At many of the shows, Princess had to be stalled for the weekend. One particular weekend, she was very nervous and started eating shavings. For her safety, on came the muzzle! Princess proceeded to tell me what she thought of that!!

A friend called and asked if we could take some horses to visit one of her Hospice patients. The gentlemen’s wish was for him and his granddaughter to see Miniature Horses. Pam, from Stolen Hearts Miniatures and my mother loaded up the horses and set off. To the gentlemen’s disappointment, he was too weak to leave his bed and see the Miniatures. Mom asked Princess to walk up the front porch of the house. The gentleman was so elated, that the tears soon came. So started Princess’s role as a companion horse.

It became evident in the spring of 1998, something was wrong with Princess. It started slowly with her attitude- bright eyes didn’t greet us when we walked in the barn. Princess started to drink a lot of water. She would shiver at the slightest dip in temperature. And despite constant conditioning, her weight bloomed.