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   West Taylor visited Liberty to work with some of our most skeptical horses and to teach us how neuroregulation can help the horse feel safe and able to learn. Just like humans, horses cannot handle difficult tasks when they are dysregulated. We would like to continue this work and ask that you consider sponsoring Chief with a donation. Link in profile. Chief basically started Liberty Sanctuary. Our founder discovered handsome then 4 year old Chief in a TX kill pen and that inspired Liberty’s first freedom ride rescuing 10 horses. While Chief has made gentle progress, he is still dysregulated and benefited from some of the science-based lessons West taught him. Every horse deserves to be better understood and there’s a lot in science that can help us to better understand and care for our horses and ourselves! Thanks to @wildwest_taylor @libertysanctuary @drstevepeters @provo.ifa @ifacountrystores @redmondequine @knotty.girlz @russianrivervineyards #sciencebasedtraining #sciencebased 

    Gemma hasn’t met a cowboy like West Taylor before - one who truly understood her. He got her number right away and helped her to down regulate and feel safe to connect. You may remember, Miss Gemma was part of Liberty’s first rescue. She had her baby, Jasper, in the kill pen and arrived completely traumatized. Her baby was only weeks old when they arrived at Liberty Sanctuary. Gemma has been fearful and dysregulated but was able to find comfort working with West. Please donate towards Gemma’s continuing education. Thank you @wildwest_taylor @libertysanctuary @searrarose36 @drstevepeters @provo.ifa @knotty.girlz #sciencebasedtraining 

 Comanche is a majestic, onyx black, 8 year old draft cross who was part of Liberty’s first rescue. We have given Comanche some time but he’s still real skeptical of people. Good thing West Taylor was here to share a little dose of dopamine and to show us what’s possible with focus and commitment - and we know that Comanche is worth it! Wes also explained his why - how he got here and how he was inspired. Wait for it! Donate to help Comanche move forward. Link in profile! @wildwest_taylor @libertysanctuary @searrarose36 @drstevepeters #sciencebasedtraining #sciencebased #blackhorse #horserescue #drafthorse #rescuedhorse #passthesafeact

   Liberty was delighted to host girls and Moms from The National Charity League in Park City to share our herd with them and talk about the plight of America’s most vulnerable equines. This is just the beginning of our educational outreach to young women. Liberty is a volunteer based organization whose participants are 80% female. We love and appreciate the men who work with us also but the fact is we have more women who on board. We hope this is only the first of many visits! Please visit and share SAFEACT.org to help keep America’s horses in the United States, where they belong! There are solutions if we commit to doing the work. Liberty 🩷’s NCL!! 

  Tonight @that.hippie.cowgirl adopted her newest child - a 5 year old sunshine boy. This warrior - like many in the slaughter pipeline - trusts again and is full of love and curiosity for the life and adventures before him. We are so grateful for all who have nurtured and supported his growth. Save a life. Adopt a rescue. Reach out to adopt and visit SAFEACT.org to help save thousands of vulnerable American horses and donkeys. Congratulations Siobhan & Golden Boy. #adoptdontshop #rescueahorse #horsehero #passthesafeact #endhorseslaughter 💛 

After months of being traded and a very long journey through the night, our 6 Texas Midnight Riders are home at Liberty in Utah. None are over the age of 5 years old. All are gentle and deserving of fulfilling lives in the United States. Any horse is just one bad trade from ending up in the slaughter pipeline. Please friends, let’s come together to help America’s most vulnerable horses. Visit SAFEACT.org to send a 1 minute letter to your legislators asking them to ban the export of American horses for slaughter. You can help save thousands if lives like these. Cherished American horses belong in the United States, the country they helped develop. They are icons of freedom and must be protected. Please share and donate to care for the 6 Texas Midnight Riders! 

  We are pleased to announce the launch of SAFEACT.org supported by many including Utah’s top equine sanctuaries. The website is a national appeal to encourage legislators to pass the Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act (SAFE Act HR 3475/S 2037) which will ban the export of American equines to foreign meat plants for slaughter and protect America’s most vulnerable horses. SAFEACT.org was created by Utah-based Equine IQ and designer Allison Walton to provide constituents a convenient opportunity to share their support of the ban with a few quick steps.  The user-friendly site is operable nationwide and quickly identifies legislators based on simple user inputs using artificially intelligent technology from leading Silicon Valley developer Legisletter.org to script messages to legislators. Users will also have the option to personalize their messages. Any organization wishing to support the SAFE Act can forward the SAFEACT.org site link to their constituents. In return, the site will offer back links to supporters free of charge.  Just send a quick email to info@equineiq.org. The site’s one objective is to allow constituents to be heard and help pass legislation to ban the export of American equines for slaughter.  Please visit and share! 

 Here is the final episode from Gemma’s recent training. By the end of the day Gemma realized we were all there to support her and we plan to build on that glimmer of trust and promise. The full series and other trainings are on our site. LibertySanctuary.org/progress  #horsetraining #underestimated #gemma #horserescue #horserehab #passthesafeact 

  Trevor spent a good amount of time working with sweet Gemma last week.  Here's part 2 in our 4 part series.  Trevor 'picks Gemma' because he can understand the horse in a way most humans can't.  He knows how to get her through her troubled past and 

sees a bright future for her. #survivor

What an exciting first week of spring! Trevor was back and began working with Jasper. Followers will remember, Jasper was one month old when he arrived with his Mom Gemma from Bowie, TX 4/26/23. Eric and the volunteers have worked to gentle him and this time Trevor began to show Jasper boundaries and made him think so he can learn to rescue himself. He is certainly on his way to a beautiful life in domestication. 

Today, Trevor tried interval training with the draft crosses and spent some quality time with "Indy." We decided that this kid was still more of a little Indian so we will be calling him Indy until he has time to truly grow into a Chief! LibertySanctuary.org 

 We were tremendously honored to have a visit from Larry Ellerston and his lovely wife, Linda, on Friday. Larry is a horseman and Congressman John Curtis’ advisor on public lands, natural resources and energy. We had a wonderful visit and were able to display the progress we are making with our Liberty rescues. We had some meaningful conversations about our goal of passing the SAFE Act and ending the export of American equines for slaughter. It takes work to find solutions and the equine community is up for the task. Let’s get this done folks! Write your legislator. It really does help. Thank you to Larry, Linda, @repjohncurtis , Gina, Trevor and Eric. #passthesafeact 

  Trevor spent hours getting to know Chief, uncovering the many things he needs to learn.  It was an emotional day and exhausting for those two as they worked to communicate and figure each other out. Chief is a magnificent 4 year old draft cross with a promising future. No one ever gave him that chance until now. Trevor is here doing the hard work. Leading Chief through it. Not giving up on him like others have.  These horses don't belong in the slaughter pipeline. They need work and care.   

08.28.23 Trevor is making such wonderful progress with Comanche and he is really retaining information well. The foundation is one of the most important pieces of a horse's domestic life and when established well a horseman will always have it to fall back on when the horse is challenged in real life. Learning is not linear for the horse or human and this process takes as long as it takes. There are no true shortcuts. Be cautious of "Get By" horsemanship. There is no replacement for hard and consistent work. We all have a lot to learn and the horse remains the best teacher.  #passthesafeact #horsetraining #horsetrainer #horserescue