Tecate Horse Rescue was never a dream of ours, it came about because DJ's mom told her "You have to save this horse!" Luckily, DJ had a background in wild life rescue and organization. And of course owning 99.8 acres in east county San Diego is a big enabler.
June 25th, 2022 - Mike arrived at home and DJ told him she was getting another horse, to which Mike replied "OK." And so our first rescue (though our 4 current horses at the time had been rescued over the years) was bought. We decided to call her "Brandy" since she was our 5th horse. July 4th, 2022 - Official start of Tecate Horse Rescue. July 10th, 2022 - We decided that the rescue of 20 equines was our limit, at least until we got more established. August 2nd, 2022 - Received our confirmation from the IRS that we are certified as a non profit 501(c)(3). August ??, 2022 - Rescued Donkeys, Annie and her foal Tommy, in Bowie Tx. Tommy became extremely ill (50% chance of recovery), and they spent a month at the local veterinarian. August ??,2022 - The day Annie and Tommy received such a dire prognosis, 2 donkey moms and their 1 week old foals appeared on the auction website, and was quickly determined to get them away from any contagions and so Kate with Tiny Tim and Momma Donkey II with Petey were rescued. September ??, 2022 - Transport arrived 4 PM with 1, 2, 3, 4, donkey Annie and her foal Tommy from Bowie, TX. October ??, 2022 - Mike and DJ arrived 9 PM with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and her foal from Bowie, TX. October 11th, 2022 - Mike and DJ arrived at midnight with Misty, Delilah, and the mule Apollo from Hesperia, CA. October 17th, 2022 - Mike and DJ arrived (still light out - dusk - yeah!) with 3rd Colt, Gaited Palomino, Horse and Mare with Foal from Bowie, Tx. November ??, 2022 - Mike arrived with 6 equines from Texas including Paint Mom and Baby, Zeus, Hera. November 30th,2022 - Adam arrived with 6 equines from Texas including Mom and baby Mule, Buckskin Paint Mare, . December 1st. 2022 - Veterinarian notifies us that Hera has a bad case of double pneumonia and that Misty's back is bone on bone causing her distress. We will treat Misty with physical therapy, beer technology and see if she improves... December 10 2022: call from another rescue group asking us to intercede and rescue a "ski shoe" (extremely long hooves) donkey and its mini donkey friend. December 15th 2022: owner surrenders 3 horses. 2 older geldings and one appy gelding pony we renamed Napoleon. December 21, 2022: owner surrenders 2 horses. Promise(renamed Job) and Penny the pony renamed Benny (it is a boy). December 24 2022 we transport mini donkey and "ski shoe" (now trimmed to the correct length with $140 farrier bill) home to our rescue in Tecate Ca.