Image: John Bishop at home with World Horse Welfare Amara and Mable
“I would encourage anyone who is in a
position to have any animal to look at rehoming before buying” John Bishop
anyone who is in a position to have
any animal to look at re-homing before
buying. Growing up I never thought
I would have a field full of horses.
They’re strong-willed, unpredictable and
impulsive so it’s a lot like bringing up
children.”
Melanie loves to hack out but with
three growing sons, her family of
animals to care for and John’s busy
schedule she rarely has the opportunity.
Indie’s conformation means that she can’t
manage much more than occasional
hacks at walk and trot, but she is a
lovely pony to ride and promises to give
Melanie exactly what she is looking for.
Our Deputy Chief Executive Tony
Tyler says, just as with all of our rehomers, the charity is extremely grateful
to the Bishops: “We need more people
just like Melanie and John. World Horse
Welfare has so many wonderful horses
and ponies in need of good homes,
and there are so many advantages to
October 2015 • Issue 25 • Everything Horse Magazine
ABOUT THE HORSES:
Mable arrived at Penny Farm as part
of a large group of 16 neglected horses
and was very underweight and suffering
from the painful condition, strangles.
(pictured)
Dora was found very underweight
and chained to a fence with no access
to food or water. Thanks to the
commitment of Penny Farm’s team
of grooms both Mable and Dora have
made a fantastic recovery and become
affectionate and trusting companion
ponies.
Amara is a 5 year old 15hh Bay
Warmblood mare. She was incredibly
underweight, and had very bad rain
scald. Amara started work towards
becoming a ridden horse summer 2014,
but unfortunately went lame. Despite
the vets and farriers working as a team
to make her sound, the decision was
made to rehome her as a companion.
Amara is a beautiful mare, and a very
big people person. (pictured)
Indie is a 17 year old 13.3hh Piebald
cob mare. Indie and her foal Jones came
from Middlewich in Cheshire after a
concerned member of the public called
our Freephone Welfare Line. She had
very bad sunburn on her nose and
upper hind legs. She had awful open
sore scabby wounds all down her back
legs and at the back of her knees on her
front legs. Her feet were very overgrown
and her skin was scabby and flaky all
over her body. In June 2014, after a year
of rehabilitation, Penny Farm Groom
Hayley Penrice broke Indie in and she
has the most amazing temperament. She
can only be ridden in walk due to being
a little stiff but can do the occasional
trot work. She was rehomed as a hack
only/companion. (pictured)
re-homing over buying. Melanie has
approached the whole experience with
a very open mind and a great sense
of humour which means four of our
once-abused horses have a wonderful
future ahead of them. It’s particularly
lovely when we can re-home our horses
together, especially to a family who are
such strong advocates for re-homing
once-abused animals.”
Find out more about rehoming at:
http://rehoming.worldhorsewelfare.org.
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