Living a Natural Life

They’ve come from equine sports ranging from racing to polo. They’ve been cast off by Thoroughbred breeders and had their urine captured by pharmaceutical producers to make estrogen therapies for women. They’ve come out of the Western ranges as the U.S. government steadily and secretly eliminates our wild Mustangs. Each horse represents a plight occurring somewhere in our nation today which is sending tens of thousands of horses to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico each year.

Most of our horses would have ended up there, too, except for thoughtful placement and sometimes heroic rescue by someone who loved them. They range in age from 3 to 34 years, and include mares, geldings, three mother/daughter pairs and five Mustang mare/colt pairs. Together they’ve formed a beautiful weave of interdependence, individual expression and distinct and profound bonds. They live in natural herds, blending wild and domestic, mares and geldings, and different breeds, grazing our acreage at liberty. Together with our charitable partners, we offer them lifetime sanctuary and steward them through end of life.

For our horses’ care, we facilitate love, natural movement, healthy nutrition, acupressure, Reiki and other complementary therapies, homeopathic and herbal support, barefoot trimming, non-sedation/no-drill dentistry, and medical intervention when needed. Our commitment to them is for life — they’ve taught us much about death, dying and therefore living. We ask them to support and care for each other, too, all of which makes for a healthy horse community. Ours is a model of how many horses can be cared for with the same resources usually invested in only a few.