Avengers Puny Next to True Heroes in Real Life Rescue Horse Story: Forces of Good Combine via A Home For Every Horse Program
Reading Time: 2 minutes Good triumphs evil in this tale of a rescue horse who found his personal heroes through A Home for Every Horse on Equine.com.
Rescue Me
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you care about horses, it’s hard to stand by and do nothing when you see a horse in trouble. For that reason, many equine professionals find themselves getting involved in equine rescue. Although many large-scale equine rescue operations exist, involvement in horse rescue can be as simple as providing safe haven to an occasional […]
Laine Ashker’s First 4-Star Finish
Reading Time: 3 minutes Meet Laine Ashker, an eventer who left several Olympic veterans in her dust at the 2006 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event.
One Blind Horse, Four Caring Women, One Year Later
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last year at about this time, I was blogging about the blind Appaloosa I’d encountered at a livestock yard in Idaho. When no one bid on her, the consignor/owner abandoned her there. She was subsequently cared for by an employee, Janet, but Janet knew the horse couldn’t stay there forever. In what I still think […]
Epilogue: The FEARLESS Blind Horse Rescue Saga
Reading Time: < 1 minute Last month, in multiple posts, I blogged about Mikey, the reader who drove 2,400 miles to rescue an abandoned blind horse. Here she is in her rig with the FEARLESS plates, pulling out of the auction yard with a sightless mare in her trailer, heading for Shiloh Horse Rescue south of Las Vegas. Here’s how […]
More This ‘n’ That from Mikey’s Rescue Mission
Reading Time: 2 minutes I sure want to thank everyone who’s been saving a little heart-room to keep up with the saga of Mikey’s rescue mission of the blind mare abandoned at a livestock yard. Once she’s had a chance to rest up, I’m sure Mikey will have her own stories to tell; can’t wait to read about them […]
“I Gave the Horse a Big Hug From All of Us”
Reading Time: < 1 minute I just heard from Mikey again. She and the blind mare made it to Shiloh Horse Rescue in Nevada today with no trouble. Other than being a little stocked up in her legs, which is to be expected after having just had her neglected feet trimmed, the mare took the trip well, Mikey said. ?She […]
Blind Mare is Now on the Road With Mikey
Reading Time: 2 minutes We’re freshly back from our drive to meet Mikey E. at the livestock market and help her get the object of her mission–a blind mare who has a welcoming committee waiting for her at Shiloh Horse Rescue in Nevada–trimmed up and into her trailer. We arrived before Mikey did, so we were able to visit […]
Report from Mikey’s Rescue Bus (Saturday a.m.)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mikey just called to say she’s about 2 1/2 hours from the livestock market. Cell reception is spotty in Idaho’s mountains, so we didn’t get to dwell long on the phone. Details of her drive will have to wait–but the good news is, the sun’s coming up, so she won’t have to keep truckin’ in […]
Get to Know Mikey as She Goes on Her Mission
Reading Time: < 1 minute What kind of person would drive 2,400 miles to rescue one abandoned blind horse, with a promise to take care of its overgrown feet while she’s at it? Get some answers here, from her blog (check out her front truck plate at right–which pretty much says it all.) http://thehorseshoeinghousewife.blogspot.com I will get to meet Mikey […]
