What a Wonderful Summer
This week Jay and I spent time at The Gentle Barn Missouri, before finally going home to California. We have been gone for about two and a half months now, but our…
Teaching People Kindness and Compassion to Animals, Each Other and our Planet.
Nature Heals
As the week draws to a close, I am both elated about our grand opening and saddened that shortly after it'll be time for me to return to California. This time spent in Missouri has been so good for my soul! After the many goodbyes to senior…
Featured Video: The St. Louis Six Come Home
They're home, they're home, the St. Louis Six are home!!!
Featured Video: The St. Louis Boys Get Names
It was with great pleasure that we announced the new names for the boys on Tuesday, September…
Learning to Trust
Spending the last week with the St. Louis Six, now that they're home, has been an honor and a privilege. Many of their fans and supporters were worried that the transport would be traumatic or set them back, but it actually was quite the opposite. It was the very first time Chico and his…
Featured Video: Sand for the Cow Barn
We got sand for the cow barn today (9/5/2017) to make it soft and absorbent for the St…
Opening Missouri
We're back in Missouri, working on the last touches to the property, barns and fences to bring the St. Louis Six home, to rescue more animals, and to open our doors to the community. We accomplished so much in August, but have so…
Featured Video: Progress in Missouri
This weekend in St Louis, with the help of amazing volunteers, we fenced our largest…
Featured Video: Fence Project #2 DONE
Missouri fence project number 2 DONE!!! Thank you for enabling us to do this work!
The Spirit of St. Louis
As I write this I'm sitting on the edge of our pond in Missouri and my heart swells with joy to be creating our third Gentle Barn and making a home for Chico and his brothers. After being raised as objects, sent to their deaths,…