About Justin

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Justin met Tori in 2006, and that is where his love and understanding of horses truly began. He had previously worked with cattle and crops on his uncle’s farm and had ridden horses but never really had any formal training or experience. 

Along with Tori, he co-owns 4Hooves Large Animal Services, LLC and is a Board of Directors member with Sandhills Horse Rescue.

He currently is a career Captain with the Fire/Rescue Service and an Emergency Medical Technician, working full time with a local multifaceted fire department, along with being a Large Animal Technical Rescue instructor within the North Carolina community college system.  He also works part-time and volunteers with another local fire and rescue department.

Like Tori, Justin is an Assistant Instructor with TLAER Inc. (www.tlaer.org), as well as being a certified Fire Emergency Services Instructor. He has been training and instructing in the specialty of Large Animal Technical Rescue since 2006 and has numerous certifications in all aspects of the fire and rescue service.

He is also a Fire Life Safety Educator, a certified Equine Cruelty Investigator, certified Chemical Immobilization Technician, a volunteer member of the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Field Investigations Response (ASPCA-FIR) team. Justin continues to develop, a member of the North Carolina Veterinary Response Corps, a Board of Directors member with the North Carolina Horse Council and the North Carolina Hunter Jumper Association, a Safety Coordinator and multi-committee member with the Carolina Horse Park, and he continues to improve upon his horsemanship skills through the study of Natural Horsemanship and learning from other well versed equine professionals.

When Justin is not involved in any of the above, he can often be found doing things around the family farm, hunting and fishing, at the shooting range, or traveling with family and friends.  

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Tori has owned and managed equines and other livestock for over 35 years.  She operates 4Hooves Large Animal Services, LLC with her husband.  She has spent the majority of her life in career fields related to human and animal emergency services.   

For almost 20-years, Tori was a 911 Emergency Telecommunicator for several county agencies and in her last job was a full-time career Captain and Training Specialist in a Public Safety E-911 (emergency communications) Center.  In 2019, she had to leave the career she loved due to a life-changing medical condition.  In addition to her years spent in a 911 Dispatch Center, she spent time as an Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic, certified NC REINS (North Carolina Regional Equine Information Network System) educator, certified Criminal Justice General Instructor, certified Emergency Telecommunicator Certification Instructor, certified local Communications Unit Leader (COML), an Equine Cruelty Investigations Instructor and Investigator, a small and large animal veterinary assistant/technician, equine facility manager, and volunteered with a local fire department and rescue squad assisting with technical rescue and medical calls.

She is currently a certified Fire Emergency Services Instructor, certified Chemical Immobilization Technician, a volunteer member of the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Field Investigations Response (ASPCA-FIR) team, an Assistant Instructor for Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue, Inc. (www.tlaer.org), a Board of Directors member for Sandhills Horse Rescue, a Safety Coordinator, multi-committee member, and Board of Directors member with the Carolina Horse Park, member of the North Carolina Horse Council, and a member of the North Carolina Veterinary Response Corps where she can assist with local incidents and natural disasters upon request through the Emergency Programs Section of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture Veterinary Division. She currently volunteers with a local fire department assisting with medical responses when she is able to do so.

Tori has been training and instructing in the specialty of large animal technical emergency rescue and equine cruelty investigations since 2001.  She continues to advance her education training in emergency services related fields, as well as equine and livestock management, and strives to improve upon the current large animal rescue protocols and techniques, as well as the rehabilitation and recovery of neglected and abused equines, based on the education and training she obtains. 

Although she no longer plays a predominantly physical role in the business operations, she still helps keep things organized and updated and handles some of the "behind the scenes" stuff on the internet, and social media and can be seen accompanying Justin on equine transports, training courses, and other services whenever she is able.    

Her life's work has revolved around emergency preparedness, emergency response, and animals. When she is not continuing her education, she enjoys spending time with her family, horses, steers, feathered farm animals, and five Great Danes (dogs).  

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