It turns out that the area of GA in which I live is serious horse country. Everywhere you turn, there is another horse stable, with opportunities for lessons aplenty. It has taken me a while, but I believe I have finally found the right trainer and the perfect lesson horse for my learning exploits. My […]

Pictured above is Bershie, a Belgium draft horse, probably 19-20 hands (hand = 4 inches) high at her withers. She is huge. Save the Horses rescued her from a Pennsylvania Amish group, that was ready to send her to the “kill pen.” She is too thin, with wounds on her skin, and her musculature is […]

I am a volunteer with Save the Horses, a rescue organization housing horses, miniature horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, chickens and roosters, goats and peacocks. I put in at least one shift per week at the main barn, and the work is very physical and exhausting, depending on the weather (i.e. dry and warm vs. cold, […]