Horses for Life

10/03/2025

Noah's Ark Children's Transitional Foundation is a non-profit organization that specializes in supporting families who are experiencing the transitional period prior or during the end of life for a child.

10/02/2025

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💛I have known and worked with dedicated founder, Kaye Griggs, through my equine business. To know her and her tireless service to the special needs community, is to love her and all she puts her hands to!

Helping these families is in her and her team's DNA! One of Brazoria County's finest, multifaceted resources!

If you are a parent of a special needs child or know someone who is, please share, reach out and perhaps offer help!💛

Noah's Ark Children's Transitional Foundation is a non-profit organization that specializes in supporting families who are experiencing the transitional period prior or during the end of life for a child.

09/23/2025

100 % AGREE! Five of my seven horses are seniors/geriatric. All are active, happy and working in some capacity. And they are each worth their weight in gold, ridden or not.💛

Why would I buy/or keep a senior horse?

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Am I the only one getting sick of seeing ads about retired horses for sale? 💔Is a long life of servitude not worth a good remaining quadrant of their life? 🤬

As I LOVE digging🧐 into subjects that are simply not talked about, here we go for today:

I believe that many horses are retired too late in their riding career.

Waiting for a horse to brake should no longer be where we draw the line of retirement. As a person who started to study biomechanics for the sake of keeping my mature horses healthy all the way to their senior years, I can assure you that the needs of a senior horse's body are different as they age, that understanding those needs and meeting them can give you many extra working years out of your horse, But I would still not expect my 27 years old to win the Derbie! 😬

Not riding your horse anymore doesn’t mean the only alternative outcome is to let that horse rot in the field.

I understand that being on a horse is the summum of owning a horse, but there is PLENTY of other options!

I have decided to Sandy for about a year now. Previously to that, I had already started to lower the intensity of her work, and/or the size of her riders to accommodate her.

She is now 27 years old ( will be 28 in January 2026), leaving a great life, she remains active, exercising at least 3 sessions per week in various activities, and all of that without being ridden. 🩵

What do we do?

We trail ride, we play at liberty, we work on her balance, keep her stabilizer muscles working, and learn new tricks. There are so many possibilities!

I understand that not everyone has the imagination to keep things interesting without riding their horse, so I hope that watching Sandy rocking her retirement life helps you to not feel too bad about retiring your horse from riding for the sake of not knowing what you can offer them other than riding...

Also, I wish to inspire more people to keep their horses until the end of their lives, and/or be a home for a senior horse.

Because all horses should be loved to their full potential until their very last day.🦄

Leave me a 🩵 if you agree!

📸By Everette Photography, of my precious. This was one of our very last rides.

04/25/2025

The sun is back and Angelina is down for it!

04/10/2025

Well I haven't started Ensure just yet...but my husband would feel better if I didn't still ride at my age! So I just ride when he's not home! 😂🐎🙋🏻‍♀️😜🙏🏼

Try me! 😂😂😂

06/06/2024

05/19/2024

Saturday May 18 6pm, God decided our 34 year old super-pony's time was done. We had a some sweet goodbye hugs and kisses just before he closed his eyes for the last time.

Comet came to us in 2011 along with his friends, Monty and Dixie who have also passed. A special gift from Donna Isenhower, he was quirky, tough, but kind, and he loved people...especially children. So many stories, experiences, miracles we witnessed...too many to share here. We are sad, yet we are thankful for the privilege of loving, owning and caring for him for the last years of his life. So long buddy, we will never forget you.
If you have any of photos of your family with Comet, feel free to share here.

09/24/2023

I want to give a big shout out to Big Slough Farm . I have come to know the founder and meet some of the farm's gentle and well cared for animals. Exceptional program. You will definitely want to make an appointment to visit. 🐴🐐🦃🫏🐖🐇🐥🐓🐂🐑❤️

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