Napier Family Farm & Rescue

THE WAY THE FREE HORSE ADOPTION* WORKS: Email animal-sanctuary@hughes.net and ask for a Horse Adoption Application, Once The $10 Fee and Application is Received (mail to 20010 East SR 64, Bradenton, Fla 34212), References Will Be Checked and Property Where the Horse Will Reside Will be Checked.. Applications Will Be Accepted Until July 15, 2009 at 9 p.m. All Applicants Will be Contacted on July 16 with the Decision of the Chosen Adoptee for the Horse.

Applicants Must Have Knowledge in Gentle Horse Training, Pasture, Shelter, and References to Qualify for the Free Horse. All Horses Will Have Shots including Rabies & West Nile, Negative Coggins, Wormed and are Microchipped for ID. Horses are Offered "as is" with No Warranties Implied. (All that is Known is Posted with Their Listing).

*All Participants Agree to Enter and Sign an Adoption Contract with Napier's Log Cabin Horse & Animal Sanctuary, inc. Before Taking Possession of the Horse and Understand that the Horse is Free BUT Adoptee Will be Required to Make a Minimal Donation to Help Cover Some of the Above Costs to Get the Horse Ready for Adoption. Transportation of the Horse will be Provided by the Sanctuary at an Additional Cost to the Adoptee and Adoptee Understands that they are required to pay for transportation costs.

LUCKY: 2-Year-Old Bay Quarter Pony Gelding - Gorgeous Color & Wonderful Personality - Calm & Gentle! 11.3 Hands, Halter & Lead Rope Trained. Willing & Ready to Learn! Follows You Around Like a Puppy Dog! Gelded & Wolf Teeth Pulled. (Has Been Walked Around with a Saddle On But No One is Small Enough Here to Sit on Him).

DANDIE: PMU #4363: Saved from a Closed North Dakota PMU Ranch. Rancher Lost His Lease on 5 Pastures and the Horses Must Go! Saved from Slaughter Sale. Nice 4-Year-Old Gray Dapple Percheron/QH Gelding. Dandie is NOT Broke to Ride & Has Had NO Training Except Halter & Lead Rope Started.

SEVERAL YEARLING FILLIES AVAILABLE: Saved from Slaughter.

SIR TAZ: SIR TAZ: Retired Cow Horse Brown (now a dark brown - liver chestnut?) 18-year-old Gelding. Stands for Farrier, Loads, Microchipped & Branded. Gets Along with Other Horses But Likes to Be Left Alone to Graze. Adopted as a Companion Only Horse (has arthritis in hind leg - limps for days with weather change, long riding or a heavy rider - would be perfect for the grandchildren visiting on weekends or light rider), Still needs a lot of weight gain.

CHEYENNE: Surrendered as Owner Could No Longer Afford to Care for Her or Pay for Feed & Boarding - Still Needs Weight Gain. Only Vice Known So Far Is a Bit Bossy to Other Horses, Especially at Feeding Time (Hopefully will stop as she gains weight). 15-Year-Old Brown Mare with White Spots on Rump and Shoulders. Halter & Lead Rope Trained. Loads, Stands for Farrier, Good Manners, Listens Well on a Lead Rope. Broke to Ride - Needs a Refresher Course & Weight Gain Still. Very Fast, Jaunty Pace. Would be a Good Trail Riding Horse.

SUGAR: 2-Year-Old Quarterhorse Filly. Halter & Lead Rope Trained. Stands for Farrier, Good Manners, Listens Well on a Lead Rope. Ready to Be Trained Your Way. Would Make a Good Trail Riding Horse. Calm & Sweet.

LAND DONATION NEEDED
to house the horses.

Many people are no longer able to afford to care for their horses any more due to hay prices, their health, etc. so the Sanctuary is over flowing with horses that need room to run and graze. Please call if you can help!

941-750-8185

HORSE ADOPTION DONATIONS: Most horses are $950; most drafts are $1,600; and most foals are $950 adoption donation. Most people do not realize how EXPENSIVE it is to save the life of a horse. Most of the horses come to the Sanctuary so skinny from lack of food and/or neglect that it takes a minimum of 6 months to just begin to look like a "real horse" again, are unwanted since they are seriously injured and no longer rideable or the owners can not afford to provide medical care for an illness the horse has. The vet visit for Coggins, shots including Rabies + West Nile, de-worming, microchipping, hoof care plus add in the cost of feed, hay and supplements brings the cost up to approx. $1,600 spent to just make the horse healthy and available for adoption. (Drafts like to eat even more!)