Happy weekend people. I’m sorry I don’t have a catchy name for y’all. It seems like all the good ones are snatched up. I think `people’ is still a socially acceptable term or at least it was last time I checked. Speaking of all things social, last night was the big Fireball fundraiser that Angrid has been working on for months. Most of what I have to post about today is pretty heavy stuff, so maybe it’s best to ease into things with the Fireball Friday Fundraiser and a little peek into how that all worked out.
Early pics from the big event look like the Fireball event went about as most expected. Angrid informed everybody there were only 100 tickets being sold and it looks like there may have been a few left over. From her 2 for 1 deals, threats to give them away to homeless people and Biz Desk posts trying to give away tickets, it would seem that the event was not a sell out. She issued preemptive face saver by stating that it may take 7 years for this `annual’ event to be profitable and it would seem they are right on track with that. My goodness, I’ve seen a bigger crowd attend the opening of an envelope. I had to laugh at Angrid’s claims that Fireball only cut a check to help because they can’t mail alcohol. Well, yes they kinda can ship it, but they wouldn’t have had to because a company like Fireball has plenty reps working for it and I’m certain they have more than a couple in the Los Angeles area. What likely happened is Fireball gave them a couple hundred bucks and then asked for their brand not to be pasted all over the event, which it appears it was not. Even Fireball has standards. With all the claims of selling `sexy singles’ and hot police officers in attendence, it almost seemed like the actual purpose of the event was to maybe get Angrid some sheet action, but like I said, even Fireball has standards. I truly can’t wait to hear the post mortem official spin they put on things once they sober up.
Since the live feed-a-thon didn’t really work out too well last time, those wacky HiCalibrites decided they were going to put on funny hats and wigs and do `flash’ updates to encourage everybody to dig deep and sponsor horses even though it’s only been a few weeks since the last hay and hooves fund raising drive and I’m pretty sure that those horses aren’t on a 4 week trim schedule. They also included recently purchased horses who should be covered for a few months with the $650 over and above purchase price they raise and that’s not even counting how much extra they raise for each horse because they never actually give a running tally. Anyhow, the flash updates didn’t go so great either. It was just a lot of heavy breathing, hands in front of the lens and horses either way off in the distance or they whiz right by so fast you can’t get a good look. That was likely by design though. We did learn that many of the Louisiana horses are still wearing their lot tags around their necks and it seemed we got to see Percy about 7 times. He looks to be as sore as a boil, poor guy. No word on how the big fund raising drive actually went, because it that’s just not how they roll. Can’t wait to see what they come up with next week!
Just before the flash updates, they posted pics of some of the previous;y sponsored horses with thank you notes on a white board. That’s a really nice idea actually, but again, not executed well or consistently. Shit filled pens were the back drop for many of them and then we get to poor Squirrel. I’m going to guess Squirrel is a cribber due to the miracle collar around her neck. Sadly, that’s so not how you put them on so they may as well write `Don’t crib’ on her white board for all the good it’s going to do. I’m sure it’s not overly comfortable they way they have it and with the buckels right under her throat like they are, but it’s not likely stopping her cribbing if that’s what she does. To make matters worse, she was shown in the flash updates the next day with it still on wrong. Word is that she’s had this contraption on wrong since sometime in July.
Techie was another one we got a flash update on. It was a bit of a head scratcher. He’s currently in with some young fillies and, as far as anybody knows, hasn’t had his remaining testicle removed. His gofraudme is still active although not exactly raking it in. Of course we have no way of knowing what was actually sent directly to the HiCaliber paypal to contribute to his surgery that never happened. Was he not actually a rig or did he have his surgery? Does Manson know that a rig could impregnate a young filly? I guess we should tune in about 11 months from now to see what’s going on. The other not so good thing about the flash updates and thank you boards was to see how much condition this young horse is starting to lose. Yet another failing to thrive at the Manson family feed lot.
Phoebe was a filly that they purchased from Misner along with Tanner and Gosling. Both Tanner and Gosling have been returned and, in Gosling’s case, adopted out again. Now it’s Phoebe’s turn as she is up for sale. I’m not sure how that works considering she was never on the $1 menu, but this is for sure her and she’s either in a really awkward stage of growth or something else is going on. The $1000 price tag seems a bit much, but I sincerely hope this little girl lands softly and doesn’t have to return to the feed lot.
Here are a few more posts from the bat cave. Manson bitching at people about fly spray being left on the ground and then posting a pic of a horse with a hay bag just begging for it to hang its hoof in it and wreck. That’s not to mention the fly spray on the ground beside it that Manson felt it best to photograph rather than pick up. Other volunteers post about crowded pens where horses continue to kick the crap out of each other. The thing that actually puzzles me is the post about the sleeping horse and the one with the blanket that needs fixing. In the time it took to make those posts so people who are probably not even on site to see (ie. ME), they could just go fix the blanket and go wake the horse up. I know they are volunteers and they don’t all know very much about horses, but how hard is it to go straighten out a blanket? Sometimes it seems like they over complicate things.
Now we come to my least favorite part of doing these posts. Our milk carton horses. First up today is Danielle. Poor Danielle never got any respect from the beginning. Purchased for $50 on July 11th, it was one of those days that HiCaliber bought more horses than they had trailers for and even Romney Faye Baker couldn’t shove and squeeze any more on their loads, so Danielle and a buddy got to spend an extra night at the sale barn until they could hitch a ride back to the feed lot. Truth be told, they were probably happier at the sales barn, because they had shade and clean water and the people there don’t seem to have itchy trigger fingers. Once she made it to HiCaliber, Danielle got an intake video and then was never heard from again. In the video Manson pretty much sets her up to disappear talking about her melanomas on her tail (not life threatening no matter what she says) and then goes on this riff that skinny horses look like they have stifle problems. Don’t ask because I didn’t really get it either. All this added up to a walk to the killing field for Danielle and getting erased off the website. RIP Danielle. #sayhername
We’re going to throw back all the way to last May for our next horse. Beautiful Rita came from auction early in May 2016. She was said to have come with injury to her fetlock. The next we heard of her was a brief update towards the end of May where they talked about keeping her leg wrapped. I’ve seen what passed for wraps from Manson and her med team, so that part wasn’t encouraging. Rita was never heard of after that update. There is some rumblings that she is one of the horses that prompted the midnight trailer ride rumors as she was there for feed one day and gone by the next morning. Soon after, she was removed from the website and never mentioned again. Rest easy, Rita. #sayhername
Our next horse was Dockweiler. He was purchased from Misner during their regular Tuesday auction run back in mid April of this year. There is some confusion with Doc as he was initially called Theo, then identified as Dockweiler and renamed Doc. Doc was never a stake horse, but he appeared to have been a hard knocking and consistent one. With lifetime stats of 10 – 10 – 2, he rarely missed a check even though he ran for cheap. Only 7 years old, he came sporting some ankle jewelery common in racehorses aka osselets. His right osselet was pretty large and likely not set yet as Doc had last raced only in January of this year (he won). The thing about osselets is they look bad and their x-rays can be scary, but once they `set’, most horses will be sound enough for light riding. Some will be able to do even more depending on the degree of arthritis in the joint. Out of all the things an OTTB can have wrong with it, that’s one of the less problematical ones if you know how to manage them. Clearly Manson did not. Doc is no longer with us. RIP Dockweiler, I’m so sorry so many people failed you. #sayhisrealname #dockweiler
Bullwinkle was an owner relinquishment that came in last August. In the intake video Manson makes some mention that they did raise funds for him presumably for their `responsible rescue’ fee. He was an OTTB, but they never bothered to identify him. His name was actually Rocky, but since they have this strange hang up that names can’t be reused, this 20 year old horse was stripped of even that. Rocky didn’t last long at HiCaliber but I sadly don’t have the exact date of his departure. That’s the problem with these milk carton horses. They tend to wipe them off the website within a day or two. I think it’s fairly easy to surmise from Manson’s update and statement about not being a sanctuary, that Bullwinkle didn’t last very long at HiCaliber. RIP Rocky #Sayhisrealname
One of Manson’s stock statements is that even if she buys a horse and euthanizes it immediately, it’s still `rescue’. I can’t figure out what part of any of this is `rescue’. Shooting horses in the face for space is not rescue. I know that Manson claims that is not the case, but what else can you call it when horses with perfectly manageable issues just vanish off the face of the earth on a regular basis? An osselet is certainly no reason to shoot a horse before it’s had a chance to set. Several horses have melanomas and live many years. In some cases horses can’t be made riding sound, and so what? That is part of rescue and if they can’t place horses like that, then they really need to quit buying them because I’m more than tired of having to memorialize these animals because the people who OWED it to them couldn’t be bothered. I get the feeling may of us are more tore up over these horses we never had the privilege of meeting than the person that looked them in the eye and pulled the trigger. How messed up is that? While we’re wondering things, how is it that other rescues manage to operate without the carnage and without hiding the bodies? I get that the nature of rescue means that you’re going to have more than your fair share of issues and untimely ends, but this is taking it to another level. As they threw themselves another expensive piss up in Los Angeles last night, I wonder how many horses had empty water tubs. How many stalls went uncleaned and who was on the property and sober overnight in case of emergency? Something’s gotta give soon. Meanwhile, we’ll keep saying their names and marking their passings. Enjoy your weekend because Tuesday and the next death march will be here all too soon.
The snarky side of me loved seeing those party pics. I can appreciate an organization trying to think of ways to fundraise and publicize their mission but right now it seems like efforts should be spent on training and adoptions and oh I don’t know, water for those poor horses.
#iamshedrow
Yes. Reduce the herd by half and then half again. Don’t bring in more horses. Find people who know how to ride and handle horses and don’t treat them like shit. Show us the receipts and stop being bitchy about updating on horses that the village paid for and support. And once your house is in order, bring on the Fireball party.
Your ideas are much to logical for them to understand. There is no way they can get a steady revenue stream without bringing in new horses because the village idiots thrive on the high they get from “saving a horse from slaughter”. Even that seems to be falling out of favor as we see Manson beg for donations in other groups in an effort to Manifest income. And is anyone even surprised that party was a flop? Don’t forget it started out as a simple girls night with Ingidiot. They should have realized the lukewarm reception to that was a warning sign, but their huge egos prevent them from separating fantasy from reality. They can’t keep up this ruse forever, it’s got to be wearing them out…
P.S. Love the name you use here!
P.P.S. What’s up, PF?! You’ve been awfully quiet lately. 😂
Jennifer M, thanks. Not sure how many people would get the name. Twilight Zone – To Serve Man. It’s a cookbook!
Just a concern: Is there a plan for when this “rescue” crashes? Sounds like that is coming sooner rather than later since they are suggesting funds are tight and their efforts to raise money falls flat. Good trainers and people with experience are pulling out in droves and leaving them with mostly inexperienced volunteers. And their own attitude is F**K Off! We KNOW What We Are Doing! Most of the people commenting on this blog are concerned about horses. How about the horses that will be left on that property when Hi Caliber fails completely? They are the innocents. Who’s going to step up for them? I know Animal Control doesn’t have facilities, staff, or money to handle an influx that large so where do they go? I’m very concerned and worried about the horses that will be left in the wake of the coming crash. Anybody else worried about that too?
There are plans being made. I don’t think it’s going to be an all at once thing, but even it if is, there are enough people and rescues willing to step up and absorb.
And please take Techie out of the nursery. This has really bothered me since I read it on the last blog post.
#SayTheirNames
TSH–
To Serve Man is my favorite TZ episode, followed closely by The Hunt! 😀
Looks like we missed a good time, lol. Too bad the money that was wasted on the venue and waffles wasn’t put towards something useful like….I don’t know, SHELTER for the horses. FFS. How can you call yourself a rescue HiCaliber?
#SayTheirNames
Thank you once again Shedrow for your dedication to spreading the word on these poor horses. I wish I had the money and the time to fly out there and talk to the governor,tv stations or whomever might listen to the horses plight. Hmmm come to think of it I do have 2 weeks vacation coming up. Has the Department of AG been back out there yet?
I’m not sure. It’s not like they would be honest about something like that.
I am so sick of seeing perfectly good horses shot in the face at this ‘rescue’ The numbers are truly staggering.
THIS IS NOT RESCUE!!
#saytheirnames
#IamShedrow
Thank you Shed. I know this doesn’t get any easier.
Thank you Shed for keeping it real!
I’m sure the villagers will gripe that we get on them about desperation fundraising rather than sustainable funding and here they are doing a big event. Which is fine, except I doubt they will make any money (for 7 years!) and if they do, it won’t go for the horses. If they released their financials, I’d be happy to be proven wrong.
Doing this alcohol-centric party in Los Angeles shows me that they’ve burned all their local bridges and need to go where they aren’t well-known. I am curious how the L.A. area horse rescues feel about them being there?
In one of the screen shots it says the auto waterer is low. I am glad someone noticed – this time.
And that is confusing in and of itself. How does an *auto* waterer get low? It’s bizarre.
It quits working. When the float moves it releases water. It has stopped working if the water level is low.
When they shut the spicket off because they have no idea how it works lol
auto waterers shouldn’t be low so it’s a bit concerning. Hopefully, all the other volunteers are on top of checking them.
However if the water is shut off I guess it won’t auto fill
RESCUE = verb (used with object), rescued, rescuing. 1. to free or deliver from CONFINEMENT, VIOLENCE, DANGER, or EVIL.
HiCaliber Horse Rescue = place (used as a place for making money), hikilliber, manson, romney faye baker. 1. only freed by Mr. Winchester, full of CONFINEMENT, LOTS OF VIOLENCE, PLENTY OF DANGER, and JUST PURE EVIL LURKING THERE
Hey Batshit Crazy Michelle, when are you going to figure out the real meaning of RESCUE?
Rescue to them = no longer at the auction. Despicable. I like the “say their names” creed.
When they got a Rushcreek horse, they absolutely insisted on changing his name. I knew the horse and its previous owner who wasn’t at all careful when she sold him; the subsequent POS owner sent him to auction. He choked while there, was underweight but not critical. HiCal wasn’t very enthusiastic about us networking to find the horse, now named “HC Chance” a home with other RC folks, claiming he needed training. He’s lucky to have gotten out of there to one.
I’m happy to hear he escaped!
I’m surprised to hear that HC wanted to keep HC Chance (aka RC Leigh aka Reza) for more training. He was a working cowhorse on the RC ranch and when HC found out how much training he had they kept raising his “adoption fee”. Yup, they had someone who was adopting the horse and HC was trying to negotiate for more money before the adoption was finalized.
It appears that to Michelle, rescue means “dead.” Saves on the feed bill and other associated expenses she fundraiser for, I guess. I’d sure like to know where all that money goes, besides fingernails and eyelashes!
I am somewhat surprised that they claim that tickets were almost gone, when even the Event Brite site stated 48 people were going.I’m guessing that the math on the site that sold the tickets is more accurate than they’re reporting.
I figure today is the day they come up with a plan for everyone to come bursting out of the cave singing about what a good time they had at the party. Just one question-do you suppose that Rene will count as one attendee or two, with her fake fictional character, Shannon Muchka?
LOL! I’m sure “Shannon” was able to attend the event!
She was too busy sponsoring horses and making inspirational suggestions on how to raise more money.
They are asking where to bring the party next year. You’d think they might want to try closer to home but maybe if the horses are lucky, there won’t be a next year.
Yes, that would be wonderful.
What was the midnight trailer ride rumor? The sketchiness of this organization is astounding. Thank you for spreading the word Shedrow.
That they take horses back to Misner after the volunteers go home. I don’t know if it’s every been confirmed, but some horses have gone missing overnight in the past and Manson never will give a straight answer on that.
Whoa….hoping that family photo from Friday makes its way to her ex…the father of that child. That was a serious lapse in parenting judgement. Kids grow up fast enough. She needs some serious calling out for that shit
I’m not sure where Angrid gets her info that it takes seven years for a fundraising event to be ‘profitable’?
I helped organize a fundraising event for a local branch of a national charity, about thirty years ago. The first year for this particular event, I helped fundraise. It was a successful night making around $15,000 for the charity.
The next year I was asked to co-chair, the event. We made over $30,000 that night. This was second year for the event.
Thirty years ago that was considered a success, in our rather small community which is probably 5% of the population of city of Los Angeles.
I think Angrid is way off kilter!
I was thinking the same thing! Several years ago I helped our local rescue organize their first “Help a Horse Day” fundraiser. We’re a small town and the people who came were hardly the top tier, big donor types. By keeping overheads low and having a lot of little ways to donate that appealed to various ages and types, they brought in over $4000 dollars. I was handling the money and when I told them the total they almost had a stroke, they’d have been thrilled with a couple hundred. Course it goes a lot further when you’re using it for horses instead of salary and personal crap…
The seven years to profitability got to me, too. I CAN understand if an event just barely breaks even the first year (I have been there), but if an event spends more than one year breaking even or losing money, that evenf is not for you. You need to learn from it and move on.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they are referring to the long held standard that a business, horse business, should show a profit after 7 years and laid it on the public as if they had some higher education. Got to keep you enthralled with their “purpose”. They are just a bunch of liars and thieves. Stop. Giving. HiCaliber. Your. MONEY.
They are seriously the worst fundraisers ever.
I think she may have been misusing the ‘7yr to turn a profit’ model that is associated with opening a business. With start up cost, inventory, advertising etc, the general timeline for a new business to go from red to black is 7yrs. HC continues to be the perfect example of the saying “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.”
I wonder how many attempts it took her to pass the bar.
#IamShedrow
#HisnamewasThomas
Did anyone else know that Thomas was named for a villager’s husband who had recently passed away? I wonder how she feels about him being erased without a second thought 😦
No, I didn’t know that. What I did know is that I was getting my $hit together to drive down there with my trailer,(that Friday) make a appointment, go see Thomas, fill out an adoption on the spot (Vet rec’s, farrier, etc. in hand) and bring that boy home. I thought I could get there before he was murdered.
#HisnamewasThomas
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This brought me to tears. I loved that boy and I never even met him. He really touched my heart.
Oh that hurts.
I’m so sorry he was robbed of having a life with you. He was so beautiful and so sweet and deserved so much better.
**heartbroken** for you laverne1467!! Big hugs!
Laverne1467- I’m so sorry. That is really heartbreaking. Killing Thomas was so unnecessary and horrible.
Note to Michelle.
QUIT shooting horses!
#IamShedrow
Having worked in the restaurant industry for 40 years, I have done my share of events like this. No way Fireball gave them money to buy Fireball. If they truly sponsored the event they would have had signage everywhere. And I’m pretty sure if that was a venue with their own liquor license that it might be illegal for them to even bring that Fireball in unless they purchased their own temp license.
I just looked up the venue and BYOB is allowed but no way did Fireball sponsor
100% agree. Not to mention Fireball’s legal/insurance would never “sponsor” an event like this for a non-profit to have an alcohol-fueled party for $5000+! Imagine the liability…they wouldn’t touch that w/ a 10 foot sword.
They only had four bottles in the cart.
Was that a loaf of bread and pop??
The “ladies” of HiCaliber lie and then lie about lying. Their duty to the public as a nonprofit is nonexistent.
Bleh.
Will it ever be about quality not quantity?? Just breaks my heart 😪
This blog has been around several months now and HC has been called out on so many things already. Has there been any appreciable improvements? Have we seen a single invoice for hay, vet, farrier, body disposal? No. Have they changed their “marketing scheme” in any way? Have they made any improvements in how they care for the horses there? Since the answer to those and so many questions raised on this blog is “NO!” they are not about quality. They are about MONEY.
HC is So far removed from a legitimate rescue, the only people they have remaining as followers are a group of naive women who like to live vicariously through their raunchy antics. Those who are actually know something about horse care, have a life outside of Facebook and aren’t obsessed with reproductive anatomy can see there is something horribly wrong with them.
Using semantics to argue the merit in shooting perfectly healthy horses due to their lack of ability to do the job they pretend to be entrusted with is an abuse in and of itself. According to them it is all about percentages of those killed, not about the actual individuals. If they rescue 400 horses and only kill 40 it’s only 10% so that makes it ok and 80 horses it’s only 20%. How reassuring.
Got to hand it to the volunteers who hang in there for the horses. It’s like rescue roulette to see which horse makes it another week.
Good points. I do not see any trainers or established horse community members supporting them. There used to be – but not anymore. The volunteers doing their best to water and muck deserve credit. It must be hard to see the horses disappear and not be able to ask questions and get answers.
Andrew Fice!
He wrote a comment last Tuesday morning on their FB video with Mr Grinch playing inferring HiC was there buying for him.
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Added: heading to the Ontario auction
Luckily that didn’t go as planned!
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The comment about sustainable fund raising was sure to the point. They need a grant writer working for them. They need to line up donors (even companies do sometimes send money on a regular basis if they feel strongly about the mission) that send money every month. They need to budget and share that information with their donors so they can see where their money goes. Oh My Goodness, I’m suggesting they act like a “rescue.”
I believe that was supposed to be one of Romney Faye’s main functions but she clearly wan’t great at it and now she only does auction.
There is virtually no way HC would be awarded a grant as it is currently operated. The questions about the quality of the care are significant but even more significant is all the rest of the noise. Drinking and non stop sex talk and pictures. Grants are highly competitive and most granting agencies are conservative. Not politically or socially per se but they do not want this type of “edgy”. Also grants require reports and accountability.
They have painted themselves into a corner of being totally dependent on donors and they are shrinking their potential donor pool substantially with all this crap.
Yeah, so forget it. This group are dangerous and corrupt. Any new leaf they profer being turned over has been pawned with the blood and misery of any horse they target. So refreshing their funding strategy is co-dependency and only going to place more horses at risk because they are in business with kill buyers, flippers and brokers.
Tell the truth Angrid:
1) Fireball donated some money that you went & bought whiskey with… that’s not “sponsoring the event”. No way would they pay $5000+ for that.
2) “generous donor loaned money for vendors”. Doubtful. If they did, that money could have gone to their horses instead of valets & grilled-cheese caterers.
3) “the rest of the cost is made up by ticket sales”. This would be the $5000 base rental fee for a Friday at The Ruby Street. Let’s be generous & say 50 people went, at $100/ticket that just covers the rental fee. Sorry horses, no money for you.
4) were any party-attendees aware that their $100 ticket money went to rent the place for $5000 & NOT to the horses?
5) who paid for gas, Chik-fil-A & hotel rooms for drunken HC gals?
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This blog has been going on for months, yet nothing seems to have come out about any legal actions taken against HC….do you know? Is there anything happening? I am 1000 percent against HC…and most who post on here are also …wth why is this place still up and running?? I am sick to death of the Tuesday auction “rescue” and have to hand it to those who are actually attending and buying so that HC does not get them…I bought two horses at that auction March of 2016, I rehomed one and still have one…when I attended it was to see wth was going on at a known meat auction, why were there suddenly horses there? Wth was a rescue doing there? I had no intention of buying any horses that day…but the day I attended there were 16 total and they were mostly all in the same small narrow concrete floored pen…I could not leave without doing what i could on my own dime to help theses scared horses…I love my horse but feel I contributed to the problem, rarely were there ever horses at this auction until HC started attending …..now there are always horses and HC has made it a tax free business…They film live from the back of the house droves of bleeding hearts donate like crazy and hc has their weekly pay check…Rarely do they accept owner relinquishes, and when they do it is because there is some kind of bounty with them, Yet they will buy horses from private parties if they think they are cute…ugh..I am so disgusted by all of this…when will it end??!!!
Patience. I know it is frustrating, but the wheels of justice and any other government agency turn very slowly. I share what info I can on this blog. There is a lot going on behind it.
Agree. Investigations take time. It’s not a quick process. There are many levels involved in any Government/State Investigations.
I can tell you from personal experience that the investigative process that goes into situations like this is a long and complicated one. Trust me, I understand your frustration because those horses should have been out of that dumpster fire, like, yesterday and it’s hard to not want to tear out your hair over it.
I hope that photo of the horse with the blanket listing off t the side was in the colder months. I really am sorry for us all to have to witness this week after week. And then, Tuesday.
It was last week actually. Michelle likes to cover up the skeletons with fly sheets.
And then just let’s them wander around a dry lot for days. They better check for abrasions. Disgusting.
Why have we not yet contacted the San Diego Television station who ran the Story of the HiKill “rescue” of the 20 OTTB’s in Louisiana and given them the facts and documentation that it was a fraudulent scam? They could certainly check the facts: that’s what real investigative reports do, actually…….video a retraction, and show the world what a scam, fraud, lie, and death camp HiKill is
really and possibly help expedite legal action and expose those in power who are in bed with them; either literally or figuratively. I would be willing to help if warranted or needed.
#SAYTHEIRREALNAMES
#IAMSHEDROW
#ISTANDWITHSHEDROW
#HOWMANYHAVETODIE
#WENEEDTOSPEAKFORANDSAVETHEHORSES
#KARMAISABITCHHIKILL
I believe they have been contacted and weren’t really interesting in retracting their puff piece. However, squeaky wheels and all that…
I’ve tried to stay open minded about whether this “rescue” can turn itself around but that’s just over with. There will be no redemption here for anyone in charge. They don’t want it, don’t think they need it and aren’t asking for it. They just continue with the carnage. Just disgusting. They know better than many of their volunteers who have great hearts, but simply don’t know so much about horse husbandry and follow whatever they’re told. And why some of the people aligning themselves with this group are doing that, I don’t understand. They are destroying their own reputations and will also have no redemption once this rescue is shut down, or whatever happens to it. They will be thought of as the once popular so and so that ended up supporting that awful rescue out on California and that will be all one of them in particular is remembered for. And for what? Ego? An ax to grind with someone? I have a great master farrier friend that knows a lot of the players involved in racing. Can’t wait to hear his take on all this nonsense and some of the people involved. Specifically the ones that seem supportive of HiCal in spite of the obvious abusive and neglectful ways the animals are treated. So very sad to watch all this.
Nice Manson family photo. Your are teaching your daughter well Michelle. Good luck with that.
It’s one thing for them to be trashy but an 11 yr old has no business posing like that. The sad thing is they probably told her what it means.
Also to you notice they referred to Ingrid as Angrid. Sometimes I get the impression that Becky and Manson are not so happy together.
Becky and Manson split up for a bit earlier this year. I think Manson is likely only a lesbian of convenience and Becky is looking for her next jump off spot so she doesn’t have to be alone.
Quite a few comments putting them down for the picture
I thought the event was for 21 and over? Why was the kid there?
On eventbrite.com, under FAQs for fireball Friday event
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
Minimum age is 21 as we will be serving alcohol with abandon. No ferals.
So why was her daughter there?
Because Manson is nobody’s bitch!
Michelle must have lost her damn mind taking that picture with her young daughter, much less posting it on social media. Not sure if it’s called DCF, CPS or what in California but if the agency that oversees the welfare of children, or the father of the children see the picture, whew! That could be looked at a sexual exploitation of a minor child. So funny Michelle thinks her kid, parent how she wants but there are laws about that kind of thing. She must have had too much Fireball and forgotten that it takes a village. Facebook may actually be required to turn a questionable image like that into proper authorities and let them be the judge. Depending on the caseworker, I guess… Assault on her record, the disgusting and constant sexually charged content online, sometimes with the kids around, sometimes not. Eating horse testicles, asking her son in a video if she saw some ‘ti*ties’. Being so “edgy”. Serving alcohol to minor band members at their latest pool party. All that might not look too good. Just saying. Probably why Margaret and Anthony took their Iamshedrow poo page down. Even they probably realized that no one wants to be connected to the exploitation of children. In any way. Everyone, or most everyone, knows how wrong and sick that is. Even just the perception of it. Eww… I feel badly for her kids.
I don’t think Margaret and Tony run that page as much as support it. I don’t look over there, but it was up before Tony and Marg had their tantrum and switched sides being all about the horses and all.
I so agree, Somewhere in the South.
If they didn’t run it, I stand corrected. There were a few things that to me almost gave away that they did, but maybe not. You’re right in that they absolutely supported it, including Margaret offering a small donation to HiCal, her, Tony and Michelle joking about this blog and them sharing many of the posts to their North American Horse Care Alliance page (all under their own names), which I personally thought was totally making them both look very immature, unprofessional and watering down any mission that the NAHCA was suppose to have. Whomever was running it might have had the same thought about being affiliated with, or supporting HiCal, but that’s a guess on my part.
None of those people matter or have any bearing on what I do on this blog. I don’t read their pages and I don’t care what they do other than when Pasterfuck escapes the butterfly net and wiggles his way around his banning to bother us over here. Let them pretend to care about horses and pound their chests. They can `out’ who they think I am and then suffer the blowback when they are proven wrong. I’ll still carry on.
Never mind anyway. The poo page is back up.
It is wrong wrong wrong to eroticize children ffs. “my child, my choice” is what Fuck Face Mother of The Year said. She should have her fucking head examined. That picture makes me sick.
One can only hope and pray that both of Ms. Knuttila’s children are removed from her care. I feel sorry that that kid.
The “family picture” is up on the Zenyatta Forum ‘Sketchy Rescue’ page
@OG ^^^^^ Preach!! Just thinking about it angers and disgusts me.
Her post is such a load of crap all she is doing is trying to get attention from her lame followers so they can tell her how wonderful she is. My God she is pathetic.
I shoot all these horses so I can keep the profit for myself. Please feel sorry for me not the horses that don’t have water and shade or that are starving because they can’t fight off the stronger horses for food. Yeah it’s all about you Michelle that is the whole reason this has become a feedlot…because it’s always been all about you, Michelle!
There are so many comments here about that “photo” could you share where it is? I could not find anything worse than the group shot around the dead horse.
It looks like they took it down.
Someone reported her to Facebook so now it looks like part of a church. I hope someone got a screenshot of it, but am sure someone did
Somebody posted it on the Horror Story page.
Shed, thank you again for bringing this information to light. This will sound kinda strange but in the end will make since.
K’, we have TV commercials all the time with a lady talking about how great her daughter was until she overdosed. The kid was taking her pills and the Mom had no idea what was going on. The Mom goes on to advise everyone to count their pills and lock them up. Sooo……sounds like HiKill equates to the kid. At one time they were good….they became addicted to the easy money they could make flipping horses. The Mom equates to the villagers. They have no idea where their money is going and have no accurate accounting of / on the horses. The bad thing that doesn’t equate up is the horses end up dead….not the @#$@@ people from HiKill.
So my question is: “Villager’s, why do you want to continue to give money (pills)to be HiKill’s enabler’s?”
Please think long and hard about it the next time a commercial like the above comes on TV.
Sorry, but addiction is a disease. It is not something that one can control once the disease is in full force and running the (brain) show. Conning people out of their money is not an addiction. It is a crime. I get your analogy, but there is no comparison. The HiKill assholes are criminals. Plain and simple. They are living off the grift they are pulling every single day. Now, that being said, Michelle may very well be addicted to the horse meds or whatever she’s injecting into herself, or she may just be using various drugs. No one but Michelle knows the answer to that.
Not saying Villager’s money goes toward Manson’s pills. But than again..
I agree OG.
Yes, I agree. Conning people out of money is a crime. Seems that the Villager’s have no clue about horses or horse care. Just trying to find out a way to explain it in a different way. I come from a family of alchies and fully understand addiction is a disease.
I would encourage all boots on the ground villagers to go volunteer or tour at least two other local rescues for two days. Go see their horses. See how they care for them, the condition of the property etc. Ask questions. Try it for a few days and then ask what the appeal of HiCaliber is? If it’s the swearing and `rebels of rescue’ schtick then they truly are idiots.
It’s interesting to note likening this to an addiction because for Michelle, the line blurs between the “rescue” and “personal attention paid to her.”
In her decisions to euthanize, her farcical “training,” methods, her dubious referral to “serious founder business” relating to her nails (she ought to ask Dr. Spin just how much bacteria gets trapped under those nails while she is “working,” with the horses and open wounds) fundraising, etc- she wants attention paid to HER.
The rescue is no longer about horses anymore, it has become a vehicle for her need for attention and to have people hanging on to her every word.
For someone with her personality disorder, the rescue provides the perfect world.
Even this blog provides what she craves, and may even spur her to expedite more deaths.
So how many people think Michelle used donor funds to pay for the Fireball, besides myself? And the venue?
And I should clarify, as I got off track–the attention IS her addiction. Although i’m not certain that the desecration for dead equine bodies isn’t turning into an attraction for her, as well.
Manson hasn’t done a live video from her car where she regurgitates emotionally until she feels purged in a while. I think she is getting emotionally constipated. Her defiance is noteworthy and frankly booga booga. The defiant totally inappropriate ehavior is telling. She is losing her judgement, or what little she had. She is doing more harm than good now and if the BOD was not her best friends, she would have been removed a long time ago. When she does something, like Balls Fried Rice, and it backfires she doesn’t adjust her behavior. It gets worse and more defiant. The latest, that totally inappropriate photo with her child in it, just shows how out of control she is. Everytime she pulls this shit she loses more donors, so she pulls another stunt, gets more defiant and it becomes a vicious circle. It the BOD really cared they would make her step down before she totally destroys it. I am wondering if some of her behavior is fear driven because more and more people have turned on her and the “haterz” are growing in numbers. The balloon payment is coming up. Jealous? Not a fucking chance.
It’s not a legitimate board of directors when she appoints all the members. A real board has members voted in and provides checks and balances. They way it is set up, if anybody disagrees with her, she’ll just remove them and appoint somebody else that will enable her. It’s ridiculous.
When I first started reading these posts about HiCaliber I was so angry at what they were doing. Now all I feel is disgust for the people running it, and a deep sadness for all the horses betrayed by them
New fb page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/IAmShedrow/posts/?ref=page_internal
Let them play. They’re just burning down their own house.
I agree. I was following it some when I thought they were on the right side, but they switched over and admittedly I had a curiosity as to why, but really doesn’t matter. Nothing relevant over there.
Did a 100% vet ever see that one eyed mare they bought at the auction last week. I think I know the answer but I am hoping I’m wrong…
#SayTheirNames
Doubtful. Moss stated his clinic hasn’t done intake exams since June and the picture she posted of the foals was deliberately deceptive considering one of the men shown from behind was her hairdresser.
Does HiCaliber actually bid at auction or do they just buy from Miesner??
They bid, but they did not bid last auction. They had Misner bid for them and Romney sat with him the entire time.
I’m actually interested in what Fireball has to say. I noted that their response did not include a confirmation of whether or not they did or did not support the event in their response to myself and others. They did say that they would get back with an answer after they reviewed the situation.
If Fireball did sponsor it, I doubt they will anymore and Michelle will be forced to buy it with the donor’s money–oops, her money–to satisfy the habit.
If they didn’t, the screenshots go a long way towards proving fraud.
I would think if Fireball truly sponsored the event there would have bee signage and swag just like when any other corporate entity sponsors these types of events.
Any way to find out who the Fireball rep is I their area? That might be the person to talk to.
Email the company and ask who the rep is for Holland Park area of LA. I think that’s where the venue was anyhow.
Read michelle’s woe is me post today. She still doesn’t get it.
I’m guessing she is trying to manifest again.
People making fun of the cribbing collar? Maybe some pages. Most of us are horrified that a so called leader-that would be you, Michelle-was not leading to educate the person and teach them. You know, in spite of all of your horse knowledge. That collar was left on like that since JULY.
Quit bitching about people not introducing themselves at the auction. It is their right and they are not required to give your organization their names. Upbidding? No, Michelle, that was your organization once again trying to assert your dominance of the auction. Quit your fucking whining.
The dead horses are a fact, with many names given by heartbroken volunteers. Not all were due to medical needs, nor compassion.
Please, I hope you DO quit. The horses will be safer from you than taking their chance at auction.
“I don’t get paid to do this”. Newsflash Manson: MANY nonprofit leaders don’t get paid. Good leaders want money for their cause, not themselves. When donors pay her living expenses, that IS getting paid, since she has no income…how does she not see that?
“I quit, back in April I resigned from HC”. Isn’t she’s HC’s founder? If a founder “quits” on very rescue she founded, she should see it thru to find all horses a home & then legally dissolve it. Seems she was aiming to dump it on Romney Faye Baker & run.
So Manson, have Belen & Tiara seen vet yet? They’re still waiting, while you partied. Again.
Hey Michelle. Saw your pity me post and lol’d. What’s the name of the 100% vet who does all HiKillaber intakes within 24 hours? How many horses have died, been euth’d or vanished this year? How many last year? How come your transparency doesn’t include any transparency at all? Why are you buying horses directly from Bubba Misner? Where are horses going at night when they vanish?
Stop lying Michelle. (You HiKill girls are the biggest lyingest bunch of liars I’ve ever witnessed) Just stop. Maybe then people would be able to read all your drivel and take it somewhat seriously. Or just quit. It would be wonderful to never see your smug lying face again in connection with any living things. Quit and leave. Go far far away.
It is all about Manson. You were gonna quit…but didn’t. We know. Hundreds of horses know. Stepped on would be partner rescues, vets, trainers – all know.
The mess – your lying heart and your constantly spewing mouth. I agree with this comment – just leave. Go. What you built? It isn’t what you built or what you want to go back to – it is the horses you sacrificed, starved, intimidated, ridiculed and hated that got you and your sleazy co-pilot where you are.
Your village idiots adore your audacious and brave face – what a farce, you must laugh at their idiocy because it is their inability to call an abuser out (you and Romney) that puts “hearts” in their comments and you know it. You are not a rebel – you are repugnant.
You and your repulsive crew have lied, stolen, violated the rights of horses, harrassed the public, bullied, and killed. There is no “heart” for that.
It’s all about you Michelle…….stop threatening to quit and just do it. The horses would be way better off without you. You aren’t saving them. You are exploiting them for your own gain.
Get a real job to support yourself and your children, set a good example for your kids.
You are setting yourself up for a big fall if you keep doing what you are doing. Your arrogance has become astronomical. As the “Founder” of HC you should be held to a higher standard but you choose to live in the gutter. Telling people to people to fuck off will not get you donations. Your followers have dwindled down to lonely Facebook addicts who live vicariously through your raunchy antics.
There is a movement gaining momentum daily who will not stop until every horse is liberated from your clutches.
If anyone that supports FHR has any angst towards HC it probably has a lot to do with that one time Michelle called them the “biggest assholes in rescue.” Don’t remember that Michelle? Here’s a reminder.
Unfortunately she gets away with pretending to be innocent because most of the followers are new and weren’t around to see things like this posted. The martyr lives on.
Oh shit, guess I’ll have to screen shot it for future reference. I can still see it on my computer, wonder why the link is bad.
Let’s try this instead.
https://ibb.co/e7q1cF
Manson has always had this thing about FHR which is likely jealousy induced.
That entire post was dripping with jealousy. FHR saved some horses in dire straits and it was a miracle that it happened. They did so without live feeds, fake tears and lies. They also turned in the asswipe that brought them in that conditions, where HiCal would have befriended him figuring they tapped into an endless supply of sympathetic money generators.
Looks like other rescues were busy actually doing horse rescue over the weekend. I guess you can get AC to come right out to an auction if animals appear to have been mistreated or neglected? Imagine that concept? Apparently there are more animals AC will be checking into as well. Good job everyone involved! Well done!
Sort of different than being in direct business relationship with David Misner? If you are not familiar with HiCs business partner, aka Voldy, just google his name David Misner along with ‘animal angels’. They have done a bunch of investigative reports about him going back more than a decade. Prepare for some interesting reading.
Contrast and compare.
Speaking of David Misner and HiC, does anyone know the status of the two grey horses from him, they fundraised like crazy for last week after their auction day was pretty much a bust? These horses he sells them that will probably be rejected from slaughter due to cancer common in grey horses. Anyway, people were asking HiC on their FB page about these two and silence?
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I’ve been so worried about those girls… I don’t have a good feeling about them 😦
I’m afraid the got the blue tarp. ☹️
someone asked about Belen on visitor posts (one of greys from Misner w/ irritated/bloody eye)….some random replied: “..her missing eye isn’t a medical issue now”….uhhhh, what?! Hope that doesn’t mean blue tarp.
Um, yeah, it really is a medical issue. It’s the definition of a medical issue!
Even if the villagers are all about the “save”, how do they forget about the horses that are already there that need medical care and are being neglected?
It is just so frustrating to me, I can’t understand it.
I know it’s been said before but:
STOP BUYING HORSES AND TAKE CARE OF THE ONES YOU ALREADY HAVE
#SayTheirNames
drives me nuts too. They blindly trust the HC criminals & never demand answers on horses they (donors) paid for.
Something just occurred to me about the intake exam form posted by Michelle, aside from the obvious shadiness of what’s written on it (no date, horses not at intake together, “furry”, etc)… why is that a form Temecula Creek would even have?
They don’t have “intakes” as they’re not a hospital, and if they did I would imagine the form would be a lot more exhaustive than that one. Newly purchased privately owned horses are generally not referred to as intakes. It’s possible they have a form specifically for the quick once-over that rescues get, but my spidey senses are tingling. If such a form *was* filled out by a vet, don’t you think the vet would have the original handwritten version and a PDF copy would be emailed to HC after the fact? Or a carbon copy at the time of the exam?
Wouldn’t it be interesting to get in touch with TCE and see whether that’s truly their letterhead/form, and whether the information in it was actually recorded by one of their own vets?
Why yes it would!
Are you on this or does someone else need to be? 🙂
Oh cry me a river! She is just pissed her personal slush fund is being disturbed because we are gaining ground! GET over yourself MICHELL you lying deceitful piece of crap!
“You might not think a rescuer should be able to have fresh lashes, pretty nails and drive a nice car… but I choose to set the bar high. Where you place yours is your business. For me? The sky is the limit.”
Um… the fuck? Bitch no one thinks a “rescuer” (LMAO) shouldn’t be able to have nice things… just that they shouldn’t be paying for said nice things on the donor dime!! Congratulations on raising the bar for petty human luxuries enjoyed by a rescuer. Now kindly tell the village who exactly is footing the bill!
Exactly so. There is no transparency.
Pretty much anybody that allegedly works around horses as much as she claims to, wouldn’t have nails like that. I tried it one and ripped my nail off right in the middle. I don’t consider the ghetto lashes and talons as a `high bar’ or anything I aspire to horses or not and it’s kinda hard to watch Manson whine about needing a new truck as she tools around in her BMW. Most people with no job can barely afford one car, not several, so make a choice. BMW or Truck. Priorities, but yes, pay for your own shit.
Being a 100% dental hygienist, I can tell you no one in the medical industry (ahem 30% vet) has nails/talons like that. Well, not if they’re actively using their hands to administer care…
#SayTheirNames
Those talons are ridiculous. How could you possibly even groom a horse wit those things?Oh….yea…never mind.
Here we go with another Manic cycle of Manson’s! It seems lie every other month she is threating to quit or commit suicide. Her post was a giant joke! I went back and forth between laughing and wanting to vomit. She doesn’t read the blog or the hater sites yet she directly quotes from them? JFC make up your mind. Which damn personality are we dealing with now Manson? Spewing “love” yeah effing right. Tomorrow you’ll be back to telling people to EAD.
As for your volunteers let me spell this out for you, they are YOUR volunteers. Which means it is YOUR job to make sure things are done correctly. I don’t fault the poor volunteer who put the cribbing collar on wrong, I fault YOU for leaving it that way and not instructing YOUR volunteers how to do it properly.
FFS get off your damn soapbox and take care of the horses!
I kind of wish she had done this on a live video so we could have grabbed some fun screen shots!
She won’t do live anymore because we are going to be nasty and haters of her. The only high road that women is taking is on drugs!
Jesus, what an unholy jumble of masturbatory, narcissistic mind-vomit:
“I believe in love. Seeing the best in those around me/ My mind doesn’t compute hate. I don’t engage in mean girl stuff. I would never intentionally hurt someone.”
“There is so much more to me than being the black sheep of animal welfare..Saving nearly 1000 horses in my career of rescue, I often wonder if I was a man, how this scenario would have played out.”
“I am better than destruction. I am stronger than hate. I live in beauty. Forgiveness. Growth. Love.”
BARF x 10000000.
“I don’t engage in mean girl stuff. I just tell them to EAD.”
The plates on her car are EADHTRZ or something like that. Their latest promo video is from EAD Productions. I’m thinking if she wants to play the `poor me’ card and be all about the love then perhaps `Eat a dick’ isn’t the best motto tohave.
Or phone their employer several times
or tell another rescue that they have shitty marketing skills
If she was a man, some other man would’ve already punched her in the face for insulting him.
“My mind doesn’t compute hate. It also doesn’t compute love or empathy because I’m fucking socipath.”
Consequences suck. She is obviously feeling the fallout from that disgusting photo display with her tween daughter. Probably very few who weren’t deeply disturbed by that photo. When I first saw the words ” I quit” my heart skipped a beat! So disapointed when I realized it was just a new marketing ploy. Since she is so obviously sex obsessed maybe a new career in that industry would be more suitable
The porn business is always hiring Michelle !
There ya go, she’d be perfect for it drugs and all!
*I’m a
LOL
LMAO!!!!
Example of mean girl stuff by Michelle, who claims she doesn’t do mean girl stuff…
When she made a play for Becky to see if she could get her because she felt “competitive”, she decided that she ought to cover her ass in case Becky’s wife or kids came to HiC demanding Becky come back home.They never did because they have class, but it didn’t stop her machinations. She spun a story that they had separated (they hadn’t) and that the wife was crazy (she wasn’t) and she deliberately found the most Christian volunteer and got her to believe the story. That way, if the wife ever showed up, the volunteer with the Christian heart would denounce her and everyone would bar the gates and HiC would be protected. Michelle thought it was a brilliant plan. Too bad someone told the wife. 😉
Pure evil. At the end of the day, Becky’s wife is well rid of her. I’m sure Manson will lose Becky the same way she won her.
Everything has to come back to “poor Michelle” and all the things she has “given up” for the rescue. Maybe she’s given up things like having to pay rent? Don’t complain about “living week to week” when you don’t have a job, but want to brag about your car, nails, lashes, etc. I don’t give a shit if someone wants to get their nails or lashes done, but then don’t try to throw a pity party about being poor. If this is so tough, quit and go get a paying job.
OMFG seriously. How many times did she mention actual horses in this barrage of bullshit and how many times did she mention herself?!
She mentioned herself 142 times
This post is all about her. All the comments are about loving her, worshipping her, how great she is. Building up her ego and she is eating it up. The only post I saw that said anything against her, first built her up and then mentioned she should give up her starbucks. That didn’t go well for the poster.
That crosses my mind too. They ask people to give up their coffees but she doesn’t. She doesn’t even pay rent and goes day on end without ever once going near a horse.
@OG. I literally just spit my coffee out onto my screen. 142 times OMFG
4-6 vague references to the horses, depending on how generous you feel like being.
Bingo!
That is why we are here!
It’s NOT about her!
It’s about the HORSES!
Oxygen goes on her first!!!!
She can always sell the BMW for $$ lololol we all know that ain’t happening.
She’s known to dip into the horse meds, maybe someone should send her some Mare Magic or something along those lines for her to start taking.
What a self-serving manifesto that was. It would be very moving if it wasn’t such BS. Maybe she truly believes this, but we have seen the nastiness toward others and the “I’m not your bitch” attitude. If they have a new plan for horse care, adoptions, funding, etc, then good. But if they are still skimming money & cooking the books even that is not going to keep them going.
Nobody would care about Michelle’s eyelashes if the horses had water. Nobody would care about the cribbing collar if it was a 1-time mistake by an inexperienced volunteer. It’s the totality of the lying, incompetence, stealing, and poor horse care that makes people angry.
^^ exactly. I don’t think anyone is upset that the collar was put on incorrectly. Inexperienced people make mistakes. What is upsetting is that it STAYED that way for weeks, meaning either not one person looked at the mare in that time frame or gave enough of a shit to fix it, or not one person who looked at the mare in that time frame was knowledgeable enough to realize it was wrong.
I’m honestly not sure which one is more disturbing.
YES! My thoughts EXACTLY.
IT IS ABOUT THE CARE OF THE HORSES.
Everything is all about her! That’s what she fails to realize! It’s not about her it about the rescue and how you have failed so many horses because they didnt work for you! Or you didn’t onnect with, I have been in rescue for over 20 yrs yes sone horses I didn’t connect with me but that that didn’t make make them unworthy of saving it meant they needed someone else not me or a bullet! For fucks sakes women you are not god!
At least we were spared the live feed of this verbal dairrhea. Thank you for that Michelle. Where is the mea culpa? Where is the acceptance of responsibility for the current state of your rescue? See, that has to come first. Before you grab the glory for all the horses you drag home from rescue and shoot in the face for lunch money, you have to claim what is real, and that is you YOU, yes YOU have run this rescue in the ground and placed it on the precarious edge of failure. It all comes back to you. You have to own that. Just playing the victim ain’t going to cut it anymore. Being butt hurt and injured and trying to get sympathy ain’t going to cut it either. You are going to have to stand up and admit that you are the sorry one: you are the one that needs to make things right: you are th one who needs to change. You always have some lame defense or just lie and you think that we can’t see through it. You have underestimated your critics kiddo and you need to listen instead of preach. If you would read all the compaints with and open mind instead of putting on your armor you might get some clues where to start. I won’t be redundant, but you know what you have to do. Honesty and integrity are words you need to repeat until it sinks in. As numerous people have posted, IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU! Learn the meaning of dignity and professionalism. You see what edgy has gotten you? The haters feel that way because of your behavior. God I hope your daughter forgives you when she gets older and remembers the photo from you grand gala.
What is sad, it thatt many here were supporters of the rescue. You drove them away with your foul mouth and lewd behavior. They didn’t defect, they were driven asy by you. The is edgy and then there is repulsive . You want resect? Earn it. Get off your donated computer and roll up yor sleeves and be the leader in cleaning up your rescue. Quit feeling that the volunteers are your personal maids and reward them with kindness. Train them and spend time helping them. Set the example.
I know you care for your friends, but they may not be the best people to coordinate adoptions. The standards need to be applied to all who attempt to adopt. Turning down eople you have a personal dislike for and then giving good horses to Fice makes you and your so-called adoption tems adoption team seem unreliable and petty. Adopting Percy to someone who doesn’t even know where she is going to keep him is following a standard when others have been turned down for less? C’mon. Yes Kels is funny and loyal but not doing her job. If she doesn’t realize how important her job is and take it seriously, replace her. It is that simple.
Saving HiC is your job, sister. It comes with the title. And it starts internally. Cleaning house is never fun. Just whining but never making the changes will doom you and sadly there are many people that will do the happy dance to see that happen. Not because we are really mean. It will be because we won’t have to watch anymore horses be “rescued” by you for a date with Mr. Winchester, just because they have “awkward conformation”. (By the way, so do you.) There are worse things than slaughter and standing in the hot sun, with no shelter, with no water, being ignored by those who pledged to serve you is one of them.
Stay away from auction. Or at least only bring home one horse a week until the herd is a manageble size. Show some reaistic judgement. You can’t save them all and charity begins at home. Take GOOD care of the horses you already have before you drag any more there to compete for food water and attention. Auction may be the money maker but at the same time it compounds your problems.
I won’t wish you well because I have absolutely no faith that anything will change. All you do is talk. Where is the action? I, along with many others, will just wait until you are busted for fraud, or you lose the ranch or you lose your mind. Enjoy your delusions!
“The first? Complete lies and fabrications. For instance, the bullshit that we’ve euthanized 88 horses this year (but even if we did, humane euth is better than slaughter).”
2017 only:
(To my knowledge, all of these were euthanized. Some by gunshot, some by vet. Yes, it was the best thing for SOME of them.)
Adagio
Alaina
Anastasia
Aristocracia
Aurora
BarbaraJean
Boyer
Charity
Corona
Cristina
Danielle
Dawson1
Delilah
Dockweiler
Dolly
Drama
Eben
Eros
Esprit
Fantasia
Fili
Floyd
Heath
Joplin
Josie
Kaeleb
Lindell
Lyra
Mardi
Marian
Marisa
Mastro
Maxwell
Merle
Muse
Noble
Othello
Peggy
Phelps
Posh
Praline
Sabrina
Samson
Sara
Sedona
Shara
Sheridan
Stanley
Stilly
Sweet William
Taj
Thomas
Willis
Willow
(that’s 54 horses)
DIED in 2017 for various reasons (NOT saying all of these were due to any sort of neglect):
Casey
Clint
Gage
Gemma
Gertie
Mirage
(6 more horses)
=60 dead in 2017 that we can easily find out about. Who knows what horses were taken in by HiCaliber and never given any sort of mention. I also have several more that disappeared and haven’t confirmed what happened to them.
Maybe it’s not 88, but it’s not “bullshit” that there were a lot (plus it’s only August).
(If you have a correction to this and one of these doesn’t belong here, please comment. I don’t want to spread any false info.)
You an add `Treat’ to that list of died for unknown reasons.
I had him on my list of horses to find out about… wasn’t he just a baby? Supposedly went to foster with his mom?
Yes, the foal of one of those `feral’ mares they bought right around the time of the Louisiana mess. They went straight to foster. Sunday, the mother, seems to be back at the ranch.
On the new Adoption posts, they list Baldwin. He had not previously been on the website and is one I asked about on here. The photo they used it obviously not recent as he had a winter coat. Is there a reason why he hasn’t been shown for several months? I’m glad he’s alive and will hopefully be finding a home.
He’s one of the ones that likely isn’t really available for adoption but they list him to look legit. Maybe Manson would like to tell us why Fire isn’t available for adoption.
That’s another one not on the website…
Fire? Because he belongs to Michelle’s attorney and gets to live there for free on the donor dollar
And then if someone wants to adopt him they will say he was already adopted, to cover their asses. I see Tara is on the list.
Gee if they can adopt all 75 they will only have about 100 left and a pretty amount of money in the coffers.
How are they going to do home checks and proper placements if they just adopt on the spot in a frenzy?
Fire is another one I worry about. A LOT.
#SayTheirNames
Wasn’t he one of Manson’s personal horses?
Baldwin? No, I believe he’s Kat’s baby but not her personal horse. He’s never really been available for adoption though.
Since they are doing the big adoption push can we assume no auction bs on Tuesday?
Most of the ones they have listed are recent returns. She stated on her whiny post that they will continue to be buying horses on Tuesdays.
What happened with Aviana? Last post was “Thank you for all of the inquiries and offers for Aviana. She has found placement with an experienced rescue.”
They wont’ say where she went.
Aviana is on the new list of adoptables “HiCaliber Show and Go Adoptables”. so was she ever really adopted or did she come back?
I see lupe and techie on the adoptathon list. Are they sending techie out as a crypt? Not the first time they’ve adopted out a non gelded horse. Does the person who surrendered those apps know they are tossing one of them into the deep unknown of their failure adoption team? Wouldn’t be surprised to see that horse turn up at another auction somewhere. She looks skinnier too. Are the other appy surrenders all dead? Fuck.
The other Appy surrenders, are back with their family other than Charity who is dead. Breezy is still at the ranch and up for adoption
Poor Charity. I hope Breezy gets a good new home and I’m glad the other girls are back at home. That breaks my heart.
#saytheirnames
Breezy and Lupe need good homes ASAP
Their family took them back home? The ones with the ten thousand dollar donation? If that’s true why did they leave the stallion now gelding at hi killiber?
I think they will tell their store if and when they are ready. For right now, let’s concentrate on getting the remaining two safe and sound, so that can happen.
Just try an adopt Breezy they will make up an excuse to not let him go.
Check out HiCaliber Horror Stories for Rhiannon Huppert’s post of what she posted on Michelle’s love post. It has been removed but at least she SS it and posted. It is so good. Thank you Rhiannon
I just would like to know…. Where in the hell is Romney Faye Baker? This is her fault too! Was she like peace out? See ya wouldn’t want to be ya? FFS she is the mastermind behind the recent shitshow!
You know what they say about rats and sinking ships. Also, her and Dumbass Darrell made their split Facebook official this past week with her changing her status to single.
She will be around tomorrow for sure, you can bet on that.