Lil Bob, our 2 yr old Alphine wildie is off to a 30-day board and train with our awesome Farrier Blaine and his wife/trainer Brooke!

The 30 day board and train with pickup/drop off included (which is monumentally huge and helpful) w/full feed/care is $600. Our tiny sanctuary doesn't have excess funds in our bank account to pay for this very important training so the cost will come from my (Kelly - Founder of Sunshine Animal Sanctuary) personal pocket. I would be extremely grateful if anyone is excited about this training and would donate towards this cost.

Lil Bob is getting big and is at the age where he needs daily work to help him become the good citizen we all know he can be! We want to be safe at the sanctuary and be able to handle him for farrier visits, vet visits, training practice and everyday life with ease. I work 4 jobs- teaching kindergarten, tutoring, teaching swim lessons and my 4th job being the sanctuary (chores/care/social media/fundraising). I don't have the time that Bobby needs to develop into the well-mannered horse he absolutely can be. Farrier Blaine and Brooke are going to work with lil Bobby daily for 1-2 hours on groundwork and manners. He is going to be a tired and happy boy having a job learning new skills. The goal is for him to learn, progress and get in the headspace and routine of safe and respectful behaviors. He's going to do great! Brooke will send frequent updates via video to me so I can see the training in progress. I will drive the 45 minutes to their ranch to visit lil Bobby weekly. Brooke and I have a signed contract for this 30-day board and train outlining exactly what she'll be working on with him and it's clearly noted that he will NOT be ridden and that is not part of this training. She has Banamine on hand that I've given her in case of an emergency and we also discussed the plan for her vet to be called if any emergencies were to arise as our local vets don't service the area that the training ranch is located in.

We were all so impressed with how well and brave lil Bobby was during loading into the trailer, trailering, unloading into their round pen, meeting new horsey neighbor friends and settling into his new apartment digs aka his stall with an Ireland look alike gelding named Riser next door to him and already making friends! :) He's gonna rock it and get an A+ .

I'm so at peace with this decision and eternally grateful to Blaine for being our awesome farrier and telling me his wife trains colts. To Brooke for helping train Ireland/myself and taking Bobby in for this training. I'm grateful that Brooke has incredible parents too who came to help with the trailer loading/hauling/unloading/hay unload and clearly love their horses and our lil Bobby already! 4 awesome humans and a bunch of neat horsey friends for lil Bobby to interact with during his 30 day training time at their ranch. He is safe and with good people! LEARN MY BOY, LEARN SO MUCH!!!! See you soon lil ninja, I love you!!!!