Application for Adoption

Okay, so maybe you have been following our site for a while now waiting on that perfect draft to come available… Or maybe you just happened upon us by doing a web search or saw an ad on one of our horses and found your way here. Now you see a draft that has caught your fancy and you would like to make him/her part of your family. But your wondering what you need to do next. The first thing you will do is fill out an an Adoption Application. That application needs to be completed and the pictures attached. You can email it back for quicker processing but will will need the hard copy with an original signature returned by snail mail. We no longer have a fax machine available. Without original signatures, we will not place a horse in your care. Once you are processed and if approved, you will be forwarded a contract. This will also need to be IN HAND WITH US before your horse leaves our facility. Please remember that our welfare forms are a requirement and we will remove if we continue having a problem getting these from you. We are also allowed uninformed checks on our horses during the period you have them and they are under our contract. Our intention is not to take back any draft…our goal is to make sure they are cared for properly and the safety of them. If you have any questions about the paperwork, please feel free to email us.

Fill out the Adoption Application

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DISCLAIMER: We are in NO WAY, nor have we or will we EVER be affiliated with Drafty Barn Rescue located in Lore City, OH. The operator of the Drafty Barn Rescue organization has tagged the phrase "Frog Pond" on her website, used a portion of our trademarked slogan for her organizational name, and has placed frog pictures all over her pages. Additionally, she seems to be overly concerned about the length, content and requirements of our adoption application and contracts. This is a small part of her efforts at causing issues for our organization. One very good reason this "rescue" should be watched is shown in living color from Channel 3-Cleveland News Footage. The photo of the operator of the Drafty Barn rescue is shown on the still shot in the video. You will hear her own words and feelings on horse slaughter by watching the link.

There is also a 2008 USDA/Ohio Dept of Agriculture citation against them for Non-burial of Livestock after they left a horse lying in a ditch for days unnoticed by anyone that resides at the farm -- only the children who ride the bus past the farm daily to school. We received numerous phone calls from parents requesting assistance. Should you wish to see this document, please feel free to email us and it will be forwarded.

There is now a report on file with the Guernsey County Sheriffs Department regarding this same individual in Summer 2010 for "Theft by Intimidation" and "Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer" for illegal removal of horses currently under the monitoring of local Humane and Law Enforcement.