Home Life

Since Velvet has come home she had a lot of adjustments to make. She was no longer a member of a herd of horses, but instead appointed the herd leader of three companion goats, Trouble, Sunny and Peanut. They had been impatiently waiting for a new leader after Snow my older horse went to Rainbow Bridge last spring. For the most part the goats feel very safe when a horse is around. Velvet does not seem to miss horses, but she does get bored and playfully taunts the goats.

These crazy goat critters find that it is an easy short cut to duck under the horse. I guess they know the concept of a shortcut being a straight line! They are adjusting pretty well to Velvet, however Velvet is quite rambunctious and they were used to the gentle giant. When Velvet gets bored and wants to play she goes in the barn and rounds the goats up, herds them out and gets all excited as the goats run for their lives (lol, not exactly). It is comical to watch and so far so good, everyone is happy and healthy. Velvet is 13 hands entering her 9th month and she has no idea how powerful she is, but she is learning.

In her new home Velvet has plenty of space to play and let off steam, however she tends to make a couple laps around the field returning to the barn and her buddies after each lap. While Velvet wants to return to her safety zone she has proven to be a reckless horse with more guts than she should have. She has run up a 4 foot pile of old hay run down the other side and jumped off the end of the old foundation, about 2 1/2 foot drop, that is in her pasture. Hmmm...She may be the ideal event horse when she grows up, if she does not get seriously hurt in her crazy play.