THE PHOENIX PROJECT

This workshop project is dedicated to Phoenix whose life was dominated by fear and severe abuse. When he came to Silent Voices he had been beaten into partial blindness and was deeply injured on many levels. He arrived with a rope halter grown into his face and he had been living under horrific circumstances. His fear based behavior was extremely dangerous. After several months of rehabilitation and healing, Phoenix had learned to trust “his human” and was able to handle basic hoof and veterinary care. However, his trust never extended beyond his trainer. We decided that he had been asked for too much for too long and he deserved to live a simple and free life. Phoenix was eventually placed into a retirement sanctuary where he lives with other horses and his exposure to humans remains minimized to his basic care.

What is a “rescue horse”?

A rescue horse is an unwanted horse facing an uncertain future at best.

Over the past almost two decades Silent Voices Rescue has saved hundreds of horses and has gained a high level of recognition and support. Based on our experience, it became clear that the number of horses in need of rescue is endless.

Our primary goal is to address this challenge by sharing our unique way of working with trainers and owners through workshops and individual training. By providing a different way of seeing the horse and sharing ways to communicate with clarity and respect, we build trust as a foundation.

This in itself will create the relationship with our horse that we all search for, and reduce the number of horses in need of saving.

We offer workshops worldwide for horse owners, trainers and rescuers.