This handsome old man was surrendered by a local Helena family. They took amazing care of him and gave him so much love! But he was getting very lonely after his only horse friend left their barn. They wanted to make sure Ricoh had a happy retirement where he has lots of barn friends. Ricoh is already bossing around Chevy and Ford. His first night at the sanctuary, he convinced the minis to sleep in the pasture instead of the barn. That's where he wanted to sleep!

This spunky young man was surrendered by a family friend in Napoleon. He was bought as a foal, and not had much handling. It took almost an hour just to catch him, as he was so scared of humans, he wouldn't let you come anywhere near him! He thankfully was given a clean bill of health from the vet besides his much needed manicure! He had not had his hooves trimmed for over a year. His hooves are finally growing in normally, and his manners are coming along nicely too! He went from not letting humans touch him, to not wanting anything but to touch humans WITH HIS CHOMPERS ...we are working on the nibbling manners...... 

This handsome goat was surrendered from a Fostoria family who had purchased him as a bottle baby. He is one big puppy dog who likes to follow you around in the yard! 

Cowboy is the best little puppy dog pig!!! He was surrendered by a loving Holland family that are had to move to Arizona for their new job! Cowboy has lived with them in their home since he was just a little piglet, born November 2017. He likes carrots, car rides, and hiking the trails! 

This sweetheart is actually the first girl we had outside at the farm! (There's lots of ladies IN the farmhouse!) Pig Pig the Kune Kune pig was surrendered from a Weston family. She was digging too many holes in the yard! The father was NOT happy about the holes, the pig had to go or else! She was free roaming their farm after their daughter had raised her from a piglet in--- wait for it-- an apartment building! Since Pig Pig was free to roam the farm, she was also getting attached from animals and has some battle scares to show for it, you can see one here on her poor ear! She has made a full recovery and is adjusting to her safe environment. She is still afraid of any other animals, but LOVES humans. She literally begs for belly rubs and back scratches and has been known to just plop over at your feet asking for them!

This cutie patootie was surrendered by a local Rudolph family. Stella and Gizmo spent their whole lives being loved inside as a household pets since they were baby little piglets in 2019. Now they are enjoying life on the farm! 

The kitty cuddle piles are enormous!!!! Nakoma thinks she is the one who controls the house, but these kitties are are really the ones that rule the house! Four of the kitties are a mother and her 3 children, the other 5 are all from different situations. Some have made some great bonds!-- some aren't so fond of each other... They have a lots of room to roam and claim their our corner of the house kingdom!

Doom was surrendered by a family friend. She was NOT getting along with their animals and kept getting out and roaming the streets of Toledo. She was brought the sanctuary to see if she would like to be a barn cat. After wandering around for awhile she followed me inside and decided that putting up with the other house cats is better than the stinky outdoors!

Quinn was surrendered by a family member who is allergic to cats and Quinn was left behind by the previous owners of the house they bought. He is believed to have been born around 2007, making him quite the old man! He has still maintained his spunk, chasing all the kittens around! He is wonderful at keeping laps warm. At some point in the last year he lost his hearing, making for some very comical surprised cat moments! But somehow he is still very trusting of humans and animals alike.

Biotite is a daughter of Shy Kitty. The friendliest of the litter, and loves to run around the house causing chaos with her siblings.

Biotite was named after the late Mica, both names are a type of sister minerals :)  

Quarts is a daughter of Shy Kitty. The scardy-cat of the litter, any strangers are lucky to catch a glimpse of this cute fluff ball! Don't let her shyness fool you though! When she is comfortable with a person, she will be running around the house causing trouble with the rest of the kitten crew!

Quartz is also named after a mineral.

We are getting new barn kitties all the time! They have so much space to roam and as mice as they can chase!

Moo is the loudest little cow colored sweet kitty!

If you have ever raised chickens or know anyone who has, you know that there are always TOO many roosters in the coup. Did you know that as long as there are no lady birds, the men get along and don't fight---within reason! So many roosters find their way to our sanctuary. Many coming from families in Toledo, where you can have hens, but cannot have roosters in the city limits. Now I said they don't fight within reason, I have found that integrated new roosters into the bachelor coup here, has worked best when they are younger, about 3 months or right when they start crowing. The new men haven't developed as many aggressive habits at this age and they tend to integrate a whole lot smoother! There's been so many surrendered roosters, to the sanctuary I am not sure if even I could keep their names straight anymore?!? One thing is for sure.........

Surrendered by a Toledo family. Can you guess why his name is Mustache??

Surrendered by a Toledo family

Surrendered by a Toledo family

Surrendered by a Toledo family

The boys have a ball at their private house on the lake! Their bacehlor pad is much more nice and friendly than the rooster's. The waterfowl don't pick fights and jst follow Senior Buddy around.

Surrendered by a family friend, Donald and Duck are follow Buddy around the yard like a big brother! 

Dragonfly was surrendered to the Toledo school I taught at. I cared for a dozen turtles at this school, and Dragonfly was by far the coolest and my favorite. When I changed schools, I asked if Dragonfly could be surrendered to the sanctuary and spend his school years at my new school. He loves hanging with the kiddos! And was even featured in my current school's advertisement video!