Horses

Liberty Adopted!

Today we celebrate our first adoption of 2012! Libby went home today, a beautiful sight on a gorgeous winter day. Congratulations, Libby and Karen! And thanks to all who helped with Liberty’s rehabilitation. Bye, bye for now!  

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New Comet pictures

Comet came back from his foster home yesterday, so we can get his health cert/Coggins for the Ag Expo March 15-18, 2012. He has really grown up.  He is now three years old. I took these pictures today.  Here is a link to his page: Comet’s Profile

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Welcome Pepper!

Today we welcomed a splendid gelding to our “family.” Pepper is a 15-year-old Quarter Horse gelding who is reputed by his previous owners to have been ridden hundreds of miles, both as a working horse and a cherished family horse, a kind and reliable mount for a rider of any age. Pepper came to FSHR [...]

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Tempo

Running with friends while fostered on a ranch I’m a beautiful 1987 purebred Arabian granddaughter of *Bask. When I came to the rescue in 2007, I was pregnant and very thin. I was being used as a broodmare, but even then the pregnancies took too much out of me, even with pelleted feed and supplements. [...]

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Princess

Charging in front of the herd, Sept. 2011 I’m a 2011 filly…a weanling now (Oct, 2011).  I’m halter trained and eager to be your friend.  It did not take me long at all to realize I was safe at Fresh Start, where my mom and I ended up after that nightmare called the “livestock auction.” [...]

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Liberty (adopted 2/20/12)

Donna rides Liberty while Freedom follows along   I am a 2006 Quarter Horse mare who shows an aptitude for working cattle.  I am healthy, current on vaccinations, dental work, and deworming.  I trailer well, accept farrier work, love grooming and all sorts of attention. I came to the rescue in April, 2011, pregnant and [...]

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Blizzard

I am a 15-year-old Arabian/Welsh Cob mare. I came to Fresh Start after my loving owner’s homestead was lost in a fire. I have always known love, and am great with children and people with special needs and disabilities. For the past three years, I have been a “Program Horse” for the informal empowerment program [...]

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Freedom!

I have a lot to celebrate! It is early August and I have just been adopted by a young woman, Donna, whom I really love.  My mother Liberty and I love our new place. Donna will foster my mother until I am weaned, and then she will return to FSHR unless already adopted. I am halter [...]

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The second day of Freedom

Freedom chats with Princess Freedom began his second day of life with a nice drink from the milk bar. At the same time, Mama Liberty was enjoying a drink from the water trough…a perfect exchange of fluids?   After a quick check to make sure all was well with the rest of our horsey world, [...]

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Terrific sponsorship opportunities!

Liberty, Freedom and Princess run toward the camera (ooh, you can see a bit of Clover behind!) The arrival of a new year brings new beginnings, along with opportunities for new sponsors! As a sponsor, you can enjoy being a part of a rescue horse’s recovery, the growth and progress of an adorable foal, or [...]

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