We Get By With a Little Help from Our Friends--No Matter WHO They Are

Here in the herd at Hold Your Horses Farm, we help each other. When Shade needs his back scratched, I'm there for him. When Ginger is being bothered by a human who wants to hug her, Preacher comes over and chases them away. I often end up chasing that dog that thinks he can herd us. We manage pretty well.

But every now and then we need the help of our human friends. That was true this past month. Every day, one of our humans comes and gives us grain. It is a nice change from the grass in the pasture, and we always come quickly. Each of us has our own feeding bowl, and we each know exactly where to go.

This past month I got my food, but had to move over to steal grain from Preacher. You see, there was something in my food bowl. It was blue and shiny and had a long tail. I stuck my nose in initially, then backed off quickly. My human, Linda Pucci, noticed, and came to check out why I wouldn't eat out of my own bowl. She saw it and pronounced it a "skink," whatever that it. She picked it up and put it on the ground. It scurried away and I was glad. It gave me the creeps and I wanted to stomp it.

The next day was Ginger's turn to need help. After sticking her nose into her food dish, she backed off quickly and squealed. Linda came to see, and found a couple of black things in the dish. She said they were "crickets" and scooped them out after several tries.

Even though they are not officially part of our herd, it is useful to have humans to help us. Having someone help, whether it is a horse or human is important. We're all interconnected and having someone to depend on makes life easier and safer.

Sometimes I don't think humans understand this. They try to do things alone, or don't reach out for help when they need it. I guess they don't know that things don't work very well when you are the only one to depend on. Being part of a herd is important. I think humans need to remember that THEY are also part of a herd. We all are.

We can help each other. We can all reach out to humans, horses or even dogs that are in need of some help. We can ALL ask for help when we need it. It doesn't mean we're weak. We all need our friends to get by.

It doesn't matter WHO the friends are. Believe me, I'll help you any time I can. Just don't ask me to do anything with those yucky skinks. If that's the problem, we'll ask Linda.

Neighs and Whinnies,

Goomba

P.S. If you want your life to be easier, contact our human, Linda Pucci, Ph.D. She can help you with all sorts of human problems. In fact, she's really good at helping people find solutions to their problems quickly. Call her at (865) 983-7544 to find out how...