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Foster Feature: Moonshine

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Today’s Foster Feature is Moonshine by Melanie DeAeth

This beautiful gray stallion was seized in a large group of horses that had been running wild and breeding. He was about 4 years old and we could not get a halter on him so I needed to train him to be haltered and handled well enough for a vet to come out and vaccinate and geld him. I set out to do the work I love so much. There is no greater feeling than teaching a horse like this to trust. I knew I had to work with him every day so many evenings after work I ended up working with him at night, and in the moonshine. Which is where he got his name. I’ll never forget one night when I was working with him and getting him to continue to accept the halter and the pictures my husband took came out full of orbs. Believe what you will about this, I’m not sure myself, but it was a peaceful night and a night where Moonshine learned to trust and the pictures around him had orbs and our test pics around other animals that night did not. It was not raining that night either. It was my testament that working with these sensitive animals is magical work! As you can see, in the end he was haltered. I am posting some videos showing some of the work we did together too.

After Moon was vaccinated and gelded he went into a pasture with a group of geldings. He’s always been a soft and gentle soul who is searching for his special someone but needed more round pen training so he’d become a safe adoptable horse. Finally his turn to go to the trainer came and after a month with Juan Vendrell of TC Ranch Ventures here’s Moonshine accepting a halter, being brushed and he can be saddled.

The next phase of his journey will be continued training with a foster home. He should be going there in a week and we’ll hear more about this rescue horse’s journey

Foster Feature: Tommy Boy

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Foster Feature: Tommy Boy, By Melanie DeAeth
I have been doing rescue for most of my life and have watched things evolve and change over the years. One of the best things that has happened in rescue is social media. The ability to network and find a home for an animal by sharing their picture and story has led to rescue transport and placements across the country. This has helped save a lot of lives.

True Blue Animal Rescue has a Rescue Animal In Need page called RAIN Networking. When our foster homes are full, and that’s more often than not, we can’t take the animal into our rescue so we post them on the RAIN Networking page. From there others can share their picture and story and the animals find homes!

The first time I saw Tommy Boy was on Facebook. The close up of his eyes haunted me. Meanwhile, a friend and fellow rescuer, Casie Cooper, filled me in on his plight. This sweet boy was found near death and brought to the Fort Bend shelter. Shelters cannot rehabilitate dogs because they don’t have the space or the manpower. He made it to someone before he died but he was doomed because he ended up in a kill shelter that couldn’t rehab him.

Lucky for Tommy Boy, Bridget Love, a shelter volunteer, saw him and decided to do something about it. She got some pictures and proceeded to find someone to save him. The first rescue that offered didn’t have space or a foster home so they started raising funds to board him. There is a boarding place that accepts rescue animals long term but they need six months board in advance so this rescue was trying to raise $2500 before his shelter stay was up and he was tagged for euthanasia. Within a week there was $1000 in his fund. Still not enough to send him to the boarding place but enough to give him a voice and enough to cover his vet bills and give him a chance. That’s when Casie called me again and reminded me about this sweet dog who I couldn’t stop thinking about. There were a lot of people who donated to help Tommy. He wasn’t just one more starving and abused dog anymore he had a voice and I couldn’t ignore him or his sweet expression any longer.

We made arrangements for Tommy Boy to come live at my house. He took a freedom ride from Fort Bend shelter with Bridget to Casie’s house. From there my son, Cory DeAeth, picked him up and brought him to Brenham to live with us. He has puncture wounds, ear infections, eye infection and he’s very skinny. Once he gains weight he’ll be neutered and will go up for adoption. Meanwhile, you can follow his progress on Facebook page, A Walk With Tommy Boy. Like the page so you can see his progress and cheer him on.

Tommy’s story reminds us that it takes a village to do rescue and that it’s up to all of us to do what we can to put an end to abuse neglect and overpopulation. Don’t look the other way or think someone else will save this animal, do something yourself. The reward for rehabilitating a rescue animal is worth the effort.

Throwback Success Story: Taffy!

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Today’s Throwback Thursday is Taffy! We had the pleasure of having her visit us during open house last weekend. Here she is with her own little girl in the bluebonnets and a picture of her with her family during our open house! It always makes my day to see one of our rescue dogs with their family!

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Pet of the Week: Nebula

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This week’s Pet of the Week is another one of our puppies. Right now Tbar is stacked full of puppies. If you would like a puppy please consider this beautiful little girl. Nebula is a beautiful black lab mix puppy. She is a happy, healthy little girl and ready for someone to love and call your own. Nebula is about 8 weeks old now.She is up to date with her shots and ready to go. If you’d like to meet Nebula or any other puppy we have give us a call or send an email. Tbar is a no-kill rescue. Save a life and adopt instead of buying a pet. Check out all our animals at www.t-bar.org, give us a call at 936-878-2349 and you can email us at [email protected] to make an appointment. Please remember to have all your pets spayed and neutered. It is the right thing to do.

Success Story: Roy!

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Today’s Success Story is Roy. He had been with us for years. He had separation anxiety and needed to be inside with people or he’d worry and pace. Being a large dog that made him hard to adopt. Then, a few months ago he met his special people and they knew it was a perfect match. Now Roy lives in a house and sleeps on a bed and has all the comforts he deserves. I ran into him and his owner at the vet for a checkup not too long ago and was amazed at how calm and content he is now. This adoption gives us faith that there is the perfect person for each of our rescue babies! Happy tails Roy! You deserve it!

Pet of the Week: Nova Prime

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This week our Pet of the Week is another of our “Guardians of the Galaxy” puppies, who were a surprise litter that came from a rescued senior stray named Sage back in July! Nova Prime is a happy little lab mix who loves playing in a kiddie pool outside, and then coming in and sleeping on a big comfy pillow! She is ready and waiting for her forever family to find her, so help us to help her by passing around this post!

Nova is one of five puppies currently in TBAR. All of them are at that perfect playful age that love to learn new tricks, enjoy toys, and cuddle.

If you are interested in adopting, download our adoption application here: http://bit.ly/TBARadoption

Email it to [email protected] and we will get back to you right away!

Foster Feature: Sonador

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Today’s foster feature is our newest rescue horse, Sonador.

The County Livestock Officer in Austin County responded to a call and found her tied, around the neck, to a tree- both back feet tied with a rope- starving, with no food or water anywhere she could reach. He IMMEDIATELY seized her and called for TBAR’s assistance.

She spent 5 days at the vet waiting for a clean coggins report. Since this case was going to court evidence had to be collected too. Even though it was more than obvious to the vet the horse only needed food, he had to run fecal tests, full body exams and assessments to determine that she is a healthy otherwise, underweight, 10 year old mare who’s current condition was due to the lack of food.

We would like to thank Deputy Nathan Hale for removing her from this abusive home and the judge in Austin Co who awarded her to True Blue Animal Rescue on August 20, 2014. Now we can all breath a sigh if relief knowing that this sweet mare will never suffer again!

Sonador will need a few months of foster care with good food and lots of love to recover from her abuse/neglect. She settled nicely in with the other horses in her current foster home but she’ll be ready for an adopter very soon! She’s sweet, gentle, easy to handle and loads easily into a trailer. Please email [email protected] or call 936-878-2349 if you’d like to adopt. If you’d like to donate toward her vet care use True Blue Animal Rescue’s facebook donate button.

Event Recap: Horseman Market Days 2014

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Equestrian Market Day was successful for another year. This event was held at the Brazos County Expo and sponsored by The Brazos Valley Driving and Riding Club. It’s a great opportunity for horse enthusiasts to buy things for their equine hobby at bargain prices. Even though it was hot, humid, dusty and a lot of work, at the end of the day, we want to do it again. For Tbar it’s a great opportunity to make money to help the animals. Thanks to the many wonderful people who donated horsey items for us to sell, we did just that. Lots of people stopped by to say hi and to browse through everything Tbar had displayed to sell and to learn more about rescue. This type of exposure is very important for the public as well as a learning experience for our volunteers. Thank you to all who braved the heat and worked hard to make this event a great success. The following pictures show a great turnout both from Tbar and the public. It is events like this that take lots of work and dedication from our volunteers, as well as officers and staff.

Success Story: Sable!

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Success Story Wednesday! Sable was bottle fed by foster home Simone Nicole Belotal until he was old enough to be adopted. Bottling babies is very difficult and many kittens don’t make it. Sable is one of the lucky ones thanks to Simone. Now Sable has been adopted! Here he is with his forever home and best yet, this is Simone’s Mom so she’ll get so see Sable lots of times and know he’s being loved and cared for! One of the best possible outcomes! — with Deborah Petrosky.

Pet of the Week:

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Who doesn’t love puppies and a yellow lab puppy at that? This six week old puppy is looking for a family of her own! Her mother is a lab mix and little Carina looks like a beautiful yellow lab baby. She is healthy, up to date on shots and worming and ready to give love and puppy kisses. If you’d like to meet Carina or one of her black lab siblings give us a call or send an email.T-BAR is a no-kill rescue. Save a life and adopt instead of buying a pet. If you are looking for or would like more information on any animal you see on our website at www.t-bar.org and see all the animals that we have available and to learn about the adoption or foster program guidelines and download an application.  Fill it out and send it back (email or regular mail) and once you are on file as an approved adopter or foster home, you can meet any animal you want and take them home for a sleepover – try out. Or give us a call at 936-878-2349 and you can email us at [email protected]  to make an appointment.   Please remember to have all your pets spayed and neutered. It is the right thing to do. pet_6168_2 pet_6168_1