Turbo – A Handsome senior
Story submitted by Leilani Horse Rescue February 2017 we attended the local auction. As we looked at the horses awaiting their fate, a young (boy) auction worker came up to us and said, ” If you are going to save one please save this one, he is really cool, the owner had us pick him […]
Biggie & Kate – A perfect pair
Story submitted by Rory Ridge Rescue Our rescue would like to introduce you to Biggie and Kate. This is a twofold story as Kate has been a volunteer for the rescue who works hard for the rescue. Our rescue had pulled Biggie from a Texas kill lot with little time left before he was to […]
Indigo & Char – Learning together
Story submitted by New Mexico Horse Rescue at Walkin N Circles Ranch Indigo arrived at the New Mexico Horse Rescue at Walkin N Circles Ranch the first week of June 2013 with several other horses from Southern NM. Char was a new volunteer and just happened to be there when the NM Livestock Board arrived. […]
Tiny – Saying Goodbye
Story submitted by GEVA (Glen Ellen Vocational Academy) Saying Good-Bye by Anne Koletzke Tiny arrived at GEVA, an Equine Retirement and Rehabilitation Foundation and Sanctuary in Glen Ellen, CA, in 1999 at the age of 14, not too long after a successful career as a Grand Prix jumper known as Camden Woods. At 17 hands, […]
Priceless – Found a forever home
Story submitted by Warriors of The Rainbow Horse Sanctuary Nameless came home on June 10, 2016. He is a BLM-branded mustang whom I rescued with the help of Tami Augustyn’s BLM Mustang Rescue Network. He dove right into the grass. He’s nothing but a pony (measures 12.3 h.h. with a level stick). He was the […]
Grooming Club
Story submitted by This Old Horse A few years ago, two This Old Horse volunteers had a great idea to start a grooming club. They saw that some of the horses did not get a lot of individual time to be loved on and thoroughly checked over. It started with just four of us formulating […]
Freddo Joel
Story submitted by Second Chance Thoroughbreds Freddo Joel was rescued by an anonymous donor in November of 2017. We were able to offer him a home, and arranged from him to be shipped to a quarantine facility in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately after his month in quarantine, he arrived to us in extremely poor condition. Freddo had […]
To Be Groomed, Or Not To Be Groomed, That Is The Question
Story submitted by Anne Koletzke at GEVA (Glen Ellen Vocational Acadamy) Over the 10 or so years I’ve volunteered at GEVA, an Equine Retirement and Rehabilitation Foundation and Sanctuary, one of the things I have most enjoyed is that the horses live outside 24/7 in herds of 2 to 10, depending on the size of […]
A tale of two Appaloosa’s
Story submitted by Sophia’s Oasis for Rescues (S.O.F.E) Sienna and Senora were surrendered by their owner to SOFE. Their previous owner purchased these 2 horses as weanlings for their grandchildren. This owner had very little, if any, knowledge of caring for the horses. Their diet consisted of only sweet feed. In the beginning, the horses […]
Belle – A path to recovery
Story submitted by Animal Services and Assistances, Inc. (ASAP) When Belle first arrived at ASAP from an uncertain future in Louisiana, she was thin, malnourished, and had a foal at her side. Belle was extremely nervous around people and was difficult to catch and handle. After almost a year of working with Belle to gain […]