A little girl wanted to get involved with horses. So her family scouted around for options for her to get involved. She could join 4H, or the Westernaires, or they could spend a lot of money for her to take private riding lessons at a fancy stable for a future in competitive horse riding. None of these seemed to be exactly what they were looking for, until they found us, the ResqRanch.

Here, the girl learned first about safety. Since the only method of horse handling taught is positive reinforcement, the most compassionate way to train, where the animals have a choice, and are therefore always calmer, less stressed and happier, the family could rest easy knowing that although their child was around 1,000 pound animals, the chances of their child getting injured were statistically lower than any other horse program on the planet.

Next, she learned about responsibility. How to properly care for horses, including feeding, cleaning manure, pasture management, fencing types, and all the myriad other things one has to know to correctly care for animals. And she was learning all of this directly from a veterinarian. Preparing her not only possible horse ownership of her own one day, yet also gaining valuable skills which she could use to obtain a job in the horse industry as a young adult.

Next, because the program is also managed by a Life Coach, she was learning about how to take good care of herself, to make sure she could take good care of horses while keeping herself safe for years to come. She was learning about the importance of exercise, and which exercises to do daily to help keep her back safe from lifting hay bales and water buckets. The importance of stretching. And the importance of drinking water, practicing gratitude, and fueling her own body well, being mindful, artful, laughter and having fun!

Finally she was learning about horses in need, so that she could learn how she could help contribute to helping even more horses throughout her life. From the plight of discarded horses going to slaughter, to wild Mustangs being rounded up and put into holding pens, to the cruel practices of soaring. Learning to recognize the abuse, and having the knowledge to help another, to help keep more horses safe. Because you see, too many horses end up getting sold from place to place because they are considered ‘damaged’ and ‘untrainable’, even dangerous, where we know that the #1 reason for this is that the horse was not trained with positive reinforcement in the first place, which brings us full circle.

The mission of the ResqRanch is, through education, to end the need for shelters, rescue’s, and Mustang Holding Pens. We are creating a revolution to change the equine industry from the inside out, by having 100,000,000 children and adults worldwide, educated in the ways of positive reinforcement horse training and care, and making it the new standard within the industry, within 10 years. That’s nearly a ratio of 2:1, knowledgeable caretakers, to the total horses in the world. Imagine the impact that will make for all horses, those in racing, other competition, pets, and Wild Mustangs.

We are a first class equine education and learning center like no other in the world. We are giving horse lovers all the tools they need to themselves achieve a magical bond with horses, obtain a job in the horse industry because their knowledge and skill set is so complete if they choose, and empowering them to be a voice for the voiceless by advocating for positive reinforcement horse training, quite simple the best, most effective, and safest form of animal training as proven by over 100 years of scientific evidence. We are creating a new generation of empowered horse girls and boys, who are getting a professional education in horse care, management and training, so that they then can and will influence the greater horse world at large, from racing, to showing, to high level competition, all with the exact same foundation grounded in science, thus dramatically minimizing the number of discarded horses who were simply a by product of doing things the way they have always been done, instead of in a systematic, compassionate, science based, high level consistent way. We will make this world a better place for horses.


If you are an adult and you would like to join our movement, just know, all are welcome! From ages 5-85, as long as you can do a set of 10 good squats, you are welcome to come and learn with us, how to be the best version of yourself, for horses. And if you can’t, and want to anyway, please let us know and we will do our very best to accommodate you. Classes for adults happen every Thursday at 1:30-3:00 and Friday at 9:30-11. Classes for kids start Thursday evenings after school from 4:30-6 and cost $52 each or $198/month. All of the proceeds from all classes and programs go directly to the non-profit to support the care and feeding of the animals in our care. And Sunday’s at noon-2 all students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Adults are required to have completed DrQ’s Horse Training Masterclass.

Our goal is to have at least 18 trained horse handlers of all ages by June 2026 so that we can have a huge impact at the Evergreen Rodeo parade. And hundreds more the year after that.


Now, doesn’t that sound like fun! Email us now to join DrQ’s Horse (Training) Crew! info@resqranch.org

Sincerely, thank you for reading, and God bless!

DrQ and the Crew of Aspen Park Vet Hospital and the ResqRanch

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Call: 303-838-3771

Email: help@AspenParkVet.com  / info@ResqRanch.org

https://www.resqranch.org/

https://www.aspenparkvethospital.com/

https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Resqranch