All posts tagged Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary

Melanie Sue Bowles, founder-director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary

By | August 4, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Dogs, Educators, Horses, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Melanie Sue Bowles—founder and director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, who alongside her husband, Jim, has shepherded the sanctuary through nearly 30 years of challenges, changes, and relocations, in service of rescuing horses and providing them refuge—recalls helping her very first horse, when they were decidedly not horse people. Read more…

Melanie Sue Bowles, founder-director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary

By | January 12, 2011 | Authors | No comments

Melanie Sue Bowles, founder-director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary and author , most recently, of “The Dogs of Proud Spirit.” (Full disclosure: I provided a blurb for the book jacket.) Read more…

Melanie Bowles–cofounder of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary

By | May 14, 2008 | Sanctuaries | No comments

Melanie Bowles–cofounder, with her husband Jim, of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary–discusses the history of the Sanctuary (it began some 18 years ago, taking in one horse, Cody, on five acres in Myakka City, FL) and evolution (it’s now a 320-acre facility in Mena, AR that has provided a safe, nurturing home to more than 150 abused, neglected or unwanted horses), Read more…