Paradise Waits Mustang Sanctuary

Paradise Waits Mustang Sanctuary We are completely volunteer operated in a remote location on the Olympic Peninsula.

PWMS is dedicated to rescuing and providing long term care for at-risk senior and special needs BLM mustangs, native wild horses, and horses within our community.

06/16/2026

Sewing was not in the job description!

Part time seamstress here, as we blow through fly masks I’ve had to make a lot of repairs!
Thinking it’s time for some replacements and fresh Velcro!
Tahoma got a new UV mask to protect those baby blues and pink eyelids and it inspired me yo replace some of these soft nylon masks with the sturdier more traditional masks! 🪰🪤

Heatwave in progress! It’s weird how high 60’s and climbing with humidity feels so heavy and hot this far north, by this...
06/14/2026

Heatwave in progress!

It’s weird how high 60’s and climbing with humidity feels so heavy and hot this far north, by this afternoon we’ll be in the 80’s.
Spent the day working with Freya on Friday, one of the things we’re playing with is the hose.
Freya is a very high anxiety creature, someone hurt this mare with objects and bad intentions.
The hose was a big deal, everything is a big deal for Freya, little by little, and I do mean little, we made some good steps forward.
Someday I hope the hose becomes a source of relief and joy for Freya, and a heatwave is the perfect time to play with this idea. ♥️

06/12/2026

Water break!

Heat wave on its way, spent the morning scrubbing water tanks so the herd can enjoy the pristine Lake Crescent, Lyre River water we’re so blessed to have running through our pipes.
Freya, Howl, and River. 💙

Here we go again…Thank you 🙏🏽 to everyone that commented and reached out the other day, the new followers, comments etc....
06/12/2026

Here we go again…

Thank you 🙏🏽 to everyone that commented and reached out the other day, the new followers, comments etc. 🥰
Instagram is still being very selective about what I can post, it’s super frustrating but also has given me time to think…

A couple weeks ago my brother and his family visited, my niece just turned one and she’s big enough to enjoy the horses. ♥️

The world needs more cowgirls!
Maybe she’ll grow up to love horses.
The world needs more gentleness, softness, a kinder way with horses.
I look forward to teaching her how to listen to horses and to simply enjoy being in their presence.

I can’t tell you how many volunteers have never shown up because we don’t have any ridable horses, I guess they never read the part about “seniors and special needs” every now and then we find those unicorn volunteers though, the ones that just want to be around the horses, and we are looking for a few of those folks to help out over the summer.
If this might be you, DM us here, or send us an email. ♥️

06/10/2026

Rollin’ out dinner in the Tundra!

So basically…We don’t have enough likes, views, or Interactions for Instagram to deem our page, and our precious herd wo...
06/09/2026

So basically…

We don’t have enough likes, views, or Interactions for Instagram to deem our page, and our precious herd worthy of the algorithm.
This matters to us why?
We are in a rural, dare I say very remote part of Washington state, hard to get too, practically an island, we can see Canada.
The closest wild horses to us are the Silver Lake herd, a hush hush herd descended from a working ranch over 100 years ago, they’re SW and 250 miles roaming on private timber land.
Next would the Yakima reservation mustangs, then the Colville reservation ponies and the Aeneas Valley herd, that may be part of the Colville reservation.
Anyhow, there a few rescues that have taken in mustangs in WA state but we are the only Mustang Sanctuary in the state that I know of, and we don’t have nearly the amount of land or infrastructure or a solid team to accommodate the amount of mustangs in need of rescue or sanctuary in this state.

One more thing, we didn’t choose this location for a sanctuary, it chose us.
I have spent the better part of many sleepless nights searching for land for the last six years, a permanent location where the infrastructure can be built and the dream unfolds, or better yet, a location that already has the infrastructure. $$$$$

If you’ve read this far, Instagram has not been letting me post pictures of the horses, so here I am, up in your feed, maybe. 🤷🏻‍♀️

06/08/2026

Howl At The Moon. 🖤

The grass is greener!

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98363

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