Gemini Equine Rescue * Wildflower Ranch

03/27/2025

This is an elderly gentleman that is staying with us and we are currently caring for. Meet Sundance.

01/14/2024

Hope everyone is staying warm in this cold snap.
Share a photo of your horse and tell us what state you’re from. 🙂

06/14/2023

Just a little arena maintenance

11/19/2020

Eleanor.
What can I say about this mammoth Mule, except that she is a beacon of light here on our sanctuary. She reminds me daily, that what I do has a purpose. She has a grounding energy that calms me when the world gets chaotic. She can speak to me without saying a word.
Eleanor’s life was not always happy. Our paths would cross in the Fall of 2012. She was a work Mule, used by the Amish in Pennsylvania, and then thrown away. Just a tool that was not useful to them any longer. She was sold at auction and ended up a kill pen, tagged and destined for slaughter. I had never saved a Mule before. But she had my heart and I was determined. With the help of a few good people, we were able to secure payment for her, and a 30 day quarantine barn while I frantically searched for a shipper to bring her all the way to MN. No easy feat. By the grace of God and our small network, we not only did it, but we also saved a Thoroughbred mare that would travel with her. When Eleanor arrived, I was in awe of her. Absolutely smitten. But she did not trust people. I could handle her but she did not know love. It was clear that up until now, no human had given her affection. She had been a tool to be used and put away. Over the course of several years, she settled in here, and her and I bonded. She will now come running to me, she will rest her huge head in my arms as I scratch her ears, and she knows she is home. Forever. The fate she would have suffered is unimaginable to me. She is so gentle and such a beautiful soul.
We recently had a church group ask us to come take some photos for their virtual Christmas program. I was not sure how Eleanor would react to having kids around her and parents taking photos, so I just said “we will see, maybe she won’t let us”.
So we took it slow, and Eleanor was such a trooper for these kids. It made my heart swell.
I was sent this picture, and it brought tears to my eyes. It touched me so much.

This is why we rescue.
For Eleanor.

Today, on Give to the Max Day, please consider a gift in any amount. You can donate here.
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Gemini-Rottweiler-And-Pitbull-Rescue

10/20/2019

Fall here at Wildflower Ranch and Rescue

03/14/2019

Good tips

06/18/2018

The fans are up!

06/21/2017

01/13/2017

Always thankful for our hay supplier