Faqs

If you’ve never been to one of SWFHR’s Quarter Auctions, here is how they work: When you arrive, you must rent at least one bidding paddle at the door. Yes, you can rent as many paddles as [...]

A quarter auction is a cross between an auction & a raffle where people bid on items using numbered bidding paddles and a rate of quarters per paddle to bid on one item.  Unlike normal [...]

SWFHR ONLINE AUCTION INSTRUCTIONS  & HOW THEY WORK *** auction address is https://www.facebook.com/pg/swfhrauctionpage/photos/ Items are donated to the SWFHR by individuals and local [...]

Committed to saving the lives of Southwest Florida’s local community’s equines through a host of primary programs such as our: Rescue & Adoption Programs. Our secondary programs include our [...]

To aid in population control, any organization must have a solid neuter program.  In equine terms, neutered males are called geldings. Once the gelding procedure is done we must provide aftercare [...]

Equines that have a human in the last phases of the adoption process.  Understand nothing is final until a potential adopter has completed the Adoption Agreement process.  Sometimes adoptions [...]

Equines that are either not yet weaned from their mother.  Or mothers that currently have a baby that is still nursing.

These equines are not ridable for various reasons.  Mostly the reasons are due to arthritis causing them to have manageable pain with medication. Any riding or round pen/exercises may [...]

The principle of trying things out before committing to adoption sound good on paper but we do not allow this for the psychological torment this can cause the equines. We prefer that you spend [...]

We do offer transportation of adopted equines. Rates vary, depending on distance an the rate of diesel at our local station. Distance with-in 15 miles from our facility may have transportation [...]