Rescue Center

     Sadly, equine rescue has become a much needed service across our nation. Storm Creek accepts rescue horses on a regular basis and no one is turned away. These horses have been abused, neglected, misused, and denied medical care. The physical scars are enough to make you shudder when you think of what had been done to cause them; the emotional scars are often deeper and much harder to heal, causing a deep mistrust of people. We do what we do to try and give a little something back to the animals we love. There are many rescue programs across the nation that provide a variety of services. If you know of a horse in need of help please do not hesitate to contact your local authorities or rescue program.

      We could always use some extra help. If you would like to donate time or supplies please contact us at stormcreekhorseco@yahoo.com for more information. Some examples of supplies needed are: Feed, Senior Feed, Worming meds, Medical Supplies, Hay, Fly Spray, blankets, halters, ect.  Volunteers are always welcome and can do whatever they feel comfortable doing such as grooming, giving leading lessons, petting and paying attention to a shy horse, and helping to build shelters/fence for the rescue horses.

You can keep up with the comings and goings of the rescue horses by visiting our blog. We will post when new horses come in and when they are adopted and tag them "Rescue Work".


                           Many Thanks

Jennifer Johnson, who let us use a stock trailer when we had to get twelve horses out of a very bad place! Thanks Jen!!!

Dan and Lynette Estil, who are fostering three rescue babies in their pasture and passing their love of horses down to their girls!!!

Susan Mayfield for her donation of halters, lead ropes, and lunge lines. This helps out so much with what we do!!!

Jennifer Rhea for her donation of bits, headstalls, halters, and lead ropes. Thank You!!!

Karen Foraker - Her donation of blankets, hoods, and halters was awesome! Thanks so much, Karen!!!


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This page is in loving memory of Cookie. He was a sweet old gentleman, careful around children, and a valiant survivor. We had to euthanize Cookie on December 28th, 2008 due to a resperatory infection that he just couldn't beat. He had four good months here with all the food and love an old guy could want. He is missed.


Victims of the Economy


As many of you know, when the economy is down, people aren't the only ones that suffer.  We have gotten many calls recently from people who no longer want or cannot continue to care for their horses. Foreclosure, unemployment, recession.... We do our best to never turn anyone down and so, even though these horses are for the most part healthy, we are taking them in as rescues.

They will be treated in the same manner as the rescued horse are : health care, training, time, and gelding all stallions before adoption. We will try to keep this page as updated as possible and let you know as soon as a horse is ready for adoption.
                     What We Do


Usually, when we get a rescue horse in it is either wild or ill. Sometimes both. For the wild ones, like Wildfire seen above (a BLM mustang mare), we take it slow, work quietly, earn their trust, and go from there.



                          

Our theory is that trained horses are by far more desirable than untrained horses. We train anything that is over three years old and healthy for riding or driving, ground manners, loading, standing for a farrier, and much more before allowing them to be adopted. We feel that this will help keep them out of a bad situation later on in life.
Anything that isn't three yet is trained in everything but riding or driving and then adopted out with the stipulation that they be returned here for thirty days of free training when they reach three years old.
Occasionally, we also have a horse that may be unsound for work. If these animals are not in pain we find them companion animal homes and if they are in pain we euthanize.


We do not adopt out any stallions; everything is gelded before leaving our place. We practice Natural Barefoot Trimming and make sure that the horse's feet are in shape before they are adopted out. Lastly, we only adopt a horse out if it is healthy. Anything considered to be an illness or defect will be listed on a health certificate and disclosed prior to adoption.

 Our requirements are fairly simple. We must do a home visit, get a completed application, check three references (vet, farrier, personal), and get a signed no sell/no breed contract. We also ask that you come out for no less than one hour on two occasions to spend time with the animal that you have chosen.

We feel adoption is a priveledge and should be treated as such. We do the best that we can to ensure that the horses that we have put so much time, effort, and love into do not end up back in a bad situation. That is why we have requirements.

Please email us at stormcreekhorseco@yahoo.com with any questions regarding our program.