Ever since I purchased my horse Ben in August, I've been looking for a companion for him. Horses are herd animals and shouldn't be kept alone. Ben has been so lonely lately it's pretty sad. Every time I ride him to Barnabee, a Dressage barn 1.5 miles down the road from my parent's house, he gets so excited to see the other horses he doesn't want to leave!
At first I thought we should get another horse to be his companion since both Jeff and my Dad expressed interest in wanting to learn how to ride. However the task of finding a bomb-proof beginners horse became quite hard, especially with the budget I was given. So I decided to look into other avenues and came across a little pony named Jena.
The Sunday after Thanksgiving the boys and I drove out to Poulsbo to meet her and we all fell in love at first sight. What a great little pony! She follows you around like a puppy dog and is super sweet to the kids. Hyrum was thrilled to be able to ride a horse his size and didn't want to get off. He was super excited to see that the saddle was just his size as well. Hyrum wanted to bring her home right away. We have some repairs to do in the barn and to the fence, but once the area is "Pony Proof" we'll be taking her home. Here's hoping Ben likes his new pasture-mate!
Jonah had a great time riding Jena as well. Right when he got on he start giggling and held onto the saddle horn like it was a steering wheel and started to drive. It was so cute!
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