One phone call, £200, and there I was. I stood in the road with a little pony that was shaking with fear. How did it come to this? Had I bitten off too much this time? I try to rescue and rehabilitate horses, but this pony was strong. The fear was holding...
Most people have heard of guide dogs and are well aware of the crucial role man’s best friend can play for people with sight problems, but have you ever heard of a guide horse? Not only have miniature horses been used as guide animals for years, but ...
I arrive at the stables early the next morning to check on Honey and her new foal. There’s a chill in the air, but the sun is out. As I glance into the stable I can see that Ava has already figured out her legs and is darting about inside the box, sniffing...
arrive at 9pm. It is dark, and I am cold and utterly exhausted. I have made a promise to myself that after tonight I cannot sleep here anymore on my own. As the nights have gone by, I've become more aware of every noise, every knock, bang, scratch, ...
Skip forward a month, and things are moving forward. I have named this little mare Honey, though perhaps a name more fitting to her elusive nature would have been better. I now bring her in on a night time by herding her and Tom in through the gates ...
he weeks turned into months, and Ava continued to flourish. I spent every day sitting quietly in their now bigger paddock, allowing her the opportunity to approach and greet me if she desired. Honey watched me interact with Ava from a safe distance. ...
It's day two. As I open the shed door, the sliding of the door immediately sets off a medley of flinching, jumping, and panicking from the little pony hidden in the corner of her stable. Every movement I make is echoed by a jump, or tensing up. My dad...
The adorable Shetland pony is one of the smallest breeds of horses, ranging in height from around 28 inches to the official maximum height of eleven hands high (eleven hands high in the UK, that is, and 11.2 hands for American Shetlands). They originally...
I have fallen, by accident, into another aspect of horses after a few years without a horse in my life. These horses may very well be ponies, but they're actually miniature horses, or something like that. So, horse nerd that I am, I sought help from...
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