Quiet and tentative, the 9 year old girl held her breath in nervous anticipation as she approached the side of the small bay mare. Although she was reassured by the shorter stature of this gentle horse compared to the others towering over her nearby, she couldn’t help but wonder if she would do something wrong [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rescue horses’
Rescue Horses Overcome, Inspire and Encourage
Posted in Learning, tagged Leg Up for Kids Therapeutic Riding, rescue horses on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Firsthand Experience
Posted in Learning, tagged essential horsemanship clinic, people helping horses, rescue horses, Sus Kellogg on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s difficult to find words that accurately convey or do justice to the impact that a firsthand experience can have on a person. Be it the moment of terrifying freedom you feel as a child riding your first bike without training wheels or the steady hand of a parent behind you…or the moment of sudden [...]
Rescue Horse Story with a Happy Ending
Posted in Learning, tagged adopt a horse, people helping horses, rescue horses on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It brings me, and undoubtedly everyone else involved with the rescue, a great deal of joy to hear happy endings’ updates with one of the rescue horses. I received an email from Dorie and Briley, proud owners of a QH mare named Sugar whom they adopted in December 2005. Although considered a “senior horse,” this [...]