06/10/2026
Looking back on this year so far, we have made so many positive changes that benefited our business and the animals.
-Austin built two new stalls to make four at our house for quarantine along with a turnout area and small arena for light testing/tuning.
-My sister in law allowed us fence in and use her large pasture to put horses out for pasture quarantine and turnout.
-We have my grandparents farm for pasture space for horses that are waiting to be adopted who have went through full quarantine.
-We lease 111 acres for horses that need to hangout and gain weight.
-We just purchased a boarding facility equipped with 12 stalls, 5 pastures for turnout, an arena, round pen and plenty of room for expansion later that can allow for more boarding. This will bring in money to help more horses. Y'all know asking for Donations makes me sick so we decided to invest in something that can help with that.
We have an amazing vet who will do anything to help animals in need, we have a floater who I think is the best in the business, we have a farrier who is always one text away and loves what he does, I have a husband who I can say "Hey this horse needs us, can you go get it" and he always makes it happen, I have a family who is extremely supportive of our business and constantly reminds me how proud they are of me, I get to educate our kids about livestock and let them ride cute little ponies and horses from the sale barn, we get to show horses love that some probably haven't felt in years and I get to saddle up and ride every horse that comes through and be one on one with my dream come true.
To the people who don't like me or have something negative to say about what we do, respectfully, I don't care. I absolutely love what I get to do everyday, I love watching them get their feet done, I love hearing my floater sing to them and tell me they're special, I love walking into this empty barn and thinking of the fact that one day it will hopefully be full of people who share the same love for horses that I do, I love walking into our barn at home and seeing the horses relaxing and feeling safe, I love going to the feed store and stocking up on feed knowing it's going into the bellies of horses that didn't get cared enough about to be fed at all. I love scooping stalls out because I know I'm about to add new shavings and they're going to feel like they're sleeping on a tempurpedic mattress when they get back in. I love, love, love helping animals. I live my dream. I've been through it all.. strangles, losing friends, death, financial stress, arguing with the internet, almost closing my business down because I was at the worst point in my entire life but I'll tell you what, I didn't. & I thank god everyday I didn't do it. I took a break but I bounced back and I made something I am so damn proud of. C&C Livestock has been my life for the last four years and I will always strive to make it better and better.
Thank you to all the people who support us, thank you to my family, thank you to my friends, thank you to my boss for understanding this is my life, thank you to my husband, thank you to our kids for enduring all these long nights at the barn while we work to fix it up. Thank you to everyone who ever doubted us and talked down about us, you made my skin thicker and I needed that. I have my honesty and I'll admit to every wrong I ever made because every decision made me learn to be a better person today. I have no ill feelings toward anyone, I hope everyone succeeds, whether you like me as a person or not. I may have people I steer clear of but that doesn't mean I wish them badly and I mean that. I have a small circle that I am so thankful for. I have made so many friends out of clients, y'all are like family to me now. Literally crying as I type this part out... Stacy, Jaclyn to name a few.. and SO many others too. When I rehome a horse, you don't get forgotten, you become a part of my life because whether I had that animal for one day or 100 days, that animal was special to me and now you are too.
Sorry this is so long, just a lot on my heart today. I feel like I have an army of people supporting us and you just don't know what it means to have that, especially on the hard days. So thank you again, thank you for hanging in over the years as I figure this out. To the OG's, thank you for hanging in since the beginning when it was just an aspiration and I made so many mistakes trying to get it right. I think we finally got it right.. :)
We made it.