Hi my name is Portia,

I am a pony and these are my friends. We came to live at Rancho Siesta when a woman who rescued us needed a place for us to stay. She has since disappeared and stopped paying for our feed and the care that we need. We have all been abandoned!

WE WANT TO ALL STAY TOGETHER here at the ranch. WE LOVE EACH OTHER and don’t want to be separated. We would like to live out the rest of our lives without worrying about our future.

This is a little video of me ;-)



I am the smallest but pushiest of all of us, so I have decided to be the spokespony for my herd! There are Twelve of us in all.

We have been living here with James and Susan for several years now. They take care of us and give us lots of love and all the attention we need.

We are mostly an old bunch and a few of us need medication. Some of us can still eat hay but a few of us need a special type of feed for "seniors". Me, I am on a pelleted feed -- It helps me because I have asthma. I have a little pony size inhaler and luckily I've only had to use it once since coming here because I do not like it!!!

We were all children’s riding lesson and rental stable horses that were cast off when we became injured or got too old to be of use and, me, because I had developed asthma. We have all spent many years together, friendships have formed and love affairs have blossomed between some of us.

Susan is creating this GoFundMe so that we can stay here with them for the rest of our lives -- Not be separated and not end up in a bad situation.
Many people don’t realize we are often worth more dead than alive. Young or old we sometimes end up on feed lots being sold for our meat.
 
We overhear Susan and James talk about us like we are their children. She doesn’t want us to worry but we know it’s expensive to feed us. We have shelter, water, a great farrier and veterinarian that are kind to us but we could use help paying for our feed.

PLEASE HELP US,  if you can! Anything will be so gratefully accepted...

Breakdown of Giving:
We were quoted between $6,000 to $7,000 for a (semi)truck and trailer of hay. By purchasing a large quantity, the price per bale decreases and we can afford to buy more and feed longer.
The rest of the money would pay for our bags of pelleted and senior equine feed and help with our veterinarian expenses :-)

Thank You!

Xoxo Portia

P. S. That is Goody in the main photo. He is in love with JJ and they are inseparable! I will be sure you get to see many updates of me and my friends :-) on GoFundMe

Also, more photos of us on Instagram @ranchosiesta and our website-
www.ranchosiesta.weebly.com