Author: Horse Plus Editor

We would like to extend a warm invitation to you to visit us at the Horse Expo, June 11-13 in Sacramento. The annual Western States Horse Expo is always an exciting event with far too much to see and do! We would also like to invite you to spend a night, 2 or 3 at […]

Tawnee was kicked in the knee by a horse this afternoon and is experiencing great pain and will be seeking medical advice. The days events will be sent out in tomorrows (Monday’s) blog. Yesterdays blog – Tuesday at the family that was surrendering 5 horses, Jason and the family safely loaded all 5 and he […]

Brazy’s Rescue Story. Brazy was only a few days old when she was orphaned at a feedlot in Nevada. She had been transported with about 40 other horses to the feedlot, and when they opened the doors to let them all out she was trampled almost to death by the adult horses rushing out. She […]

With all of Jason and Tawnee’s training the blog has gotten behind. We are going to attempt to catch you up on the happenings at the rescue. Please bare with us, they promise to get the blogs back on schedule next week. Sunday the 9th, it was shaping up to be a busy day at […]

…continued At the Animal Control Officer (Humane Officer) training, Jason, Tawnee, and all the students were in the gym working out for about 8 hours solid. Control holds, self defense, all important maneuvers to learn for officers. Part of the training was learning from a dog training expert, who has trained military, police, search and […]

We are sure that many of you have noticed that the blogs pretty much stopped last week. Jason and Tawnee were in intense training all of last week and have a couple more days this week to wrap everything up. A quick note, don’t stop reading as the bottom of the blog has links to […]

Jason and Tawnee wanted to share some pictures with you from their educational journey. They are at the Santa Rosa Community College Safety Training facility. Learning all the ins and outs of being an upstanding Animal Control officer, which directly applies to being a Humane Officer. There are a lot of wonderful teaching aids, including this slide […]

Bud’s Rescue Story Bud was rescued from a livestock auction in June of 2008. It was scary for him as he is blind in one eye and he was very weak. He definitely needed to gain some weight. A young girl who was volunteering at the rescue fell madly in love with him and adopted him. We […]

We wanted to share a quick before and after about Phoenix for you since we are still celebrating his 1st anniversary with us. This is how Phoenix looked the day he was rescued, May 4th, 2009. This picture was taken this morning when he was enjoying breakfast. What an amazing recovery he has made. When […]

Due to internet problems, please continue to enjoy Phoenix’s amazing story. May 5th is a special day. It is Phoenix’s 1 Year Anniversary with us. Please enjoy the blog from the day that Phoenix was rescued. The entire day was focused on saving one life, in addition to all the daily chores here at the […]