Katie headed to her new home today.
While he was out Jason got the supplies to finish the office interior.
When we rescued her from the livestock auction she was so emaciated, you could see every bone in her body just about. She had just had her 3 month old baby pulled from her, and was pasture exposed to a stallion in this condition.
She was so so skinny it really made our hearts sink to think that someone could sit back and let their horse get into this condition.
Two months after her rescue we were able to track down and buy her baby. We were able to reunite them, it was an amazing and magical moment. We sure will miss you two, but we are so glad that you will be able to lives your lives out forever together.
Brianna answered the phones, wrote emails and did a host of things outside. She even got a halter on Tidbit and led her around. It's nice to find out that Tidbit is halter broke!
Tawnee headed to the foster home to take them some hay. On the way she got a flat tire. Tawnee changed the tire all by herself for the first time ever.
It was time for the babies that are at the foster home to be weaned so Tawnee brought them back to the rescue. The mommy's were getting quite fed up with them and will enjoy being free from the responsibilities of motherhood. The sad thing is, all the mommy's are supposed to be pregnant so they'll get to do it all over again... Hopefully for the last time! There are just too many horses.
The babies were unloaded at the rescue and settled in.
The horses were fed at their new home and settled in. We don't like to take horses to their new homes in the evening time, but the flash from the camera makes it look darker than it actually was. Also, with the sun setting earlier and earlier, more and more will have to be done in the evening.
The auction rescue fund currently has $259 in it for the rescue and care of horses at the upcoming Nov 9th auction. Every month as the fall progresses it becomes a more and more dismal scene at the auction. There are less and less buyers there hoping to buy a horse for themselves and give it a decent home. Horse prices have been dropping every month as the price of caring for the horses heads up every month. We are keeping our goal of $5,000 for the Nov auction rescue. The horses are counting on us! If we don't show up, the kb's will load up their trailers and drive away with evil grins on their faces. The KB's are hoping we do not receive any funding for this auction. They watch our website, waiting to see how many trailers they should bring to the auction.
Sally came out with a student today and pulled shoes and did trims. It is always so helpful when Sally has a clinic here at the rescue and donates her and her students time and skill to getting the rescued horses feet trimmed up. 
They got a lot of horses hooves trimmed and pulled a bucket full of shoes. Thanks so much! 
Sunny was adopted and transported to his new home today. Thanks for giving him such a great home! His new mommy is the same person that adopted Beauty. Beauty is doing great and she just had to add another rescued horse to her family.
Sunny is such a good boy and just walked right into the trailer.
Feather was also adopted today, here she is all spiffed up and ready to go with her home made shipping boots on. 
Rocket was also placed in adoption pending today. Her soon to be new mommy came out last week and fell in love with her. She just had to come out and see her again today. Her son will be Sunny's owner. Poor people, we really feel sorry for them. The first time they came out she met Rocket and fell in love. She wanted to find a horse for her son, so she tried to come out Sunday. Unfortunately found out we do not have out-door lighting to show horses at 8:00 pm. So she came out Monday, but we were gone picking up Sunny and Nancy. So she's made 5 hour round trip 4 times now! She wants us to deliver for some reason.
Thank you everyone for sending little boxes of tack donations and other thoughtful gifts to the rescue. Today Jason and Tawnee were surprised to find a package from one of our supporters just for them: a bunch of horse clothing from Back in the Saddle! Tawnee has always drooled over the stuff in that magazine, and now she actually has some. A big "Thank You" to CJ for sending this cool stuff to Jason and Tawnee!
The euthanasia clinic has almost completed its fundraising. We have enough funds to hold clinics monthly throughout the winter. We have started signing people up for the clinic, we are so glad to see that it is reaching the people and horses out there that really need it. One lady called today, she has an old senior horse with cushings that she had rescued a few years ago. She can tell it's time to say Goodbye. She started checking around, and she was quoted over $500 again and again. Imagine her surprise to learn of the clinic where she can let her friend pass peacefully on for only $25. She is on Social Security and simply cannot afford the $500 needed at most vet offices. She has given this old horse a wonderful home and lots of love, and now thanks to your support she is able to provide a humane and dignified ending. This is a perfect example of what the euthanasia clinic is focused on: giving people an economical way to say "Goodbye." If this was not an option for her, she very likely would have been forced to send it to auction, hoping against hope that someone would step up and do the right thing for this horse, but who goes to auctions wanting to buy old cushings horses? Only one kind, the guys that see dollar signs on hooves.
Tawnee did another magazine interview about the clinic. We've been receiving a steady stream of emails from rescues, humane societies, animal controls, etc across the nation who have looked at the big picture and are wanting to start euthanasia clinics of their own. It's great that other's have seen the bigger picture and are wanting to be a part of the solution, not a hindrance to those that are the solution.
Galloping up the hill.
"Boo Clay, here I am!"
Then it was time for a little rest, he started acting like his normal self, but not for long.
We could tell he was off on another mission to race around the pen.
Down the hill he flew.
Off he went.
Bucking and kicking out of sheer delight at being alive. It's so great to see Robert enjoying life to the fullest. If it wasn't for us he could be on a dinner plate in France right now.
Snowplow, Sierra and Christopher were adopted today! Snowplow was transported by his adopter to his new home today, and Sierra and Christopher will be transported on Thursday.
Deb and Annette came out today to work with the horses and do office work. 
Jason and Tawnee had to head off to pick up some horses in the Bay Area that were surrendered to us. The owners husband passed away and she was no able to keep them. Jason was planning on heading down himself, but she warned us that one of them didn't like to load. The last time she was loaded she had to have stitches in the end. So that meant Tawnee had to go too. It seems that there have been a lot of tough loading horses being sent our way recently, hopefully this trend stops soon.
This is her best friend Sunny, a very lovable QH cross gelding who didn't mind jumping in and out of the trailer a few times to show Nancy how it's done.
First, Tawnee tried the old "Hi, you want to get in right?" trick. Didn't work. We could tell there was some major stress on the owners part to see us working on loading her sweet girl. Half an hour later, a gasp of surprise and relief went up from her previous owner as she loaded in the trailer. Loading difficult horses is a gift, we probably won't be starting clinics...
Both the horses were safely loaded without injury or stress to either one, and we were on our way back to the rescue.
Of course there is always that Bay Area traffic.
After the rush hour was over it was a nice drive watching the sun go down. It sure was a particularly beautiful sunset. But then...
...you could have guessed it, a flat tire. We're not sure they can put a patch on that one. It went flat on a section of freeway where there was no possible place to pull over, so we had to drive on it for about a mile. 
We enjoyed the sunset as it got even more beautiful. This is not just a picture of the beautiful sunset, it is the final picture taken with our faithful camera of many years. It has taken hundreds of thousands of wonderful pictures, but this evening the lens got tired of coming in and out and it beeps while it says "Error E18." Rest in pieces little camera!
