I really enjoyed my time at the Mill Creek Farm for Horses. We let the horses out, groomed them, fed them, and put them back in their pasture. It is a relaxing and inspiring farm that takes care of retired, and/or abused horses. Instead of putting them down, Mill Creek takes them in to live out the rest of their lives in peace. I have had experience around horses, going to horse camp when I was younger. However, it was very refreshing to see the horses freely. There are no saddles, none are being ridden. They are just simply living naturally. The same group of 5-10 people were there every week I went. They don't have a lot of help, but they have enough. I really got to know the volunteers, and I am actually going to continue volunteering on thursdays until I have to go back to FGCU in the fall. I hope to continue my work there whenever I make my way back to Gainesville. It was interesting seeing the variety of horses. Some are retired police horses, some are blind due to cancer, others were abused, and the 1970's Triple Crown horse Secretariat's grand daughter is actually there, who I groomed one week. You can not help but feel like you are a part of nature when you go.
This is Slick, a retired police horse.
Feeding, waiting to be groomed.
As you can tell by the hoof on the left, it is quite deteriorated from being neglected and what could have been a simple fix, was ignored by the owners and now permanently damaged.
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