Chilly Pepper – UPDATE – Destiny saved by a storm. She still needs a bit of a miracle!
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chilly pepper equine rescue
Chilly Pepper – Destiny needs more help asap. Can we also save a few babies????
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It’s GO TIME AGAIN!!!
Meet “Mouse”. He is now at Chilly Pepper. He has a plethora of issues, and is beyond exhausted, weak and has some type of problem when eating. His feet are horrific and now we start his rehab.
We are still short funds for Destiny. Y’all covered most of the funds needed to secure “Mouse” and the hauling. Time is critical for Destiny. She will be loaded up on Friday and we need to make sure it is not on the slaughter truck.
| I was deeply saddened today. I was told there is “paid room” to save a few more lives, and there are lots of babies, mostly weanling or yearlings needing saved. They are big enough to load, and Destiny’s hauling fee would include enough space to bring them home. However, I cannot begin to think about adding more babies to the trailer when we still need to cover Destiny’s bail and hauling. |
| We had already committed to Mouse, and now that he is safe we need to make sure Destiny comes home and gets her surgery. I am praying for a miracle and that we do not waste the paid for space and can save at least one or more babies. |
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Chilly Pepper – .ANOTHER CALL for a badly injured mare. (Pictures graphic) 24 hour deadline to say YES!
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It’s GO TIME AGAIN!!!
Well we barely started the 1st rescue and I received a heartfelt plea to help Destiny. A couple of the pictures are graphic, but this is her reality, and I can only imagine she is in excruciating pain.
We still need about $2900 to cover the “Big Baby”, (we have raised a little over $500). That covers his bail and to get him transported to Chilly Pepper, (as well as covering his Coggins and health certificate etc.)
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We need to raise about $4000 to get her safe and home to Chilly Pepper, and then she will need immediate surgery.
We normally rescue a lot closer to home, but occasionally we get a special call that I just can’t say no to. I am hoping y’all are with me. I am stepping out on faith and trusting we can save both of them. I actually was going to save her first, but was told it was too late. Today I got a message that she still had a chance and had not actually been shipped. So here we are. WILL YOU HELP US SAVE THESE PRECIOUS LIVES?
The critical care is our specialty, and these two need it. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP, DONATING AND SHARING
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Chilly Pepper – BIG, BIG BABY – 911!! – Just a baby. Thrown away and headed to slaughter.
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| It’s GO TIME!! 1st call of 2026. Look at those sad eyes. They tell a tale of neglect and a broken beginning. |
I received an urgent 911 call for this beautiful , sad, very BIG baby. He has already been thrown away like worthless garbage at only 2 years old. He has obviously been neglected and not properly fed. His hooves are broken and split to the point of being dangerous. He is severely knock kneed and his joints could already be damaged. Imagine being loaded and sent to slaughter because you are imperfect. Guess I would have been dumped a long time ago. :(
| Me heart broke when I saw him and looked into those eyes. I have to say YES!! He would be a wonderful addition to our Sunshine and Smiles Program, even if he can never be worked or ridden. He does NOT deserve to die. |
Will you PLEASE help me save him? He needs good groceries, farrier help, TLC and lots of supplements.
A perfect way to start the new year – Let’s save another life!!
I appreciate all your help. Each and every single dollar (donation) make all this happen. You guys make this possible, and the horses so appreciate being fed, having clean water and just to be able to live their lives as freely as possible. Thank you from all of us at Chilly Pepper – Miracle Mustang.
Thank you as always for being there for Chilly Pepper and all the critters you helped save!
Thank you again from all the Kids.
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Chilly Pepper – Happy 2026! It’s the Year of the Horse! Quick Update – It’s Hay Time Again!
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Quick update:
The water repair bill is paid in full. What a relief. Thank you, my amazing Chilly Pepper Family.
Sorry It’s been a while since I updated. I lost two very dear friends/family right before Christmas. It set me back for a bit, and I am so grateful to have had 2 such amazing women in my life. One of them was Leslie Adam’s, who was Lacy’s manager and dear friend. She also worked tirelessly to find support for Chilly Pepper, and she took a big chunk of my heart. They both did.
| It has been pretty calm here. Trying to get the quad repaired as I need to check about 20+ acres worth of fencing every day. It will be less expensive to fix the quad than pay someone else to check the fences. I am so grateful to have Manny (my part time ranch-hand). Your donations make that possible, and I am praying I get to keep him for a while. |
My bone is still broken around my prosthetic, so I need to be able to keep him on for at least a few hours a day to feed, water, etc.
| The cold weather has really kept the horses eating a bit more than normal. How wonderful to know that no one is shivering or cold, and they have enough to keep their bellies full in the frigid temps. They are running and playing and it is beautiful to see. Moonshine is still struggling, and we are watching her closely. She will be seeing Doc again this week to see what the best plan of action is for her. |
We will need some hay, salt blocks and more grain pretty soon.
| Hope all is well with you and your families. Again, I cannot begin to thank y’all for making this rescue so successful. Y’all are the heart and soul and I am so grateful for all of you. God has blessed Chilly Pepper and me so much. Let’s make 2026 a year to remember! |
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Chilly Pepper – Tomorrow is Water Day!!!! Will you help us make it a reality?
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Friday is Fun(d) Day – Because we will have our water fixed and that is alot more fun than hauling water.
We still need around $1400 to cover the work that needs to be done to fix the water issues. From needing $2600 to now needing the rough balance of $1400 is amazing. Thank you and I have Faith we can get the rest so the horses can have the water they so desperately need.
I have some sad news. Audrey, as her photo shows, gained her much needed weight and was looking fabulous. However, between the ongoing infection that Doc realized had travelled to her bone, and her horrible arthritis, she became unable to move without excruciating pain. Even the pain meds were not helping enough. We knew the “supposedly bonded” horses were both most likely Hospice cases when we were asked to take them, although we were hoping her surgery would be enough to give Audrey a lot more time. Audrey was the happiest, most loving horse, and absolutely thrived being “Mom” to the babies. Sadly, the more weight she gained, the more her pain became apparent. Add the brutal cold and her arthritis was simply too painful. She weighed (taped) over 1,400 pounds. I was shocked as although I knew she was a big horse, I can only imagine how much it hurt to carry that much weight.
We are trying to keep Moonshine as comfortable as possible, and Doc is watching closely. We still do not know what her best options will be, but for now we are trying to give Mama and her unborn baby as much time as possible. I will keep you posted and please say a prayer for Mama and Baby.
| I appreciate all your help. Each and every single dollar (donation) make all this happen. You guys make this possible, and the horses so appreciate being fed, having clean water and just to be able to live their lives as freely as possible. Thank you from all of us at Chilly Pepper – Miracle Mustang. |
| Thank you as always for being there for Chilly Pepper and all the critters you helped save! |
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Chilly Pepper – We do still have a Water 911…..
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The water situation is a bit dire. The total estimated costs to get the water fixed is $2400 +/-. This is not something that can be postponed or put off. The part that was already changed was $590, and they want to be paid for that today.
| I need to keep my ranch hand here until I am recovered from my injuries, (at the very least). He is unbelievable and does so much of the work for free. However, he does need to be paid something so I can keep him here. At this time, I medically cannot do what I need to do, so having him here is imperative to keep these animals cared for. |
In spite of the water emergency, everything else is going well, PTL! and the horses are healing from their personal horrors that some have previously experienced. THANK YOU, MY BEAUTIFUL CHILLY PEPPER FAMILY. YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
| If anyone would like to help us get the water fixed and keep my ranch hand, it would be much appreciated. |
| THANK YOU to our amazing donor(s) who paid off BOTH vet bills, and sent money to finish paying off the last load of hay and to order some Colostrum. Without your amazing support, this rescue would have to close, as so many are doing lately. |
My count was way off. We have 27 horses, many of whom are PR – Permanent Residents. This is due to being injured, special needs or part of our Sunshine & Smiles program. We are working on getting the unhandled kids halter trained, and ready for adoption, but it takes time and money. The following kids are who y’all take care of. With so many it reminds me why I need to keep fundraising for their feed, special needs, medical care, hay and supplements. (AFA – available for adoption.)
| The horses here are: Honeybandit (PR), Midnight Onxy, PR (30 yr blind ISPMB mustang) Anicka, PR (blind ISPMB mustang), Wendy, PR (terrified mustang that was brutally beaten and tripped.) Grandpa Phantom, PR (wild, very old mustang), Misty, PR? (aka bullethead) came in shot in the head but doing wonderfully.) DaBubbles PR (mini survived Mt. Lion attack), Ratchet, PR (mini hinny). Little Man, (huge BLM colt with OCD, whom would have been euthanized). PR?? |
Samsung, AFA (16? yr old, failed bucking draft cross). Feather AFA (4 yr old previously starved /abused mustang filly). Tarzan AFA (11 yr old unhandled mustang). Miracle AFA (4 yr old? Blind in1 eye – unhandled mustang).Morengo AFA (Gorgeous 5 yr mustang – currently in training)
Apollo AFA (3 yr old unhandled mustang), Dakota, PR (5ish Cryptorchid stallion – unhandled & going blind), Tyler PR mini. Rowdy PR – donkey. Lilah AFA? badly abused donkey. Reba AFA? (4 ish unhandled donkey). Jax PR (abused gelding grandpa who had the stab wound). Taco AFA (1-2 yr old as yet unhandled colt). Cherry AFA (>1 yr- ? beautiful filly who had horrific ankle injury – healed & ready to start). Audrey PR (Very old mare with ongoing medical issues due to complications from the plate in her leg.)
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Chilly Pepper – It’s Thanksgiving, 22 horses and we have no water :(
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Chilly Pepper – URGENT help needed for Starved Pregnant Mares & their unborn babies.
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Chilly Pepper – QUICK Truck Stuff
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Chilly Pepper – QUICK Truck Update – Good news & Bad news
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Chilly Pepper – When it Rains it Pours…. Please help if you can.
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Chilly Pepper – A Saturday Surprise – 3 starved horses need your help!
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Chilly Pepper – It’s crunchtime for Tarzan. He needs help now if he is going to have a chance
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Urgent
We still need $1550 and that is just to cover the hay.
We need funds for transport, to get him vetted for travel, emergency vet care when I get him home and he needs help immediately.
The total needed to cover the hay and get him home and to start his care is $3500 Please let’s get him home and the help he needs. (That includes funds to get him his x-rays and initial vet care).
If you look at his eye pictures, the top one shows his distrust, fear and the betrayal he knows. I need his eyes to match the 2nd picture, where there was no fear or anger.
If you look at his legs, they are twisted and crooked. If his coffin bones are not destroyed it will be a miracle. My heart is broken. I need to help him.
| I am praying this is not the end of an era. Without funds I cannot do the work. Thank you so much to everyone who has already donated. It looks to be a very cold winter and we have alot of special needs. Maybe it is time to hang it up; hopefully not. However if I cannot provide the proper care and supply enough feed it will be time to close the rescue. |
| Will you PLEASE help us make sure Tarzan can come home and gets the help he needs??? He DID NOT deserve this, and my heart is crushed into a million pieces. |
Thank you to everyone who has already stepped up to help. It literally means life for these horses.
Thank you again from all the Kids.
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Chilly Pepper – TARZAN 911 – We need to bring him home now!!!!
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TARZAN NEEDS TO COME HOME ASAP! The condition of his hooves could lead to his coffin bones being damaged beyond repair. This would result in his death.
I still need for $ 2475 to finish paying for the hay. How can I possibly justify bringing another horse to the rescue if we can’t cover the hay?
How can I even think about leaving TARZAN in this situation? He is our baby, and we need to get him home.
We need funds for transport, vetting and when he does finally get home, he will need more vet care so we can fix his hoofers.
I HAVE to pay for the hay asap and I NEED TO BRING TARZAN HOME.
This is a pretty intense situation, and I want to believe we can keep saving lives and doing the right thing for the horses we save. It’s up to you.
Will you PLEASE help get the hay covered so we can make sure Tarzan comes home and gets the help he needs??? He DID NOT deserve this, and my heart is crushed into a million pieces.
Thank you to everyone who has already stepped up to help. It literally means life for these horses.
Thank you again from all the Kids.
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Chilly Pepper – Update – Hay delivered – Horses need more help to finish paying for hay!
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Quick update.
Hay was delivered yesterday. Was not expecting quite this big of a load, but so grateful it is sitting in the yard ready to go.
We still need $2900 to cover the total $4200 worth of hay.
Audrey is still fighting a brutal infection. She is feeling better and all of the kids are gaining weight that needed it. They are going through unbelievable amounts of feed, and send out a huge Thank You for keeping them fed and warm.
I am blessed that my guy will trust us to come through. I promised him y’all would not let the horses down. With the colder weather it is so important to keep them well fed and toasty.
Thank you again from all the Kids.
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Chilly Pepper – Update – Urgent help needed – Taco needs your help now!
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Will you help Taco? This beautiful little guy is just a baby and needs groceries asap, as well as supplements and special feed.
We are almost out of hay, and the truckload that had been “donated” is no longer available. I have a load coming tomorrow and it will be around $2500. I really need help to pay for it. I am a little embarrassed as I should know that you only count on what is actually in your hands. Not sure what happened, but I imagine life had alot to do with it. A heads up that we were no longer being gifted the hay would have been ideal, but I am truly grateful for the hay we actually got to feed. The horses loved it. However now I am in a pickle as we need to pay for the load coming tomorrow.
Sadly, Morengo and Apollo are back with us. In spite of their adopters paying a local gal who is said to be a “trainer/farrier” $900 per month PER horse, the horses were not even able to be halter trained. There was no progress made and the folks were unable to get the horses’ feet done. It is seriously hard to even find a farrier, let alone ones who do wild horses. Folks – if you need help, please ALWAYS reach out.
Doc came out twice to lay them down as it was an urgent situation and they needed their feet done asap. Both boys are so happy to be back home and it’s heartbreaking when folks actually put out the funds to get their kids trained and end up with a trainer who cannot actually do what they offer. It seemed like such a great situation as we did not realize the trainer was incapable of handling wild horses.
| I believe our current vet bill is around $1000 and we have a cat emergency this week. One of the strays we are in the process of catching was stepped on by a horse. (Not the one in the photo.) I need to trap him/her as I believe we will need to have Doc amputate the bottom half of her tail as it is already infected. |
Once again life is requesting lots of funds to keep things going. ALL the horses are doing well and Audrey and Trojan are gaining weight. I need to get them more alfalfa tomorrow, as they seem to eat non stop. Doc looked at Audrey’s leg and is afraid the infection is in her bone. Prayers appreciated for her healing. Miracle got to join his new “herd” today. He is loving not being isolated.
Thank you as always for the love and support.
Thank you again.
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Chilly Pepper – EMERGENCY SURGERY, AN OFFER OF UP TO $1000 MATCHING FUNDS!
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Chilly Pepper – CLOCK IS RUNNING OUT! Trojan and Audrey need to come home.
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Chilly Pepper – 911 For Trojan and Audrey. Trojan is 30+ and emaciated. Audre needs medical asap
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