NEED HELP, adopting horses, where are good places to go, please please help!!?

Question

i live in Pennsylvania, but anywhere, around the state is fine to...any good suggestions??

Answer 1

Try the local shelter or go to www.bestfriends.com... you will get one in one of the too before anywhere else ( no offense IF YOU ARE WORTHY OF HAVING ONE)

Answer 2

Go see some local large animal vets.  Tell them your desire, and show them your credentials.  If you already have horses, list your references..vet, trainer, etc.

If you aren't already an experienced horse person, then starting in rescue is a bad idea.  You're getting the bottom of the barrel, horses who have likely been mishandled and will have special needs that require attention.  

A knowledgeable person knows when to call the vet.  A novice will either go broke having the vet out for things they can treat themselves or be negligent by not treating things that need to be taken care of.

I say that because every single solitary horse owner I know...and that is a HUGE number, easily in the hundreds, with my clubs and associates, knows of at least one free horse available...some not even rescues, just horses that aren't being used that need a job, and it's a waste to let them stand out in the pasture.

Anyone with some connections in the horse world knows where to get a rescue horse.

Answer 3

hogheavenrescue.org    

is a great rescue to start looking

also try yahooing PA horse rescues

Answer 4

ADD: Due to information I just obtained, I would like to let you know that I DO NOT RECOMMEND THE ADOPTION PROGRAM I had listed here & am removing the information!!!!! If I come up with another suggestion, I'll put it here.

It's great that you are considering adoption. I think that's wonderful.

Be sure to check all of your facts before you adopt. Things can change so quickly in the horse world, case in point. So sad.

Answer 5

www.petfinder.com

theres also a rly big rescue in Maryland i cant think of wat its called

& Mid Atlantice horse rescue its rly good and has a wide variety

check ur local SPCA

i kno Danville SPCA was giving horses for adoption for free but not sure if they still r....

but if u wanna rescue a horse tht may other wise go to meat or another circumstance go to Middleburg Auction alotta dealers go there, but make sure the horse is sane and fairly healthy!!!

Answer 6

Why do you want to adopt a horse?  

If you're wanting to do a good thing for an abused animal - good for you.  I hope you have a good field and barn all set to go and that you're experienced in working with special need animals.  Make sure you have an exceptional vet lined up as you two will have a lot of work ahead of you.  But it will be worth it.  I've "adopted" three different horses over the years and once they learned to trust again, they were great companion horses for my little mare.  Sign up with your local humane center as a foster home and start the adoption process once you have the horse(s) in your care.

If you're trying to get a free horse, then talk with some of the trainers at your local stables.  Often people will buy a horse and then realize how much work they are.  Sometimes they'll give away a perfectly good horse.  You just have to put out the word.

The Bureau of Land Management also has a wild horse adoption program.  Annually they thin the herds, usually taking off the yearlings and mares over 10 years of age.  These animals are available for adoption (a fee is involved) provided you meet some criteria - high, strong fences, experience.  Also, some of the wild horses are put into a prison horse training program where inmates break and do preliminary training for you.  The fee is larger but I hear they do have an excellent program.  Don't know how you'd handle the transportation to Penn., but it can be worked out.

Hope this helps.