08/30/2026
🐴 TODAY, SHE CAME HOME TO EMPOWRD. ❤️
This sweet girl came into the Rescue today, and with her came another reminder of just how much work, time, love, and dedication goes into saving these animals.
We met Aunt Sara to assess her, make sure she was safe to travel, and help ensure she loaded safely for the journey to Empowrd. Sara took time away from her already busy day to pick her up and bring her safely to us. We are so incredibly grateful.
When she arrived, we knew immediately that she had a long road ahead.
She came to us with rain rot, infection, skin lesions, very little urine output, labored breathing, and low gut sounds. She is fragile, and tonight we're taking things one hour at a time.
And then the crew jumped into action.
Let me tell you… it was a BUSY day.
The last two of May's crew were finally ready to head off to their new adoptive home. We had trailer-loading challenges, cleanup, settling in and babysitting our newest intake, fluids every hour, antibiotics, probiotics, electrolytes, and constant monitoring.
I called on the hour.
I checked on her.
We watched.
We waited.
We treated.
We checked again.
Because when a life is depending on you, you don't simply clock out.
There are hours of rescue work that nobody sees.
The early mornings.
The late nights.
The muddy boots.
The dirty stalls.
The medications.
The feed buckets.
The phone calls.
The constant monitoring.
The exhaustion.
And sometimes, it's literally every hour on the hour.
It can be exhausting. Today absolutely was.
But tomorrow is another day.
Another day to fight.
Another day to heal.
Another day to give this girl the chance at the life she should have always known.
This is the part of rescue that doesn't always make it onto social media. The beautiful transformations are incredible—but those transformations don't happen overnight.
They happen because someone shows up.
Every. Single. Day.
👉To our wonderful volunteer crew and rescue family—Angela, Lida, Ragan and family, and everyone who jumped in today—THANK YOU. ❤️
👉And a very special THANK YOU to Damian Hughes and Hauling Oates LLC for driving all the way over and helping us get one of our girls loaded and safely where she needed to go.
She was definitely a challenge, but Damian's skills were impeccable. His patience, confidence, and ability to read and understand the horse were incredible to watch.
Someone with a true horsemanship gift. ❤️🐴
👉Damian, we are so grateful that you gave your time, shared your expertise, and showed up when we needed you. And thank you to Hauling Oates LLC for helping make this difficult loading possible.
👉To Aunt Sara for making the trip, helping assess her, making sure she loaded safely, and bringing her home to us—THANK YOU.
And to every person who supports Empowrd, shares our posts, donates, sends supplies, encourages us, prays for these animals, or simply follows their journeys—
YOU are part of this.
Without our supporters and our amazing volunteer team, none of this would be possible.
Our new girl has a LONG way to go. Tonight, we're giving her everything we've got and taking it one hour at a time.
🙏If you'd like to help contribute toward this sweet girl's medical care and recovery, we have a pinned post at the top of our page with information on how you can help.
Sometimes saving a life isn't one big heroic moment.
Sometimes it's showing up every hour.
Sometimes it's being exhausted and doing it anyway.
Sometimes it's simply saying:
“Tomorrow, we do it all again.”
Welcome home, sweet girl. ❤️
Here's to your new journey.
Here's to brighter days ahead.
And here's to you knowing that you will be loved. ❤️🐴
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