Were growing.....

I don't think I ever realized how quickly a rescue could grow. In a way it is sad because it means more and more people are giving up their animals. This is not to say that ones that give animals are doing anything wrong, it just becomes more stress for us. At first when we had just a few animals it was exciteing in a way, now I dread it when I hear the phone ring and I do not recognize the phone number. I hate to say no to taking in new animals but we are self funded and busting at the seams. We get the donation on occasion and that means the world to us but feeding 6 horses, 16 cats, seven dogs and three goats starts to get to ya after a while. If this were the only job we had and we could spend 15 hours a day with the animals it would be different.
I don't plan to make all the blogs matters of distress this is more a public diary of emotions. Apologies in advance.

Thanks to Evan, Lucy, Fran, Louann, Tonnya, Noae and Mike for the donations of finance, food and medical care for the animals. We love you guys :)

Pigs going north

The weight has been removed from our shoulders. I love to do rescues, I love the animals, but I hate time constraints. To have to do something at the drop of a notice is expected but sometimes more then can be asked. But the pigs are going north to Ohio and will be very happy there. Now onto building the stalls, winterizeing the barn and building houses of hay.

Pig Rescue

It has become apparent that the pen is in no way going to get built by Friday. We have three more horses coming with in a few days and that seems to be the next step in my top list of 500 things to do before I die. Not literally but I need to stop trying to fix all the worlds problems. I have been on the web for a while trying to find pig sanctuaries so hopefully I will know something by Friday. As a correction for the last post, it is 7 pigs, not 6.

Just saying no

When I got up for work this morning I had a slight head ache due to the amount of stress lately with the animals. It's not so much stress from the animals, just stress in general. I got a call this afternoon from a co-worker/friend who is moving and needs to get rid of his 6 pigs, yep, six pigs. He also needs a new home for his cat and if not to much trouble, the rooster that hangs out at his place. With in twenty minutes my cluster headache went into a migraine. By the time I got home I was sick to my stomach. I know God will not give us more then we can handle but what about the ability to say NO. I have said no in the past but for some reason I wasn't able to do so with the pigs. Knowing well that if I did say no, they will end up on someones dinner plate. I don't believe it is the pigs that are stressing me out, it is the fact that I know have to build a new pen by Friday. No problem if I didn't work 45-50 hours a week.
I know it will be done.
On a better note though, we did get a money donation from a dear friend of mine in Michigan. That came at a perfect time. Also this evening, my new boss and friend purchased a large amount of cat and dog food for the sanctuary. With anguish, there seems to be a comfort not to far behind.

and then there were 5

Well the family just keeps on growing. Got a call a few days ago from a person that heard from a friend of a friend of a friend about us and asked if would take her horses. This evening when we got home from work, they the two horses, Rusty and Sammy were waiting for us. I have to admit I question my own sanity sometimes when it comes to all the animals. Unfortunately we can not take in any more dogs right now. Main reason is funding and lack of supplies. I like to let the dogs run free but lately the three rescues we have that are sisters and a brother like to chase traffic. Now they spend their days in a huge enclosure equipped with sleeping quarters and a yard to play in. Horses, on the other hand can just graze and hang out with each other. So what do we have now? (7 dogs, 14 cats, 5 horses and 3 goats)

whats getting fixed????

Where's the website?

Hopefully this all works. We decided to remove the Last Roads website due to the lack of time we have to maintain it and the amount of time it took to just upload one picture. Running a sanctuary changes on a moment notice. Thios evening alone we came home from work and found three bags of horse feed in the barn. It was a blessing due to we don't get paid until Friday and the horses would have to hold off to feed until then. Example of a "moments notice" we have two horses being dropped off tomorrow evening.
Love what we do.....