Amazing Savanna Update

Last night I received an amazing update. I can’t share all the details just yet but what I can share will hopefully lift your spirits as it did mine!

Please go to the Gentle Spirits Horse Rescue and Sanctuary Facebook page or website and check out Savanna. She’s already riding like an old pro and it’s only her sixth ride. Volunteer Britt should get all the credit for really bringing Savanna out of her shell.  They told me last night that Savanna is a different horse under saddle; that there’s a spark in her eyes that has never been there before.

Savanna was never meant to be a baby making machine. She was meant to be a partner to someone and ride miles and miles of trail. I love seeing the transformation in her. This is EXACTLY why we do what we do. She was considered an unwanted horse just a year ago and now look at her. She is intelligent and sensitive. She’s willing to learn and catches on so fast. It’s amazing to watch her progress. I am so pleased and impressed with what Gentle Spirits (and volunteer Britt) have done with Savanna. We were able to pull her from her nightmare and Gentle Spirits and Britt were able to give her an education. 

Savanna is exactly why I don’t believe there is such a thing as an unwanted horse. Pardon my language but an unwanted horse is bullshit. Again, pardon my language. It takes time to find the right person. We all aren’t in the right place at the right time. Patience isn’t a virtue I was born with but it is something we have to learn in the rescue/sanctuary world. The right person and the right situation will finally arrive for each horse. No horse should be deemed unwanted. They simply haven’t found the right person yet.

There is nothing saying that you have to have one horse be the love of your life.   Take for instants Bo. I keep saying he is my heart horse. But he’s not the only one that I am bonded with. I’m bonded with all of them but some more than others.  But it was a matter of being at the right place at the right time to find each other and to have that bond form. Sometimes that bond doesn’t always start out as a strong and instant bond. Sometimes you have to work for it. But I simply don’t believe that any horse is unwanted. I believe that they simply haven’t found the right person and the right situation.

In Savanna’s case, she wasn’t meant to be a broodmare. She was meant to be someone’s riding horse and to be groomed and pampered like she deserves. Sometimes finding the right “job” for a horse is the key to bringing out their personality.

I want to personally thank both Gentle Spirits and Britt for doing such an amazing job with Savanna. Borderlands simply pulled her from a bad situation but you are bringing her to her full potential and it is an absolute joy to watch and experience the change. I am deeply honored to have been a part of such an amazing experience.

I know not everyone can rescue horses from bad situations or donate goods/money to a reputable sanctuary/rescue. But I do encourage everyone to do their part. You never know when your “little part” will play a huge role in someone else’s life.

Way to go Savanna (and volunteer Britt)!!