BEST FRIENDS

Andy is very much like me, in the sense that he is a solitary creature. He doesn't fight with other horses in the pasture, but neither does he tend to make good friends. He tends to keep to himself most of the time. A lot of times when I get him from the pasture he's off by himself. He can actually get crabby when other horses get in his space, and he'll get a little nippy with them.

For some reason, other ponies are drawn to Andy, despite his anti-social tendencies. When he was in the polo club, there was a mare named Jewel that had a big crush on him. She'd follow him around in the pasture, making doe eyes. Which is funny in itself, because that horse was kind of a giant bitch who was very mare-ish with other people and horses. But she loved Andy. Andy, of course, did not love her. He would generally ignore and evade her at all times.

At his new barn, Andy has collected another admirer. This time it is a cute paint gelding named Lance who came to the barn at about the same time. Surprisingly, Andy seems to maybe even like Lance...sometimes. Other times I see him get annoyed and take a bite at Lance, but pretty much every time I go into the turnout I see them somewhat close to each other. Yesterday they were standing shoulder to shoulder and it was so KYOOOT! I know that Andy is sort of a lone ranger, but I worry about him getting lonely and not making friends. So having a pasture pal is a very good thing!