Rusty arrived today at Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue

New Arrival
Would you like to help us feed this sweet man and others that will be coming to the facility shortly?
Rusty is 20+ YO gelding and only 640 LBS
He is an Animal Control Assisted - Bedford Owner Surrender.

We are in need of Alfalfa Hay and Blue Seal Senior Feeds at this time.
For more information on how you can help or sponsor a horse please visit our website at www.rvhr.com or email info@rvhr.com .

Rusty is the first to arrive of 7 horses in need so far this year. The other 6 will be arriving in the next 7 days.

As the new horses arrive we will be sending out updates. Coming that we know of so far, 2 draft horses 1 arabian and 1 other Qrt horses we are not sure of the breed of the last two.

Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue Mailing: P.O. Box 13 Hardy, Virginia 24101 540-797-1999

Barbara Bower Uses Infrared Photography to Capture Horses in a New Light

Photographer uses unique methods to captures the horse-human relationship.

arbara Bower specializes in equine photography, but she does not create your everyday equine portrait. According to Bower, she photographs the “relationship” between man and horse through complex infrared filters in her camera.

Bower, a well known portrait photographer, is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Photography. When she is not on a shoot she teaches programs throughout the year in animal photography to professional photographers across the United States.

She is the co-author of Infrared Wedding Photography and is the recipient of the Professional Photographer Association’s Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman degree. She also received the Accolade of Lifetime Photographic Excellence from Wedding and Portrait Photographers International for a combination of her print competitions and speaking engagements.

Bower’s infrared portraits of human and horse invite the viewer to observe a private relationship. Her unobtrusive entry into their world reveals the feelings most horsemen have about the animals they tend and love.

“I do not want to produce just another horse portrait.” said Bower. “Initially, I spend time with the client and the horse, learning what they both have in mind. As I process this information I instinctively ‘see’ the visual and the rest is technique.”

She will be spending the month of February in Wellington, Florida visiting former clients and will be available for a limited number of equine sessions. The focus of her journey south will be to photograph a variety of professional and amateur riders with their horses, before, during and after competition.

Bower will donate a photo session to the silent auction at the Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center. She is also photographing the rider and volunteers of the year for the slide presentation at their Annual Benefit Auction, Dinner and Dance held at The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on February 20th, 2009.

“Equine portraits are my specialty,” Bower confirms, “But I also want to photograph riders and their individual disciplines this winter. My photography is about the horse, the human and the importance of their symbiotic relationship.”

For more information on Equine Artistry visit: www.equineartistrybybarbara.com.

This is Why You Shouldn't Kill Black Snakes....

Lake County horses find new temporary home after roof collapse

"ATM" is in the foreground while Ann Webb, background,
readies "Burger" as they prepare to transport the quarter
horses from a stable in Gurnee to a stable in Wadsworth.
(Tribune / Stacey Wescott / January 3, 2009)

50 animals were forced to evacuate Lake Villa stables before calamity caused by excess snow

(SWVHC: thank god people were paying attention to the structure of the barn and the snow!)

By Robert Channick |Special to the Tribune

January 7, 2009

A band of 50 homeless quarter horses hit the road over the weekend for temporary shelter and hopefully greener pastures after the roof of their Lake Villa stables collapsed under a foot of snow last month.

Holed up for the last two weeks at an equestrian complex near Gurnee, dozens of national-caliber show horses from Dianne Eppers Stables were loaded onto trailers Saturday for a short haul to an empty barn in nearby Wadsworth, their new home for the next few months during repairs.

"A couple of the grooms heard a noise in the arena at about 7 o'clock in the morning," Eppers said. "When I got down there I saw one of the rafters had a bow in it."

Warned by the Fire Department that a roof collapse was imminent, Eppers put out the word, and soon the phone lines were burning up with concerned horse lovers.

"The networking in the horse world is pretty good," she said. "We made a few phone calls and trailers started coming in the driveway."

By the time the roof caved in about 10:30 a.m., the horses had been safely moved to Fields & Fences, a massive 191-stall equestrian center on Hunt Club Road.

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