Testimonials and Success Stories

A great success story written by Linda Griffin of Prince George

Little Toke

Rescued twice-once from starvation as a colt, once from the meat auction

In 1984, I was living in Houston BC. In a field a few miles away, there were four very thin horses. As winter progressed they got thinner and thinner. When my husband found out they were for sale, he insisted we buy the two young ones. They were two Appaloosa half brothers two and three yrs old. Not quite the older, gentle kid's horses I was wanting, but we couldn't bear to leave them to starve. So we rescued them!

The next year was a lot of fun and a lot of hard work-feeding them up, vaccinating, getting Flash gelded ,healing Little Toke's quarter crack and training him to ride. Little Toke became my favorite and turned out to be an excellent trail/bush horse and good with my boys. Many times I rode him in from the fields with just a rope or binder twine around his neck. We brought him with us when we moved back to Prince George. We loved him for nine years but had to sell him in 1993. I cried for weeks.

This spring I decided to follow my heart and share my life with a horse or two and volunteer at Prince George Equine Rescue. As I drove in the first time I almost hit the ditch,. There was Little Toke in the first corral. I sat in my truck a few minutes thinking-He has to be 25, it couldn't be him. But when I finally went close I knew it was him! What a wonderful gift to have my faithful partner and friend back again! I hope we can enjoy many more years together. Even if it is only for a while, he's going to have a good life from here on.

Thank you Nicola!

Update: Linda has since moved back out to the country and now owns two rescue horses and fosters another! Congrats and thank you Linda!

Some of our many successful rehabilitations:

Cheri before

Cheri after

Simon before

Simon after

Mavric before

Mavric after

Joker before

Joker after

"Rocky Road"

We purchased Gracey at a meat auction in the winter of 2003. She was extremely thin, heavily in foal, had badly overgrown feet and was full of lice.  This is the only picture we have of her, unfortunately it does not show the condition she was really in when she first arrived. But we did get a great email from the woman that adopted Gracey and a picture of her and her now three year old baby!

"Hi Nicola, I saw her picture on the rescue website and thought I should let you know that I still have Gracey, now named KC. She is now broke to ride and can spin like crazy! She did have an issue with her right hip but with some alternative vet care and time she is sound and healthy. Her foal is now 3, coming 4 in April and is well on his way. KC has flourished here and is still very friendly and wants to be brushed all the time. Thank you for rescuing Gracey, she has been a wonderful addition to my home! Thanks again, Karen Halvorson

Dolly in Winter 08                                   Dolly Spring 08

Testimonial from T.Belcher of Salmon Valley, Prince George

"I'd like to say that it is refreshing to find someone as caring and honest as Nicola. Our experience with her has been nothing but positive. She spent a lot of time and effort helping us with different horse issues. It took us a couple of tries to find a suitable horse and Nicola was patient and helpful. I recommend Nicola and Prince George Equine Rescue to anyone!"

Testimonial from C.Forsythe of Vanderhoof, BC

"We purchased a wonderful little pony from the rescue! She has been a great addition to our family. The kids are doing really well on her."

Testimonial from S. Teeson of Prince George

"It was such a relief to be able to find a good family horse that was guaranteed."

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