Welcome to Horse Illustrated’s weekly installment of the Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, offered in partnership with the ASPCA’s Right Horse program. This week’s adoptable horse is Gummy! Check back weekly for a new featured horse so you can find your Right Horse.Photo courtesy West Virginia Horse Network
Adoptable Horse: Gummy, a 24-year-old, 14.2hh American Quarter Horse gelding Organization: West Virginia Horse Network, Guthrie, W.Va.
Gummy (also known as Gunther) is a Quarter Horse gelding who is looking for a home as a companion horse. He is pasture sound but cannot be ridden due to a previous injury. He is looking for an adopter with a farrier that is patient and supportive when he is not as flexible as he would like to be.
Gummy is easy to handle. He is happy and kind. He loves to be hosed down in the heat of the summer and will let you know just where to spray the water on him.
In his younger years, Gummy was a working horse. He is looking for a job that would keep his mind active, such as in-hand obstacles, long walks on the beach or whatever other non-riding activities you have in mind.
He enjoys herd life and thrives in a pasture setting. Gummy is currently at a foster home where he is providing loving and patient companionship for a 38-year-old horse that recently lost his best friend. Once Gummy is done with his role there, he’ll be looking for an adopter with similar needs.
He is also dashingly handsome, so he’d be great to help with photos/selfies, etc.
Contact West Virginia Horse Network today about ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, Gummy!Photo courtesy West Virginia Horse Network
ASPCA Right Horse is the online adoption platform of The Right Horse Initiative, a collection of equine industry and welfare professionals and advocates working together to improve the lives of horses in transition. A program of the ASPCA, their goal is to massively increase horse adoption in the United States. To find more adoptable horses and foster horses, visit www.myrighthorse.org. To learn more about The Right Horse, a program of the ASPCA, visit www.aspcarighthorse.org.
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