Devil Dog Depot Equine Sanctuary and Rescue

Devil Dog Depot Equine Sanctuary and Rescue DEVIL DOG DEPOT EQUINE SANCTUARY AND RESCUE, LLC
501(c)3 Public Charity licensed through the State of Texas. Please share and donate if able!

Sanctuary and Rescue for all equine with mission to provide equine therapy retreats for trauma survivors of all ages. � � � DEVIL DOG DEPOT � � �
SANCTUARY AND RESCUE, LLC
LUFKIN, TEXAS
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DONATE NOW!!! TAX-DEDUCTIBLE!!!

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501(c)3 Public Charity. Sanctuary and Rescue for all equine (horses, donkeys, mules and ponies) surrendered, displaced, or threatened to be slaughter-bound. Proven malnourishment, sickness, injury and wound care success. Striving to become equine therapy retreat for trauma survivors. Directed by disabled female combat veteran and psychiatric registered nurse. Saving lost souls to help other lost souls!!!

�HUGE EXPANSION PLANS�
�TYPICAL SANCTUARY COSTS�

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We need your help!!! We are wanting to add facilities for veteran retreats, summer camp house for pre-teens/teens, ponds, activity areas and updated shelters and repairs.

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All of this plus the mula it takes to operate in the first place!!! All donations are tax-deductible! DONATE HERE ���

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Always in need of donations for securement, food, farrier and medical. Can provide receipts on request. �

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Devil Dog Depot Equine Sanctuary and Rescue, LLC., 501C3, located in Lufkin, TX, desperately needs donations sent directly to our veterinarian! Balance currently with additional being added with current situation. Any extra can be credited for future care and meds. Please call or visit East Texas Veterinary Clinic, Dr. Clary, DVM, and put what you comfortably can to Devil Dog Depot c/o Theresa Gallentine. All donations tax-deductible. Please PM me for donation receipt. East Texas Veterinary Clinic (936) 632-2042. To make donations for hay and alfalfa:
Contact Chris of Quality Alfalfa and Coastal Hay. Kirkland Rd, Lufkin, TX through FB (he takes Venmo!) or call (936) 414-9819 Tell him it's for Devil Dog! To make donations toward feed, supplements and dewormer: Call Double R Feed & Ranch Supply in Lufkin, TX at (936) 634-6726 and tell them it's for Devil Dog. Donations for all horse care including feed, hay, medical, farrier, transport, acquirement, etc:

Venmo -Gallentine

PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=38C6Z3PAQCYGN

Amazon wishlist:
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Website, IG and TikTok coming soon!!!

07/06/2025

Just wanted to take a moment to let everyone know that our family and critters were not affected by the floods in Hill Country. We live a few hours east near Lufkin, TX. It is absolutely devastating in many areas there so please help if able through donations to credible, vetted agencies and/or pray.

I have been terribly ill with multiple hospital and medical appointments since the botched IV Immunoglobulin infusions. Verge of kidney failure among multiple other issues. I do have a new nursing agency now and the ONE dedicated and very experienced nurse is incredible.

I haven't had time or energy to do anything social media wise. I'll get to messages when able. I just wanted to assure others (after a few calls) that we are alright where we live.

Appreciate the love. Please help families, friends and survivors, and the rescue/emergency personnel who will also become scarred.

12/18/2024

Holy Grackles, Batman!!! 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛

A plague of grackles are seen as spirit world messengers with secrets, hidden knowledge, and reminders to take care of yourself and to find joy in the smallest things.

We've been blessed with a few large flocks (called plagues) several times over the years. Always a surreal feeling when they fly over you creating wind with their wings. Let your worries fly away with them?!? Happy, socializing, intelligent birds that remind you its ok to be noisy for your own growth and success. Its ok to put YOUR NEEDS priority, too. Givers can literally become sick neglecting themselves. To stop focusing on wrongs of the past and fleeting worries of now as it will only stifle your true potential ❤️

Ancestors reminding me to breathe and focus.

That I can do so much more shedding the tedious and things I can't change while focusing on the joys of NOW. Remember who the f**k I am??? Not what others want to force me to be or become. ✨️



Devil Dog Depot Equine Sanctuary and Rescue

Butterflies on Fire-- A Veteran's Tale --By Retired Staff Sgt. Terry Gallentine, Operation Iraq Freedom disabled veteran...
08/30/2024

Butterflies on Fire
-- A Veteran's Tale --

By Retired Staff Sgt. Terry Gallentine,
Operation Iraq Freedom disabled veteran

FINAL PART ...

Oh, look! There is light!
No, just a small flicker of what's left of my soul.
Let's pretend.
It's sweeter to smile.
Everything is alright.
Shake your doll,
Pull my string so I laugh.
Now "I'm just fine."

Come dance with me, demons.
Distracted,
Willingly,
Twirling to hell.
Whisper sweet nothings ...

Just watch the Butterflies ...
The flames tickle my soul.

Look at the Butterflies ...
They whisper.
Massive flames out of control.

Your greed consumes,
And I can't feel, anymore.
I only get sicker,
They only get richer.
Pick my co**se from the floor.
Death not allowed.
Prop up and pretty.
There's still some to squeeze out of me.

💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢

Photo Series "So Very Few Choices," by Marine veteran and author/model's husband, Jason Gallentine

Butterflies on Fire-- A Veteran's Tale --By Retired Staff Sgt. Terry Gallentine, Operation Iraq Freedom disabled veteran...
08/30/2024

Butterflies on Fire
-- A Veteran's Tale --

By Retired Staff Sgt. Terry Gallentine,
Operation Iraq Freedom disabled veteran

Part Two ...

Look at those fluttering wings!
You are so pretty.
Wow, look how strong!
Kiss me with tempting fake dreams.
Look into the camera, please!

Stab me, again. I no longer bleed.
Nothing left.
Drained, hollowed shell.
A carcass shaking a tin for your pennies.
You give not a care.
Not even a thought.

It will get better?
Beckon me with sweet lies?
Slap on more lipstick.
Filter on, pain gone.
Painted, pretty facade-talking head.
Such wonderful quotes.
We all should be proud.
We did so well!
Now tuck away, cripple.
Go get more sick.
There's more wallets out there.
Your tears open juicy safes with a click.

Oh please!
Turn my attention away.
Sometimes, it's invited.
Door to heart cracked open.
Just a sliver.

Don't mind the blood.
The mess.
The loss.
Nor the scars, or empty eyes.
Dead faces and past cries.

Oh, it's too gruesome?
No one likes sad.
Back to playland.
So sorry! My bad!
..

**koffrichfakes

Butterflies on Fire-- A Veteran's Tale --By Retired Staff Sgt. Terry Gallentine, Operation Iraq Freedom disabled veteran...
08/30/2024

Butterflies on Fire
-- A Veteran's Tale --

By Retired Staff Sgt. Terry Gallentine,
Operation Iraq Freedom disabled veteran

Beauty in peace.
Chaos with flames.
Moments of joy.
Deceitfully pretty seconds,
Mixed in.
Disguised over decades of pain.

Butterflies distracted me.
So a fire could spread.

Licking,
Burning,
Growing ...

Choke on my smoke.

Fester, don't purge.
Engulf me, painful wound.
Please never do heal.
Disposable.

Death's little mistress.
An or****ic knife through my soul.
Slice me to shreds!
I moan with delight between breaths.
Between screams.
Choking on tears.

Promise me relief, sweet lover.
Toes curling with agony.
Fingers claw, knuckles whiten for an end.
Reaching,
So tangled.
The tunnel opens.
Crawl in to die.

Oh, you need something?
Well then,
Nevermind!
Push the darkness aside.

Denied, yet again.
The devils start looking better than friends.

Make me scream.
Bring on the fears.
Give me hurt.
Take away years.

I deserve nothing more.
No rest for the broken.
Night terrors.
Cold sweats.
Fill life's cup with grief.
Table for one, and keep it coming, please.
Drink til I'm numb.

But you know how I feel?
All in my head.
Take some more pills.
Smile, its fun to feel dead.

False sense, better days.
Silence me with insincere niceties.
Hush with no true concern.

Sure ...
You "are here" for me.
Quick to be said.
Faster to disappear.
Run little children.
You are not wanted here.

Fill your pockets.
Use my scorn.
Drunk with false promises.
Drag out reality.
You live in bliss.
Keep getting rich.
Take the rest of me.
"Dance, puppet," you hiss.

I'm just your soldier.
Are we so proud?
Still just your pawn.
A toy in a chest.
Pull out when useful.
Toss once worn.
Yet I continue with it known.
Stupidly hopeful.
Begging for scraps.
Prayers float away.
Forgotten and beaten.
Buried but gasping for air.

Empty "thank yous."
What will never be.
Use me!
They get this and they get that.
Now back into the dark you go.
Til they need you, again.
Things will get better, the wicked, they lie.
.. Part One

Our animal companions just get weirder and weirder ... This one talks more than Liam did. Short responses almost bird ch...
08/09/2024

Our animal companions just get weirder and weirder ...

This one talks more than Liam did. Short responses almost bird chirp-like. He also reaches up like a toddler asking to be picked up. But you have to keep toilet seats down because he likes to swim 🤮

Wonder what the next-level of odd furball the universe will send this way???

Still waiting for my black cat to return. Each void has come to me over the years. Miss my Liam so much. Hoping his spirit finds me soon ✨️

❤️❤️❤️18 YEARS TODAY!!!❤️❤️❤️ 💕HAPPY 7-11 DAY, BABY!!!💕Eighteen years ago, I had returned from Iraq and went to the ...
07/11/2024

❤️❤️❤️18 YEARS TODAY!!!❤️❤️❤️
💕HAPPY 7-11 DAY, BABY!!!💕

Eighteen years ago, I had returned from Iraq and went to the courthouse to marry my best friend. He proposed in a letter via snail mail while I was deployed. I don't think it was much of a surprise to anyone as we were inseperable from the start!

Been lots of ups and downs but we've stuck together. Blended families are HARD.

Thank you, Jason, for not only putting up with me, which I know isn't easy, but for showing me what love, patience and friendship really is. I'd marry you a hundred more times!

Happy Anniversary, my love!

No matter what life brings, I will always be blessed having you and our kids (when they behave 🤣) in my life. Time flies when you get to spend it with your best friend.

Growing mature with the s*xiest Marine! I know how lucky I am 😘 Jason Gallentine

Here's to 18+ more!!! Long-awaited honeymoons, adventures, empty-nesting to come. Elderly makeout sessions in public places, etc. And SOMEDAY we will get our free slushies, too?!?

Going on 29ish hours without power. House getting hot! Luckily I bought some solar fans not long ago that will be in the...
07/09/2024

Going on 29ish hours without power. House getting hot! Luckily I bought some solar fans not long ago that will be in the barn soon -- in house for now!

LOTS of debris from trees. Checking fences soon. Horses are good.

Definitely didn't need more yard cleanup chores, or having to toss all perishable food BUT our little tribe (human and other) is safe -- so we are good.

Appreciate all those who checked in on us.

Hoping power is back on for all of us soon 🙏

Will get better look at structures later today.

Pic of both "babies" laying on and on top of me for the majority of the storm, yesterday. Bit sore from that, butt clenching it while driving through it for an appointment and jumping in and out of truck to pull limbs and branches out of the road.

I'm too old for this stuff!!!

Devil Dog Depot Equine Sanctuary and Rescue

Bit freaky sounding. No power and tornado watch., too. Hope everyone is doing OK. Pray for those on the coast. They got ...
07/08/2024

Bit freaky sounding. No power and tornado watch., too. Hope everyone is doing OK. Pray for those on the coast. They got hit bad.

According to multiple, credible sources (VSOs, VA and national healthcare organizations, etc.), "There are an estimated ...
06/13/2024

According to multiple, credible sources (VSOs, VA and national healthcare organizations, etc.), "There are an estimated 1 million veterans who identify as le***an, gay, bis*xual, transgender and q***r."

So it's irritating to see posts "declaring" June be made into another veterans' month (there's already three of those plus multiple holidays) to downplay/challenge Pride Month.

For one ... there have always been LGBTQ+ serving in all first responder fields. Even prior to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" nonsense post mid-90s. I've served with many great members in both the military and hospital settings. Not a single one would have withheld protection or care discriminating against you ... yet, bigots fill the world with ignorant comments -- way too focused on other people's s*x lives and harmless lifestyle choices.

And what about the veterans??? So quick to dangle our struggles and needs for change as deflection on every other topic YET you don't care enough to actually DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE to help us. Stop using us as excuses to further your own agendas.

PS -- Not all veterans are good people, either. We are a mixing pot of everything from everywhere and unfortunately turds still get mixed in, too. So the racist, s*xist, anti-good hypocrites can shut their pieholes, too.

Separation from church and state. Freedom to practice religion without persecution. Freedom from tyranny and oppression ...

Remember why the majority of veterans served. To keep our country safe and thriving FOR ALL CITIZENS. Not just ones just like you.

-- Sarge

Devil Dog Depot Equine Sanctuary and Rescue

I tried to make a difference. Until you step into the realm of rescue, you don't know how heartbreaking, stressful and o...
06/01/2024

I tried to make a difference.

Until you step into the realm of rescue, you don't know how heartbreaking, stressful and overwhelming it is IN EVERY ASPECT.

Seeing how cruel people are. Not just the ones who abuse and neglect animals. The cutthroat charities and foundations, fraudsters and those in alliances with horse flippers.

Being a designated 501c3 public charity does not mean you automatically get any federal, or state funding. A common misconception. As is the dreamy grants that get scooped up by the multi-million dollar, paid CEO charities with full-time grant writing teams ... ridiculous amounts of money and no change to show for it.

So much suffering. It's getting unbearable having my hands tied. The desire and ability ready but no means available. Dying dreams to grieve.

I'm burned out.

My health reflects it. Labs look like crap. Thyroid was the latest autoimmune victim. Another damn pill. No rest. Keep pushing.

Veterans are dying from all sorts of illness and cancers with service-connected environmental exposures -- or by their own hand. Numbers growing every day.

Mental health crisis is affecting our youth, too. Takes sometimes six months or more to get the first appointment. Half a million kids in Texas foster care. So many needing positive mentors bouncing around in the juvenile justice system.

Community members suffering from grief and trauma. Hands need extended out for domestic violence victims to become survivors.

I wanted to help so many more heal, too. Advocate and demand change in so many broken, or absent programs.

Why are people so selfish, entitled, evil and uncaring?

Just needed to vent. Being sick makes you stationary and without manual labor distractions. I made some big differences to those affected. Nearly 40 horses over three years. More than 20 people with several free therapy sessions each. Three made known were no longer at-risk to themselves. Because I offered to help.

I wanted to get this bigger. I wanted to do more.

-- Sarge

Devil Dog Depot Equine Sanctuary and Rescue



DEVIL DOG DEPOT EQUINE SANCTUARY AND RESCUE, LLC., 501(c)3 Public Charity. EIN 87-3056766. Sanctuary and Rescue for all equine (horses, donkeys, mules and ponies) surrendered, displaced, or threatened to be slaughter-bound. Proven malnourishment, sickness, injury and wound care success. Striving to become equine therapy retreat for trauma survivors. Directed by disabled female combat veteran and psychiatric registered nurse.

TAX-DEDUCTIBLE:

Venmo: -Gallentine (last four 0164)

PayPal: [email protected]

Zelle: [email protected]

Checks made out to: Devil Dog Depot Equine Sanctuary and Rescue, 1250 Allentown Loop, Lufkin, TX 75904

One voice can only scream so loud to be heard. A crowd can become a roar. A force. The change.

Where are the warriors at?

Rescue has brought so much loss, too. We loved each hard in the little cherished time we had. My heart broke with each. ...
05/30/2024

Rescue has brought so much loss, too.

We loved each hard in the little cherished time we had. My heart broke with each.

I held several in my arms and told them how sorry I was others did that to them. That they were good horses that didn't deserve anything but love.

A few seniors passed in their sleep. Bellies full. Safe maybe for the first time during their lives.

Babies, teens, adults and elders. Horses, donkeys and ponies. All too soon in my heart.

I pray they left knowing love. 💔

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