Success Stories

Andee

Andee is a darling and small 20 year old Arab/Quarter cross mare. She came to PHH in December 2005, retired from Warm Beach Christian Camp as she was not thriving in the herd environment. She is a “bomb-proof” girl that has been ridden in both English and Western disciplines. Reliable and experienced, Andee was used [...]

Anna May

Anna May is a super cute Hackney Pony that is ready to learn how to pull a cart! September 2009 – Anna May found a home! She has gone to live in Oregon with a gal that has owned and trained cart ponies for over 30 years so we are looking forward to their success.

Ash

Ash is a sweet gelding that was started in our Ken McNabb clinic in October. Ash is currently in a foster home who is continuing the training that was started at the clinic. He is doing so well that the foster home is planning to adopt him soon! Update February 26, 2009: Ash has officially [...]

Baby Girl

Baby Girl is a two year old Gray Percheron mare who came to us as part of a large animal control seizure on February 6, 2008 from a property in King County. Mike Perry owned a carriage company and kept 18 horses on a mere 5 acres of mud with no shelter. After several complaints [...]

Balder

Balder came to PHH in December 2004 as a yearling that had been born partially blind, had never seen another horse, and had never been handled. It took 30 days before he developed enough trust to allow anyone into his stall. As trust and experience was built, Balder began to be ridden only seven months [...]

Bella

Bella, a black Percheron mare, is recovering from what was a stressful living situation prior to coming to PHH. Still leary of people, she has calmed considerably since arrival but will need a lot of TLC to overcome some emotional stress. Update: Bella was adopted July 23, 2008 by Sherri, one of our volunteers. Sherri [...]

Belle

Belle came in with a large seizure from King County but she was in the best shape. She is currently in training with Meghan Valenti. Update: Belle was adopted by a family of 4, people and horses! She is living in style in her new barn with her pony buddy and three other horses. Her [...]

Ben

Ben is a 17 year old Arabian/Tennessee walking horse. He was an owner surrender due to the economy. We were told that Ben is well broke to trails we are just waiting for the weather to clear and schedules to permit us to take him out ourselves. Ben is a very easy keeper and will [...]

Bonnie

Bonnie is a 20+ year old Quarter Horse. When she was 6, she was injured in her cinch area and has been deemed unridable since. She has a wonderful personality and ground manners; she clips, trailers, bathes, leads, and lifts her feet without issue. One of our dedicated trainers, Denise Callahan, along with her capable [...]

Britt

Britt came in with Blue and Velvet in December 2008. She came from an Arabian breeder in Eastern Washington who could no longer care for her horses. Britt is in her 20′s and has never been ridden, but she is about as sweet as they come. Update 2/28/09: Britt is doing very well! She’s in [...]

Butter

A chestnut pony with a flaxen mane and tail, Butter is as cute as they come. 12/15/08 update: Peanut and Butter have found a home! A wonderful couple in Idaho are going to get back into the sport of horses. P&B are going to learn to pull a cart and eventually give rides to the [...]

Casper

A favorite with the staff due to his beautiful Cremello coloring, Casper is a Quarter Horse that came to us with nearly twenty other horses from King County. He’s clearly had some training in his past but will, without a doubt, benefit from his current training regime. Update: Casper was adopted on July 23, 2008. [...]

Cookie

Cookie is a three-year old QH type mare that came to PHH through Skagit County Animal Control in September 2009. When the county seized her she tragically had a halter grown into her face and she was terrified of human interaction. After extensive confidence building, we believe that Cookie may have found her forever home! [...]

Dahlia

This adorable pony came to PHH in September 2009 after having been in seized by Skagit County animal. At the time of seizure we were full on horses so she stayed with a county foster home for a short period of time. You can tell from Dahlia’s scars that she has not had a very [...]

Dexter

Dexter is a registered yearling Arabian gelding. He came to PHH Fall 2007 after he was impaled on a T-Post; his owner did not want to invest in the medical expense to fix his wounds and opted to put him down. Thankfully, our vet, Dr. Jay Lamb, was on-site at the farm and suggested donating [...]

Dusty

Dusty is an adorable and personable APHA gelding. He came to PHH surrendered from his former owner with two other horses, Sassy and Rebel. His owner had originally purchased the horses in the hopes of starting a new hobby. After a year, he realized he didn’t have the time required to spend with the horses; [...]

Emmie

Part of a May 2008 Skagit County seizure, Emmie is a sorrel mare with a quiet disposition. Emmie went into training with Andrea Lucianna November 1st and is proving to be a very nice horse that has had a good bit of training.

Frankie

Frank was surrendered to animal control by an owner who had previously been charged with 2nd degree animal cruelty. He was very thin and malnourished and had been living in poor conditions. Frank has great ground manners and would make a good pasture companion. He is very gentle and loves to roll in the mud! [...]

Harvest Moon

A beautiful Grade palomino mare, Harvest is a sweet and spirited horse.

Howdy

Howdy came to us with plenty of training under his belt. We think he would make a great 4H or kids horse due to his ability to remain calm in every situation. Update: Howdy was adopted July 23, 2008 by a wonderful family that is using him as a 4H horse. He went to his [...]

Kelly

Kelly came from a kind couple in Gig Harbor who, due to health reasons, are no longer able to care for their horses. A twenty-year-old Arabian, Kelly has a wonderful personality that is engaging, gentle and full of life. He is quite the character and even does tricks, including smiling, nodding his head yes and [...]

Licorice

Licorice, a black Paso Fino mare, has calmed considerably since first arriving at PHH in February 2008. She’s currently in training with TLC and is showing improvement slowly but surely.

Lily

One of three horses seized in December 1997, Lily was underweight, wormy, and in need of vital vaccinations and a teeth float. Terri Cook of TLC Training has been working with Lily for nearly six months. Here’s what Terry had to say about Lily: “We offered to take Lily on for one of our project [...]

Little Red

Little Red was part of a three horse seizure from Skagit County in January 2009. She came from a questionable situation that is currently being investigated for animal abuse and neglect. Young with little training, Little Red is a work in progress. Please check back for more news! Update 7/22/09: Little Red is a 3 [...]

Lucky the Lady

Found at a trail head in Skagit County by people out for a trail ride, Lucky was taken in by the county who then asked PHH to step in. A gorgeous Thoroughbred mare, she was pregnant and had been shot in the head above her right eye. Lucky gave birth to her filly Charm at [...]

Maggie & Angus

Update – September 8, 2008 From the owners: Just thought you might want an update on Maggie and Angus. I had the vet out to float their teeth last week and they were so well behaved! You would never know that these are the same burros that arrived 8 months ago. They have settled in [...]

Marilee

Marilee is a 15 year old black Percheron mare who also came to us as part of a large animal control seizure on February 6, 2008 from a property in King County. Mike Perry owned a carriage company and kept 18 horses on a mere 5 acres of mud with no shelter. After several complaints [...]

Mystic

Mystic originally came from an old cutting ranch that was dispersed requiring its residents to be sold at auction. When Mystic was auctioned off she was pregnant and ready to pop! She was rescued off the slaughterhouse truck by a woman who felt sorry for her. The day after she was saved, Mystic gave birth [...]

Pardee

Pardee is a 9 year old APHA gelding who came to People Helping Horses with an injured right leg which required surgery. After the surgery Pardee needed to be confined to small paddocks and turnouts to aid his recovery. He was then placed in foster care to be turned out to pasture to help his [...]

Peanut

As cute as the day is long, Peanut, along with his buddy Butter, was part of a massive King County seizure that occurred in February 2008. Shy but with lots of potential, Peanut will benefit greatly from training and continued human contact. 12/15/08 update: Peanut and Butter have found a home! A wonderful couple in [...]

Penelope

On a bitter cold morning in late December of 2005, Gretchen received a phone call from her veterinarian, Dana Bridges DVM. Dr. Bridges had recently visited a weanling filly that had been injured in a pasture accident. Apparently, the filly had been playing and running around with the other horses and slipped sliding into the [...]

Raven

A black grade mare with tons of potential, Raven arrived at PHH in January 2008, one of 20 horses seized from a King County property. She’s in training with Meghan Valenti and is progressing quickly. Best we can tell she has been ridden but it seems she has had some bad experiences under saddle. Megan [...]

Red

Red is an 18 year old sweet and gentle sorrel grade gelding. He came to us as part of a large animal control seizure on February 6, 2008 from a property in King County. Mike Perry owned a carriage company and kept 18 horses on a mere five acres of mud with no shelter. After [...]

Roanie

Deborah White adopted two ponies earlier this year, Anna May and Roanie. They are very happy in their new home and she is going to train them to pull a cart together! (She trying to have them trained in time for Celebrate the Horse) . When we first got Anna May and Roanie last fall [...]

Saydee

Saydee’s extremely emaciated state garnered quite a few gasps from the staff when she arrived at PHH. After three days in a trailer without food or water–and who knows how long before that without proper care–she was in a sad state. Thankfully, time and quality care have improved Saydee’s physical and mental demeanor, and we [...]

Scout

Scout is a nine year old black Percheron-cross gelding who came to us as part of a large animal control seizure on February 6, 2008 from a property in King County. Mike Perry owned a carriage company and kept 18 horses on a mere five acres of mud with no shelter. After several complaints of [...]

Tara

Tara is a 21 year old chestnut Arabian mare. She is 14.2 hands. She has been ridden English and Western and is said to have had a very successful show career in her prime. She has been ridden by children most of her life, but gets along with everyone young and old. Even though she [...]

Tia

A large, flea-bitten Percheron with a sweet disposition, Tia is gentle for the most part, though still slightly nervous when faced with new situations. Though rideable, we anticipate that Tia’s current training sessions will improve her abilities and confidence. Update: Tia was adopted July 26, 2008 by a very kind couple. Tia was diagnosed with [...]

Tuff

Tuff’s story is a long and complex one, but not without its own happy ending. Tuff, a 13 year old Quarter Horse gelding, came to PHH from his previous owners who were faced with the difficult decision of euthanizing him. A retired barrel racer, he had multiple abscesses and rotation of the bone in all [...]

Vegas

Vegas had little reason to believe that humans were kind and loving. And if you had been found in the conditions in which she and her pasture mate, Halo, were, you would probably feel the same way. A small chestnut mare, Vegas was underweight and mistrustful when she was seized by animal control from her [...]

Velvet

Velvet came with Blue and Britt in December 2008. She came from an Arabian breeder in Eastern Washington who could no longer care for her horses. Velvet is about 7 years old and has never been ridden. She is adjusting to stall life well and has already started training with Meghan Valenti. Update 1/21/09: Velvet [...]

Whitey

Sweet and relaxed, Whitey is the one you’ll find with his head hanging over the stall door just so that he doesn’t miss a thing. 12/15/08 update: When Whitey came to us we were told that he was broke to ride but we always go back to square one with the rescue horses. He is [...]

Zelda

Zelda is a mare that came to us early December 2008 with Angel. We don’t know much about her history but we don’t think she is broke to ride. She can be a little pushy but a little training will fix that quickly. Update 1/21/09: Zelda has started training! Meghan Valenti will be working with [...]

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