Monkey: adopted 11/29/2023

Oh my sweetest, most precious, monster man Monkey! I have loved this pony since I first set eyes on him at All Seated in a Barn’s Bakersfield location. We were there to meet Sendero, but couldn’t help but walk the beautiful grounds meeting so many of the faces we had seen Tahlia rescue over the years. Then I saw him… the cutest muppet of a pony I ever did see! I took one look at him (as I do…), and knew this creature was meant to be in my orbit. 

I wasn’t able to commit to taking him on at that point, but I never forgot his face. Over the last year or so I would loosely follow his updates via All Seated in a Barn’s instagram page. Seeing him adopted, then seeing him back. Then seeing him adopted, then seeing him back yet again. After the third adoption fail, I sent Tahlia a message: that pony needs to be with me, he is a misfit and needs to be a part of our herd. Luckily my request was granted, and he found himself on the next transport to Utah. 

Monkey man was dumped at the same Texas auction as Sendero and Kestrel. He had foundered, a painful and debilitating hoof and coffin bone condition, that if not treated immediately can lead to the tragic need to put a horse down due to extreme pain and irreversible damage to the front leg bones (I will do a more in depth, yet beginners, dive into what this is… it is fascinating and can be scary!). He was having the hardest time walking and instead of treating him like a true family member, he was instead discarded at the auction. Tahlia found him in the direct ship pen (see my FAQ’s for more on what that means). My guess is she was just as drawn to him as I was… and thanks to her, Monkey’s life was quite literally saved. 

While he spent almost two years with All Seated in a Barn, and had a few false starts, he has landed in his forever, never-going-to-give-you-up, get-ready-for-the-most-unconditional-love-you-have-ever-experienced home. Our boy loves his humans, but not so much other horses or mules. But, that is what we do here… provide the space for each and every one of our equines to be exactly who they are, no pressure to be anything they’re not. 

*That* is what true safety looks like… and Monkey is nothing if not his own man!