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When: a couple summers ago
Where: near my aunt's ranch in north OR

What: I love working on my aunt's ranch. She raises beef cattle for profit (mainly Longhorn and Watutsi), has a permanent herd of 6-8 horses (I've lost count, what with old horses dying and rescues being made residents) and also....

Is a rescue ranch! She is a member of a group that works with the local ASPCA. The ASPCA will give this group all horses/livestock that are rescued, as well as funds to heal/house them. The group will have its member farms/ranches house and care for the animals while paying for treatment and living expenses.

Sometimes, my aunt hangs onto the horses she rescues. She's got a colt named Oliver who came to her while still inside his mom. My uncle was adamant they keep the little snot. My sister's favorite horse is a washed-up barrel racer named Duke. My previous mount (RIP Lacey) was a failed broodmare that my aunt rescued from a glue factory (no joke). Honestly, I think every horse except her draft is a rescue in some sense.

Anyways, the handsome boy above is Cochise, one such rescue. Cheesy (as we call him) is at least mostly mustang, with perhaps a bit of AQH mixed in. He was born on the range, caught wild, and trained through a mustang program. My aunt noticed he was going up for adoption and pounced on her opportunity to have a 'stang. He's kind of a lazy boy and I prefer Zebulon (the draft) over him, but he and my brother get along famously!

This is a shot I took of him after a trail ride, looking off while I dismounted.

Description
When: a couple summers ago
Where: near my aunt's ranch in north OR

What: I love working on my aunt's ranch. She raises beef cattle for profit (mainly Longhorn and Watutsi), has a permanent herd of 6-8 horses (I've lost count, what with old horses dying and rescues being made residents) and also....

Is a rescue ranch! She is a member of a group that works with the local ASPCA. The ASPCA will give this group all horses/livestock that are rescued, as well as funds to heal/house them. The group will have its member farms/ranches house and care for the animals while paying for treatment and living expenses.

Sometimes, my aunt hangs onto the horses she rescues. She's got a colt named Oliver who came to her while still inside his mom. My uncle was adamant they keep the little snot. My sister's favorite horse is a washed-up barrel racer named Duke. My previous mount (RIP Lacey) was a failed broodmare that my aunt rescued from a glue factory (no joke). Honestly, I think every horse except her draft is a rescue in some sense.

Anyways, the handsome boy above is Cochise, one such rescue. Cheesy (as we call him) is at least mostly mustang, with perhaps a bit of AQH mixed in. He was born on the range, caught wild, and trained through a mustang program. My aunt noticed he was going up for adoption and pounced on her opportunity to have a 'stang. He's kind of a lazy boy and I prefer Zebulon (the draft) over him, but he and my brother get along famously!

This is a shot I took of him after a trail ride, looking off while I dismounted.