West Virginia Horse Network offers a safe place to land for horses in need. We primarily receive horses whose owners are no longer able to care for them. Our top priority is senior horses, miniature horses and ponies but we can occasionally help other horses as well. We are able to provide nutritional support as well as veterinary and farrier care to help horses prepare physically for a new home. We also have spots with a few training fosters available for horses that need basic training to prepare for safe adoption. We do not accept full sized stallions or feral horses.

West Virginia Horse Network believes that horses have purpose even if they are not able to be ridden. We wholeheartedly believe that “rideability” is not the only value that a horse can bring to the life of an adopter. Our rescue shines the spotlight on the good qualities of all horses in our adoption program. For some horses that means showcasing their skills undersaddle. But for others it means highlighting how great they are at in-hand obstacles or how much they like to be groomed. We don’t apologize for horses best suited as “Companions” because we think that is a great thing for a horse to be. If a horse is healthy, has an easily manageable health condition and has a good quality of life we believe they deserve the opportunity to be adopted into a great home.

Our rescue is committed to ensuring all horses adopted from our program receive safe and loving homes. We have a conversation based adoption process that allows us to get to know potential adopters well, and helps us to form a great relationship with those adopters. Those lines of communication allow us to provide guidance and support for the horse long after the animal has found a great home. We also maintain an adopter group on social media where people can become part of a larger network of adopters and the WV Horse Network family. Any horse adopted from us is welcome to come back at any time. Our commitment to each horse is for life and doesn’t end on adoption day.