Painted Promise Ranch

Painted Promise Ranch First Rescue... Then Rehabilitation... Sanctuary as warranted... And then Therapy!!!

Miniature horses & donkeys sharing love with seniors and children, giving back to humans despite some rough starts of their own 💙💗

Bliss Hospice visit Friday with Shazam as well as Brian with Arlo… Our first visit to an actual group home, not a large ...
05/24/2026

Bliss Hospice visit Friday with Shazam as well as Brian with Arlo… Our first visit to an actual group home, not a large facility, it was nice to have the time to relax and visit more with each person 🤗 and Shazam was a star 🌟 as always!

Our monthly visit to Lake Pleasant found me without helpers so off I went with a donkey 🫏 in one hand and a horse 🐴 in t...
05/18/2026

Our monthly visit to Lake Pleasant found me without helpers so off I went with a donkey 🫏 in one hand and a horse 🐴 in the other! Maneuvering 2 alone was proving quite a challenge in the first room… coming back out into the hallway I met Steve, who was visiting his mother with his daughter Mary Alice. Steve was snapping photos and asking questions and Mary Alice was 😍 so I just blurted out “what are you doing for the next hour, do you want to walk Shazam?” and Steve immediately said his daughter would love to before she had time to answer 😂 she just looked at me and asked if I really meant it, and I told her it would be a huge blessing to me, so off we went together with Shazam 💙 and Silver Dollar 💙 her dad snapping and videoing like mad 🤩

Just a couple of shots from the therapy room, a detour we always make to be sure we don’t miss anyone. Austin is one of the boys’ favorite staff member, and that’s my blessing Mary Alice in the other shot. I should have given my number to Steve so he could share his photos 🤦‍♀️ but they have our page name so I’m hoping they see this!! I did ask about possible future visits but unfortunately for me, Mary Alice was visiting and not local 🥺 however I’m still super grateful for her help Friday 🤗 and happy that she enjoyed her time with Shazam 🐴

My friend Tamara, who I met three years ago, when she came to meet the herd and get on the waiting list for foals, was a...
05/18/2026

My friend Tamara, who I met three years ago, when she came to meet the herd and get on the waiting list for foals, was able to come help with a visit at Life Care Center of Glendale last Tuesday morning, which had requested all donkeys for donkey 🫏 week. So what better idea than bringing her 2 boys and their mamas??? Everyone loved Kierra and Cole Younger, Tabitha and Jesse James, of course the babies were a huge hit!! Tamara loved showing them off 💙💙

What a fun Cinco de Mayo visit at Avista Sun City West this morning!! Sombreros and serapes on the donkeys 🫏 and one re...
05/05/2026

What a fun Cinco de Mayo visit at Avista Sun City West this morning!! Sombreros and serapes on the donkeys 🫏 and one resident’s daughter brought little sombrero headbands so now I have to expand for future visits!! Thank you Penelope for setting this up and helping out, and to Laura, Jan and Dana 🤗 I will sure miss you until fall!! Dominique and Oran, Kierra and Jesse James were such good sports today! Finally a cool enough day to take some babies out to visit!!

If you live in the Phoenix area, west valley particularly, and have a schedule that gives you free time during the week,...
05/01/2026

If you live in the Phoenix area, west valley particularly, and have a schedule that gives you free time during the week, I’m looking for a few additional volunteer handlers for mini visits 🤗 experience is not required as my minis have plenty and can teach you 😉

I always say, doing these visits is just as much therapy for me as for the folks we visit, and my current handlers all concur 🥰

I have four regulars and I’m losing two of them soon, until fall when they return, so I’d love to add a few more to my roster! There is no pressure, my habit is to send out information (date, time, location) as visits are scheduled, and then you tell me if you want to join in that particular visit 🤗

Give me a holler on Messenger, or text me 602-290-2553, or if you call leave a message so I can call you back 🥰

Tom is a member of Shepherd of the Hills church in the Arcadia area of Phoenix, where I take donkeys every year on Palm ...
04/30/2026

Tom is a member of Shepherd of the Hills church in the Arcadia area of Phoenix, where I take donkeys every year on Palm Sunday… he asked me last year if he could paint one of my donkeys as he normally does dogs and cats, had done a few horses, but had never painted a donkey. Of course I said YES! I asked if he wanted to take a photo of one I had with me that day, but after talking a bit he said why don’t you send me one of your favorite headshots, which immediately brought Dillon’s “glamour shot” from when he was young to my mind.

Still working my crazy schedule part time 24/7 on call job back then, despite my best intentions I did not get the photo sent to Tom 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ This year he asked again so I made SURE I got it to him quickly!!

He sent me this photo last week and said Dillon was ready, he needed my address to mail the painting. My jaw literally dropped 😄 I was so amazed and so excited!!! It arrived a day faster than he was told by the USPS and upon opening it was just incredible 🥰 💙🫏

And wow am I ever sorry I missed a year 😣 Now to find an amazing frame for my bestest boy…

I’ve already gushed all over him in our text thread but had to share this here too, so I have to say again THANK YOU Tom for this perfect blessing!

Just a few pics from today’s visit to Lifestream of Sun City, I was amazed to hear one of their employees has worked the...
04/30/2026

Just a few pics from today’s visit to Lifestream of Sun City, I was amazed to hear one of their employees has worked there for 50 years which means it has been there for at least 50 years and I had not heard of it despite working in Sun City since the fall of 2002!!

Spring Fling had even a resident bunny hanging out!! I told Olivia Kay and Stella Rae that the ears made it an honorary mini donkey 😂😂

And the music for the first part of our visit was great, the music I grew up on… my mama’s music 🎶

Tuesday morning at (permission given to post all pics), lots of love at memory care and even more on the assisted livi...
04/29/2026

Tuesday morning at (permission given to post all pics), lots of love at memory care and even more on the assisted living side, so many questions and great interaction!! Thanks to my awesome helper Laura and to the AD Melanie plus other staff who jumped in to help with the 3rd mini when a new volunteer handler didn’t show 🫤 I could actually handle 2 myself but we can sure interact with a lot more residents if we can split up 🤗

Friday’s first visit to another new place, Vineyard Park of Surprise - what a beautiful and large facility! The staff w...
04/27/2026

Friday’s first visit to another new place, Vineyard Park of Surprise - what a beautiful and large facility! The staff was so nice and to see the residents literally LIGHT UP when we came around the corner… within 5 minutes they were trying to convince the head honcho that they needed at least four to come live there full time 😂😂 she said she wished but that’s not in the budget… however she did say that repeat visits from us are definitely in the budget 👌 and I’m not surprised, after all who can resist Silver Dollar 💙and of course the fabulous Jan 💖 with Ozzie 💙

First official Bliss Hospice visit at Gardens at Sun City… Arlo is such a happy boy and so well-behaved!!
04/24/2026

First official Bliss Hospice visit at Gardens at Sun City… Arlo is such a happy boy and so well-behaved!!

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23925 W Patton Road
Wittmann, AZ
85361

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