Forgive me for not posting sooner. Things were quiet so I took the weekend off and, sure as hell, everything broke loose. Isn’t that always the way? For whatever reason people keep asking me what I think about things so I guess I’ll address that. I’ve got some other things to share as well and, as usual, have left this too long so it’s a big post and clip heavy too. I expect there will be some outrage in some corners over this and I’m pretty sure I won’t care. Let’s just say whether you’re into drama or averse there will be a little something for everybody in here. With that being said, it’s time to pull up a seat and put our tinfoil beanies on just on the off chance that fuckery is contagious. It seems to have reached epidemic proportions within the village this past week or so.
As everybody is aware, this past weekend saw the dramatic announcement that HiCaliber is shutting down. As with most things that has to do with Manson, nothing is ever quite what it seems though. Because of this, I’m going to break this down into bite sized chunks because if you can pick through her self-serving and maudlin creative writing, the bullshit is quite thick. She begins this post setting the stage for it being all about herself and how none of this is her fault. Right away she lies by saying her pride will never outweigh her loyalty to the horses? WHAT loyalty? The loyalty that causes you to allow them to stand in their own filth in crowded conditions? The loyalty that allows you to experiment on them like the equine version of Dr. Mengele? The loyalty that allows you to look them in the eye and shoot them in the face because of your own shortcomings? REALLY?
Going back even a few years ago there were red flags and several people voiced concerned that the HiCaliber nickel and dime, small stream income strategy was not sustainable. Of course any time those concerns were addressed with them, the standard reply was `Eat a dick’. It was a further concern when it became apparent that the rescue was supporting several able-bodied adults that simply refused to have jobs or even do much work around the rescue to earn their keep. Originally the plan had been for the human residents to support the rescue through rent fees and chores; something that never quite came to fruition. What ended up happening was that everybody got to live for free off the donor dollar with paid help to feed the all the horses for them including their own personal ones. So, while Manson claims to be shutting down and pleads to help keep the horses fed, realize that includes her own personal horses along with the other personal horses on that property.
FFS Manson needs to get off the cross because I’m pretty sure somebody else needs the wood. Seriously. I’m so sick of these bitches playing the `kid’ card. Manson is very worried about her kids losing people they love but that didn’t seem to be a big concern of hers in her custody hearing and I won’t even go there with the daughter. She wasn’t really concerned about the example it set for her kids to have them on the Shane Dawson show and bad mouth the son’s father. Now she want us to believe that she was just joining in on the game others were playing? Bitch, please…Keep your prayers for yourself because you need them most of all.
Now we reach the deeply delusional part of this post. Does anybody believe for a single second that there has been a credible threat against Manson? Wishing bad things happen to somebody isn’t the same as making a threat. I think what’s important to remember here is that in her own mind, Manson is a celebrity so she’s built this whole dramatic scenario up in her head for village idiot consumption. Danger! Drama! Threats! Friday cliff hangers for their interactive soap opera! I can only speak for myself but not only have I not paid anybody for information, I’ve never even solicited it so the whole `sold their story’ thing is as laughable as her eyebrows. The `sweet couple’ Manson describes wouldn’t have even known who she was if she hadn’t told them and then spent the majority of the flight discussing her `fame’ when she wasn’t discussing vaginas. The only reason they knew about this blog is because Manson showed it to them and it must have resonated with them or I wouldn’t have gotten the deets about their awkward encounter with La Manson.
I actually feel sorry for Manson if this is her life’s work and she thinks it’s something to be proud of and hang her reputation on. Not many people aspire to be remembered as a horse hoarding, abusing, gunsel that gets off on shooting viable animals. I’m guessing that’s the reputation she’s referring to because the only other rep she had was as a liar and a swindler. If she doesn’t recognize herself perhaps she needs to lay off the back alley cosmetic procedures. If she has trouble recognizing somebody who lives to hurt others I suggest she looks in the mirror and remembers every employer she called, every confidence she broke when somebody tried to leave her and that’s not counting all the animals she betrayed.
The pity party rages on…The ASPCA and HSUS endorse good animal husbandry. Period. Speaking out and telling the truth is not a smear campaign. It is worth mentioning that all the issues with the unnecessary euthanasias, the practicing veterinary medicine without a license, the substandard conditions and hoarding were all initially addressed with HiCaliber. Insiders, former board members, and advocates all, at one time or another, attempted to address this with Manson directly and at any point, she could have turned this around. Rather than accepting advice from those with more experience, Manson went harder the other direction because she is nobody’s bitch and the animals paid the price. Damn straight people comment when they find her trying to accumulate more animals to drag back to the ranch to suffer horrible deaths. It’s not hate because people recognize that things were getting so far out of control we were looking at a situation that was going to be far more horrific than Fallen or Starlight ever thought of being. Believe it or not, there are many of us that have been at this far longer than Manson and we can see a train wreck coming miles away. Does anybody think Fallen and these other places started off like they ended up?
If Manson wasn’t broke as a joke, I think I’d sue her for a new laptop because I spewed water all over my screen when I read about the whole raising the bar thing. I’m wondering if she even believes the craps she writes. I can’t figure out what bar she has raised? For euthanasia percentages? For sure. For standard of care? Not in a million years. Manson indicates `all’ investigations have proven that they aren’t doing anything wrong? Why is it that their original PayPal accounts are still frozen? Why is it that they are no longer allowed to film in the chutes at Ontario? Who brings a criminal defense attorney to auction? What about those audits? No, they are cleared of nothing, they just haven’t been formally charged yet. As far as the rules of rescue, the only hard and fast one is that you are a good steward of the animals you take in and yes, if you can’t abide by that you need to go. Manson needs to go. The only horses she will be welcome to devote her life to is Breyers because she will never be welcome in the horse community.
Here we get to the grift. After all this creative prose designed to draw in the reader, Manson admits she is going to keep their non-profit status. If you haven’t noticed her setting herself up for the next phase of her career you might be blind. The constant talk about compassion pulls. The propaganda video she had the San Diego UT produce for her (euth video ), the protecting of known trippers and abusers all point towards the new direction for the 501c3. It’s also blatantly obvious that Manson gets off on killing horses so what better career for her than to make a living doing just that? You know the old adage about doing what you love and figuring out how to get paid for it…
Manson’s track record for paying off her debts isn’t great hence the foreclosure, bankruptcy, unpaid vet bills, stud fees etc. If I was one of their vendors, I’d be worried. However, like the good grifter she is Manson shifts the responsibility of keeping the hoard and personal horses fed onto the very tapped out village idiots and drops the none too subtle hint that one of them step up and buy the property. Naturally the community of grifters would like to stay together and continue to not work for a living. It wouldn’t be accurate to call it a commune because that would imply that they all pitch in and work for the good of the community. Maybe coven is a more accurate term for what they are proposing as I’m sure organs and body parts of sacrificed animals will be involved.
Now we reach the Academy Award portion of this post where Manson thanks all those that enabled this shit show for so long including `the best team she’s every had’.
What strikes me about Manson’s BFFs and support system is none of them seem to have been in her life more than 5 years. That speaks volumes to me as pretty much everybody I know has some `lifers’ in the friend department. I think that speaks volumes about what passes for loyalty in Manson’s world. Then you have her thanking the body pick up man which should probably be the other way around considering how much business they give him. They’ve probably put his kids through college.
Taking a page out of the manipulators handbook, Manson serves up a classic shit sandwich to her village. Soften them up with flattery and faux vulnerability, ask for money and then praise again. She really is a specimen.
Presuming I’m a `mean girl’ I can guarantee there is a less than zero percent chance I will ever find myself in Manson’s Yankee doodle dandy shit kickers or anything else she wears on her hooves. I’m also reasonably certain I don’t need somebody like her lecturing me on empathy and compassion or relationships. Her `bad backyard program’ caused more suffering and mutilation of horses than almost anything else she did as she protected and covered for the very people who abused and broke down those horses. The very horses she shot in the face without even a kind hand as they were nothing more than income for her. I hope children are watching so they learn how to stand up to a bully and that what is good and right will ALWAYS win out. I will say the one thing Manson did do is unify the real rescue community and they will be stronger as a result. The horses of Southern California are in very good hands once they no longer face the risk of being exploited at the HiCaliber feed lot.
There has never been a need to send Manson screen shots of everything. She reads all the hater sites, all the time. Constantly. I hope she means it about adopting out the horses but I remain skeptical. I’m also not sure what constitutes a `more affordable’ option for a bunch of people who have no jobs. Now that we’ve got that out of the way let’s wrap up some things we talked about in the last post.
One of the first rules of Mole Club is always have more than one mole. In fact, have more than two if you can swing it because sometimes you have to make one into a sacrificial lamb to foster security. Thank you to the people who emailed me out of concern for the outing of the mole. Y’all are some great readers. In an effort to plug the holes in his secret groups, Pasterfuck decided to make all the participants sign a Non Disclosure Agreement. I suspect Angrid may have helped with this as she did with Marg’s epic blackmail letter we talked about last week. I’d like to remind you that these are all grown adults in a Facebook group that have dedicated their time to bullying people into silence and now they want NDAs so nobody tells on the kind of plotting and shit talking they do when they think nobody can see.
Here we have the usual suspects shit talking Izabelle K once again. You will recall the last post showed them talking smack about her due to her lack of filter. This series of screen shots show them all getting pissed off yet again that Izzy spilled the beans about a plan to transfer 20 horses out of state. As far as I know Izzy is still a staunch supporter and completely oblivious what they say about her behind closed doors.
Oops, did I forget to mention that part of the initiation ritual to get into Pasterfuck’s super secret forum was to post their driver’s licenses? Yeah, that was a thing and it was absolutely astonishing not only how many of them did it, but how many didn’t bother to blank out their DL numbers and addresses. They just put it all out there and it was anything but secure. Because I actually have some sympathy for true idiots, I removed their numbers and addresses because those are not important. I think what is important is how many of them are from out of state and far enough away that it’s obvious they have never been near HiCaliber. I also find it telling that even though PF and Mags asked them for their very personal information, they didn’t provide their own DLs nor did they protect the info they gathered. Let this be a lesson to everybody. There is no such thing as a truly secret group and if you put it on the internet you can expect it to become public eventually. Don’t worry, I didn’t keep any of their addresses so they won’t be on my Christmas card list.
Speaking of secret groups and nothing ever really being private, it’s time to hop over to some HiCaliber bat caves. A month or two ago, before she made a big show of deleting her Facebook, Angrid was witch hunting in their private forums and targeting some of the more vocal anti-Hicaliber people. She also targeted Jennifer Marek as she always does. It seems she thought my YouTube account was Jen’s. It’s not but we’ve been round and round that issue before. What is interesting is that videos from Jen’s personal account started showing up on these pages. Funny how that happens. You know what else is funny? It’s super funny when somebody that likes to act like she’s smarter than everybody else outs herself as the proprietress as one of the pages that aggressively targets anybody that dares speak out against HiCaliber.
Here we have Angrid in the secret HiCal admin group announcing that she is, in fact, Baby Horror. To be honest, this wasn’t a big revelation to me. I’ve known for quite some time, but these screen shots came to me recently and they are really amusing, including the one where Angrid shows the owner panel of Baby Horror and begs for likes. Baby Horror was dormant for a while but was recently brought back to life right around the time Angrid deleted her personal Facebook account and said it was because of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The only problem with that excuse was that Angrid deleted her Facebook before that stuff came to light, so it appears that wasn’t really the reason. As funny as it is to out people for their own hypocrisy and immaturity, the personal details that were posted on Baby Horror give me pause for concern given Angrid’s job and the information she potentially has access to. I also find it somewhat telling how often Baby Horror is online during the regular work day. I apologize in advance to whomever Angrid decides I am after this gets out because I’m sure you’re next up for the spotlight. Let’s move on from all this fuckery, shall we?
It’s really no surprise that the permit process is in limbo. Manson even apologized to the village idiots for wasting their money and explained they weren’t moving forward with it now that they are closing. The problem is that HiCaliber is in arrears over $1300 for what has already been done with that permit. Between what HiCaliber raised and what Tracy Acres donated, and that’s not taking into account what they brought in via PayPal, they should have had more than enough money to cover those costs. Obviously it was not all put in the trust account for the permit. In fact, they only put $7000 in the trust account so the exact amount owing is $1332.60. HiCaliber’s youcaring is still open and getting the odd donation. I find it amusing that they were threatening to close doors and kill horses for this con too. What isn’t so amusing is that they likely won’t be allowed to just sit in limbo with the permit indefinitely. Eventually the county will likely start laying fines. I wonder if Manson feels the same about making sure they are paid before she closes or if she’ll try to hang the property owner with it?
Speaking of unpaid bills, this post showed up on the HiCaliber page the other day. Macho actually belongs to the owner of the property. One of the conditions of their lease was that Macho and Curly remain on the property and be cared for by HiCaliber. Curly was adopted out a few months ago and Macho was shifted off to foster along with a rather skinny Scotty. Apparently, Manson isn’t returning the calls of some people she owes money to.
It has been noticed by a few people that Jesse has a chunk missing out of his ear. Despite what she claims, he was likely not born with a wound like that. Up until recently they have gone out of their way to crop pictures and not show his ear. At one point Manson said he `scraped’ it, so the story changes depending on the audience. I don’t know what happened to him but Amanduh’s dog has been seen on live feed chasing and trying to heel him. I’ve brought a lot of foals into this world and never have I ever seen one born with a fresh wound and chunk out of their ear.
Corky the pig isn’t exactly living his best life either. He spends most of his time in the chicken coop and, up until recently, was trying to create his own mud from spilling his water. He’s recently been given a pool, but is still allowed to eat chicken feed which can create problems in pigs. The other night the HiCalibrites thought it would be funny to try to ride him, with a few of them taking turns. Corky tried to get away and run back to his chicken coop to no avail. Manson mentioned on the same live video he was only about 7 months old.
Rizzo was bought just a little over a year ago. Being young and papered, Manson immediately helped herself to him for $1 and whisked him off to Bang Bang Becky’s to `grow up’. Even though he was only 2 years old, Manson did test ride him last year. Since Bang Bang Becky kicked Manson to the curb, Rizzo has been back at HiCaliber and clearly not thriving. There is some controversy over his actual adoption status as he is listed as up for adoption on the website, but Manson has said in private forums that he is not really available. It makes me wonder if she is trying to hide her personal horses that live on the donor dollar for some reason and listing them even though they are not really available to the public.
The other day Amanduh did live feed while riding poor Petty. For whatever reason the HiCalibrites feel that a view of a horse’s ears is a suitable adoption video. I guess now that they’re closing they aren’t bothering with trying to hide much either as Amanduh took us along for a lovely tour of the various shit mountains that are stacked around the poor horses in the training area. I don’t suppose that moving them will ever happen now that they’re no loner pretending to give a shit about upkeep on that ranch.
Back in 2016 one of the villagers hosted a fundraiser for HiCaliber called the Horseshoe Gala. In the above video clip an almost unrecognizable Manson talks about being on track for a close to a million dollar year before inviting all the party goers to eat a dick. One of the featured items in the auction was a donated tanning bed. It was really strange that they only valued it at $300 when even a used tanning bed normally goes for $4000 minimum if you take a look online. I guess I shouldn’t be all that surprised about the under value on it considering the very same tanning bed took up residence in Manson’s house where it remains today.
On a recent live feed, several gunshots were going off in the background as some of the village idiots were out on public land attempting to shoot coyotes again. Of course, Manson thought it was hilarious and joked about shooting horses. You know what they say about many a truth being spoken in jest…
Dedo experienced a death by Manson recently. I’m not really sure what the official reason is for that as he wasn’t in any sort of quarantine situation that I’m aware of. No emotional goodbyes for him either even though her young son rode him and liked him. Dedo did not last even two months at HiCaliber. RIP Dedo #sayhisname
Julia was bought at auction back in December around the time of the Del Mar clusterfuck. In her intake video, Amanduh stated that she had some soreness and `mild’ conjunctivitis. If that was mild, I probably don’t want to know what they consider regular or severe. Julia’s intake video was pretty much the last we ever heard of her as far as updates. She was taken for a tarp nap recently without so much as a mention. RIP Julia #sayhername
Peasley also joined the list of the dead recently. Even though he was named after one of the nastier site admins, that did not save him from taking a bullet to the face. Peasley was diagnosed with ring bone shortly after being bought by HiCaliber but they never made much effort to find him a puff home. I’m not entirely sure he made it out of QT even. In Manson’s world ringbone is punishable by death. RIP Peasley #sayhisname
Many of us were rightfully outraged that Manson was parading horribly broken horses on the side of the road outside of the wedding she was attending. The one mare was an older OTTB named All Things Equal and the other was a young bay filly that appeared to be the victim of tripping. Originally Manson said she was injured in a paddock accident but in the above video she guesses she was match raced. She also seemed to specifically know she was only 2 1/2. It was pretty evident that the younger filly, if not both, were not long for the world with one of Manson’s favorite remote kill locations just around the corner at good ole Buzz’s. Despite them being cruel enough to haul this young mare in this condition it would seem she either got to hang out in the trailer until it was kill time or they killed her and partied after. Either fate is pretty callous. Manson even turned her death into being all about her in the above video and not once expressed any outrage for the people that did this to her. Instead she likely paid them to clean this up. The fate of the TB mare is not known but she is also presumed dead. RIP Ladies There is only one name to say as the younger filly didn’t have her name announced.
At auction or Tuesday, one of the flippers brought this horse and never took him/her anywhere near the ring. His trailer was parked next to Manson and at some point this horse was transferred to Manson’s where he got to stand in the heat until Manson was ready to leave auction. From there Manson went to Buzz’s where she remained for several hours. She had mentioned in one of her live feeds that day that she had been approached about this horse and it was likely a compassion pull. It would seem that once again Buzz’s place was used to kill this horse as he/she never made it back to HiCaliber and Manson was boasting or seeking validation that she just shot him/her without asking for money. I’m not even sure what her point was. Nobody had an opportunity to step up for this horse. He/she never went through the ring. Nobody really knows why this horse needed to be killed or if this dark bay was the one that was killed. Manson had a few in her trailer by the end of the day. What this reminds me of is back in the day when people would take their old and broken horses to slaughter to squeeze the last few pennies out of them. Manson is no better than a mobile slaughter-house it would seem. RIP Sweet horse, I wish we could say your name.
By now most people have heard that Squirrel is also dead despite several adoption offers for her over the past few months. She was purchased from Misner last year shortly after he had bought her at Mike’s auction. She was said to be very keyed up and hard to handle at Mike’s that night so there was always concern about what would happen with her at HiCaliber. What happened was she got sick with Strangles and suffered in her own filth. Her ultimate demise was similar to that of Nala’s having had Strangles and then exhibiting signs of colic which was likely a result of the abscesses bastardizing. We recently had a post about Squirrel and how her illness progressed here. Make no mistake this was a senseless and entirely preventable death. Manson denied this horse a chance at a forever home more than once. It is reasons like this that Manson is finding herself being run out of the rescue industry. This is not rescue and this is not ok. RIP Summer Soprano #sayherrealname
The above list is all the horses that have lost their lives at HiCaliber this year. We are in our 17th week of the year and forty two horses are already dead. That’s not counting the unnamed ones that have been killed, with at least three of them being within the past two weeks. That means Manson is killing an average of more than two horses every single week. Just looking at the list and it reads like an honor roll of senseless deaths. At least three of them are dead as a direct result of Strangles. I can probably count on one hand the number that actually and legitimately needed to be released from suffering unrelated to their time at HiCaliber. This is NOT rescue and this is exactly why Manson finds herself in the pickle she is in. THIS is why there are haters and will continue to be as long as she is infesting the horse industry.
As always, there isn’t much to say after the dead have been listed. Despite the announcement of doors closing and the lip service being paid to going out on a high, it’s pretty much business as usual at HiCaliber. Horses are being brought back to be warehoused, others are being shot and cons being run. Only yesterday Romney Faye sat in an empty auction house crying for the camera and begging for money. It seems closing the doors is a very good fund-raising angle as the donations continue to roll in. Manson has found some sympathetic ears in the media willing to allow her to spew her propaganda without the inconvenience of a fact check and the village idiots collectively touch themselves in ecstasy as if that was some proof that none of this is happening. It is happening and it’s not because people are anti-euthanisia. It’s not because anybody has an issue with tats, bad hair, or foul mouths. Lord knows enough of us rock some or all of those same things. What people are against is suffering and cruelty. They’re against rewarding and covering for the very people that are mutilating and hurting these animals and Manson doesn’t even do that under the guise of collecting evidence. She knew these tortured souls with broken bodies were her income source and the more mangled, the better. People are against that and that is why Manson finds herself on the outside looking in. She’ll tell you she `saved’ 500 horses a year but that’s a lie too. When you have increased the suffering and exploited it, you are a big part of the problem and you need to go.
These next few months are going to be rough as new schemes to raise funds are hatched and Manson tries to make the whole `Angel of Death’ thing fly. The more money rolls in, the longer she’s going to hang on until she has no choice. I can assure you that she has been cleared of nothing and the investigations are open and active. I can also assure you that the moles are all still very much in place and active. Information still flows. My job or intent with this blog has mostly been accomplished. I got the word out as best I could and we created a community where people felt safe and supported in telling their own stories. All the readers here are a huge part of that. I’m not going away just yet, as there is still work to do. Until the investigations wrap up, I’ll do my best to keep people updated on where we’re at and we will continue to say the names of those horses we could not get relief to in time. This is the hard part, but I think we’re all up to the challenge. There is light at the end of the tunnel and, this time it is not an oncoming train.
I wish the village would look at some other rescues and see how they save horses. Real rescue, real saves. Right now Days End has a filly that was starved, and so far they are saving her. She’s in rough shape, think Johnny Cade, but she’s up in a sling, being fed small meals and around the clock care. No dragging her for walks, no stuffing food into her mouth and a proper sling, not tow straps to cut off her circulation. The village needs to see the pictures, read the hows and whys of what they are doing and compare to the Johnny Vade cluster.
HC can’t hold a candle to PFK. They shouldn’t be mentioned in the same breath. I’m surprised a villager follows PFK. PFK is a pretty intense rescue that, in my opinion, works miracles. Michelle would be in gun heaven if she got horses like Marte gets over there.
Maybe, if/when, HC is finally closed down, some of the VI will take the time to actually check into sone of the other rescues and see hoe rescue is actually done properly and with transparency. Sorry to read the prognosis on MayDay. Tell me how the “haters” are responsible for this. Doesn’t even make sense that someone would even say that. These people just parrot what M says. What is stopping HC from going after the people responsible for this? Quit bitching about AC and file a damn complaint.
Of course, the Donate button is up. If they are leaking like a sieve now, why bring in more horses? Take care of the ones you have. There is a big push to move horses out now. Why hasn’t that been done all along? Who even remembers half the horses there?
She will just continue her scamming as she has a history already. I read somewhere she was, at least, accused of Bankruptcy fraud in regard to the last place. Ran across a post by an ex-volunteer that was on the Escondido property that was accusing her of the same MO she has continued at HC.
TBH, I hope the remaining village idiots fuck right off and go fixated on something else. Rescue and the horse industry don’t need people that stupid.
Thank you for the clarification!
I am confident that this little one will be raised up properly and given the utmost of care which will give it the best chance for a good life.
We all know that stallions can be very determined and you have owned the situation, accepted the responsibility, and have made steps to ensure it won’t happen again which is the most anyone could ask.
It’s the haters fault because last week no one stepped up and bought her. Not that anyone else probably saw her. I don’t think for one minute Michelle told AC about the mare. She claims she mentioned the mare to AC last week, but I can picture her walking past them and mumbling under her breath, but not pointing out the abuse or abuser.
I feel so bad for the mare. Anyone with a conscious or a bit of empathy would have had the vet euthanize her while he was there. I also thought that vet didn’t work for them anymore.
I don’t think she told AC about that mare either. On live yesterday, she was saying how she ignored/avoided the AC Officer each week when she asked Manson “can I speak w/ you?” And Manson claims she said “no” every time the Officer approached her…so doubtful she told her about the mare, who was likely hidden/stuffed away in a trailer somewhere.
Are you seriously going to make me listen to that whole mess yesterday to find that?
ha! Shed, just checked, it’s on the vid called ‘Mayday’ from Tues where Manson/Wrinkles driving in truck….starts @ 8min 15sec into that video
Thank you!
I can’t remember which video, but I recall her saying the AC officer claims it was a different bay that they saw last week, and of course that “was the one damn time we couldn’t take pictures” so it’s her word against AC. Convenient….no?
She could have taken pics.
same video @12min mark: “this horse should not have stood a single minute in the condition that she’s in”
as they’re in process of dragging her to the feedlot for some grief video$
^^^Too much ADHD and not enough sleep. Spelling errors and editing issues abound.
That story actually evolves as the live feed records. It starts off as she just walks by and says “there’s a horse back there that needs your help”. She shares how her relationship with the officers is not a good one of any type of mutual respect. Of course it’s Michelle’sshit that doesn’t stink. They are just making hard for her and her innocent middleman friends that don’t speak a lick of English despite living the US for long enough to clearly be established.
And then there is the issues with the sad reality that Hispanics are an underserved community when it comes to vetra-narians as there are none that can speak Spanish. Although Michelle who did Its The Pits dog rescue right along side Baja Animal Sanctuary and Second Chance Dog Rescues wasn’t aware that in Mexico animals are not treated like they typically are here. Not dogs, or horses. So animal medicine is still a do it yourself using homemade remedies and treatments. You do not spend money on your pets you either fix it with salve or you kill says animal. Michelle should know this from all the dogs she saw in neighboring booths that were rescued off the streets of Mexico. She is such a pathological liar!
She embellished the story as it unfolded from her cursed lips and lying tongue. It went from a casual in passing snarky “there’s a horse that needs your help back there” to an empassioned sincere cry for help. Bullshit as high as the mounds at High Cal.
Another pity party for Michelle. Of course it’s in the stall with her victim. It’s all about Michelle, poor Michelle she is so sad, crocodile tears and reminding the village they are having to give up the ranch and shut down, poor Michelle what’s going to happen to the horses, but poor Michelle. And now an anatomy lesson about founder from the 30% vet. I’m very disappointed in their vet. He was there, took X-rays and probably recommend euthanasia, right fully so, but instead of doing it he leaves it up Michelle.
Gee, she actually admitted that she is going to have to give up the ranch? I’m shocked. I’ve been convinced that in her delusional mind, she might find a way to keep it and stay there despite what will be coming her way in the upcoming months.
If I lived in the area, Talbot would certainly not be my choice of vet–I will bet he doesn’t know about the gunshot euthanasias gone bad and requiring multiple shots, and if he does, more shame on him.
She has said before she would have to give up the ranch with, an obvious, underlying plea and hope someone would step up and bail them out. Bail may be needed in more ways then one. We can hope.
Talbot basically said he’s pro-slaughter. I wouldn’t let him vaccinate my barn cats.
Agree, he should have done it whi,e he was there. She will probably say they couldn’t afford to have him do it. If they do owe him money, I am surprised he is still treating the horses. I just saw she has a video up. No arguments, this is sad and I am seeing visions of JC. Perfect opportunity for her to pull at heart strings. Why don’t all the other numerous horses she puts down deserve some love and attention? RIP MayDay. Sorry you had to endure all you did.
Sad as it is to say, her only regret is more than likely that she had to pay a vet to come out to look the horse over before she simply shot her, which would merely have cost her the price of a bullet. I am so over her.
I think the theatrics of having the vet there were very calculated actually. Not like she didn’t drive past at least two clinics on the 2 plus hour ride back to Valley Center with that mare.
If it was truly about any of the horses that have been so severely injured, sick and starved – Michelle would have arrangements for a vet local to the auction to make a site visit and handle emergencies immediately rather than doing the HC version of a weekly internet telethon. If the local vet won’t work with them then they should have their vet agree to go to auction with them. They seem to know ahead of time what will be there.
Kingofthebullring….I do believe that most of the local vets know about HC at this point and won’t work with them.
If they’ve burned all their bridges with vets then they have no business taking in animals that require emergency medical care. If a rescue goes out in the community to provide compassion and release to the worst of the worst, be prepared to do it right then and there with the correct medical equipment and personnel. Don’t prolong the suffering of the animal by making it stand around in pain while they raise funds. Don’t drag it up and down the parking lot for the ghoulish kicks of their village trolls claiming this is how you get footage for your vet to diagnose and give you the okay to shoot it. After the animals have had to wait all day in pain, don’t trailer them hours back to your property (while you stop to eat and do whatever else).
You can’t blame him for that. If she won’t give consent to put the horse down, he can’t force that on them. My upset is you know she killed more than one.
I cant even watch the lives – its so gross. It’s like Death Porn.
It makes me ill. Michelle in the stall stroking that horse and talking sing-song-baby-talk. Like she doesn’t know exactly who and where this horse came from and how long she suffered. It’s stomach turning.
I am continually amazed at the numbers of grossly injured, starved, and mistreated horses that people “contact her” about. In my 30+ years with horses, across a number of industries and disciplines, I have NEVER seen even a fraction of horses in that state. I fail to understand how the “Village” can’t put two and two together and see that something is very, very wrong here.
Funny how there were no tears and histrionics over horses like Marian, Fantasia, Othello and others that were equally mangled. Of course she wasn’t on her way out and scraping when those poor horses got to take their tarp naps.
Has Amanda left the org?
I am sure It heard her say on the one video she had to get off to help Amanda move horses. Who knows.
Nope. She was holding the xrays today.
I’d love for her to get away from the horses but at the same time I want her taken down for her part in this too.
Amanduh has been named for her part in all of this. F her too.
Thank you. I wonder what it will take for the barnacles to see the light.
I don’t think they will.
Maybe a job?
Geeez, my phone……Do you mean The French Market in the Quarter?
Have you guys ever had a Muffelatta sandwich??? OMG!!
I don’t like Muffelatta sandies because I hate olives. My favorite po’boy is the BBQ shrimp one from Liuzza’s
I’m so sorry but I love them! I bring home 25 lbs of shrimp every time that I go! If you ever want to try it, let me know cuz I’ve got it down! Lol! 😉
Last time I went, I bought a voodoo doll to use for a former employee who stole tons of money from us! Besides the Karma bus a comin’, I figured it couldn’t hurt! I’ll be purchasing a new one for you know who on my next trip!! Lol!
I’ve posted my voodoo doll on this blog before. LOL. Purple hair and all 😉
I need to call my friend and have her get me one. The hell with waiting!
Mine is actually my keychain. I have to confess I did de-Mansonize it though.
Does that mean you stabbed it?
Repeatedly. LOL
I did the same with mine and actually left the straight pin permanently inserted!,
Perhaps I can pick up a bulk order of voo doo dolls while I’m down there? LOL
Count me in!!Lol!!
Yes, with black and purple hair and ridiculous lips.
I’d like one with the over done eye brows if you please. 😀
LOL!!!
LOL
My mom LOOOOVEEESSS Muffelatta. I’m with Shed on the po’boys. I’ll have to remember Liuzza’s.
Several yrs ago my flight left around 1pm & I hadn’t eaten lunch so I brought 1/2 of a mufelatta sandwich on the plane. And we all know Southwest..packed in like sardines! The ladies sitting around me were drooling as I ate!!
I’d have asked for you to be removed! LOL
Awww, I was very discreet!! I had a window seat too!! Lol!
She would be able to smell the olives.😂😂
Just like my hubby with mayo! He’s landed way too many abscesses, so nothing even remotely white for him! Lol!!
Really? How does he live life without mayo? That’s just weird!
Like I said…too many abcesse, so no mayo! But remember…you don’t like olives!! LOL!!😉
Most people don’t like olives and I eat plenty of disgusting shit. I don’t mind anchovies!
Exactly!
I can’t do anything with olives. I think they are just nasty. My other half was mortally offended to see me scrape the olive salad off my muffaletta and then complain that I could still taste `olive juice’ when we split one once.
Sacrilege!
I know. I will forever be a yankee in the important ways it seems.
No,my honey doesn’t like them either. As a down home Southern boy, I am shocked that he also doesn’t like sweet potatoes. I on the other hand, love green olives, black olives, garlic stuffed, blue cheese stuffed, you name it!
On the other hand, per a previous reply, he loves mayo so much that he can eat it by the teaspoon. Yuck!
I am a mayo enthusiast as well. I put it on hotdogs which grosses most people out for some reason. I deeply hated sweet potatoes until I was an adult. Funny how taste buds change.
The hubs grew up with grilled cheese sandwiches, heavy on the mayo. I taught him the new normal pronto. Way too much fat and ooze
Ok, I’m not down for mayo on grilled cheese. That’s a bit wrong.
I used mayo for a grilled cheese (when I didn’t have butter,). My son who was 4 at the time was appalled 🤣🤣. I never did that again and he never had a tantrum when I told him we were out of butter, lmao!!!
I never heard of grilled cheese without mayo. I thought it had to have mayo. I still learn something new everyday and I’m old as hell. I’ll have to try it without.
The only thing other than cheese in a grilled cheese sandwich should be tomato!!!
I use a little mayo on inside of bread with cheese and dill pickles. Butter on outside to grill. When done my husband will add a slice of tomato. But then again my husband makes an over easy egg sandwich: grape jelly on one piece of toast with the egg on top, then bacon and then another piece of toast with mayo. He said it has to be made that way so when the egg drips with the grape jelly it’s green. I won’t eat it.
Why???? What would ever possess somebody to even try that combination let alone keep having it? Super nasty!
Grilled cheese with chopped Ortega chilies
Ewwww
Never tried that one, sounds really good
Pretty sure I know the answer to this Shed, but have you ever tried avocado on a grilled cheese sandwich? LOL!!
No, which is strange because I really like avocados and grilled cheese sandwiches. If I actually ate bread much I would totally try that.
I’m not a big sweet eater either, but ohhh….I adore good bread. Don’t need butter, just give me the bread!
I like bread a lot too, but I just don’t indulge as a rule.
Sweet Rolls are a huge downfall for me.
On the plus side the hubs family always had applesauce with their oozy grilled cheeses. That tradition I chose to keep, it’s pretty good.
I can see applesauce and cheese actually. It would be hella messy but cheese and apples are a thing.
Actually the sandwich works like a dipper as well as a wiper, it’s fairly clean
I think I’ll pass
How dare you! That’s sacrilege!
I don’t even have butter in my house. My fridge contents are pitiful unless you like raw dog food, cherry tomatoes and yogurt. I hate grocery shopping almost as much as I hate cooking.
I go every two weeks, it’s quite the drive 🤣
Word!
Not a fan either
Precisely
I just recently (in the last year or two) learned of the deliciousness of Mayo on hotdogs and asparagus. Oh my! Like I really need the extra fat and calories, but it is so Good! 😂
I never thought of Mayo on asparagus but that would totally work.
Sautéed with olive oil and garlic is the best!
I could never even get on board with the mayo with artichokes thing, my go to is melted butter.
For asparagus? It doesn’t really need much of anything but if you must douse it in something Hollandaise please.
Bacon wrapped asparagus!
Now you’re speaking my son’s language
Home cured green olives are the best!!
Nasty!
RRR have you been to the “Olive Pit” in Corning? I’ve never stopped there, but have heard that they have an amazing selection of olives. For those of us that love them that is. 😉
That sounds like a version of hell.
LMAO!! 😂🤣
It’s been several years but, yes I’ve been there. They have hamburgers that are pretty good and then an olive bar for toppings on the burgers.
It’s the exit before the main Corning one that has more appeal to me. Premier equestrian facility.
Olives on burgers? That sounds really gross.
Yes, the “fairly new” Equestrian Center next to Rolling Hills casino. That place looks amazing! A lot of my friends have shown there quite a bit. Surprisingly I haven’t been there yet. I had my daughter 2 years ago and attending horse events has really taken the back burner. I’ve only really started hauling off the ranch and getting back into things over the past 4 months or so. I hope to check that place out in person real soon! 😀
I haven’t ridden there. I did go to a Buck clinic.
I have a contemporary who does the barrel jackpots there but I don’t feel the need for speed myself.
I’m assuming that the Olive Pit will never become a destination for a secret rendezvous with Shed sadly.
Pretty safe assumption.
😆 I believe you are right RRR! LOL
There is a place in Williams that you used to be able to go try their amazing selection of olives, as well.
I believe you are thinking of Granzella’s. That place burned to the ground about 3 years ago however, they rebuilt and are back in business.
I skirt Williams about once a month on my way to God’s country, AKA Sonoma County. When I do I’m on a mission to just get there so I’ve never been to Granzella’s myself. The hubs had, many years ago.
I must say D, you get around.
I had a very peripatetic lifestyle, and am so thankful for it. Although I grew up in Northern Cali, I moved to Sonoma County and stayed there for several years. That’s it–Granzellas! I am glad they rebuilt it–I had no idea that it burned down. 😦 On my weekends off, we headed to Williams at least once a month to check on my SO’s (at that time) parents and so had the chance to go explore the local attractions.
After I took my travel nursing position, I got paid to go to work in a different state every 13 weeks. To date I’ve lived in 38 states LOL.
Wow! 38 states. I don’t believe that I have even passed through that many.
I think we will rename you, `suitcase’, it seems far more appropriate!
Speaking of names, what was M’s CL name for selling crusty underwear?
Monique Gallindo or something like that.
The hubs saw a CL ad this am selling panties, Mia was the name.
Tell him to give it a call. SHe may have switched things up.
RRR- I’m the same. I get on the road and try not to stop until I reach my destination. The only time I’ve stopped at Granzella’s, I was traveling with a friend between Cottonwood and Half Moon Bay. She used to make that pit stop with family years ago and just raved about the deli sandwiches. I cannot remember the taste now, so im guessing it was nothing to write home about. Dang D… You have moved around a lot. Definitely more states than I have visited. 😉 Pretty exciting though!
When we have horses on board we only stop for gas and pee stops. I’m intimately familiar where the good gas station grub is along my usual routes.
😂 I’m kinda familiar with the Togo’s/I think Shell gas stop in Williams.
If Williams is a layover spot for you we might not be as near each other as I thought
That’s usually on my way back up from the bay, after sitting in traffic for hours. Usually no stops on my way down.
I was thinking last night and I am not certain that I was thinking of Granzella’s, which was a deli–although it might have been. (It has been that long ago.) This was an actual olive farm, with multiple varieties of olives, where one could go to check them out. Is that Granzella’s? It is where I discovered my love of garlic stuffed olives LOL.
If the necessity of coming to California arises, I plan on renting a car and staying there a couple of weeks so that I can travel throughout Northern Cali, up to Oregon and Washington and will have to see if I can find it again on my way to Roseburg!
I’ll be the one in Groucho Mark glasses when this all comes to court. I wonder if I should dye my hair blonde so as not to wipe out their preconceived notions about how I am and what I actually look like.
Black and Purple wig 🤷♀️ You will blend right in, lol
LOL
Hey D… Granzella’s does have olives, but I don’t remember it being located at an olive farm. I had always thought that the Olive Pit in Corning was at or near a local Olive Farm. But, I have never been there. I know they have free olive tasting and a wide variety. I too LOVE their garlic stuffed olives. I had some at a friend’s house and they had purchased me a jar the next time they went there. That business has been around for quite some time, so I am unsure if they were originally on site of a farm and in later years built a larger facility in a different location? It is about an hour away from me, but next time I need to go to Red Bluff perhaps I will head a little further south and check it out. 😉
Olive Pit or Granzella’s?
BTW I am planning on going to a clinic at Rolling Hills in September, yay!
Oh cool. I forgot, where is Granzella’s located? I haven’t stopped there in years but it is pretty good as well.
Granzella’s is the place D was thinking of, it’s in Williams
Do you like crawfish? They make great po’boy sandwiches too. And I’m sure that your familiar with the saying about crawfish…how you “eat the tail and suck the head” !! Lol 😉
I love crawfish. Crawfish are happiness and yes, the best way to eat them is to suck the heads and eat the tails!
I have an apron that says it on the front, but I’m careful who I wear it around!!
Isn’t a hot crawfish boil and Jax beer the best?
I’m not much of a beer drinker actually, but lean more towards Dos Equis when I do. Mostly, I’d just rather have a Barq’s though.
I sucked the head of a crawfish my first time in new orleans when I was in second grade. Imagine the teacher’s shock when I said “I sucked head on vacation” during a presentation for the class about my trip. I also mentioned the “ladies of the night” who hung out on the streets at night. Oh, to be young and naive, again. (I don’t think I ate the tails though… Hmmm)
I remember being young and “country,” and seeing a lady of the night and asking my parents, “Is that a real hooker?” Needless to say, she flipped me off LOL.
LOL! When we were kids we only went to the city one in a while if we had a dental appointment of something. I don’t know why, but I had this fascination with seeing the hookers too and always used to make my dad drive by. Not like that was a career goal or anything, but I think it set me up nicely for monitoring the HiCal sitch.
LOL!!!! The tails are the best part!
Yeah, my friend loves root beer…me, not so much.
LOLI just bought some..it is root beer float season!
I can’t remember the last time I had a float and now I’ve got a jones. Thanks for that D!
A&W! Vanilla ice cream!
If you have Culver’s Frozen Custard stands in your area, those root beer floats are the stuff dreams are made of.
As far as cool treats go, I’m partial to a stuffed sno ball. Those things are like crack.
A & W is the best float root beer for sure.
Boston Cooler = Vernor’s Ginger Ale and Vanilla Ice Cream. YUM!!!!
Ooh, I need to try that! Cream soda ain’t bad, either. Funny thing is, I don’t drink root beer or cream soda, but when summer comes it is to make lots of ice cream floats.
Orange Crush makes a pretty awesome float actually.
I just recently discovered a drink (and I’ve since learned it is generally called a frozen mudslide): Kahlua, Bailey’s, and Vodka (I used vanilla vodka) all blended up with vanilla ice cream, and then a topping of Bourbon whipped cream. Soooooo good. Welcome summer!
Oh man, that sounds fabulous. I really, really need some.
Mmm breadandcircuses! Surprisingly, I have all of that. Except I believe I only have regular vodka. My husband recently decided that he wanted to try a “duck fart” shot. 😂 Kahlua, Bailey’s, and Whiskey layered. The top kinda looks curdled like a bird turd. It’s actually pretty good. 🤣
Holy crapazoid! Just got a little drunk reading that. Sounds yummy!
Ok Breadandcircuses, I’m stealing that one. It sounds verrry nice!
There are apparently some variations, some people put chocolate syrup in it, or top it with chocolate shavings, and the bourbon whipped cream is amazing, but the drink is still great if you don’t have time for it. Now wondering if I have all of the ingredients in my house right now….how well is my liquor cabinet stocked…. hmmm 😉
*perks up* Bourbon whipped cream? ooh, that might be the perfect topping for my Bourbon pecan pie recipe.
OMG, Bourbon pecan pie? You’re hurting me with this shit!!! PS, is it `pee-can’ or `puh kahn’?
We pronounce it pe-kahn LOL.
If anyone is in the neighborhood around Christmas time, that is my time to bake anything and everything for the Christmas holidays! I start the first of December and we do cookies, cheesecakes, pies…anything that sounds delicious and festive. Anyone is free to drop on by because I cook enough to feed armies! Bourbon pecan pies (I really want to look up the bourbon whipped cream because that would make the perfect topping!) Bailey’s chocolate chip cheesecakes, Rum glazed pound cakes, cookies and festive desserts…our doors are open to most everyone and for those who can’t make it, I will hopefully be able to go deliver to my senior citizens once again. I love Christmas and the cold weather, can you tell? I go wild.
The extent of my Christmas baking is I’ll make a batch of Bourbon Balls and then decide they were so much effort and expense to make that I’ll just keep them for myself. LOL I’m kind of a Christmas humbug.
Again, I’m a yankee so I say `pee can’ most of the time, much to the disgust of those around me.
LOL! Nope, we say it pee-kahn. Although I have met some Southerners who pronounce it as pee-can, too.
Not the uptown crew. We have just agreed not to talk about pecans and that’s how we get by it. The battle of what iced tea really is vs sweet tea rages on however.
LOLOLOL! Well, that is an easy one..the only kind of tea is sweet tea! Of course, after living on the other side of the country and drinking unsweetened iced tea, I hate everything about it–the smell, the taste, etc–so I make it for my honey but don’t touch it,myself.
Homemade lemonade, however, I’m your girl!
Iced tea to me is like Good Host iced tea crystals or Nestea. That’s what `iced tea’ is supposed to taste like. Sweet tea just ain’t right. I’d rather have an iced coffee. Totally agree on the lemonade though. It is the only way to fly!
Luzianne only here–I think that is a southern thing LOL. I need to go pick up another pitcher soon because lemonade weather is on its way.
I say pee-can pie and pee-kahn when just referring to the nuts. Strange 🙄
My pronunciation of some things tend to fluctuate with the company I am in. I don’t have a super defined accent but when I go back to my roots that slips around my own people.
You should hear the “y’alls” that pop out of my mouth after a visit to NOLA!! LOL!
Those never leave me 😉
I am in almond country, locals here pronounce the word like Salmon minus the s
No `d’? Sacrilege!
No L either.
That make it sound like an Egyptian god rather than a nut.
Amenhotep – The Almond Pharaoh
LOL I never thought of it like that. It is easier to say.
Now that I think about it though I have never seen a poor almond farmer, or a poor rice farmer either for that matter
LOL
OK I sounded it out, there is a D, the salmon reference was more for the first syllable.
😆 That “amon” thing still gets to me!
It’s the ahmund blossom pollen that really gets to me
Now you’ve got my attention
The bourbon whipped cream is super easy D, you can google the recipe if you want but you just whip up some homemade whipped cream, mix in a little sugar, and then fold in the bourbon. Now that I think about it, I’m sure you could just buy whipped cream and fold in the bourbon too. Piece of cake (and soooo delicious!)
Thank you! I cannot wait to try making a Bourbon pecan pie now, just to try experimenting with that recipe before Christmas. I want to know that it is perfect BEFORE Christmas!
I would just like a bowl of that. That sounds good enough to hurt a person.
I’m having shedrow withdrawls
For sure
Me too. Hope Shed stays ont His as people can easily forget.
Me too RH! 😉 I have trouble wading through all the crazy on the HC page and love it summarized here. Plus I’ve been pretty busy lately and haven’t had much time to listen to the many hours of live feeds.
I’m sorry Shed and D… I feel I have been taking you for granted. 😀
Unfortunately, withdrawals are going to set in for a lot of people because there is not going to be a lot to cover while we wait for TPTB to finish up all of their investigations, file the paperwork and then wait for the eventual case to go to court and be decided. Chances are that we won’t even know when the case is filed, although they might make it public as it goes through the courts if they decide to charge it criminally (I still admit to a small flicker of hope that they might do so, even though they usually don’t, due to the sheer amount of blatant withdrawals of money.)
Otherwise, we will not see it until the case has been decided.
That means our posts will probably get fewer and far between, also so that we can enjoy some beautiful weather, as well!
I understand D and you both deserve your free time! It kinda sucks that you are in a recovery period, but maybe it means that you’ll be totally healed and ready to celebrate when this all comes to fruition and HC is kaput. The waiting game is the hardest part for me since I have little patience. 😉 Especially with all the fuckery (loving this word) that continues at HC.
Also, my ADD has flared up in the worst way lately. LOL
Mine, too–I think it is the beautiful weather LOL. I just want to go outside!
The reason I write and post late is because I generally am outside all day or out of pocket. Often both.
I’m working on a post, but you know…shiny things.
Shed, is there anyway you can have a real vet transcribe the radiographs M shared on fb the other day for their new grifting campaign?
What do you need to know?
The last post makes me furious! Michelle sitting in the stall with Mayday leaning against her. Michelle saying who she usually keeps these moments of grief to herself, how much it hurts her, how sad she is, etc.. she’s moaned and blamed everyone but herself for the pain and suffering the poor mare endured, but she loaded Mayday in a trailer, hauled her back to the ranch, tied her to a trailer to do a damn live post, then had a vet there and didn’t have him humanely put her down but kept that poor mare alive and in pain for 31 hours. She said how long Mayday was there, 31 hours to cry and complain because no one did right by her. Well Michelle, you didn’t do right either. I’m not anti euthanasia, I’m very much for it when the animal has no quality of life. As a matter of fact my belief with animals in life is I’d rather be a week to early than a day to late. So, that poor mare should have been put down on the way out of wherever she was picked up, not drug back to the death camp and showed off to raise funds.
just saw that. Her thought patterns are so disturbing & seem to get worse by the day. She sees herself as a hero for killing so many horses (and pocketing the money entrusted for their care). The amount of animals who have suffered on her watch is immeasurable. Then you have the VI’s telling her ‘there there, don’t worry, there will be more to shoot…..’
That mare was killed yesterday by Manson and her body is still in the barn with a blanket over it waiting to be picked up. I’m sure Manson found something else to shoot to get her discount on the haul away.
So from her epic Mayday post, up less than an hour ago, here are some quotes …
(I would call it the Goodbye Mayday post, but Mayday is hardly in it. Just as a prop for the real message. )
“I don’t think you could possibly understand what it feels like to end the life of someone you’re so madly in love with until you’re in that position…and even then, its hard to wrap your brain around.”
(Who, Mayday? Madly in love with a horse she met a few days ago – that she doubtless maneuvered into a great deal of unnecessary extra pain to serve her own purposes – one just like dozens of others in desperate condition that she has used in the same way – one among thousands of unwanted horses that have passed through her hands.
Actually I give the benefit of the doubt that there are some heavy emotions rocking back & forth, but I don’t know what I’d call them.
Some of the horse actions she interpreted as love – in a dog they might be – in a horse indicate serious trouble. Not love. Somehow she has handled thousands of horses and never learned much of anything about them.)
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“And while HiCaliber might be going away, I’m not.”
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“I’ll still answer my phone. I’ll still show up for these horses. I’m just afraid the resources won’t be there for me to do much.”
(Who exactly is on the other end of the phone? And clearly this is a call to the villagers to stay in touch for more thrills to come.)
“I might have lost a couple of battles…but I’ll win the war.”
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“The uncharted territory is where I’ll remain.”
“No matter what happens, we can’t ever let a horse like her slip through the cracks. ”
(Oh dear – It seems she wants to continue going after the ones suffering the most, the most vulnerable in every respect.)
” ….but you won’t stop me.”
(As they say, when someone tells you who they are, believe them. She’ll be back. )
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(Tell me again about the prison sentences, formerly-d! Don’t let this blog record disappear, someone out there is gonna need it, thanks Shed! 🙂 )
Yeah right! Coming from someone who volunteered to euthanize dogs and cats at the animal control shelter. Yeah right.
Anyone who knows her history and believes the scripted video messages is either brainwashed or an idiot. Perhaps both.
The messages are scripted to bring in money. End of story.
M thrives on the adulation. In one of the many recent videos someone commented that she is their idol. The more the comments are about how much she is loved, admired and a great human, all it does is burst her ego and make her moist. She is so pathetic, it has nothing to do about the horses, only her.
I liked the part where Mayday was making up for lost time, soaking in all those years she should have been loved. How does M know she wasn’t loved? She has only had her 31 hours, so she says.
IMO, what she is mourning the most is losing her audience when she shuts down. Look at how often she compares herself to celebrities. In her mind she is this rock star and now it’s all come crashing down.
Mayday was drugged off her ass and too sore to stand up and get away from Manson’s self pitying ass. No, that horse wasn’t in love with or even feeling Manson. She was the only vulnerable being in that equation. M is just a calculating and self serving hosebeast.
Unless Manson changes her name and location, she can get used to me all over her ass. She is not wanted or needed in the horse or rescue industry. Time to GTFO. As I’ve said before, she may be a big bitch but I’m the baddest bitch and I only play to win.
👏❤ Love your dedication Shed!
She triggers me, what can I say?
😂
I’ll be watching her closely as well unless she gets locked up. She won’t change unless something changes for her as in the IRS, AG etc. and she is charged, arrested, convicted and sentenced.
Agreed. Otherwise, as long as she sees a chance to make money, she will continue to do this over and over. Same story, different weeks.
Any villager who saw Mayday and the mare the week before who never got a name, and is still on board the HiCaliber bandwagon, is beyond all hope.
To honor the unnamed mare with the broken shoulder and to help never forget her, I gave her a name, and think of her as Primrose. But that’s not a HiCaliber name, of course, she has no name on the HiCaliber list. She’s my Primrose on my list. ❤
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Damn Michelle and her unholy gang.
Have to point out Robyn in the recent live feed too:
“That always happens, every single horse that comes through here will always have a name.”
Oh really? I can think of a few that went through without mention of a name. They put so much emphasis on giving a horse back identity and dignity through a name, and then they name a horse foreskin….. what the hell kind of sense does that make? Yeah, so respectful. Not to mention completely brushing off checking the DNA for all of the THL horses that they just HAD to give stories to. I wonder if M has put poor Mayday’s hair into the brown paper bag along with all the rest?
What about the one she executed last week? No name or mention for her. How many others?
And therein lies the difference between current Villagers and Us. We have critical minds that listen with our heads and our hearts. When her stories didnt add up, her posts were so strangely erratic, the eternal victim routine ends up being a huge red flag after a minute.
How long ago was Primrose shared with her villagers? How anyone can forget that awkward, appalling, video with a dolled up Romney the Cowgirl unable to lead let alone turn a horse that should not have even been moved. Ugh. And until today that mare did not get a name. That mare that Michelle tried to say took a huge chunk or her heart.
Michelle, you may have a heart that is beating but what you lack is a well developed CONSCIENCE!
And Villagers, you make me thank my lucky stars that parents provided me with a good education and upbringing so I’d know how to discern between truth and fiction.
Primrose, MayDay, Johnny Cade, all we given a target the minute HCHR began rewarding criminals to bring broken, starved horses to the feet of the wannabe Goddess of Grift Michelle Cochran Knutilla.
The village only mourns when Manson tell them it’s ok and Manson only mourns when there is money on the table.
I just read her post. She writes well, have to give her that. Drama and heartbreak. Her posts and videos mean little to me anymore. Doesn’t take a genius to read between the lines. Of course, she knows her VI will soak it up. Heartbreaking what MayDay had to go through. HC should have done the right thing and had her euthanized ASAP, not trailering her back to the ranch and making her suffer another 31 hours. How much was donated for this one? What was the cost to HC? What about all the others she raised funds for then shot? Where are those tearful videos and pics? RIP MayDay. Sorry you were used. Anybody awake yet???
The villagers that are left will never leave. If their eyes haven’t been opened, they never will be. Michelle will never willingly quit what she’s doing and I’m just praying that she is forced out soon by the proper authorities.
She will be.
Like many others, if Mayday had been met in her previous home by a vet, her outcome might have been completely different.
All the trailering for horses with problems with their feet and limbs, and the awful broken shoulder, very likely make it much worse.
Rescue would be treating a horse in that condition where it was, bringing whatever supplies and care are needed to the horse.
Any vet I’ve ever worked with would say “I’ll come out to your horse” if I called in problems like those. And has, with the various suspensory and painful abscesses, things that were not nearly as severe as these horses have.
Well over $1200 rolled in on her. M had to work this one like a pole when the rent was due, but it seems to have encouraged her to keep on grifting.
She writes well like any modern popular bubblegum author. Too many to even mention. Remember that Danielle Steele made millions…
She knows how to play to her audience. But for the evil woman who has shot so many horses in the face for no valid reason and with nary a thought…for her to compare this killing of a horse she just bought…to that of having to kill someone you “are madly in love with”…it’s just a disgusting ploy for sympathy and dollars.
She gets an A in creative writing. But it’s clear to anyone but the brainwashed villagers that she has no actual compassion for anyone or anything else.
She gets a D- in creative writing from me. Well worded but way too on the nose and obvious in her manipulations and riddled with cliches.
It is actually boring to read. She cuts and pastes. Nothing new. It always boils down to:
I am “heartbroken.”. I need to “save” so I can “kill.”. I need $$$ to do what I feel better. Send $$$.
The horses down in the trailer just appalls me. Maybe in a rare and urgent circumstance, or if the trailer is going straight to a clinic with the rescue equipment to deal with it, it might be the right thing to do. But over the years this is a regular thing with HiCaliber. I can’t get over being shocked by this.
Hauling a horse down in the trailer for 2 or more hours, and then arriving at a place not equipped with a sling or a glide or anything other than a winch, is horrifying to me. What the horse is suffering can’t even be measured.
Horses should cry more the way dogs do to help put a stop to this. But that’s not consistent with being a stoic prey animal.
I looked up CA law and I think that there is a clause that a horse down in a trailer has to be going to a clinic. Otherwise, the laws from the slaughter days offer more protection for a horse down in a transport that is destined for slaughter.
And back to their lack of a sling, a glide, and screens so the horse doesn’t have to walk down the hill with them claiming the other horses shouldn’t see it (they can smell it anyway) – please no one tell me that Mayday walked on her hurting feet down that hill to be killed, I’d really rather not know.
Oh wait – “pain meds”. Prescribed by who, administered by who? And sedation is not a pain killer.
Screens and a tarp would allow these horses to be put down where they are on the ranch. The glide would get the body to the pick-up point. These things are not prohibitively expensive, and there are disaster-type rescues and larger vet clinics that have them.
Years ago where I was living at the time, I worked with a local horse competition to fundraise for a rescue glide to be used by the local vet clinics and rescues. Along with straps, gear and training. It was officially stored at the largest area clinic, and could be checked out by those who needed it.
I actually met that glide again a few years later about 200 miles south of there. It had been checked out by the vet crew for a horse show who just wanted to have it “in case”. Sort of showing off their chops, since they had used it in the past. This was a regular thing for the horse shows when it was available.
Something else HiCaliber could have done that would have been true-rescue, not just have that equipment, but make it available to other rescues and clinics at need. 🙂
Mayday was killed in the barn. Why do they need slings, screens and a glide if they are closing down?
Why did Manson need the laundry list of items she came up with when they shipped half the feed lot to Del Mar and then stole the donations intended for actual fire victims?
They don’t need that equipment. Not until Manson opens her killing for tears business.
I sure as hell hoped they moved all the horses out (yeah right) before they shot her. I can’t imagine that noise in an enclosed area not freaking the other poor souls out.
So she was killed in the barn so all the other horses heard the shot? I’m glad she didn’t have the long walk to the killing field but I feel sorry for the other horses in the barn
Maybe she OD’d her like they’ve done to others? I’m not sure.
I think the Mayday exploitation hit me hard is because I’m going through the quality/quantity dance with my dog at this time. Yes, my dog has a quality of life but is on pain meds for arthritis and was just diagnosed with basal cell breast cancer and a mast cell tumor on a hind foot, add on to that pancreatitis. All diagnosed by a 100% vet. Both cancers are in early stages, but a huge concern. She’s an old pit mix who is not a surgery candidate so I’m trying to keep her happy. I know in reality it’s comparing apples and oranges, but knowing that if I don’t keep on top of it my girl will suffer. There is no way in hell would I put up a video or post showing my girl in pain all the while crying about how much I love her and how much it hurts me to see her hurting. I’ll be on my way to the vet with my girl long before she’s laying in huddle hurting. Michelle can rot in hell for the suffering she allows, participates in and causes
Bobthedog: I’m in a similar situation with my almost 14 year old Golden Retriever. In fact, I thought today might be the day but the 100% vet thinks his unsteady gait and lack of appetite is due to old age vestibular issues. But getting my hair done or posing for a picture wasn’t on my mind. And my “safe” place or whatever BS Michelle was spouting is definitely not with a dying animal. I will be there for them of course but it is not a photo op moment.
Pam, sorry that you’re facing it too with your dog. It’s rough.
I had this a while ago with my boy. His spirit was willing, but his body was not up to the task. He had cancer and his appetite never waned, still had a shiny coat, but his back end was not able to support him dependably and would give out. He looked at us and couldn’t understand why his legs wouldn’t work. We had him PtS that day and I still cry because I miss him. Yes, it hurt to be with him but for his well being, I made certain that I was there the entire time, as I have been for all of my animals. It’s not about us, it is about them.
It hurts and my heart goes out to you all.
😦
The first pet I ever had to put to sleep was my dog who I had since I was a kid. We’d been through it all. I was a horrible mess that day and right afterwards I went out and got absolutely castled on scotch with a few friends. I think I was probably still a bit buzzed going in to the barn the next morning even, but the last thing that was on my mind was a photo sesh. I’ve had several beloved animals die in my arms since then and I will say with 100% certainty that it NEVER got easier even though my immediate response isn’t to go get drunk with friends anymore.
We did shots of tequila after I had to put my first dog to sleep. My honey and I drank ourselves oblivious. Although she was my dog and aloof with others, I knew he was a keeper when she fell head over heels in love with him, too! But, like you, although I grieve, and cry, my first instinct is no longer to drink myself unconscious.
My dogs are really so much a part of who I am. Very rare I don’t have them with me, so that was another hard part was people asking where my dog was when I lost her and then the inevitable `what happened?’. It was a learning curve to even move around my house without her as I was so used to her being at my heels. Yet, as tough as that was, I did it again and again and am setting myself up for further pain with each dog and horse that are `mine’. That’s the price of loving them.
That’s sort of why my honey has put his foot down and said, “No more.” The pain hurts so damned much and tears him up just as badly as it does me. Right now, they are dangerous to have around as they are all right at my feet, and falling is not a good thing. With the surgery, though, perhaps I will have more control! We live out in the country, so as with most of our dogs, they find us–so sometime in the future, more may wander our way. We will never love all of our animals the same, but the human heart is an amazing thing–each and every animal finds their own space in it and we love them just as much in different ways.
I still find myself breaking our treats into four pieces and expecting to see my Lucky boy, and cry occasionally–but it was the best gift that I could give him for the love he gave me.
When I had my wreck and was a fall risk for awhile, I swear my dogs knew. They are normally rambunctious AF and in full on party mode, but they were so very careful not to trip or run into me. They even behaved themselves in public. It almost made being crippled up worth it. Of course, as I got better they went back to their usual mayhem. I don’t ever want to live without a familiar or two.
Any time I’ve ever had to let an animal go, the very last thing on my mind was doing a photo sesh. In fact, I mostly just wanted to be left alone with my grief.
I’m so very sorry. The cost of loving them is high, but ultimately worth it. I hope you have some good time left with her.
I am sorry about your dog…..it sure is like a punch in the stomach when they are hurting.
I’m sorry for all your losses. My dogs, and it seems like yours too, are a huge part of our lives. For me that makes Michelle’s cavalier attitude is sickening. We love and respect the animals that enter our lives and she looks at them as things. She has no respect for them or their lives. They are collateral damage for her lifestyle.
Serioulsy Manson? Who has time to add their hair extensions if all you are doing is comforting a horse? My hair would be the very last thing on my mind. And Robyn just handily having her phone ready to get photos of your agony. Gag_O_Rama bitch. And your cheap romance novel rhetoric is just so high school drama unspired. Please don’t think you can entice any tears from any but the most ignorant with your BS. The sooner you go away the better for everyone. RIP Mayday. I hope the exploitive comfort was at least mildly comforting. Rest Well sweet girl. At least the bitch didn’t drag you out to the bad tarp place and introduce you to Mr Winchester.
I was honestly laughing today thinking about all of M’s self-indulgent pity fests. This morning I went to work sick (my shift starts at 4:00 am by the way), got home, and started shoveling manure with a 101 degree fever, and she wants me to feel bad for her because her donor funded playground is going to be closed down?! Ha! And trust me, I’m definitely not looking for any sympathy or anything, because this is the life I chose, I love it, and I wouldn’t have it any other way, but for her to think that she deserves any kind of pity for the hole she has dug herself…. please. I’m a busy person, work two jobs to fund my critters, volunteer train at the local rescue, always have one trainee horse at home whose life I’m trying to improve, and pay and care for all of my personal critters and my property on my own. I work pretty damn hard, and yet I know that I have nothing, NOTHING on some of the rescue owners and advocates out there. Vera and Ann, PFK, TC, Shed, D, and many, many more who put me to shame and yet they soldier on. And in the midst of this, M cries “poor me” and begs for love and money because poor little her deserves it. Yeah right. It would be hilarious if there weren’t horses being exploited, lacking proper care, and even suffering in order to create her performances.
On the plus side, I have found quite a few strong, quiet role models in all of this (sorry M, you’re definitely not one of them) that I will be looking up to for years to come. Everyone needs something greater than themselves to aspire to, I’m honored to have found some truly remarkable people because of this mess, people who truly deserve the utmost respect and admiration. Many kudos to all of you have put so much effort into helping horses, you’re an inspiration and I’m proud to have “met” you all!
very nicely said!
I don’t look at it as looking up so much as like minded people to lean on and join forces with.
Well I’m actually kind of a youngun Shed, only made it to mid-twenties so far, so I’m still in the market for wiser role models 😉
That pretty much cancels me out in nearly ever aspect of life then! LOL
Yes, Robyn ready with the camera for the photo shoot. Another macabre photo.At least there was nobody sitting on the horse, asking to see her fade one last time (Romney) or someone grinning in the picture. She probably had to shoot her in the barn because the horse couldn’t get up! Thank God for that or she would have made her take one painful,step after another to the kill spot. Should anyone even ask how they got her out of there?
Funny how she had no problemo making Waco, Othello and poor Freedom take that painful walk. No tears for any of them. On Othello’s video before they shot him they were all laughing and joking in the background. Funny how Manson is so selective on which ones she mourns and how it plays for money.
M did kill her. She better not have better not have had euthasol on her.
Oh boy Shed……Where in the HELL and more importantly WHO in the HELL would she get that from???
I don’t know that she had any. Just any way it happened in that stall wasn’t good or even legal from the sounds of it.
You know what I’ve said all along about her drugs. It’s always bothered the crap out of me.
I see similarities between Michelle and serial killers that like to keep “trophies” from their victims. Some serial killers like to take pictures so they can reminisce about the power they had over their victims and relive the horrendous torture their victims endured.
HC posted Mayday’s adoption contract w/ Manson adopting her for $1. So shouldn’t x-rays, vet appt & removal fees come from her pocket & not HC’s? Hmm.
Just saw that. ” I needed to know she was mine.” Well, guess MayDay belonged to Michelle so the costs should be covered by the owner or did she buy her after she was PTS? Where does the over $1,000 donated for that horse go now?? I call BS – again.
M only adopted her so she could kill her. She can’t just kill horses belonging to the rescue as she knows she is being watched. She is playing games. Fleece the donors for funds, then kill the horse even though that was her intention right out of the gate.
I certainly hope (But doubt) that the removal fees come from her pocket. I’m sure M timed the adoption so that nothing else medically was to be done to Mayday, only euthanasia. At that point it should all be her financial responsibility. Shit, I hope she actually purchased the bullet and not HC. If the rescue pays for her removal, couldn’t this be added to the list of misappropriation of funds?
Yup, sure can!
One would think!!
The important part of the adoption contract was not shown. The adoption as-of date is what needs to be disclosed on MayDay at this point. Michelle either waited for the horse to be shot and killed in order for the rescue to foot the entire bill before she made her show of a “grand gesture” or if MayDay was adopted prior to death; Michelle needs to notify all those that donated thereafter that their donations will not be tax deductible.
Like Michelle points out, she is not HiCaliber. She is also not a registered charity capable of granting a tax deduction. If she was asking for donations after the adoption contract was signed but still doing so with HC blurbs on the posts and live feeds, that would be very misleading and something the AG would most likely be interested to have documentation of.
Good points. Was wondering similar things.
Agreed. It will be going into the appropriate agencies.
I wonder about that as well.. why bother?
You’d think!
Oh, old Sheila Heagney (famous for the pervert brother in prison) Savell is daring Shed to come after her as are Michelle and a whole bunch of idiots who didn’t like Shed’s comments about winning against Michelle. Lol Mags had a few choice words, too. I have screenshots and now I’ll be quiet about it. 😂
None of us give a damn about the VI’s. I could care less if she and her brother diddled each other. They are not important.
What is important is who will be the person left standing and who will be the one facing charges and the 501c3 gone. Yes, there are people who will still support M, 501c3 or not, same as people were willing to do when charges were filed with AC4$. However, all of the grants will not be available (not that she qualified, but it will put the idea of “euth clinics,” out of reach) nor will the high dollar donors ever be pulled in again. She will never be allowed the chance to amass such a huge effort to pull in monies such as she did before. She might be able to bring in horses on some small scale, but people will be watching wherever she goes and after this it will ever be easier to get the appropriate authorities to step in.
Facebook access will be easier to deny once the charges have been filed and she can be reported constantly for trying to solicit money by fraudulent means, and she will be forced to stick with local support and what she can bring in under the radar–and if those efforts are ever brought to the surface as they are now, then the authorities can step in again and it won’t even need to be the larger agencies. She can play her con. We are in it for the long game and getting her shut down.
I snorty laughed at the diddle comment. *immature*
Yes M will always have followers unfortunately. I mean, there’s folks that love Tara / Satan which still floors me.
It truly is unbelievable.
You just can’t fix stupid. There is something perversely wrong with people who support animal abuse on such a large scale. The pictures of Squirrel should have been enough for anyone to figure out that there is something terribly wrong with this so called rescue.
The fecal people are the most hypocritical of the bunch, it makes my head hurt to read their dribble. Mags should stick to eating cat food and taking care of her chain smoking snaggletooth lover boy Pasterfuck . Her love affair with Manson and pretending to be relevant is laughable.
DYING! LOL
Those assholes are so very easy to trigger. Almost too easy. Are we going to have a rumble in the play ground now?
Don’t forget to meet at the flagpole after school
Right! Should I through up gang signs? Have a wing man/woman? What is the protocol for a proper rumble or red rovering? It’s been so long since I read The Outsiders. Stay gold, Pony Boy!
Westside Story comes to mind
It would if I didn’t have two left feet. I trip over my own shadow most days.
Oh I get that!! My daughter says that I need to be wrapped in bubble wrap any time that I go out! LOL!!
I just tell her that I’m good to go if I put something between my legs! 😊😊 (meaning a horse of course!)
Same here. Horses really do give us wings and often dancing shoes. It’s only my own feet I don’t trust.
I actually took a class, eons ago, under the choreographer of West Side Story. Sure as hell couldn’t do that now!! LOL!!
That’s certainly something for the resume though!
Sooo if M “adopted” Mayday before she was shot she is paying for her removal, right? 😏
Sorry, just saw someone else was thinking the same thing. 😂
Wasn’t Seattle Proud a HC horse? It was posted on the guest post page that he’s now a daddy. He’s 29 and the mare 24. Wasn’t he sent to a sanctuary in the Midwest?
Just looked at unbridled spirits FB page. He’s 25, and they said he got away from a volunteer and bred the mare. But they said he has a herd of mares, so are they putting a crypt out with mares and just going on the theory that since he was said not to be a good breeder, very few foals on the ground, it’s ok to have with mares?
Apparently. I wouldn’t, but what do I know? I didn’t see where they said he was out with a herd of mares–I only glanced at it though and they said he got away from a volunteer.
Crypts ARE fertile, look at A.P. Indy. He might have lower motility due to his age, but I wouldn’t have him out with a herd of mares, certainly, if that is the case.
Crypts can breed. AP Indy is a crypt as are many of his sons. WTF is wrong with these people?
That Facebook page is not going to like me. I asked them why they are breeding horses? Can’t wait for the answer.
A.P. Indy is a ridgling. He was at stud with one functioning testicle.
“A.P. Indy was born a ridgling, meaning he had one undescended testicle. As this caused him discomfort when he started his racing career, he would normally have been gelded. But because of his potential, surgery was instead performed to remove the undescended testicle. His fertility was not affected by the condition.”
I’m not sure what you are trying to say. A crypt and a ridgling are the same thing.
Yes. Unbridled Spirits
D, the reason I mentioned his herd of mares was because in their post it was mentioned he had a herd of mares but only had eyes for Lola. Maybe he was in a separate paddock and the herd of mares were next to him?
Is that the TB rescuer out of kill pens?
I saw that. Way to rescue responsibly people. WTF?
It boggles the mind.
Two things:
1. They said the mare had just arrived that weekend so how do they know she hadn’t already been bred by a different stallion?
2. Crypt or not, poor live foal rate or not, they said themselves that he had 57 lives foals. In other words, he was known to be fertile. They knew he bred the mare; therefore, they should have checked her to confirm she wasn’t in foal. Instead they assumed it would be fine, and they are damn lucky that foal was born healthy.
I get it, mistakes happen. But the fact that they waited until after the foal was born to disclose this makes them look super guilty. Would have been better to get out in front of the issue as soon as they discovered it.
And maybe have given that mare a morning after shot just in case, given that they are a rescue and all
Exactly. It seems that nothing appropriate to the situation was done. When rescues accept horses, the concept is taking full responsibility for their welfare. Not just hoping it will be okay.
When Manson goes into her dire warning about – You better watch out little rescues, the hater boogie man is out to take you down one by one. –
Do you think she remembers how she was the boogie man taking down the rescues one by one a few years back? She can’t say that she just stopped at one either. Back then things were more about the horses at HC and there was more of a functioning board instead of the current lot of parasites and ass barnacles.
I believe she even posted a statement on FB putting other rescues on notice that it wouldn’t be acceptable for their horses to be in worse condition at 30 to 60 days than they were at intake. HC was there for the horses, was watching and would do something even if that meant rescuing from the rescues.
The shoe is on the other foot now and it’s just too bad that Manson doesn’t like the way it looks and feels. At this point too much has happened and there are consequences. At one point she could have packed it in and walked away but that was a long time ago. If Manson wants to spread a warning about the boogie man out to get the rescues, fine. Let the boogie man go after Manson’s cohorts like Dina, Tara and all those other like them. They’re a cancer. Cut them out so the decent ones can take a breath and carry on.
She just huffed and puffed; making wind like a good rescue. She was never a good rescue. She was cruel and ignored the needs of the horses as she used their plight to get attention.
My understanding is that this horse is never turned out with any other horses. He got away from a volunteer and mounted a mare. You do have a point about checking the mare after it happened, that was poor judgement. They did find out midway through the pregnancy and then mare had her foal at a vet clinic. This feels like a bit of a harsh attack. I am guessing that they would probably take full responsibility for their mistake………unlike HC. And I am also guessing that this foal will have a great start in life, unlike any of the foals at HC. As far as I can tell from their Fb page they have not asked for any donor dollars towards this entire situation either, and you know HC would be milking it for all it was worth. While no rescue is perfect and they all make mistakes I believe this rescue would own their mistake and hopefully learn from it.
On a positive note this horse is obviously very much alive and feeling GREAT! Had he stayed at HiCaliber who knows what his fate would have been?
I like this rescue, too, and they’ve had help from After The Finish Line and I really like their work.
How is that? He opened a gate? Mounted a mare tied to a fence? Mare being walked?
I have been following this blog for quite some time. And I was surprised to see Unbridled Spirits come up. I understand completely how things can get misconstrued from time to time. I would like to let you know what happened that day with Seattle Proud and the steps that have been taken to ensure this type of incident does not happen again.
Last year, Proud would be turned out with a couple of geldings. The mares were turned out 2 paddocks away. We believe the volunteer that went down to prepare to bring the mares in inadvertently did not properly secure the gate to the dividing paddock. When Proud got away from his handler, he went through the empty pasture down towards the mares. By the time the volunteer got down there, Proud was already coming back up the hill. It was not known that day that a breeding took place. Due to that incident, he is no longer turned out with any other horse. This ensures that there will be less distractions for the handler. As his health increased, his personality came out. He is a stallion with a very imperial and difficult personality. One small moment of complacency once earned the Executive Director 6 broken ribs. There are now only 3 people allowed to handle him.
It was when Lola was at the clinic for a hoof injury that an ultrasound was done to check for possible tumors or another medical issues that may need treatment as she was retired to Unbridled Spirits due to her not being able to conceive in 5 years. That was when we learned she was in foal. We stayed quiet about it because we did not want donations sent in for prenatal care. We did not want our donors feel the need to assist in the vet care from an accidental breeding. She was taken to the clinic to foal where immediate care could be given had an issue arose. Her care was paid for thorough a personal account and not through the non profit.
We take pride in providing the best care possible to the horses that we have the honor of being the guardians of. Although we strive to be perfect, we are aware that we are not. As humans, there are moments of complacency. These are our mistakes. We own them and take steps to ensure they do not happen again.
We invite you to visit our Facebook page. If you have any questions, please feel free to message us directly. I apologize for the length of this post. I just wanted to answer all of concerns and questions I had seen here.
Thank you for dropping the post to clear things up. Always welcome here. Hope all horses are well.
Thank you for clarifying what happened!
Thank you for explaining. My first post was Ainsley about how giddy and happy the village idiot was about him breeding. The two posts I saw the posters seem to think it was a wonderful thing. I understand accidents happen. I will say that for her age the mare looks to be in fantastic condition, even after just foaling.
I also see people commenting that they hope the foal will race. The JC requires live cover, with people witnessing the actual breeding. From the sounds of this no one actually witnessed the act due to “He was on his way back up when the volunteer saw him.” Racing is not in that foal’s future.
Thank you for your answer. Obviously,many of us disapprove–but as a 501c3, you have handled the situation correctly and with transparency.
Donors are 100% not responsible (although many would be delighted) for accidental babies that occur while in the care of the rescue. Many of us have handled stallions and know that one’s guard must be up at all times, even with the gentlest of guys. I am sorry for the Executive Director!
I’m glad you came to clarify.
Thank you. I do believe accidents happen and a determined stud is just that, determined.
Waiting (less than 🙂 ) patiently for a new blog post Shed!!! RIP Mayday. Say her name.
Almost ready to go. Will be up tonight when I get home.
Yayyy
Yay!!!
Can someone break down the behaviors of MayDay on the video of her that first night or was it the second night(?) in the hay.
She looked extremely uncomfortable and I really have a hard time believing she was being playful at all.
When a dog is sick and in pain, scared or stressed, they don’t eat. Why do horses? Is it only if they are starved that they do? It doesn’t seem like a very instinctual survival behavior. Or is their metabolism so high they will forage as long as there is food?
Michelle did say MayDay would grind her teeth intermittently as she was in pain but that was about the only thing I felt she may have been correct about.
Drugged, strange place, in pain and with unfamiliar people. For sure not playful. Horses don’t like to be down around strange people so it can actually be quite stressful for them, being prey animals. That manifests differently in most horses but grinding her teeth, rooting at her buckets etc. could all be signs of that. Not like she can get away from Manson or strike out when she’s down and in pain. I hate how they always hover over these horses that don’t really know them while they are down.
IMO the grinding teeth thing has more to do with being nervous or not liking the situation than pain.
Why is M sticking her nose in any auction activity? She has a post asking for advice to negotiate the pregnant or new Mini horses with foals for PB’s. Who does she think she is? She is closing, or so she says. Close already and clean your own mess before tending to someone else’s. Another scam in the making for sure.
Has she spent any damn time trying to adopt out the hundreds she already has?
Not that I’m aware of as she appears to be spending her time seeking out horses in bad shape from her flipper friends, parading them around for 31 hours, then shooting them in the face when she is done fundraising for the horse. She is such a scammer playing the part of a rescuer. She needs help as she is several clicks off center and not in a good way. I can’t believe she hasn’t been charged yet.
What auction on Saturday? Mike’s isn’t until next week. Have seen Mini’s go for $500+ there. Since Baker is closing, which some still blame the haters for, maybe M sees an opportunity in the making. Seeing a couple of offers to take some but no response from HC. Surprise!
I am just glad to see she has overcome her grief and is back to business/Grifting, as usual. Hard to believe the AG is allowing her free rein.
Of course she is playing the negotiator got any pb’s as if they need her expertise. Give me a freaking break,
maybe she’s testing VI’s to see if they’d take the bait @ “pregnant minis/mini foals heading to slaughter” or some lie like that? Her crayons seem to be worn down to stubs these days.
And the Academy Award for best actress in a drama/ comedy 2018 goes to Michelle Kuntilla of HiCaliber Horsekill Pen…San Diego California !!!!
LOL
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Innocent until proven guilty. The investigation is ongoing, so she can continue grifting for now.
Ponies are currently at Misner’s place.
Really?! Surprise!!
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