{"id":84615,"date":"2026-03-10T18:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:44:38","slug":"teddy-bear-was-left-behind-once-but-he-will-never-be-forgotten-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615","title":{"rendered":"Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we first found this sweet, fuzzy boy dumped at the river, it was hard to imagine what he had been through. Alone, neglected, and left behind\u2026 yet still so gentle and trusting. Horses like him deserve so much better.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to your incredible kindness and donations, his story is already beginning to change. He\u2019s had bloodwork done, the farrier has carefully trimmed his hooves, and he\u2019s finally receiving the love, care, and nutrition he so desperately needed from our caregivers.<\/p>\n<p>Day by day, he\u2019s starting to feel safe again.<\/p>\n<p>And now, this sweet boy finally has a name that matches his gentle spirit\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Teddy Bear.<\/p>\n<p>During his veterinary evaluation, we also discovered that Teddy Bear is suffering from laminitis, a painful condition in his hooves that will require careful, lifelong management. Because of this, Teddy Bear will never be able to be ridden. When the time is right, we will begin searching for a very special adoptive home where he can live a quiet, comfortable life simply being loved and cared for as a companion.<\/p>\n<p>Despite everything he\u2019s endured, Teddy Bear still leans into a gentle touch and looks at people with soft, trusting eyes. Horses like him remind us why this work matters so much.<\/p>\n<p>Your support is what makes his recovery possible. Every meal, every trim, every step toward healing happens because compassionate people like you refuse to turn away.<\/p>\n<p>Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but because of you, he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alone, neglected, and left behind\u2026 yet still so gentle and trusting. Horses like him deserve so much better.","protected":false},"author":675,"featured_media":84617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f - Salt River Wild Horse Management Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f - Salt River Wild Horse Management Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alone, neglected, and left behind\u2026 yet still so gentle and trusting. Horses like him deserve so much better.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Salt River Wild Horse Management Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-10T22:29:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-13T22:44:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/teddy-bear.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"993\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1255\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kristy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@srwhmg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@srwhmg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kristy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kristy\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/05c03dce9d0014ea6e5541dcc40d186a\"},\"headline\":\"Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-10T22:29:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-13T22:44:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615\"},\"wordCount\":266,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/teddy-bear.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"UPDATES\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615\",\"name\":\"Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f - Salt River Wild Horse Management Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/teddy-bear.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-10T22:29:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-13T22:44:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/05c03dce9d0014ea6e5541dcc40d186a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/teddy-bear.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/teddy-bear.jpg\",\"width\":993,\"height\":1255,\"caption\":\"teddy bear, a newly rescued horse\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?p=84615#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Salt River Wild Horse Management Group\",\"description\":\"Don&#039;t let them become history\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/05c03dce9d0014ea6e5541dcc40d186a\",\"name\":\"Kristy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd7e0bfb60762ae801f1b4c177cbb1ca8fd87fb12e5e5c71151ea6a3319578dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd7e0bfb60762ae801f1b4c177cbb1ca8fd87fb12e5e5c71151ea6a3319578dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd7e0bfb60762ae801f1b4c177cbb1ca8fd87fb12e5e5c71151ea6a3319578dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kristy\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\\\/?author=675\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f - Salt River Wild Horse Management Group","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f - Salt River Wild Horse Management Group","og_description":"Alone, neglected, and left behind\u2026 yet still so gentle and trusting. Horses like him deserve so much better.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615","og_site_name":"Salt River Wild Horse Management Group","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup\/","article_published_time":"2026-03-10T22:29:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-13T22:44:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":993,"height":1255,"url":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/teddy-bear.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kristy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@srwhmg","twitter_site":"@srwhmg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kristy","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615"},"author":{"name":"Kristy","@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/#\/schema\/person\/05c03dce9d0014ea6e5541dcc40d186a"},"headline":"Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f","datePublished":"2026-03-10T22:29:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-13T22:44:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615"},"wordCount":266,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/teddy-bear.jpg","articleSection":["UPDATES"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615","url":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615","name":"Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f - Salt River Wild Horse Management Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/teddy-bear.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-10T22:29:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-13T22:44:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/#\/schema\/person\/05c03dce9d0014ea6e5541dcc40d186a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/teddy-bear.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/teddy-bear.jpg","width":993,"height":1255,"caption":"teddy bear, a newly rescued horse"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84615#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Teddy Bear was left behind once\u2026 but he will never be forgotten again. \u2764\ufe0f"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/","name":"Salt River Wild Horse Management Group","description":"Don&#039;t let them become history","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/#\/schema\/person\/05c03dce9d0014ea6e5541dcc40d186a","name":"Kristy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd7e0bfb60762ae801f1b4c177cbb1ca8fd87fb12e5e5c71151ea6a3319578dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd7e0bfb60762ae801f1b4c177cbb1ca8fd87fb12e5e5c71151ea6a3319578dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd7e0bfb60762ae801f1b4c177cbb1ca8fd87fb12e5e5c71151ea6a3319578dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kristy"},"url":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?author=675"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/675"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84618,"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84615\/revisions\/84618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}