Jacob was an Amish Plow Horse his entire life.  He worked six days a week and was tied in a stall at night wearing a halter that was sized too small, resulting in a permanent scar on his nose.  Jacob came to us from the kill pen; he was initially a lost soul and did not know how to interact with the other horses. He would not approach people for weeks.
Once Jacob relaxed and started to trust people, his amazingly playful personality came out. He learned how to eat from our hands and turned out to be quite the ham. He was adopted by Greg and Ann Koss of Ortonville, MI in May 2010.  Jacob was appropriately renamed Big Ben and now lives the pampered life he so richly deserves.

The kill pen operator called us about Montana, who was dropped off after he spooked and scared a child.  Montana had obviously lived a hard life during his 25 years.  He would not want establish eye contact, as if he anticipated being hurt, though a treat often changed his mind.  In addition, he had been improperly ridden for a long time which resulted in a severely overdeveloped lower neck and swayed back. He also had severe mouth pain due to dental neglect. After months of rehabilitation, Montana was adopted in September 2010 by Nancy and Bob Schuma in Illinois. He is very loved and we know he will live out his remaining days in peace and comfort.

Chip is 22 years old but you would never know it. This horse seriously acts like he's five. Although he is obedient, he has lots of energy and endurance. He has the typical "toughness" of the old style Appaloosas. A woman had him on Craigslist trying to sell him as a school horse. When we arrived, we quickly discovered this would be a rescue. We threatened to call animal control and she willingly turned him over to us. His feet were SEVERELY overgrown and his teeth hadn't been floated in 15 years. He had a cancerous growth on his eye that needed to be removed and thanks to some AMAZING donors, including an incredible lady named Vickie Bull, we were able to get that surgery done. We are so pleased to announce he has been adopted by Mary and Ed Fowke and will continue to live at Day Dreams Farm.

Vinnie was rescued from a horrible home by a compassionate woman who thought she could rehabilitate him and ride him. Unfortunately, he turned out to be younger and in worse shape than she thought, so she couldn’t financially afford to properly rehabilitate him.  We believe he was three years old when he arrived but appeared severely stunted from lack of adequate nutrition. He gained about 75 pounds in his FIRST month with us. He has an amazingly sweet personality and so far seems to be a very willing spirit. He was originally fostered by Pam Lisco and her family and in December 2010, they officially adopted him. He is now her daughter’s horse and we have hopes of training him to be a show and trail horse for her.

He was bred by a local “backyard” breeder who breeds very low quality Tennessee Walkers with horrible conformation.  We kept hearing from people that her stallions would “accidentally” get out and breed the mares, resulting in several unwanted babies. She then sent these horses to a local girl who “broke” them in the most terrible ways imaginable. She would run the horses down the paved road at a full gallop. He was then sold to an unsuspecting teenager. He was VERY broken and could not be ridden at all because of severe weakness in his hind legs. Their vet told her he had a congenital deformity and would NEVER be sound enough to be ridden.  We suspected he possibly had EPM, a disorder that affects the central nervous system resulting in a very weak rear end and legs.  Fortunately, through very slow rehabilitation and retraining, we were successful at making him completely sound again. He was adopted by Pam Lisco and her family in December 2010. He now a fantastic trail horse and a much loved member of their family.

I was surfing Craigslist one day and I came across an ad from a young girl looking to place her horse because she couldn’t handle her and could no longer afford her. The ad stated if a home could not be found immediately, she was calling the kill buyer to come and get her. I called her and the next day took the trailer and picked her up. The girl said every time she tried to get on her, she would rear and she became afraid of her. Upon examination from my horse dentist, it was discovered her ONLY problem was that her teeth were so sharp from not being floated that she had holes in her tongue and cheeks. She never attempted to rear again after her teeth were done.  She was adopted by Kelli Belleville and her daughter Hanna in May 2011 who will love her to pieces for the rest of her life!

Kit spent 3 years on the racetrack and 1 ½ years as a dressage and event horse. We rescued him the day before he was to go to the local kill auction.When he came to the farm he had a serious back and shoulder injury. We spent many months with our vet and chiropractor rehabilitating him to make him healthy again. Kit was adopted by Kristie Shorter and her family in April 2011. Thank you for giving Kit a loving home and 2nd chance to achieve great things.

Fiona was "dumped" on some very nice people who now volunteer at the farm. They were told she was a kid's pony, when in reality, it was very apparent the first time I met her, she suffered some HORRIBLE abuse. She was headshy and extremely reactive to any movement. I found out later, she had suffered a fractured neck as the result of a pulling injury and had been through four farms in less than a year. We were able to uncover an amazingly talented pony who will do anything for someone she learns to trust. She has a terrific jumping talent and is such a nice pony on the trails. Fiona was adopted on May 19, 2010 by Jenny Green from Grosse Pointe, Michigan. I have no doubt you and Fiona will do great things together. Thank you for giving Fiona the opportunity at a great life!

Charm's story is coming soon.

On August 27th, Sprite was adopted by Pam Lisco and family. This is her 3rd adopted horse from us. Please click here to read Sprite's story.