Fighting Chance Rescue 501 c3

05/31/2026

Are you looking for a way to give back to the community? A way to break away from kids and housework and do something truly rewarding . 🏆🥇

Helping housewives volunteer group needs you. 🧹🧽🧼

This is a group that will get together every two weeks and work to help the horses. 11-am to 1 pm . No experience necessary. If you are interested in volunteering at Fighting Chance Rescue in Hamersville, Ohio please private message us.🌻🌼🍀

Come make a difference in horses lives .🐎🐴🎠🏇

Bring a potluck dish and some water and let's do this. 🍒🍌🍞🧀🌮🍦🎂🍹🍩

05/30/2026

Most equine owners know that a negative Coggins test is a document required to be able to transport their animal across state lines, enter them in a competitive event, or board at someone's barn. But what does the phrase "negative Coggins test" actually mean?

A "Coggins" is a blood test that can only be performed by USDA-approved laboratories and checks for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) antibodies in the blood. Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) is a potentially fatal blood-borne infectious viral disease that produces a persistent infection among equids nearly worldwide. Transmission through blood transfusions or contaminated needles/syringes, surgical instruments or dental equipment is most common. The virus can also be transmitted through vectors via fly bite.

The clinical signs of disease can vary dramatically from an acute infection to an inapparent form, but what is important to know is that it produces a persistent infection. Once an animal tests positive for EIA it becomes a lifelong source of disease transmission, so the owner can only choose between quarantine for life or humane euthanasia to ensure that large outbreaks of the disease don’t occur. There is no vaccine or treatment for EIA.

Take-home message: While a Coggins test is a necessary travel document, don’t forget that it's also first and foremost a way to identify and remove EIA carriers to keep the disease under control.

To learn more about EIA, visit our website at: https://aaep.org/resource/equine-infectious-anemia/ or visit the Equine Disease Communication Center's website: https://www.equinediseasecc.org/equine-infectious-anemia

05/27/2026

After days and days and days of rain , we really need some help here. Joe spent 6 hours on sunday scraping , pastures with mud and relining them with gravel.

We did not have even a quarter of the gravel we need to address the issues that we are having from being overcrowded for ten months.

We are in need of several loads of gravel.Our average cost for a truck load of gravel is around five hundred dollars.

If you have a group and you are able to put up a fundraiser for fighting chance , we would be ever so grateful. Also , remember your birthday fundraisers that brings in a lot of extra funds and you can change the wording on your birthday razor to be specifically for a load of gravel.

Pay pal fightingchancerescue1@gmail
Venmo ( blue sky background)
Www.fightingchancerescue.org
Or on the donate button.

* we still have the seizure horses here no new updates. Visit foreverland farm for updates on #15.

Horse Rescue

05/27/2026

I say this often . Growing up in the hunter world with a trainer father that was abusive to animals made me be the rescuer that I am. I always wanted him to stop but was afraid of him. Now I have the power to have changed my mind set and help others to discover working with your horse not against them or forsing things and not getting it freely. When I took steps back with Vada I learned so many new things. We are never to good to stop learning. The way I learn is by applying then sharing. That's how you make change in a society of know it alls and it's my way or no way. I may be getting older but my mind is always open for new better ideas that make happier well rounded citizens.

Time spent within the industry does not automatically correlate to competency or welfare positive practices.

In some cases, the longer someone has been immersed in an industry or culture, the harder it can become to question what has been normalized around them.

That is not because people are incapable of growth. It’s because repetition, tradition, social pressure, and identity can make long standing practices feel “correct” simply because they are familiar.

Experience ABSOLUTELY matters.
But experience without reflection, curiosity, or willingness to adapt is not the same thing as expertise.

Some of the most important growth in the horse world happens when people are willing to say:
“This is what I was taught, but I’ve learned something better.”

Industries progress when people stay open to new information, not when they treat years spent participating as proof that improvement is no longer necessary.

05/27/2026

🕸️ Exploring Fascia and Bitless Riding 👅

This diagram shows the spiral fascial line — a continuous myofascial sling that spirals through the horse’s body, linking the tongue and poll, cervical fascia, trunk stabilisers, thoracolumbar fascia, abdominal sling and hindlimb structures into one interconnected chain. The whole body is connected through various chains such as this.

Functionally, the spiral line plays an important role in:

• rotational stability of the spine
• coordination of diagonal movement patterns
• transferring force between forehand and hindquarters
• lateral bending
• postural balance and compensatory movement

The hyoid apparatus itself acts as a key anatomical bridge between the tongue, poll, neck and forelimb musculature; an extensive and intricate anatomical connection (Hart et al., 2021).

Studies using fluoroscopy have shown that rein tension changes tongue posture, increases tongue retraction and alters intra-oral movement patterns (Manfredi et al., 2010). This really raises questions as to the influence we have on the body when we place a bit into the mouth; we influence more than the lips and tongue.

The concept of this spiral fascia line in particular shows how parts of the body do not work in isolation. In this particular case, if the tongue and hyoid are mechanically and neurologically connected to the neck and body… what happens to the rest of the fascial system when tension, guarding or restriction occurs in the mouth?

…compensation through the cervical fascia, thoracic sling, ribcage or even the hindquarters?

…poor posture, asymmetry, bracing patterns or impeded movement quality?

Having anatomy at the forefront of our minds, rather than it being a “thinking outside the box” thought process means that we can continually assess how we influence our horses… through our equipment, training and whole life!

I have thought to give more attention and space for bitless riding with my own horse to see how he responds mentally and physically; an anatomical and therefore, welfare-based decision.

Image inspired by Equus Soma.

05/26/2026

Summer camps are just around the corner. FCR is available to talk about nutrition, therapy and rescue horses to horse camps in the area . Question and answer sessions.
No charge we love educating kids .

05/26/2026

Trying to scrub and fill water troughs before the rain gets here and Morgan is like “I can help with that!” 🤣😩

05/25/2026

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05/25/2026

We are so happy to say no horses need us today. What a relief. Next sale we are attending will be in June .

05/25/2026

Happy memorial day