Acero Goes Home

Wednesday evening found us loading Acero up for his ride home. Believe it or not but this champion Peruvian Paso is only about five miles from Borderlands. When we unloaded Acero, his owner came out and called for him. The look in his eyes and in how he handled himself after knowing he was with his owner is heartwarming. For anyone who says horses don’t remember, I wish you would have been there. Acero saw his owner and acted like a different horse. It was comforting to watch him relax and enjoy himself.

We talked with the owner for a very short time. Apparently Acero has only had two owners, which is unheard of these days. For being 30 years old and having only two owners goes to show the dedication towards this horse.

Very few of the Borderlands horses can say that they’ve had only two owners in their entire life. Some have had countless owners. Although I was very happy to find out more information about Bo last month. Although she wasn’t the owner, she wanted to know how Bo was doing and to give me the real story of what happened instead of spreading rumors. I’ll share that story later.

I’ll spare you my rant on what I think about people who buy and sell constantly. I am comforted that the horses of Borderlands are home. They are family. We do not sell or trade our family off for a "better" or "newer model". When they leave this earth, a piece of us goes with them. I only wish all horses had an opportunity to have a permanent home.

We are still trying to recover from the SD Horse Fair and all the prep work that went into it. Hopefully I'll have more energy later today to share in some of the latest adventures at Borderlands.