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A safe sanctuary for abandoned, abused, neglected, seniors, injured, and unwanted farm animals ❤️

A safe healing space for humans ❤️

✨️ Tours by appointment only ✨️

10/14/2026

April lost her entire family to a bear attack. She was the only one who survived, and I think that’s why we have a little extra soft spot for her.

Every evening at dinner time, we let her and a few of our seniors come over to the other side of the sanctuary so they can enjoy their meal in peace. It’s one of the little ways we spoil them.

Tonight, the horses were taking their sweet time eating, and April was NOT impressed! She was giving me heck, letting me know she had waited long enough and dinner needed to be served!

I only wish my phone could capture her sweet little voice better because even when she’s impatient, she is the sweetest soul with the most precious voice.

Life has not always been kind to our girl, but she is safe, she is loved, and she will always be spoiled just a little extra here. Because sometimes, love looks like making sure the ones who have already lost so much never have to worry about their next meal.

10/12/2026

This is your reminder to dance in the rain and roll in the mud ☔️💃

Omg WHAT A DAY!Our sweet Asteria has been limping badly, and we’ve had her on stall rest while trying to figure out how ...
10/11/2026

Omg WHAT A DAY!

Our sweet Asteria has been limping badly, and we’ve had her on stall rest while trying to figure out how to help her. She is one of our wild horses, and she is absolutely terrified of just about everything, including humans. We don’t know what her past looked like, but she has been with us for two years, in safety, love and care, and she still isn’t ready to let us touch her.

Yesterday, our incredible vet, Dr. Burleigh, assessed her and together we made a plan to sedate her today so we could finally get to the bottom of what was happening.

And today, with one amazing vet, one wonderful farrier, her husband, Ron and me, we got it done! ❤️

Asteria had one of the worst abscesses I have ever seen. Imagine constantly standing and walking on a painfully ingrown nail. No wonder our poor girl was struggling so badly.

While she was sedated, our vet took the opportunity to do a full health assessment, bloodwork and check her teeth. We found out that our sweet girl is only 10 years old!

She is already doing much better, and she is finally on her way to healing.

But this post is about gratitude. Dr. Burleigh, you are truly something special. You have sacrificed days off, weekends and holidays to care for our animals, and we will never take that dedication for granted. You show up when our animals need you, even when it means giving up your own time, and that kind of compassion is priceless.

A huge thank you to Dr. Burleigh, Kristi and her husband for being there for Asteria today.

Ron and I are exhausted with a CAPITAL E! Between getting Asteria treated, trimming six more horses and doing all our usual chores, we are officially running on empty. But tonight, our hearts are so much lighter knowing that we were able to give this frightened girl some much-needed relief.

She may not understand that we are trying to help her, and she may never be the kind of horse who lets us wrap our arms around her. That’s okay. She doesn’t owe us her trust or her affection. She deserves to be safe, to be comfortable and to have people who will keep showing up for her, no matter what.

And today, we did just that ❤️🐴

10/10/2026

So far, Mr Storm has ruined 4 chair covers, one massage bed, a pillow case, several blankets, a tablecloth, a painting, a table (he literally knocked it down) and several trinkets. Is he worth it all??? 1000% ❤️

Happy Friday friends ❤️

10/09/2026

Our little two-legged wonder has officially joined the hive, and honestly, we’re not sure anything could be cuter than this 🐝

Marti may do things a little differently, but she has a way of reminding us that being different is something to celebrate, and that a little bit of magic can be found in the most unexpected places.

Now, can we all agree that Marti wins Halloween? 🐝🥹💛

$420 💛💛💛Not just $420 raised for our animals, but $420 created by people coming together and choosing to give back.Thank...
10/05/2026

$420 💛💛💛

Not just $420 raised for our animals, but $420 created by people coming together and choosing to give back.

Thank you to Jess, Celena and the entire JESS NOBREGA | SOULFUL YOGI crew for choosing our sanctuary for your Sunset Yoga fundraiser at The Perch Winery

This is what community looks like. People gathering together and using their time, energy and hearts to make life a little better for animals they may have never even met.

From all of us at Forever Home Sanctuary thank you for showing up ✨️💛✨️

Over the last couple of weeks, we have received an incredible number of requests for animals needing a place at the sanc...
10/03/2026

Over the last couple of weeks, we have received an incredible number of requests for animals needing a place at the sanctuary, most of them horses. As much as it breaks our hearts to say it, we have reached our capacity. It’s not so much about the financial side. It’s about time.

Caring for around 60 residents takes an enormous amount of work every single day. There is cleaning, feeding, hay, medications, checking on everyone, and all of the little things that come with caring for a large family of animals. And on top of that, hosting tours and events, fundraisers, replying to emails, writing receipts and tending to emergencies as they come.

We are incredibly grateful for the volunteers who already help us. We have a wonderful team who come Tuesday and Thursday evenings to help with cleaning, and we truly could not do it without them. But the reality is that cleaning happens twice a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. So even with the amazing help we receive, there are still 12 other cleaning shifts every week that need to be covered.

Ron and I are the main caretakers, doing it all, while also working full-time, 5 days a week, in very demanding jobs. We are 100% volunteer-run. There is no staff coming in behind us to take over when we leave the sanctuary. The animals still need to be fed, medicated, checked on and cared for every single day.

So if you are thinking about volunteering with us, we want to be really transparent about what that looks like.

Sanctuary work is hard, physical work. There is cleaning, lifting, hauling, feeding and getting dirty. And right now, we need people who are willing to make a regular commitment and become part of the team. Even one consistent day a week can make a huge difference.

We wish we could say yes to every animal who needs us. We really do. But bringing another animal through our gates when we don't have the capacity to give them the time and care they deserve wouldn't be fair to them or to the 60-ish residents who already call Forever Home home.

If you are intetested in volunteering, pease email us at [email protected] ❤️

Our sweet Guiness has been with us from the very beginning, and he has always been one of the sweetest boys you could ev...
10/01/2026

Our sweet Guiness has been with us from the very beginning, and he has always been one of the sweetest boys you could ever meet.

When Guiness was just a baby, his momma rejected him. But thankfully, he found another momma who didn’t care that he wasn’t her own.

Our beautiful Zsa Zsa took him in and raised him as her baby, loving him just as she would her own. And that bond has never faded.

Even all these years later, you will often find the two of them curled up together, sleeping, cuddling and keeping each other company. It is one of those little things around the sanctuary that never gets old.

And then there are those EARS......

Guiness has the biggest ears, the sweetest face and a heart to match.

He may have been rejected by his first momma, but he was never without love. Zsa Zsa made sure of that ❤️

Our horses have come from so many different places and lived so many different lives. Some arrived scared, some arrived ...
09/30/2026

Our horses have come from so many different places and lived so many different lives. Some arrived scared, some arrived broken, some had never known what it meant to simply be a horse.

Here, they get to choose.

They run and nap in the sunshine. They argue over the best hay spots and form friendships, fall in love, grieve, heal and grow old surrounded by a herd that has become their family.

And every single one of them reminds us just how magnificent these animals truly are.

Not because of what they can do for us.

Simply because of who they are ❤️🐴

📷 by Mary Grey Okanagan photographer of the one and only Loki

09/28/2026

We don't know.....

So many of the animals who come to us arrive carrying stories we will never know. We can only imagine what their lives looked like before they found their way here.

When Aurora first came to us, her body told part of her story. She had large, swollen teats so we knew she had birthed many times, even recently.

There is a sadness in her eyes. She keeps to herself, she is terrified of human touch, and you can feel the fear in her body when someone gets too close. We know humans have hurt her.

Today, I was cleaning Storm, Sky and Rain's area when Aurora came all the way down.

She walked straight over to Storm.

The baby.

She stood there sniffing him, completely alone. No Colby beside her, just her and this little baby.

I walked toward her and she started talking to me.

And then she told me.

She was remembering her babies.

She was looking at Storm and remembering the babies that had been taken away from her. She was telling me about that loss, about the emptiness it left behind, about why she is the way she is.

And I stood there with tears running down my face.

Because suddenly, I wasn't just looking at Aurora.

I was feeling the weight of everything she had lost.

And I couldn't stop thinking about how many animals live this same story.

How many mothers are bred because we want their babies.

How many give birth, only to have those babies taken away.

How many carry that loss in their bodies long after we have forgotten that they ever existed.

Aurora came to Storm today looking for comfort, remembering what she had lost.

And she made sure I understood.

I will never look at her the same way again.

And I will never forget what she asked me to feel today ❤️

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132 Lewis Road
Vernon, BC
V1B3E7

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