Bazaar yesterday (what a great turnout and so much fun to see everyone!) , and huge gratitude to the Monument Volunteer EMTs who put this great bazaar on every year! Rose Howe, Julie Erickson, Teawna Jewell, Carrie Jewell, Sam Gilbert, we all deeply appreciate everything you do for our community! Merry Christmas and happy and safe holidays to all of you and your loved ones 🎄💝
Thank you Jeanne Strange for your gorgeous homecrafted cutting board/kitchen utensil donations to SWHR for gift sales!
Silent Wave Horse Rescue still has many last-minute gifts including sweatshirts, caps, t-shirts, calendars (almost sold out but we can order more), ornaments, wine bottle cozies, mugs, and other gift ideas available, and we do ship!
Merrrrrrry Christmas! 🎄
Winners of our raffle baskets were Amy Kreger of Long Creek and Kelsy Forrester of Monument! This is the Forrester family’s 3rd or 4th SWHR raffle kids’ basket they have won in the same number of years, so if you are heading to Vegas, be sure to grab some luck from Kelsy or Keegan 😂 🍀😆. We appreciate everyone who bought raffle tickets and wish each and every one of you could win.

21/12/2025

We’d like to extend our deepest gratitude to all of Silent Wave Horse Rescue’s donors and supporters. You are the most precious and valued part of our mission, we could not give a voice to the voiceless without YOU.

Every single dollar counts when it comes to running a rescue. Thank you to the donors make our work possible.

20/12/2025

🎄Come support Silent Wave Horse Rescue and our two newest intakes, Blaze and Star, at the Monument Christmas Bazaar tomorrow at the Monument Senior Center, starting at 10 am!
We have all kinds of gifts for that special someone in your life, especially that horse-lover!! Horsey mugs, ornaments, Jeff Larson’s gorgeous horseshoe Xmas tree, SWHR sweatshirts, t-shirts, caps, custom calendars, and cool Christmas swag and jewelry, and more! Something for everyone! We’ll have an awesome Christmas gift basket (with TWO bottles of wine) and a kids’ basket for raffle!!! $1 per ticket, or 6 tix for $5
Plus you’re supporting a great cause in our community. Hope to see you!
Just a peek in the photos of what we’ll have, much more tomorrow!
Pictured: mugs, raffle basket #1, kids’ raffle basket, calendars🎄🎄

19/12/2025

The two starved mares whom we picked up on October 4th from conditions of severe neglect, named Blaze and Star while in protective custody for ten weeks, have just been legally forfeited to Silent Wave Horse Rescue, as signed this morning by the judge. THEY ARE SAFE FOR LIFE. This is The Greatest Christmas gift for them. This is an ongoing active legal case so we cannot share pertinent information to the case, but we wish to extend our gratitude to the Grant County (Oregon) Sheriffs Office for their immediate response to an animal neglect situation, the Grant County DA’s office for recognizing the importance of animal neglect and prosecuting neglect cases, and to everyone who reported seeing these horses in such dire conditions, and to all in this community who care and support equine welfare.
SWHR does not seek to have horses seized from their rightful owners, we do seek to work with owners who have fallen on hard times or fell behind in their horse care but are committed to ensuring their horses recover and thrive through temporary aid or education. We offer aid at no cost and are thrilled to help educate on the intricacies of special feeding needs, hoof care, veterinary care. However, there are sadly occasions when the neglect is so severe and the horses have no recourse for survival other than immediate action taken to save them.
These two have been rewarded with the soft landing they so deserve. We will work with our veterinary team to not only continue their re-feeding protocol, but also provide radiograph diagnostics and dentals as our veterinarian warrants.
If you would like to help support Blaze and Star’s ongoing (long) rehabilitation, we would appreciate every donation—as a Christmas gift to these two worthy beings as well as SWHR’s other 17 residents under our care, and to help support our outreach programs.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to you, your loved ones, and to those in need 🎄💖
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