Name: Marcy

Gender: Mare

Breed: Haflinger

Birth: 2006

Status: With Blue Rider since: 2016

Typically, horses take nine months to a year to acclimate to a new home and routine; many people want that to happen much faster, often almost immediately. Marcy shows us that, given support and time, horses never stop growing and changing, and the process of getting comfortable and confident can take years. She has been here since 2016, when she was ten, and had belonged to a Mennonite family in Pennsylvania, who used her as a driving horse. She learned to tolerate many things in her previous life, but when she started to settle in here we learned that while she was tolerant, she wasn’t really comfortable with so much. 

Marcy has many strong opinions about who is allowed to brush or even touch her, and she makes it known when she is uncomfortable with something we are asking, but she does an excellent job in therapy and certain lessons. Recently, she has grown by leaps and bounds, learning to express her discomfort in clear but non-dramatic ways, learning that grooming can feel good, learning that she has a say in her life and her job, and that she is safe. There are several factors that have been helping this change, from diet and supplements to one-on-one groundwork with Head Instructor, Becky.

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