Meet Our Residents

Currently in Rehabilitation

While some are just beginning in the People Helping Horses program and others are ready to find their forever homes, all of the horses listed below are presently in our care. Full of love, life, and a desire to connect with their very own person, these horses are waiting to meet you!

Beautiful Sundance

Sundance is one of six horses seized by Skagit County Animal Control in March 2010. All of the horses were severely underweight with rain rot, bad feet and teeth. Unfortunately, Sundance has not recovered as quickly as her herd mates. Visible scars on her withers from an ill-fitting saddle as well as a horrific indention [...]

Charming Bo

One of two wild stallions rounded up in Concrete, Washington, Bo came to us a bit of a renegade. He was very touchy about his feet and took some time to settle in. After working with two of our trainers, Bo’s ground manners are in good order and he was going well under saddle until [...]

Clever Charm

To say that Charm caught us by surprised is an understatement. Lucky, her Thoroughbred mother, came to PHH after being found shot in the head and left for dead at a trailhead. She was put into training and was doing quite well until it was discovered that she was pregnant. Charm came along only XX [...]

Comical Cody

Cody is a seven-year old Arabian gelding that came to PHH from a woman with a terminal illness who wanted to find a caring home for him before it was too late. Not yet started under saddle, we’ve been focusing on honing his ground manners and teaching him to be a polite horse. He can [...]

Crash

Crash came in with Emmie and Pan as part of a May 2008 Skagit County seizure. She’s 27 years old and a Thoroughbred with the lip tattoo to prove it. The long horizontal scar across her mid-section is a mystery, though we think it might have been the result of a starting gate accident. Crash [...]

Crystal

Crystal, a beautiful 20+ year old APHA mare, came to us from her former owners with the declaration that she had “been there, done that” and was broke and sound. True to her reputation, Crystal is a sweet and easy keeper who is gentle and experienced under saddle. Though technically classified as a senior horse, [...]

Cutie Pie Clifford

Clifford is one of eight horses that were abandoned and left to run wild in Skagit county. Initially thought to be a two-year old based on his size, evaluation of his teeth revealed that he is actually coming four! Spooky upon intake, PHH trainers worked with Clifford on his ground manners and then he was [...]

Darling Thumper

One of eight horses that were abandoned and left to run wild in Skagit county, Thumper was skittish and standoffish when she arrived at the barn. We gave her the time she needed to relax and it has really paid off. Her ground manners are impeccable and she’s always one of the first horses to [...]

Dear Doxie

Part of a three horse seizure from Skagit County in January 2009, Doxie’s former owner is currently being investigated for animal abuse and neglect. Doxie enjoyed some quality time in a loving foster home where she gained some much needed weight and learned the ins and out of ground work. When we started her under [...]

Delightful Diva

Diva is one of eight horses that were abandoned and left to run wild in Skagit county. She’s a very smart horse who soaks up instruction like a sponge. Her ground manners are impeccable and she’s currently being fostered by a loving local family. We look forward to having the funds to start her as [...]

Easy Going Comet

Comet is one of eight horses that were abandoned and left to run wild in Skagit county. He was thought to be a yearling but on examination of his teeth we discovered he’s over two. He’s spent the majority of his time with us growing up and getting used to just being a horse. He’s [...]

Ginger Snap!

A lovely young Thoroughbred, Ginger and her best buddy Mary Ann came to PHH from a breeding barn that was going out of business. Still young and growing, this darling girl has her ground training in place and has even started under saddle. Unfortunately, donations are down and we cannot afford to continue with her [...]

Handsome Jack

Jack is one of six horses seized by Skagit County Animal Control in March 2010. All of the horses were severely underweight with rain rot, bad feet, and teeth. The first order of business for Jack was to geld him, which has been done. He recovered nicely and is now out on pasture with several [...]

JoJo

JoJo is a precious miniature mare we took in as an owner surrender. In foster care until recently, we worked to get her weight down to a more manageable level. She is also totally blind in one eye, after having sustained an injury from a tree in pasture years before. In spite of this, JoJo [...]

Little Miss Sunshine

Sunshine is one of eight horses that were abandoned and left to fend for themselves in Skagit county. We were able to work on Sunshine’s ground manners before she gave birth to her darling little colt Ray. After spending a substantial amount of time with Ray and then recovering health-wise from multiple pregnancies and the [...]

Lovely Lacey

Lacey is a Quarter Horse mare that came to PHH through Skagit County Animal Control in September 2009. She was reportedly green broke, but her fear and sensitivity makes it very clear that more harm was done than good when it came to her training. Lacey almost immediately went into full training with PHH trainer [...]

Marvelous Mocha

Mocha is an adorable paint mare that PHH acquired with plans to start a children’s riding program. That program morphed into therapeutic riding and while Mocha is a great horse, she did not quite have the temperament required for such demanding work. With 18 months of professional training, including cow work, this little mare is [...]

Meek and Mild Mary Ann

Mary Ann arrived at PHH with her best friend Ginger after their owner made the difficult decision to close her breeding business. She is out on pasture for her third summer with us. Being a Thoroughbred, she just keeps growing, and growing, and growing. It is not good for their joints to be started under [...]

Party Girl Candy

Candy is a five- year old QH mare that PHH acquired with plans to start a children’s riding program. That program morphed into therapeutic riding and while Candy is a great horse, she did not quite have the temperament required for such a calling. Candy has over two years of professional training. She has given [...]

Pretty Penny

Penny is one of six horses seized by Skagit County Animal Control in March 2010. All of the horses were severely underweight with rain rot, bad feet, and teeth. Penny arrived with the added challenge to her health of being pregnant and delivered what seemed to be a healthy baby boy on April 28th. However, [...]

Proud Boukra

A flashy Arab gelding with plenty of spirit to match, Boukra came to us with a lot of emotional baggage as a result of being kept as a stallion in a stall with a small tournout paddock for the first seven years of his life. Our trainers have taken their time to make sure his [...]

Ray of Light

Ray is one of three babies born at People Helping horses in May 2009. He is currently living with our other two babies out on pasture.Though it is our policy to not adopt out fillies and colts until they’ve undergone training—typically around the age of three—if Ray steals your heart, please contact us today to [...]

Sassy Spirit

Shy Sid

Sid is one of the eight wild horses captured in February 2009. Hesitant and extremely introverted, this beautiful gelding began to slowly come around with the help of our trainer Meghan Valenti and Dr. Susan Seelye. He’s made an amazing amount of progress in the time that he has been with us. But it was [...]

Sparkling Sapphire

Sapphire is a Tennessee Walking Horse that came to us as an owner surrender. A family situation prevented the owner from spending as much time with her as he knew was needed and unfortunately, he was not financially able to provide her with the training necessary. Sapphire is doing well in our program and is [...]

Sporty Simba

Simba is one of three babies born at People Helping horses in November 2009. He is currently living with our other two babies out on pasture in California. Simba will stay with us until he is mature enough for us to start under saddle. Though it is our policy to not adopt out fillies and [...]

Steadfast Sugar

Sugar was part of a seizure from Skagit County in January 2009. She had a dominance issue when she came in which is why she looks so healthy. There were 7 horses in the seizure and PHH received the 4 healthiest horses. Update 2/12/09: Sugar was put into training shortly after her arrival. She was [...]

Sweet Baylee

Baylee was seized by local Animal Control officers after a horse was found dead on the property and it was discovered that Baylee had been abandoned in a round pen with no food or reliable water source for over three months. This sweet, quiet mare has worked with our trainers periodically during her time at [...]

Sweet Savannah

Savanna is one of six horses seized by Skagit County Animal Control in March 2010. All of the horses were severely underweight with rain rot, bad feet, and teeth. Because of unusual movement in her hips when she walks, Savannah is currently receiving bodywork sessions that we hope will help. Only time will tell if [...]

Tender Hearted Autumn

One of six horses seized from a property by Skagit County Animal Control, Autumn is a mild mannered mare who arrived at PHH emaciated with severe rain rot, dental problems, and overgrown feet. In her time at the barn she’s put on weight, her hooves are on the road to recovery, and her teeth are [...]

Terrific Tia

Tia is one of eight horses that were abandoned and left to run wild in Skagit county. After a month under saddle, we began to wonder if Tia was pregnant. A vet check confirmed that she was and this lovely mare was taken out of training in order to rest up in preparation for giving [...]