Some horses connect with each other on a level that goes far beyond pasture mates. Some seem to hit it off from the start and never look back. Two senior mares gave me a heartwarming, yet heart wrenching, firsthand look at just how deep some equine bonds seem to run.

There’s no other way to describe it: Shasta (a little POA mare) and Brandy (a small Morgan mare, not to be confused with my Mini horse Brandy) were best friends. Where ever Shasta went, Brandy followed. And whatever Brandy did, Shasta followed suit. It was like they were in a continuous game of Monkey See, Monkey Do. They were just inseparable.