Rose Miller was born and raised in
north central
Pennsylvania, spending much of her youth on a farm with her family. After
marrying her husband, Hal, they moved to north central Indiana where they
presently reside on a 75-acre horse farm. Most of her life has been shared with
animals of many kinds. She is the manager of their horse boarding facility, has
raised and shown horses for over 30 years and is a lifetime member in NWHA, an
organization dedicated to the humane treatment and training of Tennessee Walking
Horses.She recieved the NWHA Phoenix Award for her extraordinary efforts toward
the betterment of the Walking Horse. She has been a horse show judge. She is an
artist, the mother of four children and grandmother of two, all of whom share
her love and respect for animals.
Her stallions have been featured in horse magazines (not
paid advertisements). Delight”s Headman on cover of 1985
Equus Stallion Supplement, Praise
Hallelujah on cover of 1995 edition of
Horse Illustrated, and on the July 2006 issue of NWHA’s
National News.
She has written numerous articles for
VoiceMagazine, Sound Advice and
National News.
After loosing their first little farm to a tornado in
1965, Rose and her husband Hal eventually moved to a larger farm where Rose
began fullfilling the desire to become a horsewoman she had posessed since she
was a very young child. Starting out their horse life with Arabian horses, Rose
discovered that because of her lower back she couldn’t ride their spirited trots.
Her Chiropractor husband suggested she ride a smooth gaited breed that didn’t
trot, the Tennessee Walking Horse. That began 30 plus years of personal growth
and accomplishment with these marvelous smooth gaited horses.
Rose retired from showing horses in 2006 and began writing about all the
animals in her life from childhood to the present. The first book,
The Horse That
Wouldn’t Trot, is about the horses.
The next one will be about her mules, with more animal tales to follow. You may
reach her at rosemiller2@verizon.net
