Buy a tree to help a horse –

Help HAROTC feed and care for horses and other hooved animals by buying a Japanese maple tree for your yard. A nursery specializing in growing Japanese Maples has donated these beautiful trees. The trees are priced at less than half retail and all the money goes to the care and feeding of starved and abused animals.

Japanese Maples

For more information or to see the trees, call Becki at 360-456-2588 or email blbx2@comcast.net.

Ripley’s Horse Aid Foundation is a great organization based out of Mt Vernon, WA.
They have a great hearts and a great vision. Please click the above logo to find out more.

"Horse arena closure latest sign of Vo's troubles"

Olympian news story

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"Staggering Costs Of Care Threaten Animal Rescue Group"

Kiro 7 news story

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Maddie & Luckie

Happy Tail

My horse, Kipper, really needed a new pasture buddy after our donkey, Amiul died. Amiul, a donkey from the Bureau of Land Management, had been a part of our family for about 20 years. Amiul and Kipper had fan club of joggers and walkers in our area and they missed Amiul as well.

I started searching for a new donkey in the spring of 2009 but was having no luck. It seemed the only ones available were miniatures which I did not feel would work well with my horse. This summer I cameacross HAROTC's website and there was a photo of Stewart, an adorable small donkey! I fired off an email and got a quick response. The staff at HAROTC was friendly, honest, professional and ascertained that Stewart was small but not a miniature. They were open to me visiting him at his foster home. It was love at first sight for me! It was obvious he was nervous around new people while he also displayed he had been trained to lead well and could be handled with no kicking or biting. Once they inspected my place I was approved to adopt Stewart.

When Stewart arrived he was very guarded about us approaching him. He was afraid of any object in our hands, especially a rope or halter. We had to approach him slowly and having treats always helped. He is smart and learns quickly. For example, because he has foundered in the past, we need to control how much he can graze. Within one week he learned if he wanted to go into the pasture with tall grass he had to come to the gate and let me put a halter on him. Once he was in the pasture I quickly released him so as to teach him that being haltered was not always a bad thing. And now? If I have treats he will approach me any where when I have a halter over my shoulder. I can approach him with brushes in my hand and brush him unhaltered. We have found he can be quite nosey if he thinks you have treats in your pocket.

Kipper and Stewart are good buddies. They get upset if they are separated. Kipper is the boss. My family loves Stewart. The local joggers and walkers fan club has welcomed Stewart with open arms, too. We couldn't be happier with our new family member Stewart.

A great article from theHORSE.com on body scoring:

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