We Take the Welfare of Animals Seriously

From horses to dogs to protected
​Florida gopher tortoises, we provide a safe and loving home for animals in need.

If you are not in a position to be able to adopt animals in to your home right now, your monetary support is always appreciated. Veterinary care is incredibly expensive, and donations are always needed and appreciated. 

Size Doesn't Matter

Size doesn't matter, but we lean towards saving the BIG dogs or the traditionally hard to home. Why?
Because the cute little dogs get adopted quickly which leaves the big ones to languish alone, 
often meeting the awful fate of being euthanized due to no fault of their own.

Meet our Farm "Ambassador" - Kenzie

If you visit Gypsy Gems Farm, you're guaranteed to be met at the gate with a short, compact mass of muscles with big ears and a wagging tail! Kenzie is full of sweetness and love as she insists on greeting anyone who comes by, making her a fan favorite around here by everyone who meets her - even the delivery people!

This sweet girl was removed from a situation that wasn't good. As a pit bull, uninformed people tend to shy away from even considering adopting one, while this breed comprises a larger part of the population at most shelters. They are no more aggressive than any other dog, and as a result, most of these dogs meet an untimely death in animal control - alone and scared.

Kenzie was in a Florida county animal control that had a frustrating policy of only allowing ten (10) dogs out at a time in the viewing cages, even though there were dozens more cages left empty. This meant the public could only see a limited number at a time, while you could hear a cacophony of dozens of dogs barking in the building right next door, waiting their turn for freedom ... or death. This county's animal control had a shockingly short amount of time between intake and euthanasia: 3 to 7 days. 
(Meet Kenzie is continued in  the paragraph to the right)

We had room for one more dog at the time, and although we wish we could have taken them all, we couldn't. That was the day that "Stitch" won the lottery! She came home with us. We renamed her Kenzie because we don't like to keep the animal control name; this is a NEW lease on life! A life that is full of love, safety, and tons of hugs and kisses.

We were quite surprised at how good a herder of horses Kenzie is! She likes to run around them and gather them up in to one pasture, preferring them not to be spread out. Kenzie keeps us laughing and is nothing but a bundle of sunshine.