Steel Horses Chili Cookoff 2017

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A special thank you to all the riders who rode on True Blue Animal Rescue’s Steel Horses for Real Horses fun run to kick off the chili cookoff Jan 21, 2017. We had 22 riders and that meant so much to us. 13 years ago we founded True Blue Animal Rescue and we held our first fundraiser called Steel Horses for Real Horses at Yankees Tavern and Grill. After 3 years we stopped having that fundraiser but were blessed when Heather Beran invited us to be part of the chili cookoff to benefit TBAR. 
The chili cookoff was a huge success in so many ways! Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who worked tirelessly before and during the event. Thank you to Heather Baran for coordinating the event and for making it such a huge success. Thank you to Yankee and Tammy Pulkkinen for allowing us to hold the event at Yankees Tavern & Grill. They have supported us from the beginning and we are overjoyed to have moved the event back to where it belongs. Thank you to everyone who came out to see us. We had a huge show of support and that warms our hearts and keeps us strong and fighting for the animals. Not only did we raise over $6000 to help the animals but 4 of our pets were adopted too! Thank you to Brian Lippman and the Brazos Valley All Stars for playing during the event. Having Brian out with his band made it even more memorable because along with Lisa Allen (aka Kitty Spankworthy) they were the same band that played at our Steel Horses for Real Horses benefit and although the singers have changed they have supported us over the last 13 years by entertaining during our annual event. (Thank you Leanne and Patti) Finally, I’d like to thank our auctioneer this year too! Thanks to Israel Curtis we had the first live auction during the event. Thanks for coming out and showing us how to organize and put together a great live auction. We hope you’ll join us again next year! Here’s a few pictures to enjoy. It takes a village and together we can change the world!

True Blue Animal Rescue would like to thank the following vendors and businesses for donating items to auction off at the chili cook off on Jan. 21, 2017. These businesses care about the community and donate to help improve the lives of animals. Please support these businesses.

Bluebird off the Square 202 W Alamo St Brenham
Must Be Heaven, 107 W Alamo St Brenham
Park Street Bakery 112 S. Park St., Brenham
Chili’s, 2700 Wood Ridge Blvd, Brenham
Blue Bell Creamery 1101 S Blue Bell Rd. Brenham
Brenham Produce Co 1103 S. Market St. Brenham
Tractor Supply Co 2718 S Market Brenham
Lowe’s 2750 Hwy 36 Brenham
Spec’s Liquor 2410 Smith St Houston
Amy’s Pet Sitting of Brenham P.O. Box 1225 Brenham
Chappell Hill Bakery & Deli, 8900 Hwy 290 E. Chappell Hill
Puppy Dawgs & Cat Tails, 321 S. Baylor St. Brenham
Brenham Vet Hospital, 2455 US 290 Brenham
Home Depot, 2891 Wood Ridge Blvd Brenham
Dan’s Meat Market 1003 S Austin St #C Brenham
Radio Shack, 2612 Hwy 36 South Brenham
Lowe’s, 4451 Hwy 6 S College Station
Custom Pest Control, P.O. Box 331 Industry
Westwood Cinema in Brenham,
Home Depot in College Station
Olive Garden in College Station
Red Lobster College Station
Paolo’s , in College Station
Abuelo’s in College Station
Chuy’s in College Station
Steinhausers
Los Cabos 2800 Hwy 36 Brenham
Dumas Walker 1505 W Main St Brenham
Philips Vet Hospital in Brenham
The Ranch Harley Davidson in College Station
Target 32858 FM 2978 Rd, Magnolia
Windrose Golf Club College Station
Pet Supplies Plus in College Station
Cinemark Movies in College Station
Kristen Distributing in College Station
The Village in College Station
Marilynn Wrigley in Brenham
Fresh is Best, Companion Natural Pet Food
Doug and Patti Tucker in Bryan
Floozie Koozies / Alecia Arnold, 10424 Dilly Shaw Tap Rd. Bryan
Mary Francis
West End Elixir, 100 Church Ave, College Station
Dr. Kaiser, Family Dentist 2911 Texas Ave. South #101, College Station
Scentsy By Simone, College Station
Dean & Nancy Heard / Guest House on Washington on the Brazos
Smitty’s Cafe & Bakery, 1600 N Park St, Brenham
III Stephens, Inc, Michelle Winkelmann, 2450 Hwy 290 East, Brenham
Gail Baker, Brenham TX

Success Story: Bambi

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Bambi’s wonderful happy ending rescue story is one of our favorites. We just received her update picture and the transformation is so amazing we knew you’d all want to see. Bambi was saved because of rescuers and foster homes. A special think you to Kyrstin for being her foster home and foster failure adopter. It was your time and effort that made all the difference to this beautiful dog.

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Donation from Emery!

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We had another visit from one of our favorite friends. This young lady collected food for the animals again and made the trip out to deliver it in person. Thank you Emery for another great supply of horse feed, dog food and dog treats! You are making a difference in the lives of animals!

RIP Captain

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Original Post (Jan 14): Captain just came into TBAR last week and after a week at the vet and a teeth floating he went to his foster home. As you can see he’s in good spirits and eating his alfalfa cube mash but he went down this morning and hasn’t been able to get up. He wants to get up but doesn’t have the strength because he’s so malnourished. Please pray for Captain to get up. We’ve done it before so let’s do it again! The power of prayer and healing is powerful!

Update January 15: We got him up, got him loaded and on the way to the vet. Yes, it’s sad that he was starved and abandoned but thanks to a lot of amazing rescuers this horse is up and on the way to the vet. There are a lot of great people in the world!

Update January 17: Melanie and Lauren spent all day with Captain today! We started feeding him a One n Only mash and going into the evening he started gaining some strength. He was up standing and walking around. He even gave Melanie a One n Only bath. He is not out of the woods yet so prayers are still needed!

Keep praying, Captain has refeeding syndrome http://www.starvinghorses.com/Refeedingsyndrome.html
This syndrome can be fatal but we all know that the power of prayer and the action of rescuers can beat the odds. If you can visit Captain at Brazos Valley Equine Hospital at 6999 Hwy 6 in Navasota, please do. Help feed him some One and Only mash (we left a bag of it there for him) and help him get up on his chest to eat (or find someone to help) They are busy there and might not be able to give him all the individual attention he needs so it’s up to us to make sure he’s getting food regularly and being pushed up on his chest and lifted to stand. The more we go the better his chances are. I’m going after work too. Comment here with a picture if you go see him

Updated January 17: Just got here to sit with Captain. He is resting. Vet said he does this after he eats to rest and digest, and then perks up. Amy and I will sit with him for a few hours. He is not out of the woods yet, but his fighting heart is still beating!! PRAY!!!!!! -Teresa

Updated January 17: Captain lost his battle the morning of January 18, 2017. He died knowing how much we all loved and cared about him. Thank you all for going to see him and for praying for him. The only thing wrong with him was that he had been starved. I pray that together we can end needless suffering like this for all animals and humans too. — at Brazos Valley Equine Hospital.

 

 

Stray Horses Need Foster Homes

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CALLING ALL HORSE FOSTER HOMES! We have more stray horses that need our help. Here are two of them that will be ready soon but there are more. We asked people not to let them starve to death and not to send them to slaughter so now they’re being turned out or turned over to us. This is our chance to make a difference and start the wave of change. Let’s change the cycle of sending horses to slaughter or leaving them to die. If you can foster or would like to adopt a horse, please email [email protected] or call 936-878-2349. We need you now more than ever!

All dog adopts Jan 11

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All four of the puppies that where abandoned in the woods with their mother, Cookie, have forever homes! Cookie is still here waiting for her home but we’re all so thankful that these sweet babies that had no chance now have the best homes possible. Thank you for adopting instead of shopping. If you would like to adopt a dog or puppy, check out our adoptable pets and then email [email protected] or call 936-878-2349 so we can arrange for you to meet your new family member.

19 Puppies Rescued, homes needed!

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Puppies, puppies and MORE puppies. This is 6 of 19 puppies that were dumped on the side of the road in a cardboard box. A kind hearted couple took them home and is feeding them but can’t manage for long. 8 are cleaned up and in foster homes but there are still 11 that need help. If you can temporarily foster a few puppies email [email protected] and let us know. Once they’re cleaned up and vaccinated we’ll find them homes. If they don’t find homes in Texas we’ll find them placements out of state. They’re adorable so they’ll go fast!
All vet care, including spay / neuter when they’re old enough will be paid for by True Blue Animal Rescue. Please donate to this fund on our facebook page or website.