Departed Friends

July 30 They Call Me Thor I Bit Sara The mare across the barn from me is called Sara.  I frankly find her trying.  When she has a human visitor, she kicks the wall between her and the mare next to her, she tries to bite that little mare, and she generally behaves badly.  “That human is mine!!  Stay Away!!”  It all startles me!  Being possessive of a human.  So pathetic. When she gets groomed, she prances down the barn…

They call me Thor. I have what the humans call a “sponsor”. I don’t really know what that means or how I got one. I think it must be a name for the person that scares you the least. My sponsor is a little person with a soft voice. But she can talk! From the time I first came to Equamore, she stood outside my stall and spoke to me. On and on and on, day after day after day…

They call me Thor. This week Hoover has been in the field for few hours each day. Sometimes he lies down because his feet hurt, but mostly he stands and grazes like a real horse. I love it when Hoover is in the field. Instead of laying down in his turnout and being hand fed by humans, he is out with us, grazing, playing, and being a horse. Truthfully, one of the causes of my anxiety has been about whether…

June 20, 2012 They call me Thor. I have been training the human boss of the Equamore Foundation. What a nuisance, but she insists. She thinks she should be able to walk quietly along side me while I wear a halter attached to a lead rope. I think she walks fine by herself and should leave me alone. But with all the help she has been to Hoover, I am trying to indulge her just a bit. Last week, she…

June 12, 2012 They call me Thor. Hoover and I got new stalls a while back. I liked our first stalls – very large and cozy. But these new stalls are unbelievable. First of all, they are at the end of the barn. That means it will be easier to break out of here if things go badly. They are also quieter than our old stalls. Most of the activity is in the center of the barn – the cross…