Many of the horses that come to the Rescue are in  need of special care in order to recover from neglect or abandonment.  Thankfully we have had lots of success in getting them on the road to recovery and back to a healthy, happy life.

Badger was a pregnant mare, one of 6 starving horses rescued in 2008 with the help of the RCMP. You can read more about the 'Sunchild' rescue on the 'rescue stories' page.

Badger had a healthy foal 3 weeks after she arrived at the Rescue. Both Badger and her foal Sidney were adopted out to good homes.

Miracle was rescued along with Badger (above) in 2008. She almost didn't make it! You can read Miracle's story on the 'rescue stories' page.

Miracle a few short months (yes, only months!) after her rescue.

Dalton, purchased as a weanling from a horse dealer in 2008. He was very thin, wormy, and infested with lice.

Dalton growing up into a very nice young horse!

Joe, one of our first rescues, was purchased from a feedlot where he was waiting to ship to slaughter in 2004. He had a lot of strikes against him.

Joe, looking a lot better! You can read more about Joe's story on the 'rescue stories' page.

Payton, an old Arab mare, the day she arrived at the Rescue in 2007. She was heading to slaughter because she was old and unable to maintain her weight, the all-too-common reason that many sweet old horses end up heading to the slaughter plant.

Payton had no trouble regaining her health and maintaining weight on her twice-daily mash.

Bennie was like many old horses we have seen at auction, discarded because they are old and have trouble maintaining weight. When he came to us in 2009 he was one of the worse cases we'd ever seen.

Bennie recovered very well in spite of the terrible state he was in when he arrived. You can read Bennie's story on the 'rescue stories' page.

Raffles, purchased from a horse dealer as a yearling in 2005, was a lot thinner than she looked. That long hair can hide a lot.

Raffles grown into a beautiful young filly.

Libby was one of 26 horses we took in that were seized by the Alberta SPCA from a neglectful situation in 2010

Libby looking just wonderful! You can read more about these SPCA seizure horses on the 'rescue stories' page.

Simba came from a feedlot along with another weanling and 2 Thoroughbred mares in April 2013. All 4 were horribly thin and the weanlings had contracted tendons and were infested with ticks.

Simba recovered. He has such a great personality too! You can read more about Simba, Tigger, and the 2 Thoroughbred mares on the 'rescue stories' page.

Senator, young Thoroughbred colt, was an SPCA seizure purchased through an auction in 2010.

Senator has gone on to great things!

Lovey, a one-eyed, sweet old mare, was purchased from a feedlot in 2007 just hours before she was to ship to slaughter.

Lovey enjoying the green grass.

Charm was one of ten weanlings and one mare (Zen was the mare) that we purchased at an auction in 2007. They were being sold because their owner/breeder had passed away suddenly and his wife just wanted the horses gone. Sadly, the other mares and stallions from that group that we couldn't purchase sold for slaughter. Charm was so cow-hocked as a foal that her hocks were bloody and swollen from rubbing together.

Charm grew up to be a beautiful mare!

Josephine, along with her foal Goliath, was purchased from a horse dealer north of Edmonton in 2006. She was one of about 100 horses in a group that were being offered for sale prior to shipping to slaughter. The whole herd was underweight, included many ungelded colts and stallions, and the mares were all bred and/or had foals at side. We were able to save 6 of these horses and thankfully other groups and individuals were able to save many of the others.

Josephine was also pregnant and had another foal, Bolt, that was born at the Rescue. All 3 went on to new homes.

Romeo, a Curly Horse stallion, was one of the 26 horses seized by the Alberta SPCA (along with Libby, above, and Gus, below) in 2010 and brought to the Rescue for rehabilitation.

Romeo, now gelded, and much improved! He was adopted out to a loving home and now works in search and rescue.

Gus, another of the 26 horses from the Alberta SPCA seizure of 2010, was in one the worst conditions of the group.

Gus at his new home. He doesn't look like the same horse.

Eddie, an 18.2 HH Shire gelding, was surrendered to the Rescue in 2008. We found out later that, at the time, he was only about 4 years old and had been shown. He was very underweight when he came to us and had stringhalt.

Eddie as his proper weight, looking good!

Maggie was one of the 'hungry herd' that came to the Rescue in 2014. You can read more about the hungry herd rescue on the 'rescue stories' page.

Maggie, the next year.

Esperanza was one of 10 emaciated Clydesdales, including stallions and pregnant mares, that we purchased from a horse dealer in 2014.

Esperanza at her new home in 2015. You can read more about the Clydesdale rescue on the 'rescue stories' page.

The 'hungry herd'. You can read more about their rescue in 2014 on the 'rescue stories' page.

The hungry herd enjoying some green grass.

Buckwheat came to the Rescue in 2013. Like many of the donkeys that have come to the Rescue, he was ungelded and had badly neglected feet.

Buckwheat a year later at his new home.

Percy, along with a number of other yearlings, came to the Rescue in April, 2013. Like many malnourished young horses we see, he had badly contracted tendons and poor conformation.

Percy in October, 2013, much improved.

Hitch, a lovely older mare, the day she arrived at the Rescue. She was purchased at auction, yet one more older, underweight horse that had been discarded after she'd been deemed to have outlived her usefulness.

Hitch, the next spring.

Tiny Tim was purchased from a horse dealer. He had an injury to his back leg. His owners, rather than spend a few dollars on a shot of antibiotics and a bit of care, sold him to slaughter.

Tim being started under saddle at his new home, 2 years later.

Cajun came from a feedlot. We'd purchased a number of horses from the feedlot and it turned out that one of the horses had already been spoken for, so we got Cajun in exchange. (Go figure, hundreds of horses at the feedlot and 2 people want the same one!) Cajun was supposed to be very well bred but he was extremely thin and turned out to have distemper.

Cajun all grown up. So handsome!

Beth arriving at the Rescue, July 2014. We believe Beth had been hit by a car some time prior to her rescue, resulting in a fractured pelvis, and she'd also had a halter left on that had become too small as she grew, deforming her face.

Beth, a year later. You can read Beth's story on the 'rescue stories' page.

Ziggy, a weanling from a feedlot, thin and neglected, and with contracted tendons .

Ziggy as a 2 year old!

Brassy was purchased at auction. She's had an injury that had damaged the nerves of her face so that she couldn't move her lips or eat properly.

Brassy later the same year. Her facial injury was healing and she no longer had trouble eating or using her lips.

Ellie was purchase through a kijiji ad (something we don't normally do). She was older and had obvious untreated Cushing's Disease. It turned out she'd also had an injury to her stifle joint and was not sound, and was quite underweight.

Ellie at her foster home, doing so much better with proper medication to treat her Cushing's and pain management for her stifle injury.

Papa Smurf, aka Gandalf, aka Tiny Horse, came to us from an impound lot. He was a 10 year old mini stallion, extremely thin, covered in bites and wounds, and with an infection in his (possibly broken) jaw.

Just a couple of months later, already looking better and ready to be gelded.