Canham Farm Horse Rescue and Rehab

11/30/2025

It is wonderful to see Sérif happily grazing despite her health issues.

11/28/2025

You, as a Canham Farm Horse Rescue Supporter are cordially invited to join our Canham Farm Supporter's Team to help us raise donations, awareness and support for our Equine-Assisted Therapy for First Responders and People with Cancer.

Please consider joining our team. The need is there and we are determined to make it happen.

Thank you all so much.

Click the link to join and help us make healing happen for both horses and humans.

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/canham-farm-horse-rescue-inc/this-giving-tuesday-your-gift-today-brings-strength-hope-and-healing-to-humans-horses/julia-hyde

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11/27/2025

Dear Friends and Supporters,

This Giving Tuesday, we’re inviting you to be part of something deeply meaningful: restoring hope and strength through the healing power of horses.

Every week, first responders and cancer patients walk through our barn doors carrying burdens that most of us never see—trauma that lingers long after the sirens fade, fear that follows a diagnosis home, stress that settles deep in the body.

But then something extraordinary happens.

A firefighter places his hand on the warm shoulder of a gentle therapy horse and finally talks about the call that has haunted him for years.
A mother in chemotherapy finds a moment of peace as her horse mirrors her breath, grounding her in a way medicine alone cannot.
A paramedic who hasn’t slept through the night discovers, for the first time in months, what calm actually feels like.

This is not just therapy.
It is connection.
It is resilience.
It is healing.

And you make it possible.

Our equine therapy programs remain free or low-cost for first responders and cancer patients because of donors who believe in compassionate, evidence-based care that reaches people when they need it most. This year, demand for our services has grown significantly—and we don’t want to turn anyone away.

Your Giving Tuesday gift ensures that every person who needs this life-changing support can receive it.

$50 provides one session of stress-reduction support for a cancer patient

$100 funds specialized trauma-informed programming for a first responder

$250 sponsors an entire week of care for one therapy horse

$500+ helps launch new group sessions for those on our growing waitlist

When you give today, you are offering more than a donation—you are giving someone their breath back, their balance back, their hope back.

Give The Gift Of Hope and Healing Today!
https://canhamfarm.com/donate-support-givingtuesday/
Text the code: 222999" to 44321 to Give.

11/22/2025

There's such a lot of talk by Pro-wild horse round-up people, agencies and organizations about how wild horses degrade the land when grazing. Here is a once wild horse nibbling the top of the grass not pulling it up by the roots as cattle tend to do.

11/21/2025

Feed Challenge with Sérif. We are trying everything to see what she likes. A bit like the Pepsi Challenge if anyone remembers that.

11/18/2025

Train a Wild Horse Gently. No Round-pen, No Whips, Just Kindness

Here's what I know. There is absolutely no need to round pen or chase a wild horse in a around pen. There is no need to use whips. There is no need to use instruments of torture and there is no need for cruelty when training.
Everything we've done with Fiero has been gentle, we've allowed him to consent, and what we've ended up with is a horse that is so well adjusted, Bearing in mind.He was as wild as wild when he when he first came to us. And he came in April of last year as the three year old.

11/16/2025

My Sunday morning commute to the horse rescue.

11/15/2025

You probably don't know this...
But aside from our wild horse rescue and advocacy work, we host therapy sessions for first responders, veterans and serving military personnel.

This is just part of our program but I wanted to share it with you all as I personally find it fascinating how the participants and the horses, some of which were once wild, begin to trust.

Canham Farm Horse Rescue is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to protecting wild horses from abuse, neglect, emotional trauma and slaughter.
https://canhamfarm.com

11/13/2025

Thank you to everyone who has been supporting Sérif with
thoughts, shares and likes. And the donation of saddle snacks. She is doing so much better.And although still skinny, I do believe she is put a little bit of weight on and is getting back to her usual self. thank you all so much. Patricia Behm Janet Friedman Liane Schwarzwälder Kimberle Baker and everyone else who has been sending positive vibes.

11/11/2025

We are pleased to announce that in honor of Veteran's Day we are welcoming 12 first responders, veterans and police officers from Boulder Crest Foundation, the home of Posttraumatic Growth (PTG). The Boulder Crest Foundation offers life-changing programs free of charge to members of the military, veterans, and first responder communities, and their families.

Boulder Crest is a nationally-recognized charity organization serving members of the military, veterans, first-responders, and their families. With your help, they are building a world where all people can thrive in the aftermath of trauma.

We are delighted to welcome them to our Equine Therapy Program on Wednesday November 12th in conjunction with 1440 Multiversity

https://bouldercrest.org/program/warrior-pathh/

More information to come.

Canham Farm Horse Rescue is a 501(c)3 Non-profit dedicated to protecting wild horses from abuse, neglect, emotional trauma and slaughter through rescue, rehabilitation and community programs.

Contact us for more information on our programs.
https://canhamfarm.com/get-in-touch

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Boulder Crest’s transformative Warrior PATHH program provides you with the Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) training you need to thrive in the aftermath of trauma.

11/11/2025

Photo dump of our very successful Meet the Foals event on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who attended. I hope everyone had a good time. I know myself and all our volunteers did.

Thank you to all who made this event possible.

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11/10/2025

Foals of Fortune Raffle Drawing