Every horse owners fears the idea that something maybe lurking out in the pasture that will harm their horse. You can go to your local vet or agricultural college for a list of plants that are toxic. If you live in Texas, here is a...
This story not only touches the heart, it expresses the true bond between horses and humans - the love. If you ever wish to make that turn - go down that other road, like Kelsey and her Mom did, contact Habitat for Horses. The connection...
Swamp fever, also known as equine infectious anemia (EIA), is much scarier than it sounds. It is the HIV of the horse world with no cure. Horses infected with swamp fever stay infectious their whole lives. Swamp fever is spread by mainly by flies, although...
There will be those who when watching this think - "This is dangerous!". But for once, let us put our fear aside and enjoy some moments of the purest love and innocence. ~ HfH A horse person is not made; it is in their soul. You...
Other news sources are starting to pick up the story that there is horse meat mixed in US commercial ground beef. Do be careful if you go out there to research this on your own. There is an online link about a story of a...
Habitat for Horses is now on Youtube with our Happy Horse TV Channel. Watch beautiful videos of the horses at our Manvel, Texas adoption center. Five horses are spotlighted in the Hearts & Hooves series. All them are looking for their new forever home. If...
Long suspected but never proven until now, we have confirmation that the meat you are eating is not what you think. Even worse, there is a chance that you just ate horsemeat. Not in Europe, not in Mexico, but right here in the good ol’...
Our trainers have been working with Buttercup to sharpen up her already great skills. They have used her to help round up horses. She makes fast / tight turns & stops. Buttercup would excel in cutting, team penning, and ranch work - although we have...
At the end of June 2015, a Texas judge awarded 207 horses from Calico Dairy Farm into the care of the Houston SPCA. Herman Hoffman and his wife Kathleen Hoffman, owners of Calico Dairy Farm in Conroe Texas, are facing animal cruelty charges with a...
How in the world anyone could enjoy watching horses whose feet have been wounded to make them "step high"? Obviously there are people with a great deal of money who view this torture as entertainment. These horses are helpless - they cannot stop the torture...