With Winston, the memes write themselves
Saved from Slaughter Winston is a walking meme machine We’ve all seen those touching stories about horses that were saved from the brink of slaughter, then became some huge phenomenon that shattered records and changed the world. That’s Winston. Mark my words. He was only 9 months old when some irresponsible breeder sent him to […]
Why adopt from a rescue when I can ‘save’ a kill pen horse?
This article is not about the controversy over Facebook’s kill pen broker pages, but it’s impossible to deny they’ve had an impact on horse rescue. That’s not a criticism or an opinion. It’s a fact. Until recently, rescues could intercept a horse at auction for $300-$500. The rescue could invest $500 into rehabilitating the horse […]
Done with flies?
Horses dancing, stomping, nipping at their bodies and swishing their tails. Itchy skin rashes, infected wounds that won’t heal, bald patches from rubbing against posts, fences, or anything else that brings relief. It’s time to take up arms in the War on Flies! While we appreciate the greening of our pastures, we’re not thrilled with […]
Why the BLM’s Cash for Mustangs program makes me nervous
If you Google “BLM cash for mustangs,” you’ll find a wealth of press releases extolling the virtues of a program that will surely solve the “problem” of mustangs multiplying like parasites and threatening the American landscape. This isn’t one of those articles. I don’t claim to have all the answers, but I do know a […]
Tornado Warning: Horse Owners Prepare
Keeping Horses Safe in Severe Weather In Oklahoma, we experience severe weather in every season: ice storms and snow in winter; drought, humidity and 100+ temperatures in summer; and flash floods, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in spring and fall. We grow up knowing how to prepare, especially for tornadoes. But how do you prepare an […]
(Cinder) Ella – The Perfect Horse
Let me start by saying there’s never a good reason for a horse to end up on a kill lot – only excuses. But when we bring a kill pen horse to Swingin’ D, we can usually imagine why its owner gave up on it: Bad feet, injuries, age, abilities, temperament… We’ve seen all the […]
Ralphie: All healed and growing strong
Ralphie’s Facebook kill pen debut said he was 2 years old, well started and ready for anything. At barely 13 hands, he was probably too small to work on an Amish farm, which may be why he landed on a kill lot. https://videos.files.wordpress.com/S5jszQxl/ralphie-kill-pen-ride_hd.mp4 His kill pen ride wasn’t pretty, but he appeared to be started […]
Thanks to our 2019 donors!
Thanks to our donors, 2019 has so far been a tremendous year! Without your donations, we would’ve had to stretch our savings and stick to only the essentials. Your generous gifts have helped fund additional pasture land, a new horse walker, fences, bedding, weed killer and fertilizer for our pasture, and much more. Because of […]
Thank You is not enough
Shortly after I set up a birthday fundraiser for Swingin’ D Horse Rescue on Facebook, I was hit like a freight train by pneumonia. I’ve never been so sick in my life. I didn’t even know when my birthday flew by. I wasn’t able to get out of bed for two weeks so I was […]
From death’s door to life’s gateway
May 12, 2019 – We didn’t have room for him, but we couldn’t stand to watch him hobble around the kill pen with his obvious leg injuries. When we imagined this skinny, weak, limping horse being loaded into a crowded trailer where he’d probably be trampled to death on the journey to hell, we couldn’t […]
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