The sanctuary is open to all visitors. The children seem to connect more to the mini horses and donkeys, they aren't so Intimidated by their size, but they also see the larger horses are just as gentle.
Our Needs
This year I have ordered a duck shed 20x26 with an awning and 2 rollup doors and an awning for the round pen to give Dark Chocolate (the blind sheep) shelter during the day. Vet said here is nothing they can do for her. We are still needing electricity in all the sheds. Right now I am running extensions cords from the house to two of the sheds. I had 3 baby male goats banded and 4 male rams castrated, unfortunately the older ram Ramy, died a week later. I have rescued a mama dog who was dumped by my work, 2 days later she had 3 baby girls, they are also family of the sanctuary. Our feral cat has had 5 more kittens, we need donations to get the mama spayed. We still have not replaced the two swamp coolers that the farrier never brought back. We still need 3 swamp coolers. One of the female sheep has gone blind, Vet said there is nothing they can do for her so I keep her in the shed during the day while I work and let her out in the evening, so we a swamp cooler in there with her during the day for right now until the awning is delivered. The sheep are all kept in the shed a night so they need the swamp cooler is needing during the night as well when it get hot. A need we always have is feed, we spend ($2500 a month) for feed and farrier service (hoof trimming). Farriers charge from $65.- per horse. We have 33 horses and donkeys,13 sheep, around 60 ducks. We are also feeding whatever needs feeding, raccoons, possum ( we leave food and water out for them).
Donations are "very" much needed and appreciated! All donations are spent "exclusively" for the care and maintenance of the animals.