Training competitions abound in the horse world. There’s the Extreme Mustang Makeover, Road to the Horse, and the Mustang Million. Now there’s the Equine Comeback Challenge, introduced by A Home for Every Horse. A Home for Every Horse was founded by our sister website, Equine.com ...read more
Horse rescues can be great place for you to find a special equine partner. Plus, you’ll be giving your adopted horse a second chance at life.Well-run rescues will want to send an agent to visit the location you plan to keep your horse to verify that you have a safe, suitable ...read more
In my last blog, I described my thought-provoking first meeting with Max. At the time of our meeting, he was a rescue horse with a dangerous, dark side. Max had been known to attack people on occasion. So, to keep myself safe, I had to teach him that I didn’t approve of biting. I ...read more
In my last blog entry, I began telling the story of Max, my project horse from the Colorado Horse Rescue. He was a comedian, with a dark side. Specifically, he liked to scare and bite people. All the staff members at the rescue were afraid to handle Max, so when it came time for ...read more
The Rescue of Belle and Sundance, by Birgit Stutz and Lawrence Scanlan, is the true story of two resilient equines and the compassionate humans who save them from the high Canadian Rockies in the middle of winter. It took an entire village to save the two trapped horses. The ...read more
Have you considered starting your own rescue? Or would you like to know more about how horse rescues operate? If so, How to Start and Run a Rescue, by Jennifer Williams, PhD, is the book for you! Dr. Williams covers all aspects of rescue operations and tells you how to get the ...read more
I work with rescue horses, because I enjoy the transformational journey that takes place in the horse. At first glance, a rescue horse may look dirty, scared, unhealthy, and worthless. But I've found that underneath the disheveled appearance beats a heart that's still willing to ...read more
My rescue horse, Banjo, and I were both new to the sport of eventing. ?It can be challenging when both horse and rider are new to a sport. I wanted to do what was best for my horse. So I decided to learn more about eventing from a schoolmaster, a horse that's experienced in the ...read more
Finding a trainer can be like dating: painful and awkward until you find the right one. But I needed to find a good eventing trainer for my rescue horse, Banjo. I wanted to learn about eventing, a completely new discipline for me. I'd been attending local events to observe ...read more
With Banjo's training coming along well, it was time to get my mare, Opal, back in shape. She'd been recovering from a soft-tissue injury she suffered before I got her. Opal is a very forward mare; when I first got her, her favorite trick was to bolt! She is 16 hands high and ...read more
Was I really going to look at another horse? A rescue horse that was deemed a killer and had been standing in a field for a year? My heart said yes, but my brain was trying to take over, producing all the reasons I shouldn't do this. For starters, I was already leasing a nice ...read more
Do you believe in fate? Or serendipity? I do, and I have a horse to prove it. Another saying that applies to my story is, you don't always get what you want?.you get what you need. My last horse Luna, was from the Colorado Horse Rescue where I have spent 10 years helping to ...read more
