What a truly fabulous visit we had today with Ron and Kenneth from Oscar’s Place who came to Skydog to talk all things wild donkeys. We love and admire these guys for going above and beyond for the donkeys they rescue and to never stop learning more about donkey life. We are so excited that they are acquiring more land for more donkeys to live wild and it was an absolute joy and privilege to share all we know with such an amazing organization. There are so many donkeys in need and we love workin
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What a truly fabulous visit we had today with Ron and Kenneth from Oscar’s Place who came to Skydog to talk all things wild donkeys. We love and admire these guys for going above and beyond for the donkeys they rescue and to never stop learning more about donkey life. We are so excited that they are acquiring more land for more donkeys to live wild and it was an absolute joy and privilege to share all we know with such an amazing organization. There are so many donkeys in need and we love workin
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No speaking on this one ❤️ just five minutes of peace and harmony visiting Cruiser’s beautiful herd by the creek. I shall talk you through who is who for new followers 💜 First across the stream are Lady Grey and her daughter Pipsqueak who come to look for treats and to get scratches 🩶 Then Cinnamon and Nutmeg, two of four kill pen mares we saved from Kansas. Followed by another kill pen save Wildflower, who came to us with some of the worst feet imaginable, and Cedar a special needs mustang ad
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No speaking on this one ❤️ just five minutes of peace and harmony visiting Cruiser’s beautiful herd by the creek. I shall talk you through who is who for new followers 💜 First across the stream are Lady Grey and her daughter Pipsqueak who come to look for treats and to get scratches 🩶 Then Cinnamon and Nutmeg, two of four kill pen mares we saved from Kansas. Followed by another kill pen save Wildflower, who came to us with some of the worst feet imaginable, and Cedar a special needs mustang ad
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While we make our video of the visit from @garydourdan I had to post this clip as it really is quite extraordinary. You see the yawns Libby is doing, she’s releasing tension, trauma and stress ❤️ I have seen this when the horses get massages, body work or T touch, but am blown away that music could have the same effect. “When a horse yawns to release tension, it signifies a release of physical or emotional stress. This yawning can be a sign of the horse calming down, taking a deep breath, or pro
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While we make our video of the visit from @garydourdan I had to post this clip as it really is quite extraordinary. You see the yawns Libby is doing, she’s releasing tension, trauma and stress ❤️ I have seen this when the horses get massages, body work or T touch, but am blown away that music could have the same effect. “When a horse yawns to release tension, it signifies a release of physical or emotional stress. This yawning can be a sign of the horse calming down, taking a deep breath, or pro
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I feel as though we haven’t seen these three glorious boys for a while and what a place to visit them. This is a new pasture we opened for them and it didn’t take them long to wander up here and bring the other boys up too. The evening I was up there I also found Tesoro, Ford and Wilson too. The sun was setting and they were all grazing across the landscape and munching on the native bunch grasses found up here. Apollo was the oldest boy at the adoption event we went to for Blue Zeus and he was
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I feel as though we haven’t seen these three glorious boys for a while and what a place to visit them. This is a new pasture we opened for them and it didn’t take them long to wander up here and bring the other boys up too. The evening I was up there I also found Tesoro, Ford and Wilson too. The sun was setting and they were all grazing across the landscape and munching on the native bunch grasses found up here. Apollo was the oldest boy at the adoption event we went to for Blue Zeus and he was
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And while we wait for Marjorie Morningstar to make the journey from Oklahoma to Oregon with our wonderful Steve Egner, let’s go visit the all time most supported rescue effort of all time at Skydog. This incredible chestnut South Steens mustang Commander, with a dagger blaze down his face, moved all of us when we started a mission to find him after we rescued his friend Rango from a kill pen. Nobody could locate this boy and it took weeks of searching by Caroline @horsewelfarecollective to track
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And while we wait for Marjorie Morningstar to make the journey from Oklahoma to Oregon with our wonderful Steve Egner, let’s go visit the all time most supported rescue effort of all time at Skydog. This incredible chestnut South Steens mustang Commander, with a dagger blaze down his face, moved all of us when we started a mission to find him after we rescued his friend Rango from a kill pen. Nobody could locate this boy and it took weeks of searching by Caroline @horsewelfarecollective to track
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You go Firefly ❤️❤️ What a way to start the day. This truly spectacular baby mule has found his legs and spends a lot of time testing them out. Running as fast as he can. Swerving and weaving. Bucking and kicking. Just the sheer joy of being alive and free to do as he pleases. The safety of his mama and aunties surrounding him and the soft sand to play and lay in. I tried a lot of things in life to fill that hole in the soul - stuff, people, places and things - but there is nothing like the sust
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You go Firefly ❤️❤️ What a way to start the day. This truly spectacular baby mule has found his legs and spends a lot of time testing them out. Running as fast as he can. Swerving and weaving. Bucking and kicking. Just the sheer joy of being alive and free to do as he pleases. The safety of his mama and aunties surrounding him and the soft sand to play and lay in. I tried a lot of things in life to fill that hole in the soul - stuff, people, places and things - but there is nothing like the sust
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And let’s visit with the other three mares we rescued from a kill pen. And I don’t think it’s just me but these three are so different and haunting in their unique and individual beauty. And when they look at you like this it feels like their eyes are filled with questions. Horses are prey animals so it makes sense that their first concern is always “will you hurt me?” And that breaks my heart. Most of their encounters with people have been about wanting them to move. Through a gate, from here t
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I know whenever we visit with these three it’s all about Lily. And trust me it is. But all three of them are incredible success stories in terms of special needs mustangs recovering or thriving with disabilities. Blue Moon is completely blind but you wouldn’t know it. She has spidey senses that seem to enable her to know exactly where to place her feet. And her sole mission in life now is to care and watch over her Lily. And Dakoda - we were asked to take her after her adopter had to return her
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About Last night ♥️ I went out as the sun was going down to find the boys and see that they were doing ok. This is normal for the newest wild ones to stay as far away as possible and they were on the far corner of 40 acres looking at me, alert and on guard. It’s hard to describe the feelings in moments like this one. The relief, the coming down from the adrenaline filled day, the peace of seeing them back in nature knowing they feel more at home already. The pride, the immense pride in a job wel
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Here are some horses who finally made it over the hill to spring valley where the grasses go for as far as you can see 💚🌱 Drifter, Koa, Bowie and Noble had been hanging on the other side of the hill but made the track over after possibly reading a yelp review of how good the grasses are and how easy the living 🌱🌱 So here they are, in awe of this magical valley and then meeting up with a big bunch of the boys herd. Slash another white horse (technically grey) was so excited to see them and as
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And a quick visit with Courage at the vet hospital too. He had his surgery yesterday and it went so well also and he’s recovering fine and the surgeon is happy. They will both have another surgery in about a week to get some more foot off and better angles. It has to be done in stages so they can get used to bearing weight differently. The vet said they “got 3 cm separation and got the leg in the right direction, nice recovery and will stay in a cast for probably 10 days, to have the horse chang
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A herd we don’t visit as much with but which contains some of our favorite horses, including a lot of babies born and raised at skydog. But obviously not conceived here as we don’t breed. Orphaned foals, babies dumped in the slaughter pipeline and babies born or pregnant mares we rescued all call this land home now. Lady Jade is a South Steens Queen who was born at the corrals after her mother was rounded up. She’s a silver dapple pinto and strikingly beautiful. The four orphan foals we adopted
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Before we go back out to see how things look today with Flash and Midnight, I thought we should visit with another golden star of Skydog. Lily looks a lot like Flash but she sure didn’t look this way when we found her. She was at the BLM corrals and looked so sad with her coat falling off, abdomen and legs swollen and depressed as any horse we’d ever seen. Thankfully they allowed us to take her and she was diagnosed with Pemphigus Foliation which is an auto immune disease. She has to wear a UV s
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This save means the world to me - seeing these two donkeys hesitatingly take their first steps into their new lives just hit me so hard. And the way he turns around to touch noses with his Jenny and reassure her, as well as tell her “let’s do this Dolly” well it got me. And this week when so many of us are watching with breaking hearts the roundup of thousands of wild horses in Wyoming the words “united we stand, divided we fall” seem more relevant than ever. We have to stay united against these
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What a morning it was and the wind and sun, gosh it makes you feel alive and useful and purposeful. Being out here in all the elements nature can summon up is so invigorating. Waking up early with the passion and love to get outside and begin another day in service to these horses and donkeys, it’s the best life I’ve ever lived. Calypso always makes my heart soar for the joy of bringing Renegade’s mother home to Skydog and out of the filthy corrals where she spent two years after the South Steen
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So for everyone who loves the Maine Three this one’s for you ❤️💜 Today we brought Silver out into the aisle to see Sienna and Raggedy Anne before he leaves for the new Santa Ynez ranch. His arthritis has been bothering him more and more as it gets colder and we all know he would do better in warmer climbs. But first we had to bring him to see his girls. We really wanted to make sure they knew each other were doing well and are happy - and for Silver to give his blessing to Saint who has been be
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I went out last night to see these three lovely ladies 🌸 And boy are you in for a surprise when you see Snow turn towards us. Sierra is doing so well and is either joined at the hip to her friends or flirting over the fence with Ford. But Snow - well she’s the size of a barn 💜 and ready to drop that beautiful baby of hers soon I hope. We have no idea what we’re getting - mule or mustang but we’re ready for either. Her friend Cheyenne (the paint horse) is looking large but not as large so I thi
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On a day most of us will be spending with family I will be spending it with my horse family and that’s just perfect. When I think back on my life I can remember with such vivid clarity so many of my happiest moments were spent with horses. I have had this image in my mind lately of when I was in my twenties and living in New York City for work. I found a riding stables called Claremont, which had also been the name of the school I went to in England. It was a few blocks from Central Park and you
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What an extraordinary day for these four, and we will get eyes on Hyas and Flower Moon very soon. I don’t blame them for wanting to explore their new land and maybe break away and spend time alone. But these four are forever bonded by their wild lands and shared experiences. Living free, being captured, losing family and friends, everything they’ve ever known gone. So it must be good to have a reminder of home and their previous life and I’m sure Black Beauty and Smoke cherish being together as
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Oh Constance 🥹 Here is one of our three most recent saves 🤎 now sporting a fashionable neon green fly mask to keep her delicate eyes safe and covered. She is the most darling mare and so kind and trusting and LOVES her food ❤️💜 She is already gaining weight and confidence and is starting to look a lot better. I am puzzled by her short tail and wonder if anyone has any answers as to why she would have it chopped off so short and it seems almost shaved to the bone. She’s so tiny so I can’t imag
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And back with the first of many glorious videos and updates for you. Janelle and I went out as soon as I got back and how incredible was this to see. It was actually really profound today as I drove out to the ranch and it was rainy and very thick fog which was hard to see far in. Then as I came around the bend to the ranch I couldn’t believe it, as there was sheeps rock in glorious sunshine with blue skies above. Driving up the road seeing beautiful horses enjoying the bright light was a sight
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And the sun came back out in Malibu today ☀️ The past three days have been crazy bananas with the weather and we’ve had torrential rain, gale force winds, hail, frost, and finally snow yesterday. But today Mother Nature is acting like nothing happened and she’s shining brightly. These two cheeky monkeys smartly decided to stay in the barn for all of it but today ventured out to see if it was safe. We have been working with Ziggy quite a bit to keep him gentle for spring when they both will be ge
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Blue Zeus and his family this morning 💙🖤🤍 Well what a welcome back to Oregon I had today. The sun was just coming up and I wanted to see if I could find this family and in the distance I saw some ears on the top of a hill. I climbed up towards them and look who I found. Nyx and Huckleberry had a little tussle while they waited for breakfast and it was so good to get some strokes in with Stargazer, Curly Girl, Huck and Juno. I was surrounded and I just stood in this moment soaking it all in an
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Look at Tesoro with the birds riding on his back 🖤❤️✨ These four are such a great group and this day we were down near the gate doing a herd check. It’s always good to see the cookie monsters come running and Tesoro will take as many as you can carry 🤣 Ford now will take cookies off the ground and it’s a good first sign of trusting the two leggeds and made me so happy. Then of course we managed to get Wilson smiling for a cookie which always makes me smile too. While Apache was walking up you
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Snow on the ground has them impatient for breakfast and happy to see me ❤️‍🔥 Spartacus ❤️ oh this boy, well I think you know how I feel about him and his beauty and his mane. And Gatsby his loyal and trusted son always at his side as a rock of security. They remind me of Apollo and his two sons Hermes and Aslan, who never leave him either, and there’s something Shakespearean about their father and son relationship. It’s important to realize that the matriarchs of these wild horse bands are lead
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What a way to start a day watching this family run towards us for breakfast 💜❤️ It never fails to take my breath away and my heart soar to the heavens. To know what we went through to find them, adopt them and reunite them, it’s still like a dream to see them all together and with an extended family now with extra mares and friends for the kids. The movie “Blue Zeus” is now officially selected to some incredible film festivals, the latest being Newport Beach ‼️from October 16-23 and we will let
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And the cookie tour continues ❤️💜 I was out with the big herd and spotted Strongheart and Hera up on the hill watching over the herd. They keep their distance and act as lead mares for the other horses. And it’s always a thrill to see them. Spotted Soleil with them and then turned to see Pete who had wasted no time getting down to breakfast. The girls like to wait until the humans have left and I don’t blame them. And then up wanders Cookie 🖤🤍 We couldn’t leave him off the tour and it’s alway
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Dream a little Dream ❤️❤️ Firstly I want to say thank you to everyone who donated for beautiful Bambi to come to Skydog. We are overwhelmed by your incredible generosity and to special Angel Laurie who donated an amazing sum for the sweet golden girl to join her friends at Skydog Oregon. Thank you each and every one because we can’t do this alone. Today was so incredible that to celebrate @nytimes article exposing and investigating the AIP program we are in the process of also using the funds to
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