For those of you who think that a horse was one of the animals living on Old McDonald's farm, think again. Obviously you have not met my horse. Ben has to be one of the strangest horses I've met. He is chicken when it comes to chickens, thinks a cow laying in a field chewing it's cud is going to attack him and believes that a sheep's sole purpose is to give him nightmares. I wish I knew more about Ben's history. In the past 15 months that I've owned him, I've discovered that he must have only ever lived on a equine farm where the only other animal present besides horses are dogs and cats. Luckily, I'm not a fan of any of Old McDonald's other farm animals, so some day when I'm able to build a house on my property it'll be horses only for me.
These paintings by Kim McElroy remind me of what Ben looks like when he is in the presence of said farm animals. Keep in mind that every time I ride him I have to hand walk him 1.5 miles down the road to the indoor arena at Barnabee. Everyday we pass chickens, cows and sheep. You'd think that over the past year he would have gotten used to them. Ha! Even when he can't see them he expects them to pop out of the bushes and scare him. It's as if he is looking to be scared. Such a funny horse!
What a great idea to start a blog about Ben! I love to read whatever you write as you are such a creative writer and put humor in it too. Don't forget about Jenna, I think everyone would love to hear about her too.
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