Herd animals by nature, horses need to have buddies or they actually get lonely. Not everyone can afford one horse, much less a second to keep the first one company. So often horse owners have to come up with creative solutions to keep their equine from feeling sad.

Best Pals

I searched high and low to discover some of the different creatures people use as friends for their equine. In the process I found some fantastic images that I just had to share. In fact I found so many, I created several posts, one for each of the popular horse buddies. Today, it’s goats.
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There isn’t much cuter than animals with their children. Youngsters often share a special bond with the animals in their life, one that perhaps adults can no longer understand.

Horses seem to have a love of the kids too and some exhibit a great tenderness towards the children in their life.
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I’ve never thought much one way or another about donkeys. Then I started searching for donkey images for another post. How quickly I changed my tune…they are just too cute.
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Some of the draft breeds can produce absolute monsters. Imagine seeing a horse for the first time…now imagine it was one of these animals.
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Image from Macarena C.

Zebras are a wild striped cousin to the horse. Their name comes from the Portuguese word zevra which translates to wild ass.

Global Stripes

Like horses, zebras can thrive in many habitats and are found in the plains, forests, mountains and on the coast.

Their biggest predator is man, who hunts them for their striped coat and destroys their natural habitat.

More Than One Type

The striped patterns are individual to each animal and there are three different types of zebra.
1. Plains zebra
2. Mountain zebra
3. Grevy’s zebra
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It’s no secret that horses are funny animals, but catching them in the act with a camera is easier said than done.

Getting a Great Shot

It takes more than just a good camera and skill in photography to snap a good shot of a horse being silly…it takes supreme patience (or amazing luck). The photographers below have a fantastic sense of timing and a great eye for horse personality. The resulting images are sure to make you chuckle.
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Horses do the darndest things, and horse lovers can’t seem to stop taking pictures of them, (now if only we could get them to stand still long enough to make it easy).

If you have cute horse pictures you’d like to share with the rest of us, send me a note, I’d love to feature them in a post (you’ll get full credit for them of course).
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It is amazing that such a large creature can be so darn cute, but somehow horses manage to pull it off, (most of them anyway).

Special Moments

It is rare and difficult to catch those moments on film, so when they are caught they should be celebrated. In my never ending quest to discover more about horses online, I run across plenty of those moments worth sharing.
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It seems that all types of people love a good horse costume…and there are a surprising number of them willing to be photographed as well. 😉

A Popular Choice

Looking for images of people dressed up as horses was an eye-opening experience. I had no idea horse costumes were so popular, or that there would be such a creative selection.

More to Come

In fact, I found more images than I was expecting to so keep your eyes open for part 2. Some of these people are horse lovers, some of them are dressed up for halloween, and the rest of them are just plain weird.
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Cats are a commonly employed in stables and barns as rodent patrol. It seems these working residents develop close relationships with the horses they live next door to.
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For those of you unfamiliar with lolcats (and lolhorses as the case may be), the idea is to essentially take a cute/funny/silly animal picture and add clever captions using internet slang (or in this case lolspeak).

Strangely Funny

The idea started with cats, and as their popularity grew, people began to caption pictures of all kinds of animal.

The result can take a crappy picture and make it priceless with a few poorly spelled words.

Interestingly (and perhaps sadly) enough, the worse the spelling the funnier they seem to be.
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Anyone who loves horses has probably called one their hero at some point or another. If the Heroes characters were horses maybe there wouldn’t be so many villains…