DDF Blog

July 29th, 2024

7/29/2024

We need your help! Our vet bills have really pilled up recently. The last group of horses that we brought back from Sugar creek turned up with bad respiratory infections. Annie will be having a procedure to help with her incontinence and yesterday, Cinder was kicked by another horse in her hind leg and we are waiting on the Vet this morning to look at it. Our back balance at this point is over $3000. We can use all the help we can get! Every single donation helps!! Preferably through PayPal or Venmo as those funds are available immediately and FB can take up to 6 weeks
PayPal @ [email protected]
Venmo @ Daydreams-fam
Or you can call Thumb Vet directly and submit a payment to our account!
Their number is on the invoice attached below! Thank you to all of our supporters, as always we cant do what we do with out YOU

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May 30th, 2024

5/30/2024

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May 25th, 2024

5/25/2024

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THREE OVERWORKED AND ENDANGERED
SOULS OUT OF DANGER!

On May 3rd, were watching the auction online when this little Morgan mare came through with horribly over grown feet. Only kill buyers were bidding on her, so we placed a bid online and now this girl is safe! The following week we went to the auction in person and were able to bring home two more broken souls.
Our policy is not to target the "good" ones. We never try to outbid another rescue or private buyer. We specifically target the ones that have issues, the ones nobody wants who are most at risk of ending up in a kill pen or slaughter truck. How many horses we can rescue and rehabilitate directly depends on the amount of funds that we have. Please consider sending a donation today! All donations go DIRECTLY to pulling seriously neglected horses at risk of going to slaughter and to pay for their medical expenses. Our goal is to get them rehabilitated and off to new, loving homes. It was a good day to save lives!
HOW TO DONATE:
Any credit card via our website at www.daydreamsfarm.com

PayPal @ [email protected]
Venmo @ Daydreams-farm
Cash App @ 810-335-4183

WITHOUT YOU WE CAN'T BE US!
On behalf of our VERY grateful rescued animals, Thank you so much for your support!

Morgan Mare-Now named Cinder

This is the mare we bought online. She is 21 years old, registered and has amazing bloodlines. Our research found almost her entire history. She was once a very valuable, well bred Morgan who was a lesson horse and loved most of her life until she was dumped somewhere two years ago. That's where her trail ends, but clearly she hasn't had a great life since. She has foundered and her feet will take several corrective trims to even find out if she is still sound. She seems to have some mental trauma as well and has some trust issues we hope to correct with lots of love and attention.

Haflinger Gelding-Now named Alphie

This is the little Haflinger gelding that we picked up, we believe he has a condition called Stringhalt and he has suffered some pretty severe founder in the past. He has a lot of balance issues and his feet will take a lot of corrective shoeing and he will always need to be on a dry lot.
We do not know yet if he is a candidate for Stringhalt surgery until he is properly evaluated by the Vet. He has some pretty severe issues going on, but we will do everything we can to help him.

Belgian Draft Mare-Now named Annie

We believe that this poor girl has been used as a baby factory her whole life. Her uterus is prolapsing and her muscles are so weak back there that urine is constantly dripping down her back legs. The skin on her legs is raw and burned from this. She was washed up and we are applying Desitin to her legs to create a barrier for now. We are hoping a Caslick procedure will help with this. She is a very sweet and kind girl and we are so happy to give her a second chance.

Freedom Walk

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February 27th, 2024

2/27/2024

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Day Dreams Farm Hosts Pony Rides at New Baltimore's 2024 Winterfest Family Day!

Our miniature horses Napoleon (blue stars) and Slash (red stars) let kids love on them all day while our full size horses Harmony (white) and Charlie (brown) gave pony rides. Several volunteers, old and new, joined in to help. Keep a look out on our Facebook page and our website for more events coming up!

Facebook: Day Dreams Farm Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation
Website: daydreamsfarm.com

Any questions, please email us: [email protected]

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February 27th, 2024

2/27/2024

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Day Dreams Farm Volunteers Take on The New Baltimore Winterfest Polar Plunge!

Volunteers Kaylea, Laura and her son, Ashley and her daughter, and Joann and her daughter all took the polar plunge in New Baltimore this past weekend to advertise and raise money for the farm.

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February 22nd, 2024

2/22/2024

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Meet Willow!

This is Willow. She is an Appaloosa Mare that we found at the Sugarcreek, OH Auction in 2023. She was advertised as part of a herd of horses that a man owned prior to his recent death. Willow was advertised as "possibly pregnant" due to being "exposed to a stud" but no one was 100% sure.

We initially bought Willow to become our owner, Lisa's, personal horse versus just a rescue. However, when we went to load Willow into the trailer, she made it very clear she would need a lot of work before she would be rideable. She was utterly terrified of any human contact due to being unhandled or mishandled and was very "shutdown," carrying her head low the entire four hour trailer ride home.

Once we got Willow home and were able to see her in the light, we noticed she had bronc brands on her front shoulder. It also became clear she had recently had a baby taken off of her, as her milk bags were still mildly swollen.

Lisa has been working with Willow from day one to get her more comfortable with humans.

She has come a far way, but still has a VERY long way to go before she is able to be handled regularly by multiple people. Right now, Lisa is still the only one able to touch her, and that is if she is worked with frequently.

We have, however, determined Willow is in fact, pregnant. She is due literally any minute now and we cannot believe she has held onto the baby this long!

More updates to come on Willow as she progresses in her rehabilitation and when her baby is born!