Our organization is made up of many volunteers. We take in abused, abandoned, neglected, rescued and donated horses & ponies. We access the incoming horses, tend to their needs (physical, emotional & training), rehabilitate them if needed and the ultimate goal is to adopt/lease the horse to an appropriately matched home.

Once in the program they are property of Horse North Inc. This program offers the horse or pony the security of being appropriately cared for and to live out the remainder of its life within the program. This program has been functioning for many years with great success for both the program horses and the adoptive/lease families.

The needs and costs involved in caring for and rehabilitating horses & ponies is great. It can take many months even years before some of them are considered placeable. Those that are not currently placeable need support in order to cover the costs of their basic needs. Horse North Inc. volunteers can and do donate their time to care for these animals with special needs on a long term basis.

We are a group committed to the needs and well being of the horse or pony, and we offer support & education to the adoptive/lease families.

In the beginning...

Horse North, Inc. evolved from the efforts of several individuals who have been working to promote the welfare of the horse through rescue operations and assistance in unwanted horse placement and education since 1987.

It began in 1983 when Holly allowed a "rescue group" to place a rescued mare in her barn on a temporary basis. The horse was more or less forgotten by the group (a loosely knit group of well-meaning people with no organization structure or written contracts) and stayed for almost a year before it was ultimately placed with a "foster owner" by a member of the group. The horse did not work out for the new owner, and it was later discovered she was sent to a local meat auction with no notice to the "rescue" or to Holly.

Holly was devastated when she learned the fate of the horse, and vowed that would never happen to one of her horses.

From 1984 to 1987, Holly and her friends, Sharon, and Mary took in several unwanted horses by purchase or gift, and placed the horses in foster homes with a written agreement that the horses would come back to them in the event that the horses were no longer wanted. They also provided food for emergency shortages when notified that someone had a horse with no food, as well as helping with transportation for injured horses, and training programs for young horse owners.

Horse North Rescue was born...

Holly, Founder of Horse North Rescue

Over the years Horse North Rescue has grown and changed.

Jennifer came on board with the rescue after meeting Holly through her "Pony Pack" program. Jennifer loved the program and offered to try and figure out how to put Horse North Rescue on the internet to help promote it. The original website was designed and and Horse North began to grow very, very, quickly. 

When Jennifer started there were about 15 horses and now Horse North Rescue has over 125 horses in their Rescue & Placement Program. It has grown in size and programs. Horse North now offers $25 per year Adoption/Lease Programs, Foster Programs, Volunteer Programs, Educational Programs, and Clinics.

Jennifer, Director of Horse North Rescue and her program horse Dakota... whom she adopted 5yrs ago and has trained to be used in kids programs and various natural horsemanship training programs.

Jennifer, and her future therapy horse Donnavin. (Named afer her friend Donna Bellows who passed away in Oct 2009, after her battle with cancer.) Donnavin is being trained to be used with kids.

Horse North has since grown in to an organization requiring numerous volunteers whom took in or rehomed 65 horses from Nov 2008 - Nov 2009. That is a lot of horses for a small rescue comprised of all volunteers!

Pictures of our many committed volunteers soon to come....