We are very excited to announce that Hooves & Paws is expanding to be able to help even more horses and all size dogs and cats! Read More...
We would like to thank everyone who joined us to discuss our expansion plans and our proposal for animal control in Mills County, IA. We will be posting an update as time allows regarding where we are at with our expansion and also our proposal regarding animal control in Mills County, IA. very soon.
Why do you start a rescue?
They all have a past, but now they have a future.
Our horse and large
breed dog rescues
have many
needs
when they come to us. The most basic being, a loving place
to call home for a month, a year or perhaps a lifetime.
Isabella Rochelle
Crossed Over
the Rainbow Bridge
Hooves and Paws
Expansion
$2500 Reward
November 2010
Carroll, IA Quarter Horse Seizure
“MARY
DARLINE (DAR) WAGGONER”
JUNE 26, 1926 - MARCH 9, 2011
As is
the case with many animal rescues, Hooves & Paws, Inc. does not
receive any funding. We rely entirely on the kindness of
private donors to support our mission. We'd like to say, thank you
to everyone that has so generously given to our rescue.
Click here
to see how
others have helped our animals.
What does it cost to
run a rescue?
Genea & Chuck
Hay
Donations Needed
Hay is needed at Hooves & Paws Rescue. Hay must be weed & mold free
and stored indooors. Hay at a reduced price would be wonderful also.
Please pass the word to those you know that may have a little extra
hay and would be willing to donate a few bales. We will be happy to
give you an In-Kind donation slip for any hay that in donated. We
will haul -Just give us a call!
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We are in desperate need of "safe houses" for rescued horses and large breed dogs. We have many horses & large breed dogs that need a place to call home until they can be adopted into forever homes. We get phone calls every day to place animals at our rescue. We never want to turn any animal away. So, if you can open you home and heart to either a horse or a large breed dog please contact us. You can help us save the life of an animal. Safe House for Animals
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Please Donate to Gunner's Fund. Gunner was a Show Horse and when he retired he was sold. He ended ended up in the wrong hands. Gunner's life ended in the hands of his abusers. Gunner's Fund will be used to care for the abused & neglected horse's that we are able to save in his Memory.
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Because of the overwhelming number of calls we are receiving each day
from agency's and individuals that need to place unwanted, neglected and
starved horses and large breed dogs we need to expand our Rescue
Facility. We have the opportunity to buy additional land if we can raise
the money to do so. We are asking for everyone's help with
this expansion. If you can make a monthly donation or a one time
donation this will allow us to start expanding and help the animals that
are depending on us.
UPDATE ON OUR EXPANSION -
Animal rescue receives land gift
clickhere
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Sometimes, I
still dream. My dreams still scare me, but now I know that is all
it is, a dream. I know I am safe now and will always be safe. But
still, I dream.
My name is
Annabelle. I am a 13 year old Leopard Appaloosa mare. For many years
I was a brood Mare. Since I was able, I had several beautiful foals.
But, I did not ever get to keep my little ones for to long. You
see, the man that owned me took my babies from me soon after I had
them. They would scream and cry when he took them. I would try
everything to help them but this man would yell at me and push me
back, hit me and lock me in my stall. I would rear up and buck and
kick to try and see what he was doing with my little one. I did not
understand. He did not understand. My baby was to young to leave
me. I would cry for days wondering what happened to my baby. I
became very mean. I was so scared and very sad. I didn't trust
anyone. I really never understood why he was mean to me. All I know
is I was very unhappy while I was with him.
I became very mad
at him each time he came in to my stall, so mad I wanted to hurt
him. Each time he bred me I was very sad because I knew after my
baby was born he would take my baby away from me. It hurt so bad
when he did this I thought I would never recover. I remember the
last baby I had. I keep that little one close to my heart and deep
in my memory. One night, my little one and I were all alone
resting. Our Owner came into our stall, he said nothing to us. He
never really talked to us very much, he just yelled. This time he
put a strange thing in my mouth. I did not know what it was. I
knew it hurt and it was tight. Then he put something on my back.
It scared me. I did not know what he was doing. He pulled me out
of my stall. I did not want to go and leave my baby.
I turned to look
to see where my Owner was and I felt something hit me in my head.
It was terrible. What was this man doing. What did I do wrong.
All I wanted to do is be with my baby. He hit me over and over. I
was thinking oh God please don’t let him hurt my baby. I thought
what can I do to make him stop. Finally he stopped hitting me. He
was yelling very loud. I took my baby and we went in the corner of
our stall. I thought it was over.
He was coming
back toward me. He grabbed me and pulled me out of our stall.
Again, he hit me. He pushed my baby back and slammed the stall
door. He started to get on my back. What was he doing? I had
never been rode before. I did not like it. I bucked and reared. He
fell off. He grabbed me again. This time he had something in his
hand. It was a board. He hit me over and over in the head and in
the face. The pain was unbearable. I could not see. He hit me in
my eye and it was bleeding. This went on for what seemed like
forever. Then he stopped.
I ran to my stall
to see if my baby was okay. My little one was in the corner
hiding. I told my baby Mommy was okay, are you okay? I was dizzy.
My head hurt so bad, and I couldn't see out of my eye. I stood
quietly guarding my baby. Please, don't come back. For days after
that my Owner would try and ride me again and again. I could not
bear the pain in my head and my eye. I would rear and buck and he
would hit me with a whip. I did not think this pain would ever
end. He beat me before he got on me and when he would fall off he
would beat me again. Then one day as he came into our stall I
thought he was going to try and ride me again but instead he pushed
me back and put a rope on my little ones neck. Oh please, take me I
will let you ride me. Don’t hurt my baby. As our stall door slammed
shut I knew what was happening. Another sweet baby of mine was
gone, forever.
I am not with
that man anymore. I live at a place they call a horse rescue. But,
I still have this dream and the others here say they dream to. But
we know now it is just a dream. When we wake up now we see our new
Owner’s walking toward us. They smile at us and hug us each morning
and tell us how happy they are to have us here. We are all rescues
here and we all have a past but more important now we have a future
because we are at Hooves & Paws Rescue.
Hooves & Paws Rescue of
the Heartland is a Licensed Shelter in the State of Iowa
I Dream – AnnaBelle’s Story
I pulled back to try and get away from him. I did not want to leave
my little one. My baby was crying for me. What was he doing?
Where was I going? Who was going to stay with my baby? I became
very frightened. I tried again and again to pull away from him. He
got very angry at me and he started hitting me in my face with his
fist. Oh, it hurt so bad. I did not care how bad it hurt though,
all I cared about is my baby. I could hear by baby yelling for me.
I could not bear it. I got very angry. I had to stay with my
baby. I tried again and finally broke away from him and ran back to
my little one.
Employer ID#20-5593093
As of
September 15, 2006 Hooves & Paws Rescue, Inc.
has been awarded 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.
All Donations Are Tax Deductible
