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About Us
Over 1,285 Animals Helped With Veterinary Care
Behind every healthy Pando dog and horse stand three quiet miracles:
Tiffany Pando, who personally funded the earliest years
Lucia Coronado, who has donated tens of thousands toward life-saving care
Our Amazing volunteers who give endlessly from their own pockets.
Together they have paid for hundreds of surgeries, dentals, x-rays, medications, and rehabilitation sessions across both sides of the border. Because of their love, no animal ever suffers for lack of funds. Every gentle nuzzle, every steady heartbeat under a hand or a child’s hug, carries their devotion.
We are forever grateful.
Over 235 Adoptions
Every dog labeled “untrainable,” or left behind, every horse written off as “too broken,” or just can't be cared for, Tiffany quietly proves the world wrong.
She rewires fear into trust, chaos into calm, and “hopeless” into gentle therapy partners who now heals others every single day.
From her own home-turned-sanctuary, dozens of these transformed souls have found forever families, with many more adoptions still to come.
Tiffany is endlessly grateful for every tail wag that walks out her door into a new life, knowing each one carries proof that love, patience, and second chances can rewrite any story.
Our mission
We are a tiny village held together by love, showing up, and refusing to let any dog, horse, or human heal alone.
Every dollar you give, every hour you volunteer, every gentle hand you place on a trembling animal becomes medicine. Your donations pay for the surgeries that save lives, the feed that keeps hope alive, and the therapy sessions where a veteran finally breathes again because a rescued dog leans quietly against his leg.
We don’t just rescue animals; we rescue each other. When strangers become volunteers, when donors become family, when children who have never felt safe suddenly laugh while brushing a horse that once flinched at every touch or never knew a kind word; that is community in its purest form.
Your gift, no matter the size, builds the bridge between broken pasts and gentle futures. It turns “unadoptable” into beloved, fear into trust, loneliness into belonging.
Together (root by root, heart by heart) we are growing something unbreakable: a living sanctuary where kindness is the loudest voice and every second chance is paid forward.
This is Pando. This is home. This is where your love changes everything.
Meet the animals
Nova’s Story – A Living Miracle
Outlaw (aka Sir Freightliner) – The Spunky Saddlebred Who Stole Tiffany’s Heart
Nova’s Story – A Living Miracle
Nova arrived in April 2024 with a horrifying, gaping wound across his shoulder, impaled by something no one could identify. His recovery seemed impossible.
Tiffany refused to give up. With Jamie La Fortune’s emergency boarding, Jamul Feed’s nutrition plan, and the skill of incredible veterinarians, every ounce of love and medical care was
Nova arrived in April 2024 with a horrifying, gaping wound across his shoulder, impaled by something no one could identify. His recovery seemed impossible.
Tiffany refused to give up. With Jamie La Fortune’s emergency boarding, Jamul Feed’s nutrition plan, and the skill of incredible veterinarians, every ounce of love and medical care was poured into him. Weeks of bandages, late-night checks, and gentle encouragement followed.
Today, Nova is the same goofy, life-loving horse who gallops with pure joy, carrying veterans and children on his strong back as if nothing ever happened. His scar is barely visible, but his spirit shines brighter than ever.
Nova is living proof that with community, expertise, and stubborn love, even the worst wounds can become the strongest stories. He is why we never stop fighting. 🐴❤️
Pretty Ricky "Jeffery"
Outlaw (aka Sir Freightliner) – The Spunky Saddlebred Who Stole Tiffany’s Heart
Nova’s Story – A Living Miracle
At a towering 17 hands, he could intimidate anyone; yet this magnificent soul is pure gentleness. He lowers his massive head for beginners who have never touched a horse, stands like a statue for children with unsteady hands, and offers the softest nuzzle to veterans carrying the heaviest memories.
Jeffrey has quickly become everyone’s fav
At a towering 17 hands, he could intimidate anyone; yet this magnificent soul is pure gentleness. He lowers his massive head for beginners who have never touched a horse, stands like a statue for children with unsteady hands, and offers the softest nuzzle to veterans carrying the heaviest memories.
Jeffrey has quickly become everyone’s favorite “big teddy bear,” patiently teaching first-time riders, advanced dressage students, and everyone in between that true strength shows up as kindness.
He reminds us every single day that the biggest hearts often come in the largest packages, and that second chances can turn a surrendered horse into the steady heartbeat of an entire healing program.
Welcome home, sweet Jeffrey. You were always meant to be here. 🐴❤️
Lumi’s Story – Forever Home Found
Outlaw (aka Sir Freightliner) – The Spunky Saddlebred Who Stole Tiffany’s Heart
Outlaw (aka Sir Freightliner) – The Spunky Saddlebred Who Stole Tiffany’s Heart
Sweet Lumi arrived not long ago, her age a gentle mystery, her knees quietly aching with arthritis. She needed one thing only: a soft place to land for the rest of her days.
Rescued from a kill pen by owners who loved her but could no longer keep her, they still visit just to see her eyes sparkle. Here at Pando she will live out every rem
Sweet Lumi arrived not long ago, her age a gentle mystery, her knees quietly aching with arthritis. She needed one thing only: a soft place to land for the rest of her days.
Rescued from a kill pen by owners who loved her but could no longer keep her, they still visit just to see her eyes sparkle. Here at Pando she will live out every remaining day in peace: no more riders, only gentle children brushing her mane, veterans resting their hands on her warm neck, and endless treats from hands that know she’s earned every bit of quiet joy.
Lumi’s heart-melting personality and sound, wise mind remind us that some rescues aren’t about fixing; they’re about honoring. This is her forever home, and she is already home in every heart she meets. 🐴💛
Outlaw (aka Sir Freightliner) – The Spunky Saddlebred Who Stole Tiffany’s Heart
Outlaw (aka Sir Freightliner) – The Spunky Saddlebred Who Stole Tiffany’s Heart
Outlaw (aka Sir Freightliner) – The Spunky Saddlebred Who Stole Tiffany’s Heart
The moment Jamie brought this flashy American Saddlebred onto the property a year ago, Tiffany was gone. One look at his playful eyes, spontaneous bucks of pure joy, and that irresistible spunk, and she whispered, “He’s mine.”
Outlaw (affectionately called Freightliner when he’s feeling extra big) is a show-ring star whose personality is
The moment Jamie brought this flashy American Saddlebred onto the property a year ago, Tiffany was gone. One look at his playful eyes, spontaneous bucks of pure joy, and that irresistible spunk, and she whispered, “He’s mine.”
Outlaw (affectionately called Freightliner when he’s feeling extra big) is a show-ring star whose personality is absolutely to die for. He prances like he still owns the spotlight, yet lowers his head for the tiniest child and stands like a gentleman for veterans finding their courage again.
Now he’s teaching Tiffany the finer points of saddle-seat elegance (with a little help from trusted trainers), and together they’re proving that a horse with sparkle and spirit can heal just as deeply as the quiet ones.
Outlaw didn’t just join the herd. He brought the party, and reminded us all to live with a little more joy. 🐴✨
Who We Are
Biggy Snacks
Biggy Snacks
Biggy Snacks
He is love in wrinkle form. And he is 100% Pando. 🐾❤️
Orion
Biggy Snacks
Biggy Snacks
The “Yard Gargoyle” greets every visitor with the softest, most compassionate eyes. Silent guardian, gentle lean, slow tail wag; reminding everyone who walks through the gate: you are safe and loved here.
George
Biggy Snacks
George
Big George is 80 pounds of pure love in a bulldog suit. One dramatic “thunk” to the ground, one happy grunt, and every worry melts. He is rolls, snorts, and heart-melting cuddles; Pando’s official ambassador of unstoppable affection. 🐾❤️
Zeke
Biggy Snacks
George
Every single week, one of the amazing Connors boys bounds through the gate, bursting with love and unstoppable spunk. He greets horses, cuddles kids, and reminds every adult why we do this. eyes and huge heart are pure Pando magic. We save a spot just for him. 🐴❤️
About Pando Foundation Corporation
Kuzco and Hazel
Kuzco and Hazel
Kuzco and Hazel
Kuzco is Tiffany’s baby boy, her heart walking on four paws. Three years ago he chose her, and together they’ve been through everything. Every week he struts into daycare like he owns the place, proudly showing his new little sister Hazel the ropes. Kuzco isn’t just a dog; he is Tiffany's family home, love, and proof that the best bonds choose you and find you. 🐾❤️
Bubbles
Kuzco and Hazel
Kuzco and Hazel
Bubbles is an explosion of hugs, kisses, and pure happiness. One look at her wiggly joy and every person who walks through the gate melts. She doesn’t greet you; she loves you instantly and completely. Pure magic in fur. 🐾💕
Dinker
Kuzco and Hazel
Dinker
Dink Dink is Tiffany’s constant shadow, watchful shadow. Every step, every move, she is there, vigilant yet gentle. She greets every human with quiet joy and pours pure love on every child who visits. Loyal guardian, sweetest soul. 🐾❤️
Magic
Kuzco and Hazel
Dinker
Walla Magic, a magnificent Neapolitan Mastiff, is Tiffany’s soul-child and the dream she never dared voice. Since eight weeks old, he has trained to become the perfect therapy dog, growing into a gentle giant whose massive heart and velvet wrinkles will soon comfort veterans and children in need. Pure magic, inside and out. 🐾❤️
Milo and Oliver
Milo and Oliver
Milo and Oliver
Oliver & Milo two of the most underappreciated misunderstood sweethearts that would do anything for their person. Today they are proud therapy stars, perfect role models for every new training dog, and Oliver remains the gentlest companion to our elders. Proof that love rewrites every story. 🐾❤️
Guapo & Nella
Milo and Oliver
Milo and Oliver
Once neglected street dogs, abandoned and rejected; today Nella and Guapo are Pando’s most resilient therapy stars. From shut-down shadows to confident, gentle leaders, they prove every day that the strongest hearts rise from the hardest beginnings. Unstoppable, unbreakable, and full of love. 🐾❤️