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Volunteers: A Rare Breed Indeed

12/19/2018

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I have lost count of the number of people who say they want to volunteer but either don’t show up, cancel at the last minute never to contact me again or come only once.   If I had to guess, I’d say 80% of people that show interest in volunteering never actually commit. 
Here are the basic job duties of a volunteer at A Home for Hooves which are not for the faint of heart:
  • Must be willing to pick up poop in various weather conditions including the pouring rain, wind, snow or summer time heat
  • Must be able to haul water to fill up water dishes when the hose is frozen or the main water tap is broken
  • Must be able to haul large bags of shavings or carry bales of straw to replace shelter bedding
  • Physically able to strip shelters and take wheel barrow after wheel barrow to the manure pile
  • Pick up a never ending supply of rocks and repair fence lines
  • Must have eyes in the back of your head so you are able to dodge rooster attacks and pig bites
  • Haul bags of feed and hay into the feed shed
  • Care for sick animals that require round the clock care and taking part in less than desirable actions to try and make them better
  • Be prepared to have your heart broken when we lose a member of the family
This is the price you have to pay for the reward of those special interactions with the animals, but they make all the back breaking work so worth it!  Our volunteers are an amazing and committed group of people that I consider my family.  Our animals receive exceptional care because of everyone’s hard work and dedication.  Volunteers are literally the life blood of the Sanctuary and we would not be in existence without their support!

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Asking for Donations

10/1/2018

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Dogs Walked/Runned - Check
Henry and Gertie Fed - Check
Dodged Presley’s attacks - Check
Gracie Fed - Check
Charles Fed - Check
Pot Belly Herd Fed While Listening to Eugene Squeal - Check
Eugene and Violet Fed - Check
Goats Fed - Check
All Waters Filled Up - Check
Fresh Straw For Everyone - Check
Dogs Fed - Check
Close Up Roosters for the Night - Check
Put Gertie and Henry to Bed - Check
Put Dogs To Bed - Check
Put Tiny Human to Bed - Check
Feed the Cats - Check
Write Blog While Watching the Second Season of “This is Us” and Snuggling Our Cat Alice - In Progress 
Asking for donations is pretty much the story of my life these days because running a sanctuary requires a constant inflow of funds.  This is in order to ensure the operation runs smoothly and the animals are cared for appropriately. There are several grant opportunities available but we haven’t been able to apply for any of them because all the ones I can find require your non-profit to be a registered charity which we are not yet.  But since we have been up and running for a year, we will soon apply for our charity status but this can take 1 to 2 years if we are approved. So for now we rely solely on donations from the public which is also harder for us to obtain because we are not able to issue tax receipts as this can only be done by registered charities.  Our main sources of income are sponsorships, crowdfunding, Patreon supporters, fundraising and online requests for donations. Constantly asking for donations is definitely out of my comfort zone and it’s not something I’m fond of doing but I wouldn’t be able to run the sanctuary if I didn’t. One of the key reasons why I am writing this blog is that I want everyone to know how the money we receive is spent.  All the funds that come into the sanctuary go directly to the animal’s care or to the infrastructure of the sanctuary. There are absolutely no administration fees and on that note you should check out the percentage of the money that actually goes to some big charities, it will blow your mind how much goes to administration fees.

Whenever possible I try and get items for free or second hand and if that’s not obtainable I must purchase them.
Here is a list of items our money is spent on:
·        Materials to build shelters
·        Labour to build – this is only for larger projects where I don’t have an experienced volunteer to take on
·        Fencing (An incredible expense due to the high quality required to keep our animals safe and contained)
·        Food (one of the biggest expenses)
·        Insurance
·        Equipment (halters, wheelbarrows, shovels, hoof trimmers, food dishes, water bowls, tarps, brushes and this list                     could go on and on…..)
·        Medication (dewormer, antibiotics, materials for minor cuts and scrapes etc.)
·        Crates
·        Unanticipated veterinary visits (A huge expense)
·        Spays and Neuters
·        Enrichment activities
·        Bedding (Straw and Shavings)
·        Supplements

I am truly honoured that there are so many members of the public that entrust their money with us.  Please know that all the money that is donated goes directly to what you hoped it would go to along with my blood, sweat and tears.  So I just want to simply say thank you!

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Knowing When to Say No

9/24/2018

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The most difficult part of running a sanctuary is knowing when you have to say no.  In one year we’ve gone from having two cats to having 21 animals in our care. In addition to caring for these animals I work full time, my husbands works away half the week and I have a 2 year old – if cloning was a thing I would happily sign up for two copies of myself.  Prior to having my daughter and running a sanctuary I used to think I didn’t have time to do things; now that’s pretty dang funny! But I have to make note that without our amazing volunteers (Sarah, Carol, Kirsti, Rick, Karen and Andrea), who do majority of the physical labour at the sanctuary, this wouldn’t be happening without their help.  They are all incredibly kind and generous individuals that I am extremely fortunate to have in my life.
At the moment I can honestly say we are at capacity until we have more infrastructure in place.  The reality is, that every week I am asked to take new animals and as much as it breaks my heart, I have to say no A LOT!  If I said yes to every animal I was asked to take, our animal count would be closer to 100 and I would be running the sanctuary irresponsibly.  In order to ensure the safety and health of the animals in our care (and my sanity) I have to take several things into consideration when taking in a new resident.
1.      Are the current animals in our care sponsored?
2.      Do I have the ability to quarantine them for at least 3 weeks?
3.      Once the quarantine period is over do I have adequate space to keep them?
4.      Are they fixed?
5.      Do they have any special needs and I would I be able to accommodate those?
If I can answer yes to all five of these questions then I will seriously consider taking the animal in.


Just to give you an idea this is what we are planning over the next year as discussed in our AGM tonight:
1.      Fundraise for a $11,000 perimeter fence, a $4000 large animal fence and about $2000-$4000 for large animal shelters
2.      Determine how our one legged turkey, Gertie, will keep her mobility as she grows
3.      Obtain a therapy chair for Henry (Cornish Cross Chicken)
4.      Build a special needs coop for Gertie and Henry
5.      Integrate Charlie #2 with the pot belly herd – this is going to take some time as he is very nervous around pigs so his             integration process is going to be long especially considering we are coming up to the rainy season
6.      Train and socialise our new rescue dogs Rocky and Lucky – these two have solid     personalities (affectionate and                  gentle) but they don’t know any commands and they have never been around farm animals before.
7.    Apply for charity status. 
Some of these may seem daunting, especially number 1, but slow and steady wins the race and we’ll achieve these goals eventually.  We just have to keep plugging along!


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The Felines in Our Life.

9/10/2018

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In December 2015 I was 4 months pregnant and had made the decision to have my 6 year old cat Athena euthanized as she could no longer battle the hereditary kidney disease that had taken her sister one year prior.  I’m not sure if it was the hormones flooding my body or not, but having her put to sleep was absolutely devastating for me and it rocked me to my core. The only thing I was thankful for was seeking out a Veterinarian that came to our home to end her suffering.  
When I had her sister Persephone put to sleep I drove to a vet clinic in town.  While I waited to end her life it was rather unpleasant having strangers surrounding me while I was doing everything in my power to keep my composure.  Persephone’s goodbye gift was biting me on the wrist when the veterinarian poked her with the needle. This landed me in the ER 12 hours later with a severe infection that ended with me being on IV therapy for 5 days.  
When Athena passed the grief was so unbearable that I remember my husband and I driving around later in the day and I had the most powerful feeling that I did NOT want to go home.  I couldn’t bear to be in our house and not have that beautiful creature come running to the door meowing her little face off as she told me everything about her day.
About a month after Athena’s passing I started to look for another bonded pair to adopt.  Late one night I came across Koda and Alice on the BC SPCA’s website and they were being featured as the Pet on the Net which is basically animals that are taking longer to adopt than average.  After reading their story I convinced my husband to drive down to Victoria to go and meet them. When we finally arrived and walked into their room we both fell in love; my husband latched onto Koda and I latched onto Alice. After spending about half an hour with them we went to the administration to review their paperwork.  As soon as I started to read why their previous owner had surrendered them my heart sank because they quite the rap sheet! Alice was apparently guilty of being very active at night, peeing on the stove (I thought this one was comical), peeing on the laundry and scratching the furniture. Koda was guilty of peeing on the laundry, scratching the furniture and pooping on the bed when he was mad.  I thought the pooping on the bed accusation was hilarious because how would the previous owner know it was him. I soon found out that Koda has massive poops compared to Alice’s dainty poops so you would definitely he was the guilty party. After I finished reading it through I thought there was no way my husband would agree to adopt them especially considering we were having a baby a few months later and cats are not typically welcoming of new attention seekers.  I have to admit that my husband completely shocked me on this day; he said that he had a good feeling about them and wanted to adopt them. Well holy toledo was I ever ecstatic because I kinda have a thing for misfit animals that no one else wants. We’ve had these two, close to three years now, and I am happy to report that in our household they are only guilty of scratching furniture. Though I must admit they did leave one thing off Koda’s rap sheet and that is the fact he drips stinky drool when he’s getting affection which is kinda gross but adorable at the same time.

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Neusters and a New Pig

9/3/2018

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Last Tuesday was a crazy day which ended with me having two bruised knees and feeling like I ran a marathon.  This day was to include having Elvis and Presley neutered along with bringing home a pot belly pig that was showing signs of aggression.  The night before the big day I put Elvis and Presley in separate carriers so I didn’t have to worry about chasing roosters around at 5am. Chickens are quite sleepy in the evening so it’s easiest to catch them during this time.  The first rooster I caught was Presley and it’s fascinating to hear the sound they make when they think they are being attacked as it’s a very specific sound used to raise the predator alarm. Now travelling with roosters early in the morning is quite an experience because my volunteer Sarah and I got to enjoy 2 hours of crowing in a confined space.  As soon as we arrived we took Elvis and Presley straight to our Veterinarian who was performing the surgeries out of the Courtney Veterinary Clinic as it required gas anaesthetic. After we left them in our Veterinarian’s care we had a few hours before we would meet the new pot belly pig so we decided to go have something to eat. We had breakfast at “Rawthentic” which makes really good raw vegan food.  After that we spent some time at the Marina and I must say that Courtney is a very pretty town with all the water and mountain views!
 
Now for the not so fun part as I knew crating this new pot belly was not going to be a walk in the park.  This pig , known as Charlie, had suffered through years of abuse and later found himself with someone who had the best of intentions to provide him with a forever home but it didn’t work out that way.  The problem was that Charlie had a very solid foundation of why he should fear humans which manifested into aggression that proved to be too much for his new caregivers. Even though they did try everything they could to correct his behaviour, his fear shown through aggression, proved to be too much for them.  Now I had been dreading this day because ONE he was afraid of people and TWO he was not fond of confined spaces as he had been sleeping outside even though he had access to two shelters. For our first attempt we put the crate at the opening of his pen and I was hoping we would be REALLY REALLY lucky and he would walk right in if we threw some treats into the back.  But who am I kidding, pigs are smart and he knew something was afoot. After about 10 minutes of patiently waiting for him to walk into the crate, with the bribery of blackberries and apples and no success, we had to move to plan B. Now going back to the pigs are smart thing, you really have one good shot to get them into a crate and if you blow it it’s going to be a hundred times more difficult.  So for our second attempt, which was a three person job, Sarah and his caregiver had to hold the crate in place and not allow him to escape as I stood in the pen with Charlie. As soon as Charlie’s front legs were in the crate I attempted to push him in but he quickly turned his body to prevent me from doing so. I’m not sure how much time passed with me keeping him between the sorting board and the crate but it felt like an eternity.  This was now a battle of strength and I was determined to win because I simply had to. I had made several attempts to push Charlie into the crate, while bracing the sorting board with my knees, with no success. When I was about to give up and every ounce of strength was almost gone Charlie tried to turn and I took that opportunity to grab him by his back end and push him in. I still don’t know how I managed to do it because I literally had no strength left but adrenaline is a wonderful thing and it gave me the extra umph I needed.  

Once he was in, we needed to get him into the van and fast.  With pigs being a prey animal they will look for any kind of exit in an attempt to escape so Charlie was trying his darndest to open the crate door.  We quickly loaded him in the van and much to our surprise he managed to shove his very powerful nose through the side of the crate which in turn blew the two plastic handles off the side - luckily we were standing right there so we were able to fix it before he made his escape.  Hence why a crate with the top and bottom bolted with screws is a must with pigs and I’m currently on the hunt for. After this attempt we then closed the back of the van and made it appear that all the exits Charlie could exploit were no longer available so he quickly settled down and laid down in his hay for the journey home.  

During the time we were getting ready to take Charlie home we received a call from our Veterinarian that the rooster surgeries were more difficult than originally anticipated.  We made the decision to only complete Elvis’s surgery and wait the two months before we would know for sure that it was successful and he stopped producing testosterone. I’ll spare you the details but rooster neuters or “neusters” as we like to call it (a term created by our veterinarian) is far more difficult when they are over 12 weeks old because a roosters testicles are internal.  Also due to the invasiveness of Elvis’s surgery he needed to be on oral painkillers and antibiotics and if you’d told me two years ago that I would be giving medication orally to a rooster I would have told you you were nuts!
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Roosters - Boys will be Boys!

8/27/2018

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We have three resident roosters at A Home for Hooves – their names are Elvis (a Rhode Island Red), Presley (a Plymouth Rock) and Henry (a Cornish Cross).  What I’ve come to learn about roosters is that they get the short end of the stick! Recently, in a two-week period, I was contacted about taking in 11 different roosters which I was unable to help with.  A difficult reality of sanctuary life is that you need to know when you have to say “no” due to capacity and safety reasons. 
 
Henry came to us at just 3 weeks of age and he looked like your everyday baby chicken. The thing with Henry is that he’s a breed of chicken that is known as a broiler chicken which are raised for the meat industry.  These birds have been specifically bred to grow at an extremely rapid rate of up to 1 pound per week.  At just 8-10 weeks of age broiler chickens are big enough to be sent for slaughter.  There is no sex discrimination for these chickens because you don’t really know if they are a hen or rooster at this age and to be honest it doesn’t matter. I had heard that these chickens grow insanely fast but to see it with your own eyes is troubling and heartbreaking. Henry’s diet is a fine balance between ensuring he has enough food and that he doesn’t have too much.  Henry’s main goal in life is to eat and you can run into danger by restricting their food because their drive is so high that they will start to consume anything around them including their bedding shavings.  Henry is just shy of his 4-month birthday but he is already massive.  To put this into perspective for you, his movements remind me of a person that would weigh at least 600 pounds.  I have been told by several people to not expect him to live past 12 weeks as he would likely succumb to a heart attack.   So in my eyes every day at the Sanctuary is a blessing as he has already outlived his siblings and gets to enjoy an outdoor environment.  My main goal for him is ensuring that he has an enjoyable and good quality of life that is not severely impacted by his mobility. 
 
Now Elvis and Presley – these two keep all of us on our toes!  These boys were part of a backyard chicken flock that were “supposed” to be hens.  Once they reached about 4 months of age, and it was apparent they were not ladies, they came into our care.  The first few weeks at the Sanctuary was quite blissful and we had no issues with them as they roamed freely on our property.  Then came the raging hormone age of approximately 5-6 months and we now have your everyday rooster who thinks he must protect his territory.  The funny thing with these two is that Elvis attacks EVERYONE except my husband and I, but Presley leaves everyone alone EXCEPT my husband and I.  It’s like they’ve come to a tag team agreement for who attacks the humans on the property.  Just to give you an idea, this is typically how Presley tries to show me he’s the boss – as soon as I turn my back on him I hear him running up behind me and he will do either of two things when I turn back around.  One - he will stop dead in his tracks, turn 90 degrees and walk away as he pretends he wasn’t planning on an attack.  Or - he will puff up his neck feathers (and this honestly reminds me of the raptors in Jurassic Park) and then attempt to attack me by hitting me with his wings and scratching my legs.  He hasn’t been successful yet but this is because I am always prepared and have something to block him with.  Are you wondering how I manage to feed everyone in their presence?  During morning feedings they aren’t let out of their coop until I’m finished feeding everyone and during the evening feedings I’m able to preoccupy them with “hen scratch” which is a feed they are quite happy to scratch and peck at.  I have done research in ways to lessen their aggression but none of the methods have been successful.  Also people are often surprised that these two get along but this is because they were raised together and they don’t have any hens to fight over.  Though they did attempt to steal the affections of my neighbor’s hens’ but this was soon shut down by their resident rooster. 
 
My plans for A Home for Hooves is to provide a haven for unwanted roosters, as majority do not get to live out their natural lives, but at the same time not becoming a dumping ground for them either.  Tomorrow we are taking the very uncommon step of having Elvis and Presley capronized (neutered) by our veterinarian in Courtney and this should result in them living in harmony with us and other roosters.  The success of this surgery will pave the way for future roosters.
 
Now for the education piece! There are usually two reasons why I am contacted about roosters. One, these roosters are the result of people buying “hens” but at around 3-4 months of age they discover they have a rooster or roosters on their hands.  Two, the roosters are dumped as their owners don’t want to deal with their “problem” and there is a good Samaritan trying to find them a home.   The reality is, roosters are an unwanted by-product of the egg industry and they are killed as soon as it’s determined they are of no value. If they aren’t destroyed as a young chick then they grow up and soon find themselves in an unwanted environment.  Here are the top reasons why roosters are deemed as unwelcome:
  1. They crow quite frequently and this can start as early as 3 or 4 am.  Not only do some people not want to hear this first thing in the morning there are cities with strict noise bylaws and roosters are simply not allowed.
  2. They can become aggressive.  At about 5-6 months of age roosters are raging with hormones which frequently results in them attacking their human caregivers.  Even ones that have been hand raised can turn on their owners or at the very least strangers.  This behaviour is a very good thing for protecting their hens but not such a good thing for you if you don’t know how to handle this or are scared of an aggressive rooster.
  3. For the hens wellbeing there needs to be a proper rooster to hen ratio so they don’t get injured from overbreeding.  This recommended ratio is usually 10:1 and trust me there are not 10 hens born for every rooster – it’s more like 1 to  1.
  
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Toddler Life at the Sanctuary

8/20/2018

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Life with a two year old is nothing short of amazing.  They develop so quickly that you blink your eyes and there is a brand new person standing in front of you.  One minute our daughter was a lump I could leave in one spot, to a toddler that is running around talking up a storm.  Now imagine feeding time mixed with a tiny human, it makes for an interesting and sometimes frustrating daily occurrence.  For some A.M. feedings I can sneak outside without my daughter waking up. These mornings are glorious in the summer time, with the sun starting to rise, a cool breeze blowing and oh yes the best part of all -  
FREEDOM!  On the days she does wake up, she is at least sleepy enough that she’s happy with me packing her around in the carrier on my back.  So all in all, my biggest concern in the mornings is thirty pounds of dead weight on my back, but evening feedings are another story!  
First we get everyone’s food prepared and every time I have to remind her that I’m in charge of measuring.  If she had it her way we’d have some very chubby pigs and goats. Now keeping a toddler focused on the task at hand is like herding a cat.  Like this evening for example, she pointed out several piles of poop, on our way down to the animals, and each one required my confirmation that it was just chicken poop before we could move on.  Another entertaining feature of a 2 year old is that they are like little parrots so everything I say and do is mimicked. If someone is misbehaving, as I’m going into their pen to feed them, and it’s met with me saying “Hey, that’s enough” this quickly results in a sassy two year old shaking her finger and saying “No piggy no”.  It has also made me realize that there are certain words that I say A LOT care of my tiny repeater.
One factor that I am fairly militant about is that she understands to respect the animals space and that she can’t kiss, hug and pet all of them including wildlife.   A few weeks ago she proceeded to chase a deer across our front yard and when I yelled at her to stop, she turned around with a toothy grin to say “I pet it mommy, I pet it”.  One learning experience for me, as to why you never turn your back on a toddler, is that they can get into trouble in no time.  Like the occasion I took my eyes off of her for two seconds to turn around and find her kissing Eugene on his snout as he pushed his nose through the fence…….this was both terrifying and adorable at the same time.  Eugene was quite the gentleman about it but ever since that day I do not let her out of my sight which sometimes makes me feel like I have the attention span of a gnat.
Now for her favorite animal at the sanctuary - that would be Henry, our cornish cross chicken.  She’s constantly trying to convince me, that Henry should come to daycare with her and that the centre console in my husbands jeep is for him to sit on to go for car rides.  Even though I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve told her “No, that’s not happening”, she still asks at every opportunity. Henry is also quite famously known at daycare as “Poop Poop” and in all fairness he does do a lot of that.  
Although it can be exhausting raising a toddler on a sanctuary it is also very rewarding.  I am thankful to raise her in an environment surrounded by animals but I am SO looking forward to the day where I don’t have to watch her like a hawk!

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How A Home for Hooves Began

8/13/2018

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On August 7 2017 I lost my father to a heart attack at just 62 years of age and my world was changed forever.  He was found by his customer he was installing a septic for but there was nothing that could be done as he had long since passed.  The coroner said he died as the result of an enlarged heart and arteries that were greater than 75% occluded.  On this fateful day, I was taking my then 14 month old daughter out for a walk when I received the most devastating news of my life.  Fortunately I hadn’t gone too far and was still in front of my neighbors house. Once I was in their driveway I just collapsed and completely broke down - I couldn’t believe what I had just been told and my world literally came crashing down.  I was a self proclaimed daddy’s girl and this was the worst day of my life.  My father was healthy, as strong as an ox and indestructible in my eyes.  Losing that one person you have looked up to your whole life and who you go to for all life’s hard decisions is incredibly difficult to process.  I don’t remember much of the rest of August other then the overwhelming love and support we received from friends, family and the community of Gabriola Island.


When this occurred I had been volunteering at the R.A.S.T.A. Sanctuary since June but I had to go on hiatus for the month of August due to the recent tragedy in my personal life.  In September, I started to pick up the fractured pieces of my new world and returned to volunteering at R.A.S.T.A. Lucie, the founder of R.A.S.T.A., had recently been contacted by an individual who was hoping to find a forever home for their 8 year old retired sow.  Lucie knew that I had recently adopted three pot belly pigs so while we were out picking strawberries she asked if I would be willing to take this pig in because she was at capacity. I had to contain my outburst of laughter because taking in a large pig was totally insane to me at the time. Trying not to be rude I told her I would think about it but I was already dead set that this was an absolute NO. The largest pigs I had ever been around were Prince and Pirate at R.A.S.T.A and they weren’t even full grown yet! And these two guys were fixed, had been raised in an amazing environment, were used to frequent human interaction and I only had 3 months of pig experience under my belt!  That night I couldn’t get this pig out of my mind but I was convinced I couldn’t take her because I was honestly scared of what taking in a nearly thousand pound pig would entail. How would I care for her? What would happen when she went into heat? Would she attack me? What would I do if she got sick? I also had one family member that was convinced she would eat me if given the opportunity, though she did try to breed with me once when she was in heat but that’s another story. After the passing of my father I had taken a serious look at my personal life. I wanted to take part in something that would make a positive impact in our community and do something that would make my daughter proud of her mother.  My father always believed in me and consistently gave me his unconditional love and support - I knew that he would be proud of me taking on this challenge and at this point I was determined to do it even though I thought the idea was ludicrous only a few hours earlier. After I was no longer on the fence and had firmly planted my foot on the other side, I made arrangements to go and meet this thousand pound pig. Her name was Debbie and she led me on the path of opening A Home for Hooves Farm Sanctuary!
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