Casper, once labeled “afraid of his own shadow,” has blossomed into a sweet and loving horse. Each day everything at Equamore gets a little less scary (including the vicious leaf blower and even the potentially horse-eating fly system), allowing Casper’s true nature to begin to shine through. He is an incredibly affectionate horse who is learning to truly adore human attention. He will trot to the fence when called, just to say hi, and follows anyone around in the pasture, looking disheartened when another horse is selected for the honor of being groomed. When Casper does come inside, he doesn’t spook at every sound, and is even considering the possibility that fly spray is not the terrifying foe it once was. Just recently Casper passed another milestone, allowing a loving volunteer to pick up and clean his two hind feet – no tricks, no gimmicks – just a horse picking up his feet when asked. Until this point he had been too nervous to let anyone near. It is clear that all this horse, once marked as “dangerous,” needed was a loving hand and a nurturing environment where he never has anything to be afraid of again.
