Fable

            This is Fable. She's the biggest animal at Peace Ridge Sanctuary right now.

            She is a recent arrival. We weren't expecting to take on a horse this winter, but she needed us. Fable is about fourteen years old. She's a Standardbred mare. Considering the sudden changes in her life, Fable is fairly cooperative about things. She likes to get petted.

            She likes to get treats.

            So far, it seems like peppermint is her favorite, but she's not choosy. A bit of carrot or lettuce works just fine. Fable came with a different name. But along with her new life, new home, and new friends, we wanted to give her a new name. She doesn't seem to mind, especially since we often use it to say, "Fable, good girl!"
            What are we doing with this horse? Well, we want her to be healthy and comfortable. We want her to have good mental health, too. Everyone wants to know what work she can do, but we are more interested in what kind of relationship we can develop with her. As part of that, she does do some "work," in that we ask her to use her brain and her body as we start some groundwork with her. But our focus is not on what she does. It's on how she can learn to be comfortable enough with us to be herself, a happy, lovely horse. Fable is a smart girl. I'm sure we can do great things together! But the together is the point, not the things. Personally, I'm hoping for some fun play times and some pleasant restful bonding times.

            For now, she is in a temporary barn area, with supervised turn out in her field. Soon the snow will thaw, and Fable will get her very own barn right in her field, and she can come and go as she pleases. Fable is looking forward to that, but for now she's enjoying her hay pile, her daily brushing, and her play time, and being a very good sport about everything. Good girl, Fable. We're going to be good buddies.