Dakota, a 11 year old Mustang Gelding. He was dropped at a local kill sale before being rescued. He has a bad stifle on his hind leg, but is not terribly lame. Dakota is handleable and would love a visit from a special sponsor.

 



Faith & Hope are two 14 year old mustang mares originally from a New Mexico Herd. They were adopted out by the BLM and used for breeding until the adopter decided that she no longer wanted to care for them and was going to shoot these two mares with two 5 day old babies at their sides.

 

Liberty, is now 14 years old. He was rounded up at the age of 7 by the BLM from a Nevada mustang herd. Liberty was then adopted by a Fort Collins area dude ranch that planned to use him as a trail horse with no previous training. When this backfired the owner ran Liberty through a local kill sale. Liberty has been safe with our Sanctuary for the last 6 years.






Jade is approximately 15 years old. She lived her life as a PMU Mare in Canada. To learn more about PMU Farms, visit our Education page.

Jade is still very shy of people, but has come a long way since her first day with us. She will actually walk up to us for grain now. If you like a challenge, Jade is it!







Santana - Taken in for Jefferson County Sheriff's Department after being almost starved to death at the age of 29.  Santana, a paso fino geldig, is now almost 33 years old and as you can see thriving.  Santana was a stallion when he was picked up and thankfully had been very well handled.  We successfully gelded him and he now has Orion and Jebediah to call his pals.  Santana truly has one of those wonderful bossy personalities, we can only get a chuckle from.

  (picture below) This is what Santana looked like when he arrived Denkai:

   










Orion, Appaloosa gelding, 28. Orion arrived Denkai in early 2011. He and his friend Saachi (below) had been abandoned in the process of their previous owner having to abruptly move, due to Alzheimer's. Originally, Orion had wandered onto the owner lady's property, abandoned by his, at the time, current owner. Judging by his terrified response to humans approaching him, as well as his uncared-for-teeth, Orion had clearly been mishandled. The lady who took Orion in did all she could to improve his health, including costly dental work, the only problem was that her mental health was deteriorating and the horses care declined.. 





Saachi, a 26 year old Morgan gelding, Orion's long-time-friend, had been with the lady since young. Again, the lady owner's mental condition had troubled the horses care for some time. She would feed the horses too much grain, and allowed them to graze uncontrollably, so badly that Saachi foundered several times. Amazingly, he was rehabilitated. The lady's house was sold to people whom had agreed to let the horses remain on the land until their dying day, as this was the owner ladies wish. But, without any signed document in hand, the new owners proceeded to go the other way.. "Just euthanize them!" The hired caretaker for these horses stepped up to the plate and made sure the lady had her wish fulfilled..: to let the horses live out their lives. After calling every horse rescue in the area, as well as many around the nation, Denkai was the ONLY organization that did not immediately turn the horses down. Even though they both show their age and history, they are now happily ever after, living out their lives at Denkai Sanctuary!


Lola the pot bellied pig: Lola was taken in by Denkai in 2008 when another local horse rescue closed it's doors.  Lola is not social, and is quite a project for all of us.  She shares her home with Rukus, our barking, clucking pot bellied pig. 









Sam the Llama - Sam was a young 2 year old llama with no handling and ringworm when he came to us, he was rescued from another organization near Denver where he was not able to be handled.  Sam has found his place with his buddy Cozmo and loves to give kisses!

 









Cozmo the Llama - Cozmo was rescued from neglect and starvation in 2006.  He is a super sweet, easy to handle llama.

 













 

 
Cutter, Mustang Gelding - Cutter is a 14 year old BLM Mustang Gelding.  He came to us unhandled and is wild.  The facility that rescued Cutter closed and he found himself in need again.  He has quickly risen to the top of our pack as lead gelding and is beautiful to watch.
















Free Latch: Blind TB Mare - Free Latch has been with Denkai since inception in 2004.  She was 9 years old then. During her stay here, she has been in and out of foster homes, she has ridden both english and western and most recently this fall was returned to us by her foster family. She had, in a period of a few months, gone completely blind in her left eye and partially blind in her right.  Some may wonder what quality of life it is for a blind horse to be kept alive.  Latch is very special. Thanks to our Adoption Center Facility, she can be housed safely and is doing very well leading, and being handled to the sound of our voices.  She is very trusting and our volunteers and staff work with her daily.  She loves to be brushed, groomed and just hang with somebody.

      


Sponsor our Equine Training Program: $500

We have several wonderful Horses that would make great candidates for our Adoption Program, only they need a little more training. The horse(s) you decide to sponsor will receive consistent training for 6 weeks (unless more is needed), and then; off to our Adoption Center to find a new home!

Candidates for Equine Training:

Jeramie 14hh 5 year old Mare, arrived from a Native American Reservation. She is extremely willing and smart!