10/26/2026
*We are starting a new 3 planned posts per week! Here is todays post. It is a bit of a throw-back from last year, seeing as our star of today's post was put down last year so we are doing a remembrance of our favorite "Little Guy"
Meet-Them Monday:
With heavy hearts, we have to share that we recently said goodbye to Little Guy.
Little Guy was our 34-year-old grey Shetland pony. Before he retired with us in November 2020, he worked pony rides and a petting zoo. He was blind in his right eye and blurry in his left, and he had worn his teeth down to the gum line, so twice a day, every day, his pellets were soaked into a mash for him. He was a little anxious because of his eyesight, but so sweet — he would nicker to us at feeding time, and if he didn't, we knew right away something needed checking.
Back in November 2025, Little Guy had a bad fall and was unable to get back on his feet. With his age and his overall health, pushing him any further would not have been kind to him. So we made the hardest decision we ever have to make here: we laid him to rest as comfortably as we possibly could, staying right with him, comforting him and giving him his last hugs before he was put down.
That is the promise we make to every senior who retires here — not just comfort while living, but comfort and dignity at the end, surrounded by the people who love them.
Rest easy, Little Guy. You were so loved, and you will be so missed.
If you'd like to leave a kind word, or tell us about a senior pony you once loved, we would love to read them.
