Welcome and thank you for visiting Bar N K Rescue & Placement.
Our mission statement is quite simple:
" To help neglected/abused animals reach their potential with proper feeding, care, training and all the TLC they need to become the animal they are ment to be. We will help horse owners by educating them on how to properly care, feed, train and house their equine friend. "
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Please check out the updates on the Rescue, OTTB's and Recovery pages
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SPCA Seizure West of Calgary Jan 5, 2009
On Jan 5, 2009 there was an SPCA seizure of 33 head of TB'S in the Calgary area. Since then 2 have died.
Since I have change my focus to OTTB'S or TB's in general, I am quite concerned that a herd this size was in trouble. None of the TB owners/trainers that I have talked to today have said it isn't them and no one seems to know who they were seized from.
But you know what, the SPCA has pending charges against the person owning them, so the next step is
"What do we do next"
The horses are located at Highwood Auction Mart in High River being fed in one of the feeder pens in the back away from the distraction of everyone. At this time, no one is allowed to go look at them and I heard that if you are caught in the back looking at them, then you may be charged with trespassing, so please, no one try and get in there to take pictures.
They are going to be auctioned Jan 27 at 1 PM.
2 App geldings
2 Arab mares
1 Pinto mare Arab type
2 yearlings Arab type
The 33 TBs that were seized West of Calgary are also going... to be there.
Their break down is:
6 mares with lip tattoos
2 gelding with lip tattoos
3 mares
8 geldings
5-2year olds / yearling fillies
4-2 year olds / yearling colts
1 weanling filly
Update Feb 5, 2010
All these horses that went through this sale all found homes as the meat buyers never put their hands up once on them. 2 of them were bought by a Bar N K Rescue client, Krista, south of Calgary. One was a 22 yr old TB mare and the other a 2 yr old filly. We wish you all the best with your 2 purchases Krista!!!
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Stolen Horse # 2
$ 1500 Reward
Mandy has been stolen from a family acreage located south of Okotoks, Alberta on 434 Avenue by the dump road. On the morning of Wednesday, August 20/08, the family discovered the wires to Mandy’s enclosure cut and Mandy missing.
Mandy is a black, 14.2 hh Welsh, Arab, Quarter Horse cross mare.
She has a pronounced hernia the size of a tennis ball on her right side just behind her ribs. Her nine-year old pony club rider very sadly misses her.
Please spread the word and if you see or hear of anything, please call
Becky Snow @ 403-995-2072 403 467 2572 403-938-0500.
Pat Baxter @ 403 995 1765 or 403 968 1765
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I had the thought in my mind since the passing of my grandmother back in 2004 with breast cancer of doing something about animals in need. We always hear stories of the SPCA seizing starved animals large and small or Livestock Services finding stray animals and not finding the owners. What happens to these animals? Do they end up going into foster care and finding homes?
Unfortunately, most times these animals go to the auction because there are no where near the amount of foster homes available to rehab these animals and find them loving homes. There is also no where near the experienced rehab homes these animals can go to.
The thought that went through my mind, was to start with baby steps and grow from there. Well, the first help call was a local herd that needed help. The owner was in his late 80's who had raced TB's in the past. When he retired from racing, he thought that he would keep the horses for a hobby since he had raised horses all his life. When he did a head count and realized he had over 60 head, he needed help to find them homes. He didn't want to call a truck in to take them to auction, so, offered I to help him.
The process started in Aug of 2007. It was an interested week long process of trying to get pictures of all the ones that needed to find loving homes. All I ended up doing was snapping pics of whoever I could and start the process of sexing, aging and finding out breeds with meeting with the owner. His family was very co-operative in the whole process.
In Sept 2007, the decision was made to start seperating the horses to get a more accurate count. There ended up being 16 stallions, 16 mares, 15 over 3 years old, 13 yearlings and roughly 12 weanlings. Since these horses had never been touched for years, they warmed up to us quite quickly. All it took was some oats in a bucket and they were like bees to honey. The helper I had was great as the horses warmed up to him very well. Some we were able to touch within a few days, some they would come up to us and would rather have our company instead of touch.
After being in the corrals for a couple of weeks to get them settled down and used to human interaction the long process began to find homes. 24 of these horses went to home in BC with 16 of them going to homes locally. Unfortunately, not long after getting to their new homes, 2 had to be euthanized due to stress.
Some that were placed into loving homes:
More will be added.
In January of 2009, I approached a family who recently lost their wife/daughter just before Christmas 08 with cancer if they would like help to find home for her horses. The response was fanominal and all the horses forund homes by the end of March.
After doing research into the racing industry, I found that there is only two facilities in Western Canada that work with race owners/trainers on finding homes for ex-racehorses. Performance Standardbreds in Calgary, AB and New Strides in Langley , BC. There is no one for Thoroughbreds in Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba that I could find. So the light bulb light up above my head.
"DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT".
So during this past summer of 2009, as a trial, I approached a few owners/trainers at the track and asked if they would like some help to find homes for the TB's that were either injured or not cutting it at the track. It was slow going at the start, but by the end of summer, I had placed 8 into loving homes that are in training to be junior jumping mounts. One of the filly's is curently being ridden by a 14 year old girl learning how to jump. They are two peas in a pod.
I am also currently helping an owner who is downsizing due to the drought we are currently having and so far, have placed 2 of his broodmares into a loving home. There are still many more he would like to find homes for.
Since 2007, I have helped placed just over 60 horses finding loving homes in BC, AB and Saskatchewan. Several people have questioned me why I do this since horse people know that there is no money being made in rescue. My answer is simple, because I care!!!!
Please feel free to contact us whenever you have concerns in your area. Your concerns can be expressed with total confidentiality........
We operate a horse rescue in Sask. Your site looks great:You are doing a terrific job. Stop by our site www.freewebs.com/paradisestableshorserescue We need to know where the rescues are in Canada so we can help each other out. 
God Bless your soul!! 
you are a wonderful human being for helping the horses like you do! GOD BLESS YOU