How it works
By committing annually to a $100/month sponsorship of a mustang or burro, you help us enormously by supporting our existing rescues so we can continue saving more.
SPONSORSHIP INCLUDES:
A personalized Certificate of Sponsorship with a photo of the horse or donkey you choose and your name.
A 60 minute one-on-one visit to Skydog Ranch to meet the horse or burro you are sponsoring, spend time hanging out with them, take photographs and ask questions of our staff.
To visit your sponsored equine, you must be a sponsor for at least 9 months. Anyone who wants to see them sooner will have to pay for 9 months ($900) in advance of their visit. We regret that this has become necessary. We need to discourage those sponsoring for one month in order to visit the ranch, then canceling because they don’t actually care about supporting the animals or our work. These tours take up a lot of time from our staff and the important work they do caring for our rescues.
Choosing a Mustang or Burro to Sponsor
You can search for posts about individuals on Instagram or Facebook with a hashtag that combines the word “skydog” with their name (#skydogdream #skydognugget). You can also go to the Then & Now page on the website to see their photos and read their biographies. (Note: their pages are currently being updated.)
Sponsor a SKYDOG on Patreon
A great way to sponsor a Skydog is by becoming a patron on Patreon and signing up for the $100/month Lead Mare level. This automatically makes you a sponsor and gives you access to exclusive content that we don’t post on other social media platforms. Each new episode of the Horse Love Podcast is released there, as are special offers on merchandise, and breaking news.
At present, all our mustangs have a sponsor, which is extraordinary!
We have started introducing our lesser-known burros, who do not have sponsors, on social media and featuring them here.
Lucky Luciano
Lucky is a handsome burro, who stands out with his peachy coloring. He has full ears and tail, which is not typical of his herd from the Warm Springs HMA. This vast area could easily have supported what amounted to 1 burro per 17,000 acres at that time of the roundup. Our arguments for keeping the last wild donkey herd in Oregon on the range in genetically viable numbers fell on deaf ears. The BLM website listed 43 burros before removal, captured 41, returned 0 to the HMA. We launched Operation Save The Warm Springs Burros to keep as many as possible together. We made every effort to keep families together and take older burros who would be less likely to be adopted. Lucky was one of those lucky ones to be reunited with some of his herd in Skydog wild. More about Lucky
SPONSOR LUCKY
Or visit our DONATE page for more options.
Peaches
We have learned from our burros how deep the bond is between mother donkeys and their offspring. They usually stay with their babies all their lives, rather than follow the father. There is nothing crueler you can do to a mother donkey than take their foals from them This was on our minds when the BLM rounded up the last free burro herd in Oregon. Our offer to keep them all together and wild at Skydog was rejected, we were allowed to choose 10. We spent a lot of time at the corrals looking for mothers with babies at their sides and this how Peaches & Cream came to Skydog. They are a pretty pair, named for their fair coloring and it is easy to spot them in a crowd. More about Peaches
SPONSOR PEACHES
Or visit our DONATE page for more options.
RESCUED MUSTANGS
THERE ARE OVER 250 HORSES AND 50 DONKEYS HERE AT SKYDOG
Click on any of the photos to find out more or read their stories on our Then and Now Mustang Page.
RESCUED DONKEYS, MULES, Minis, ZONKEYS & A ZEBRA
