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Happy Story's
This page consists of past adoptions that have happy endings.
If you have adopted any of the horses from the Redwater Herd and would like to add your happy story, let me know. I will gladly put it on here.
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 Mad Mike a.k.a Mikey
Mike is doing awesome. According to my weight tape, he's put on a couple hundred pounds already. I am so pleased with that. He is now out on summer pasture and the first time I put him out in the big field, his eyes absolutely lit up. He didn't know what to do first run, play with the other colts or eat.
I am so glad I adopted him, he's a real character. He makes me laugh so hard sometimes, I have to sit down for a minute.
Thanks again for bringing us together.
Anita
Mikey is an off track Standardbred that Anita adopted back in March of this year. He was in rough shape and had some rain scald. With her care, he has gained weight, has no rain scald and they are the best of buds. I think the ever-lasting memory these 2 will have, is when Mikey saw cows for the first time. They weren't just ordinary cows, they were killer cows. If anyone says a horse can't come off all four feet like a cat, is horribly wrong.
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 Larriette
April 2008
She's fitting in just fine. The previous owner told us she hadn't been riden very much in the past 4 yrs, so we had some work to do. She didn't like being caught, moved away when being brushed, flew to the side when putting on the saddle, and moved away when getting on.
My 10 year old son has been catching her everyday and brushing her. She now walks up to him and stands to be brushed, tacked and mounted.
We took her to a local pony riding club and have done barrels and pole bending. She wasn't to sure what to make of the goat undecorating, but she did fine.
We still have some work to do with her but we are really pleased and happy with her.
Ranch family in AB.
June 2008
Lariette is real easy to catch, putting tack on and mounting, she stands real still for my son. She doesn't neck rein that well, so we are getting her going on that. She like to take a run in the field once in a while, so he makes her go for about a mile to let her know it's not that fun to do that on her own. She's slowly learning not to do that.
We took her to the Coulee's while we were checking lease cattle. One trail we were on, was about a foot wide and straight down to the rive on the other side. She did it like a pro. Same with the brush, all the dead fall to walk over and through, she did really good. She was trusting him not to lead or point her to where she couldn't handle it.
So all is good. Thank you kindly.
Ranch Family in AB.
Larriette was adopted back in the fall of 2007. I had found her ad on one of the horse classified sites saying that she needed to find a home quickly. I got the info on her and forwarded it off the this family. They went down to see her the following weekend and brought her home.
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 Robinson a.k.a - Sharpe
Robinson, my adopted off-track standardbred, arrived at his new home at the end of April. He was a little nervous but his curiousity was stronger.
We faced some early challenges with his hooves, cuts and scrapes, and weight loss. He has not adjusted to herd life easily, but he is learning.
I gave him a new name to go with his new life; Sharpe. He's been moved to a more suitable environment where he is already showing significant improvement in overall health, attitude and weight gain. He needs work in the manners department, the word 'whoa' is not a comfortable concept to him and we will need a few more conversations about the "you are bigger than me, but I'm still in charge" issue.
One place he needs no work at all is his personality. It seems like he adopted me rather than the other way around. After only a month he comes when I call him from pasture. He has a humble dignity about him, except on the crossties, where he prefers to make strange faces and flaps his lips and tongue when my back is turned. Whenever its training time, he's always willing to work. He doesn't always succeed, but you can actually see him trying.
There's still a long way to go, but every now and then, he'll hear something and stand to attention, or he'll want his cookie and give me a sly little glance, or he'll rub his incredibly strong head against me and when I regain my balance he'll look at me as if to say "what?".
At those times, which are coming more and more often, I can see a glimpse of the incredible horse he has the potential to become.
Sharpe's Mom
Sharpe's mom has been with me ever since I started doing rescue. She was looking for quite a while at every horse classified site possible, until he came into rescue. When she saw him, we were on the phone and emailing each other daily until he was delivered to her. This is a perfect match because " mom" used to work with Standardbreds for a while, so she knows the little quirks some of them have. They are the best of buds and he will have a new life being a pleasure horse.
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