Category Archives: Horses & Healing

Nyx arrived at Days End Farm Horse Rescue (DEFHR) in Woodbine, Maryland, in January 2021, after being rescued along with 18 other horses from deplorable conditions at a farm in...

Undoubtedly, horses are the most common animals found at a horse rescue, but donkeys and mules are also subject to hardships by way of neglect and abuse. Like horses, donkeys...

When Gideon, a Quarter Horse gelding in his twenties, and his 18 herd mates first arrived at Days End Farm Horse Rescue (DEFHR), Woodbine, Maryland, in January 2021, their situations...

I’m all in for “anything horse.” Riding, grooming, sharing a horse’s space, stroking a muzzle, emanating every fiber of love of my being for the creature, whispering sweet nothings into...

Sam Butler was born and grew up in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. His mother and father got divorced when he was seven, so every week Sam traveled back and forth to live...

Some events so fundamentally alter your life that everything is forever changed—from the way you think to the way you ride. Monday, February 4th, was one of those events. The...

My Irish Catholic father was a difficult man—hard working all his life and hard drinking for much of my youth. Gay boys and their daddies often have complicated relationships, and...

Ten years ago, I loaded up my one true love and sent him six hours north for his next adventure. He was my childhood horse, and he was a beautiful...

When I set out to write RIDING HOME ~ The Power of Horses to Heal, I wanted to share the profound emotional healing one can experience from today’s equine therapy. I...

As a regular, horse-crazy teenage girl, nothing in my life had really shaken me until April 2nd of 2016. I was away that weekend, showing at a paint show with...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) really should be identified as Triggered Traumatic Stress Disorder. The obvious reference to a past event or events doesn’t begin to describe the impact of...

With my hand in a cast (courtesy of my last hunter pace), my plans for fox hunting that season were nixed. Instead of sitting around and sulking, my husband and...