Terri Farley

Friday, February 13, 2015

Born to Be Wild

MEET THE PHANTOM STALLION’S SON: RAIN CLOUD

The real Phantom Stallion wasn't alone when he was rounded up from the Virginia Range of Nevada. His mare Shy and a dark gray colt came with him. All three were saved from slaughter by people with hearts for horses.

A girl named Amber fell in love with the colt and named him Rain Cloud and adopted him.

Rain Cloud stayed in his native Nevada, but his mother and father, the Phantom and Shy were freed into the Wild Horse Sanctuary in California. If you want to see their day of freedom, click here for video

Rain Cloud lived in Nevada even after Amber left for an out-of-state school Amber's mother Margaret took care of the gray colt, who was slowly turning the silvery moon color of his sire. Rain Cloud. He got good food and water, and a domestic mare took over as his substitute mother.

After a few years, Margaret invited me to meet grown-up Rain Cloud.

By now he was pure white with black mane and tail. He had kind eyes, a proud stride, and a wild stallion attitude. He reminded me so much of his sire.

With Amber gone, Rain Cloud had fallen out of the habit of listening to people.

In the picture at right, you can see he's turned one ear to catch my voice, but he had no real intention of doing what I asked.

A few months later,Rain Cloud's substitute-mother mare had died of old age. Rain Cloud was not a happy guy. He needed a wild horse adventure, but he couldn't be set free He needed training to live among humans and he was so lucky that Palomino Armstrong happened to be in town on the weekend Margaret decided it would be best for the grown up colt to go to California with Palomino.

COMING SOON....

Rain Cloud in California or What Do You Mean I'm Not the Boss?

Labels: Chilly Pepper Miracle Mustang, mustang, Palomino Armstrong, phantom stallion, Rain Cloud, Shy, Valentine's Day, wild horses

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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Love & Groceries Turn Dead-end Arabian into Dream Horse

WHERE DO THEY REALLY GO?

Dear Readers, This is an update from Palomino. Anything I added is in bold print.

When a horse is "given away for free, or sold for a very modest price", how sure are you where they actually end up? Many people are not aware that there is a huge, sadistic and ever growing market for cheap and free horses. Here's how people looking for these horses appear like the perfect new owners --

People "rent" part of someone's ranch to show the perfect new home for your horse, but they are in kahoots with the ranch owner. Both buyer and property owner share in the profits.

"Husband and wife" or perfect "couple" appear to be such animal people, but they're skilled kill buyers

Buyer claims to need a number of gentle horses for a 4-H, church, at-risk kids program

When someone sees a horse that looks like Magic did when we got him, they don't see his potential. Many horses that end-up in the slaughter house were just in need of some TLC.

Knight was advertised "for free to a good home". I did not see the ad , but was told about the horse. Since we are having a such a crisis nationwide where "free" horses are picked up and sent to slaughter, we jumped at the chance to pick up this Arabian. We had not seen him, but committed to picking him up the very day we were told about him. We changed his name and now BLACK MAGIC is at home with us, and doing very well, thanks to our local vet, but he might have ended up in the slaughter pipeline.

So, if any of you out there are looking for an equine friend, check out those "free horses". They may l need training or special supplements, but look at how Magic looks compared to when we brought him home. He is a wonderful horse and has an enormous amount of potential.

P.S. Groceries, vitamins and medicine aren't free. If you can't take in a needy horse, please help Palomino do it ! You can donate here: http://chillypepper.weebly.com/donations.html

Labels: Black Magic, Chilly Pepper Miracle Mustang, horse slaughter, Palomino Armstrong, rescue

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Monday, October 08, 2012

Canine Soldier Comes Home to Palomino & Friends

Dear Readers, The ever-giving Palomino Armstrong & her husband Matt have taken in another broken creature and hope to make him whole.

This beautiful red/brown doberman was a military war dog. His handler/soldier was killed in action. Since the death of his handler, the dog has bounced around a couple of different places, and needed a home. Palomino says: This dog is a war veteran (through no choice of his own), and not only has he seen action, but most likely watched his soldier die. We need to honor each and every soldier that comes home, and mourn those that don't. So, not only to honor Soldier aka Scooby, but to honor his handler and one of our own, Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang now has their very own soldier. He is one of the first steps toward fulfilling our dream. (We still have very little background on what he did and what he was trained for, so we are being very careful and going slow with him. We are paying close attention to the things that make him nervous or uncomfortable, and waiting for more information on this soldier. He definitely deserves a "forever" home after all he has been through" Palomino's Big Dream for Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang, Equine Rescue & MORE - is to find a place with cabins for service women & men who have been injured or just need to decompress. Not all soldiers are ready to just jump back into the "mainstream life".. Palomino adds: We are very excited to be able to step up and help one veteran.He has met all the other critters and we believe that he is settling in very well.

Labels: Chilly Pepper Miracle Mustang, Palomino Armstrong, Soldier. war dog

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Sunday, September 05, 2010

Little Horse Lost -- and found

FROM PALOMINO'S JOURNAL:

We made it through Saturday, Praise God!!!
I am officially in my "horse coma" / "baby survival mode."
In this state your only function in life is to take care of baby -- feeding,iv, cleanup, flipping, standing up -- Life outside no longer exists.

You can't think about the foal living or dying; you just have to tell yourself,
It is going to be so worth it when he is healthy and happy...

All ya'll in our horsey world that are supporting this little guy, well you rock. It is so awesome how everyone comes together at crunch time. We have had people from the "goating community" offering fresh goat's milk, and other rescues are donating blankets. Usually I favor animals over people, but I have to say the people are definitely ranking pretty high around here, too.

To stay awake, I started counting Honeybandit's bites;
I applied medicine to 97 bites on this baby!

He also has a lot of weird cuts all over, but we are taking care of them.
BLM stated that a young horse had just beat him up, but the vet says much of the wounds are old and it would have taken 2 weeks for this damage to happen.

STILL, there are times when you can see a light inside and know that there is a teeny tiny soul in that beat up body. When Honeybandit kicks and thrashes around like a beached fish cuz he doesn't want his "yummies" (milk-mix), and then turns to grab a mouth full of hay as if to say, I don't want it and you cant make me cuz I'm gonna eat hay instead - so haha!

Labels: Chilly Pepper Miracle Mustang, Honeybandit, orphan foal

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