My beloved Prince came to me as a most treasured gift. He was enormously power- ful…an athlete who had already had more than his fair share of show miles, trailer rides, bent lines, combinations, and lineups. The first time that he bit me was the first time that I groomed him, it was crushing and defensive with the exhaust of … Read More
June 2016 Culture Message
I found myself in the most unlikely place, pulled over in a Best Buy parking lot. It was the nearest location to the freeway exit that I could navigate, and there I sat. The waterfall of tears completely obstructed both my vision and my ability to hear, other than in sound bites. My trainer and dear friend, Ryan, had opened … Read More
September 2015 Culture Message
To say that he was living in squalor would be an understatement. I wouldn’t call it living, and after 6 months, I couldn’t say that he was surviving. The prison that held him against his will was also that which was slowly robbing him of the same. The stall had not been cleaned in as many months as he had … Read More
Red Bucket Forever Home Update!
Caspian Rescue#23 Forever Home #42 Multiple baby steps…one by one, patient and stalwart, each small step resulting in a monumental and significant change. Caspian’s former life is no longer recognizable. He is no longer suffering in a dark and isolated stall, with his hip bone prominently jutting out in a screaming display of starvation. He no longer is clinging to … Read More
Caspian is Home for the Holidays
He started out desperate. Starving in a filthy stall that had become a prison. Trapped for nearly 6 months without daylight, exercise, or even the hope of freedom….survival. The stall eroded from underneath him, the urine creating a deep …crater, leaving only a narrow shelf around the perimeter of the stall for him to walk. He drank in his first … Read More
Caspian Update: First Dressage Show
He was starving, locked in a dark and filthy stall. The ground was so eroded with urine and feces, he couldn’t lay down…only walk around the narrow boarder of his prison. His left hip bone pierced completely through his hyde. He was suffering. Caspian Today He is glorious…four hundred pounds later, trained and well muscled….the scars both internal and … Read More