Sundance’s Story
By: Laurie Grow with the recue organization, People Helping Horses.

Sundance is one of six horses seized by Skagit County Animal Control in March 2010.  She was one of the oldest in the group at 16 years of age. All of the horses were severely underweight with rain rot, bad feet and teeth.

Unfortunately, Sundance has not recovered as quickly as her herd mates. Visible scars on her withers from an ill-fitting saddle as well as a horrific indention in her belly surrounded by scar tissue from a narrow girth tell us that she suffered greatly from abusive behavior.

Sundance has been benefiting from bodywork sessions (which helps to relieve some of the misalignment in her neck, back and pelvis), as well as therapeutic stretches and exercises to promote healing.

Sundance has an amazingly positive and loving attitude considering all that she has been through.  Sundance has continued to show great progress throughout her time with People Helping Horses, and she continues to astound us with her agreeable and trusting attitude, in-spite of all that she has been through!

Sundance had the opportunity to move into the training program this winter, work began as usual with refreshing ground work, but we were all waiting to see how she would react to carrying a saddle again based on the nature of the injuries she has sustained in the past.  It turns out no worry was necessary, she willingly and quietly accepted the saddle and we are excited to see what the future has in store for Sundance.

To contact People Helping Horses please visit: www.peoplehelpinghorses.org , or call 360-435-9393. And as always, please feel free to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with questions and comments.