Rudy and Di: A Cross-Generational Love Story
Rudy is a sweetheart, but, he is old. He has no teeth, and you can see all his ribs. It is work to get him fully nourished. Basically, he has one hoof in the grave. He is a 38 year old pony.
Di is a very pretty, strong, healthy, 12-year-old paint horse. She looks after Rudy and makes sure the other horses don't bully him. She is a guardian angel to Rudy.
Rudy loves Di. When we saddle Di up for a therapy session, poor Rudy is beside himself. He whinnies, he tries to follow up, and he gets worked up and watches her the entire time. He acts like a love-lorne teenager. It is sweet.
We wanted to take Rudy to the other stables where the living is a little easier and he could do therapy rides for the very tiny kids. But who could possibly separate them?
Well, that and the fact that the stable he is resides at now is equipped to deal with disposing of dead horses and ponies, and the other isn't. Sadly, when a pony is 38, that has to be a consideration. Also, the current stable has richer grasses in the pasture, which poor old Rudy really needs.
Isn't it amazing how we think that the animal kingdom is so beneath us, yet these animals show more compassion, warmth, and affection than many humans I meet?
Di is a very pretty, strong, healthy, 12-year-old paint horse. She looks after Rudy and makes sure the other horses don't bully him. She is a guardian angel to Rudy.
Rudy loves Di. When we saddle Di up for a therapy session, poor Rudy is beside himself. He whinnies, he tries to follow up, and he gets worked up and watches her the entire time. He acts like a love-lorne teenager. It is sweet.
We wanted to take Rudy to the other stables where the living is a little easier and he could do therapy rides for the very tiny kids. But who could possibly separate them?
Well, that and the fact that the stable he is resides at now is equipped to deal with disposing of dead horses and ponies, and the other isn't. Sadly, when a pony is 38, that has to be a consideration. Also, the current stable has richer grasses in the pasture, which poor old Rudy really needs.
Isn't it amazing how we think that the animal kingdom is so beneath us, yet these animals show more compassion, warmth, and affection than many humans I meet?
posted by Beth at
8:40 AM
2 Comments:
That's so sweet.
We have two cats...one is old and the other is just a little over kitten. The old one is usually nasty and when we rescued the kitten and it came into the house, I thought for sure the old one would eat it for dinner. Nope, took to it so greatly. I swear he is in love with her. It is cute.
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Anonymous, at 7:33 PM
It really is touching, and your cats, again, prove that animals are capable of feeling love and caring for one another.
And like the human world...this old men want younger women. hahaha
(BTW--still dating the 40 year old). ;)
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Beth, at 7:50 PM
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