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I "discovered" my passion for horses as a child collecting Breyer horses, even before having ever ridden. At 10 years old, I was finally signed up for horse camp by my parents and fell deeper in love with the animal. Riding was freedom, and as I grew older and gained...

My first horse adoption story is my PMU foal, Beckham. I was looking for a young project horse and learned about PMU foals. I started scanning rescue websites and came across a picture of a beautiful Perch/TB cross. I decided to sleep on it and had a dream about him...

I met Keili almost a year ago. She was very emotionally distant, unhealthy and had serious trust issues. We don't know a lot about Keili's back story, but we suspect she was abused because of her body language and fear of being touched around her face and ears. It...

My daughter had been riding horses at a lesson barn for two years when we decided to purchase her a horse. We looked for the longest time. When we thought we had found the right one, the vet did not clear it during the pre-purchase exam due to some tendon issues – so...

My mom and I were called in on eight abandoned horses, and since my mother is a humane law enforcement officer for animals, we were told we had to figure out who the owners were or where they came from before they were abandoned. So we did just that – except for one...

I am 15 years of age. I started riding when I was six and had always wanted my own horse. I am an English rider, but will sometimes play around in Western as well. I absolutely love dressage and jumping as they are what I do most. When I first met Windy she didn't...

I am a first-year veterinary student at Purdue University. I completed my undergraduate degree in equine pre-veterinary sciences and biochemistry at Otterbein University in central Ohio last spring. I have been riding since I was eight, at a barn in northeast Ohio...

I first fostered a horse for a rescue in 1999, and have fostered countless horses since then. Some came to me short-term as a stop over until a longer term foster home could be located, and I've had some for over a year. I've fallen in love with several horses, and I...

Around 2001, we began researching horse rescues in Texas, not finding many with good websites or images. These were the days before Petfinder and Facebook existed. Back then it was word-of-mouth and telephone calls combined with emailed photos and thoughtful...

I bought my first horse at 49 from a friend. She was an OTTB and was 16. What I did not realize was how stressed out she was about life... and me. I engaged a natural horse trainer who called me after evaluating her and asked how much I loved her. The trainer told me...

Last year, my husband and I purchased some land and began our hobby farm. Because of our adoptive hearts, we have always rescued our animals. Even the dog that I had before we were married was adopted from the shelter. It was no different once we started our life as a...