Ashley has been making great progress with Grayson and will be back doing Saturday Horsemanship demos on Oct 12th through the end of the month. All are welcome!! Also, check out Ashley’s incredible online training subscription platform, TheSavvyEquestrian.com. Her goal is to help develop more horsemen and horses to be the best partners. Come on out and join us!!
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!!
This week,Liberty took part in an incredible rescue of over 31 equines from the Navajo Nation. This mission was spearheaded by Dawn Olivieri and All Seated In A Barn. Liberty was honored to play a role and help welcome over 11 wild horses to the great Western state of Utah. In the end, 4 baby horses remained home @libertysanctuary and 7 horses and 3 donkeys were accepted at other UT sanctuaries. These babies came without stopping at auction or kill pens, reducing stress to the animals and avoiding diseases that are rampant in the slaughter pipeline. Their parents were sent to slaughter. We are honored to be a part of this effort and urge you all to visit SAFEACT.org to let your legislators know you insist we ban the export of majestic American horses for slaughter. Time in this Congress is running out and we need your URGENT participation now! If you wish to donate to the care and rehabilitation of our horses please click the link to donate or visit LibertySanctuary.org/Donate. 🖤🤍💛❤️
Meet Grayson, a handsome and well mannered 4 year old soon to be gelding rescued 6/24 from a Texas kill pen. Friends, gorgeous, healthy horses like Gray are being sent to slaughter. We rescue and educate them. We have 25 rescues on property at varying stages all looking for their forever partners and homes! Reach out to learn more info@libertysanctuary.org. Grayson’s adoption fee is $1200 and comes with one month subscription to @the_savvy_equestrian_‘s online training platform. Please visit SAFEACT.org to help save America’s most vulnerable equines. Make your next horse a rescue!
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 💛
Yesterday, Carl guided us through an indigenous healing ceremony to honor our place, its native ancestors, our people and especially our precious Native horses who were rounded up off the Wind River Reservation. We will begin offering at least 7 of these beautiful souls for adoption on July 13th and we wanted to make sure they were blessed and protected. 🖤🤍💛❤️
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 excited to introduce you to Ashley Dudas (www.thesavyequestrian.com) who has come to Liberty as Director, Horsemanship & Training to help give our sweet rescues the very best chance of moving on to new productive lives. To commemorate Ashley’s first demo for the volunteers, we are posting an extra long video. Come volunteer at Liberty to become part of this horseman’s paradise.
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!
We are beyond excited to share that Ashley Dudas will be joining us a Liberty Sanctuary to oversee the development and progress of our outstanding equine rescues. Ashley is a student of The Horse. Specializing in Equine Behavior and Psychology, with a background in Natural Horsemanship, as well as young horse training and development. With Ashley, horsemanship is a true art form. Ashley is dedicated to helping horses and the humans who love them reach their full potential. You can follow our progress and subscribe to her approachable online horsemanship training www.thesavvyequestrian.com . Ash spent a fun morning today with our very first horse, Miss Shiloh. Ashley brings a sense of fun and play to her work leveraging the horse’s natural curiosity and instincts. We are beyond ecstatic to welcome Ashley and Chance to Team Liberty!
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 is working to rewrite Gemma’s future. She will no longer be considered a slaughter horse. She was named Gemma because she is a Treasure. The work is intense but so is the bond they create. This is Part 3 of 4. Check our site for the others libertysanctuary.org/progress #horsetraining #rehabilitation #gemma #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
Trevor reconnected with Gemma in the most effective and emotional session. He believes in Gemma so much and carefully took the time to remind her how to give to pressure and to reconnect with him. With his love and guidance she began to open up. Gemma is a special 6 year old paint princess. We rescued her and her 1 month old baby, Jasper, from the Bowie, TX kill pen a year ago. We gave her ample time to settle in and now it’s time for work so that she can trust and become the horse we all know she can be. Think she is one of Trevor’s favorites! This marathon session will be shown in 4 parts.
Here is Part 1.
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.
Not every horse Trevor trains is a big draft. Here he teams up Eric to give Princess Strawberry Shortcake 🍓 a little foundation before her trailer ride to her loving new home next week. The last time she was in a trailer she was leaving the Bowie TX killpen. We wish Strawberry a fabulous new life! We love and miss her already but are so excited for her bright new future. Stay Fabulous Girlie! 👸🏼🍓🤩💖 Let your lawmakers know the Strawberries of the world don’t belong in the slaughter pipeline. We love you forever!
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
Trevor worked with Axel and was able to get on his back. At a point when he felt maxed he bit Trevor so they needed to have a conversation about that so that Axel could learn that biting is not an acceptable reaction to the human. Axel was hobbled so that both of them could process their interaction. Moments later, Axel chose to lay down on his own. It was beautiful to see them come together at the end of a complex session and for them to both find peace with each other. Sean was a big help and and Sarah even got to ride Axel from his seated position. The horses we rescue come with scars and histories. It's our job to uncover those wounds and address them. Too many horsemen don't commit and back away. We work to see the issues through so problems can be solved. #passthesafeact #equinerescue #horsetraining #horsetrainer LibertySanctuary.org
Trevor has been making such beautiful progress across the board. Comanche was a challenge from the start and the bond these guys have developed shows. Wanted to share some moments from the other day. Young, healthy horses need a leader and need the opportunity to learn, trust and build. They don’t belong in the slaughter pipeline. Comanche would have been dead in April, 2023. Pass the SAFE act now. #congress #passthesafeact #westernhorse #westernhorseman #horsetraining #naturalhorsemanship
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.
09.05.23 Chief is a 4 year old draft cross that we rescued from the kill pen in Bowie, TX. It's been a dream to see him start training and that day was today. Trevor spent hours exploring Chief's aptitude and level of comprehension and trust. He started very gently but wanted to know the full story. Tune in for part 2 of Chief's first day!
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
08.21.23 Trevor worked with Comanche today and showed him the most loving discipline. While some may not appreciate our methods, it’s important to test barriers. We all need to reach outside our comfort level to achieve growth. We saw that today thanks to Trevor’s calm, determined and loving manner. Comanche was treated with love and respect all day and we stayed with him as he processed new feelings and emotions. It was a miraculous day. @Congress, wild horses can be saved. They simply require a steady horseman and extreme dedication.
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