How it works
By committing annually to a $100/month sponsorship of a mustang or burro, you help us enormously by supporting our existing rescues so we can continue saving more.
SPONSORSHIP INCLUDES:
A personalized Certificate of Sponsorship with a photo of the horse or donkey you choose and your name.
A 60 minute one-on-one visit to Skydog Ranch to meet the horse or burro you are sponsoring, spend time hanging out with them, take photographs and ask questions of our staff.
If you sponsor more than one horse or burro, you will get one hour with each animal when you visit.
To visit your sponsored equine, you must be a sponsor for at least 9 months. Anyone who wants to see them sooner will have to pay for 9 months ($900) in advance of their visit. We regret that this has become necessary. We need to discourage those sponsoring for one month in order to visit the ranch, then canceling because they don’t actually care about supporting the animals or our work. These tours take up a lot of time from our staff and the important work they do caring for our rescues.
Choosing a Mustang or Burro to Sponsor
You can search for posts about individuals on Instagram or Facebook with a hashtag that combines the word “skydog” with their name (#skydogzebedee #skydognugget). You can also go to the Then & Now page on the website to see their photos and read their biographies. (Note: their pages are currently being updated.)
Sponsor a SKYDOG on Patreon
A great way to sponsor a Skydog is by becoming a patron on Patreon and signing up for the $100/month Lead Mare level. This automatically makes you a sponsor and gives you access to exclusive content that we don’t post on other social media platforms. Each new episode of the Horse Love Podcast is released there, as are special offers on merchandise, and breaking news.
Skydogs who need sponsors
Biscuit
This burro belongs to the Warm Springs Herd, the last wild burro herd in Oregon. We pleaded with the BLM to not remove them. When that failed, we asked to take the whole herd of 43. We wanted to keep them together, study their unique attributes, and preserve their precious heritage. The BLM said we had to go through the adoption process like everyone else and let us take 10. Staff at the corrals went out of their way to work with us, which was incredibly much appreciated. We couldn't have done this without their help and a lot of paperwork. We spent many hours identifying families at the corrals and adopted three mamas with babies at their sides. Biscuit came to Skydog with her mother, Wookie, and lives a wonderfully wild life in the natural habitat of her Oregon homeland. Three other burros from this herd (Wookie, Bruno & Al Capone) also need sponsors: More about the Warm Springs Herd
Madison
Madison was originally saved by Rancho Relaxo, who found her at the BLM’s Palomino Valley corrals in Nevada. Emaciated, scrawny, covered with bite and kick marks, other horses bullied and pushed her off the hay. At age 21, she was as wild as they come. They quickly understood she would never want anything to do with humans. We were thrilled when they reached out to us as we’d been following their sanctuary in awe of the work they do. When Marlene Dodge hauled her from Reno to Skydog, we had three women-run rescues coming together to help this mare. Her health and freedom were restored on one thousand acres with Goliath’s family. She is close with all the horses, including the grand old man himself. She can’t get far enough away from people, even with all that space, which we love and admire about her. More about Madison
Winter
Winter is shy, so we don’t see her as often, but oh, she takes our breath away when we do! She is easily among the most beautiful mares at Skydog. She was starving and pregnant when we rescued her from a failed sanctuary - the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros (ISPMB). Called the Hallelujah Horses, an incredible rescue effort was spearheaded by Elaine Nash and Barbara Rasmussen. The survivors were sent all over the United States to different rescues and private homes. We took two mare/foal pairs - Winter & Blizzard, Sooty & Sheldon - and Sheldon leads a herd of his own today. We named Winter and Blizzard to acknowledge where they came from: South Dakota, where temperatures dropped below -40˚, lower with wind chill. Winter delivered her foal, Wilder, at Skydog, where they joined a herd with other mares and their offspring. More about Winter
RESCUED MUSTANGS
THERE ARE OVER 250 HORSES AND 50 DONKEYS HERE AT SKYDOG
Click on the photos to find out more or read their stories on our Then and Now Page.
RESCUED DONKEYS, MULES, Minis, ZONKEYS & A ZEBRA
