Meet The Herd

Meet the herd

At the Stillwater Horse Whispers Ranch, the horses have 47 acres to roam and just be horses. Just like people, horses can get stressed out and overwhelmed. We make sure they have time to relax and unwind after working so hard with clients.

Many of the horses in our herd are rescue horses. They have come to us suffering from abuse or neglect, sometimes they have been deemed “unusable” because of arthritis or some other health issue. With care and compassion they become great team members.

Meet The Herd_GrandDameRocket (534x800) Meet Rocket

Rocket is 33 years old Anglo-Arab. She is the Grand Dame at the ranch and gets special feed because of her age.She has been the mother of six foals. Sky Dancer and Promise are two of her babies that also live at the Ranch (see photo below). She was an endurance horse and can still out run the herd!

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Meet Star

Meet The Herd_Star (600x800) Star is a 25 year old Welsh pony who likes to swim across the river to get the very best grass.  He is a star and he know it! He is a Special Olympics Champion Pole Bender and Barrel Racing pony.

Meet Teddy

Meet The Herd_Teddy (534x800)Teddy is a big handsome 13 year old quarter horse and came to us with a liver disorder. With proper care he has become healthy and is a great leader for his human and horse companions.Teddy was raised as an orphan. Before coming to the ranch he worked as a pack-horse and is trained in English and Western pleasure.

Meet Sweetheart

Meet The Herd_BobbiandSweetheart (534x800)Sweetheart is 6-8 years old quarter-horse. She came to us severely abused. She was hard to catch and very defensive to being touched, or having her feet picked up. With kindness and compassion she has come a long ways – she was scared of everything and everyone. She has two sets of teeth, her baby teeth and her adult teeth. She will have to see the horse dentist, a lot, to get her teeth fixed.

Meet Zoa and Querida

Querida (on the left) is an Arabian. She is 12 years old and born on the ranch. Querida means “beloved” as in mi querida amiga “my beloved friend” is often used as an affectionate term such as sweetheart or darling…and she is. She can have some challenges with her weight and gets really anxious if she is separated from her friends.Meet The Herd_QuierdaandZoa (800x534)

Zoa (on the right) is a Paso Fina and she is the horse with the fine step! Her Spanish heritage can be seen in her proud attitude, style, and elegance. She came to the ranch as a yearling in 2007. Zoa has some issues with her weight and tendon issues common to her breed.

Meet Osa

Meet The Herd_OsaandBobbi (800x600)Osa is a Mangalarga Marchador horse, the national horse of Brazil.  She was born in Brazil and came to the ranch in 2013. She is very sensitive was mistreated. When she first came to the ranch you couldn’t get close to her and she wouldn’t even look at you. Now look at her!

Meet PromiseMeet The Herd_Promise (2) (600x800)

Promise is one of Rocket’s babies. He is an 18 years old 3/4 Arabian and 1/4 Thoroughbred and grew up on the ranch. He is very kind and gentle. Promise is Bobbi’s horse and friend.

 Meet Gus and Nelson

Meet The Herd_Nelson (534x800)Gus and Nelson are best buddies. Gus is 12 years old and Nelson is 13 years old. They came to the ranch together in 2014 and they are both Missouri Fox Trotters. Gus (left) is a sensitive fellow and is currently is in a small paddock in a lengthy recovery from a injury to one of his hind legs. Nelson (below) is especially curious and is always interested in what is going on! In the winter they get really long whiskers on their faces that get all frosty! Like a lot of people they can get themselves worked up and very anxious and have a hard time calming themselves down.Meet The Herd_Gus (800x534)

 Meet Ariel

Ariel is a 12 year old Arabian and she came to The ranch in 2014. She came to us very obese and spoiled. She has worked very hard to learn to be polite and respectful.

Meet The Herd_ArielandBobbi (600x800)Meet Bugle

Bugle is a big gorgeous pinto. You can’t help but fall in love with Bugle when he bats his big baby blue eyes at you! He is 16 years old and has been at the ranch since 2009. He was asked to perform before he was fully grown and as a result has some issues with with arthritis in all four of his legs. Meet The Herd_Bugle (600x800)

 

Photo credits: Becky Pfannenstiel and Callie Ling