Equi
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When i lost Spud i was devastated. Still am really. I don't think I will ever get over him. I feel like he was a part of me. I knew him inside out.
When i got the bear he was so good. He is so kind and loving and perfect. I literally could not have asked for a better afterspud horse. I struggled for a bit within myself saying "ill never love another like spud..." but now i could potentially see myself loving bear the same. He doesn't give me the same buzz spud did schooling...but he could get there! there is the potential. He is already the safe bodyguard hacker for the silly horses, his schooling is getting better - he has beautiful movement. And hes just a pleasure about the yard..he is just like spud in that he is so nice to deal with and in fact better because he stands for more than 5 seconds.
I dont know what it is but when i had spud everything was a first...first time to this...first time to the forest..first show..etc (and spud was a bit yipppeeee) so i felt i had to do so much. I had to force myself to go here or there...and thats probably why i have so many great memories of spud.
I feel like ive done all that and ive no desire to do that with bear. i will go if i want to, but i have no need to. ive nothing to prove and he doesnt make me feel like i need to prove it. Im just enjoying having a big bear to love.
This photo was our first "nighttime" play. I didnt know how he would react to arena lights/handling in the dark. He was a babe of course.
When i got the bear he was so good. He is so kind and loving and perfect. I literally could not have asked for a better afterspud horse. I struggled for a bit within myself saying "ill never love another like spud..." but now i could potentially see myself loving bear the same. He doesn't give me the same buzz spud did schooling...but he could get there! there is the potential. He is already the safe bodyguard hacker for the silly horses, his schooling is getting better - he has beautiful movement. And hes just a pleasure about the yard..he is just like spud in that he is so nice to deal with and in fact better because he stands for more than 5 seconds.
I dont know what it is but when i had spud everything was a first...first time to this...first time to the forest..first show..etc (and spud was a bit yipppeeee) so i felt i had to do so much. I had to force myself to go here or there...and thats probably why i have so many great memories of spud.
I feel like ive done all that and ive no desire to do that with bear. i will go if i want to, but i have no need to. ive nothing to prove and he doesnt make me feel like i need to prove it. Im just enjoying having a big bear to love.
This photo was our first "nighttime" play. I didnt know how he would react to arena lights/handling in the dark. He was a babe of course.
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