Miss Piggy and Shamu

Have I ever mentioned that I love horses? I love them. They are beautiful creatures and it has always been one of my dreams to have a horse.

I picture this:




Kind of like a big puppy that you can sit on that will take you places you want to go. I would love to come home and just saddle up and go for a ride through the valleys and the fields of flowers. *Sigh*.

So when Jay and I decided to live in Erda, I thought my dreams would become reality. Well, sort of, because I know we can't afford to buy a huge animal to feed at the moment. So I decided that the two horses down the street would be good enough to at least befriend. Let me introduce you to "my horses":

Shamu


She is an adorable reddish brown color. She is timid and shy and it took patience and persistance to finally cox her to let me pet her.

And this is Miss Piggy:

This one is a whole different story. She is pushy and not afraid. I brought carrots for the two of them and she wanted all of them. I had to trick her to get a carrot past her for Shamu to try.

Well every now and then I just stop by on my way home from work and chat and see how things are going. I finally got Shamu to take a bite of a carrot the other day but to my disappointment she spit it out. So I figured I would bring some sugar cubes- horses like sugar right? To my delight I found some sugar cubes after a little searching and rushed home to offer this treat to my horses.

I held out my hand, calling them over. Of course it's Miss Piggy who comes bounding over. She sniffs the cube and just stares at me. I encourage her to eat it and she continues to stare. Confused why she isn't taking it, I move the cube closer to her mouth. Suddenly she jerks her face away like I spooked her. When she calms down she turns around so her behind is facing toward me. Rude! So then I tried to get Shamu to come over but she won't do anything that Miss Piggy won't and she snorted a warning at me. Meanwhile, rear-end facing me, Miss Piggy turns her head so she can eye me from the side. When I don't leave, she turns around and stomps the ground once while staring straight at me.
Oh. My. Goodness.
She is angry with me?!!! Fine! So I throw the cube in the dirt and stomp off to my car and drive away. Can you believe her? I never thought I would be in a fight with a horse.