Wildcat Ranch

01/06/2026

First Responders: enjoy a free day at the Lost Dutchman Museum this Saturday! Find new resources!

01/04/2026

Late post from 12/20/2025 with Wildcat Ranch!

Thank you to everyone who showed their support by buying tickets to one of our first paid events at WCR. 🥰

Special thanks to all the volunteers that helped out, Pepe for the lovely horseback rides with Adelita, Chach for the treats like hot chocolate and cider, and Sayda for hosting and creating the cute s’mores station! 🐴

At Wildcat Ranch we have offered more free events to the public than paid and as a nonprofit, that can only go so far. 🫶🏽

The programming provided by WCR supports veterans and first responders. Using techniques like equestrian therapy under professionals supervision and training, with the intention of aiding those who need help with emotional regulation, enjoyment through expression, social skills, vocational skills, introduction to likeminded folks and build friendships through opportunities of mutual camaraderie. The funds collected from events like “Horses and S’more,” go to promote and support programming activities and materials, the animals, and maintaining and improving the ranch.🇺🇸

Thank you for allowing BBOR to be a business on your property WCR, inviting BBOR to all the events and all the support you continue to show. 💕

If you’d like to join the fun, add your email to our contacts through the website in order to receive our newsletter to hear about upcoming events - free and paid! ✨

12/30/2025

Spent the day with veterans and first responders at The Patriot All-America Golf Tournament. Veteran's Village was a hit with many Veteran Support Organizations participating. 🇺🇸

12/29/2025

Wigwam's The Patriot All-America with Veteran Support Organizations ran by veterans at Veterans Village. Come by today, tomorrow, and the 31st. ⛳️ 🏌️‍♀️ ⛳️ 🏌️‍♂️

12/29/2025

12/26/2025

❤️ 🐎 😇 🙏🏼

🐴 For those who go to the barn to heal....to think….

There’s a reason the barn feels different when your heart is heavy.
A reason the air seems softer,
the sounds quieter,
the world a little easier to breathe in.

Horses don’t ask what’s wrong.
They don’t expect you to explain
or justify or pretend you’re fine.

They just feel you.
They read the things you don’t say,
the weight you carry,
the storm you’re trying to hide.

Somehow, they know.

And in their gentle, wordless way,
they offer you the kind of healing
people struggle to give.

The kind that doesn’t require talking.
Because horses don’t heal you
with answers,
they heal you with presence.

Sometimes healing looks like
brushing out a mane
until your thoughts untangle with it.
Sometimes healing looks like
burying your face in a warm neck
and letting the tears fall because
you’ve been trying to hold it together
for too long.

And sometimes healing is just
standing in the quiet,
with a horse beside you,
while the pieces inside you
slowly settle into place again.

For anyone going through something heavy right now…
for anyone who slips away to the barn
just to feel like themselves again…
you’re not weak.
You’re human.

And if you’re staring at an empty stall or an un used dog bed, a cat food dish covered with dust. You are not alone. They are with you. They are in the silent tears running down your cheeks, the last light of sunset through the trees and the memories you hold in your heart, through both sobs and smiles.

This Christmas I’m missing a few extra special horses, one in particular, that I didn’t even own on paper, but he owns part of my heart forever, even from heaven.

Healing will always visit me…in the barn. Especially at Christmas.

12/24/2025

This week, Wildcat Ranch is hosting a few piggies as they prepare to compete in the Arizona National Livestock Show. They are so cute! Should we get some for the ranch?

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12/24/2025

🐎

What does 2026 .... the Year of the Horse ...mean for us?

Not in a loud, charging, “run faster, do more” way.
But in a deeply embodied, truth-telling way.

The Horse, symbolically, is about:

freedom

movement

instinct

truth

nervous system wisdom

connection over control

And 2026 asks us something very simple ..... and very uncomfortable:

Are you living in alignment with yourself,
or are you still trying to outrun something?

The Year of the Horse doesn’t reward force.
It responds to authenticity.

It asks:

Are you listening to your body or overriding it?

Are you choosing paths because they’re expected ....or because they feel right?

Are you moving with purpose… or just staying busy to avoid feeling?

For many of us (especially horse people), 2026 will be about coming back into the body.

Less dissociation.
Less pushing through.
More noticing.

Horses don’t rush for approval.
They move when it makes sense.
They stop when it doesn’t.
They don’t explain themselves.

That’s the energy.

2026 supports:

boundaries without guilt

rest without justification

saying “not today” and trusting it

choosing safety over spectacle

partnership over power

It’s a year where truth shows up quickly.
Misalignment feels louder.
And intuition gets harder to ignore.

If something isn’t right , you’ll feel it.
If something is right, your body will soften into it.

For horse owners, riders, helpers, carers, healers, humans: 2026 isn’t about doing more.

It’s about moving honestly.

With yourself.
With others.
With the lives we’re responsible for.

The Horse doesn’t ask you to be perfect.
It asks you to be present.

And that… might be the bravest thing of all.

12/23/2025

Got to watch this beauty race today...maybe next time 🐎

12/17/2025

Join Wildcat Ranch Phoenix and other Veteran Support Organizations at The Patriot All-American Invitational at the end of the year!

More than a gathering place — Veteran Village is a mission in action.

From resources and support organizations to veteran-owned businesses and meaningful conversations, this is where service continues beyond the uniform. We’re proud to create a space that uplifts those who’ve served. Open daily during the tournament.

Join us during the Patriot All-America and be part of something bigger.

Sponsored by:

Veteran Hiring Event on December 29 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM in Veteran Village

Patriot All-America Invitational
December 29-31
Wigwam Golf Club | Litchfield Park, AZ



https://www.westvalleymavericksfoundation.org/the-patriot-all-america-golf-tournament

12/16/2025

Sign up today!