Page 31 2025 Animal Stories Lincoln Daily News February 2025 while still finding forever homes for her furry friends. Curious as to what Faodail means? Ruthie ran across this word in high school. In Gaelic it means ‘Lucky Find’. She feels like that is the perfect verbiage of the path she has traveled since high school. The pieces have fallen into place better than she could ever have planned or imagined. For those wondering how to start their own equine business, Ruthie said, “have a network of people that you trust, that you can learn from, and that can learn from you, because you are never going to know everything!!.” She added “you have to have something to offer.” What she means is that she is always willing to help others. If someone needs transport for horses, help with hurricane evacuation efforts, or if something breaks down, she is always there. The give-and-take relationship is real. She learns from her mentors, leaders, and teachers and she in turn helps where she can and teaches others under her all that she has learned. Ruthie wants others to know that she started this business debt-free on a “hope and prayer” and that, along with the hard, hard work that she put in all those years to get to this point, she feels, is what has made the business so successful thus far! She even goes as far as calling herself crazy for moving over a thousand miles away to go to school and start a business with little to no capital. Wonder what happened to Joe? He is now living with a four-year-old who had trouble saying “Joe.” So “Joe” is now “Jelly” living happily ever after with his new owners. [JA Hodgdon-Ruppel] Day one to day 60 with Ruthies favorite rescue/rehab, Roxii Baxter is Ruthie’s latest project. He is an imported five year old from Germany. She hopes to bring him back to the sport after giving him a much needed vacation. Photo taken by S&H Photography in Citrus Springs FL
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