Horses and Dogs (by Luna)

When we left Grandma’s house, we headed over to Dad’s family’s house. There are always lots and lots of people there, but us doggies aren’t allowed inside cos of all the food. That’s ok cos there are lots of things to explore and do outside!

I might have met them last year but I was only little so I can’t remember, but this time we met horses!

I always thought a ‘horse’ just meant some type of dog, mainly because that’s what people call us all the time.

It turns out, horses are a LOT different to us doggies. These ones are pretty small apparently (most horses are MUCH bigger) so they are about the same size as us, but they have some stuff we don’t! Something we definitely don’t have is pretty long hair on their necks, called a ‘mane’. They have tails, but theirs are made out of long hair just like their manes. Really good for flicking away flies – what a good idea! I wish I had a tail like that!

Another big difference is they eat grass! Lots of it! In fact, they do it all day. That’s pretty much all they do too. Bit boring I reckon.

We fed them some grass though the fence. I tried to ask the black one why he liked grass so much and did he like meat too? But he just rolled his eyes at me. Silly question, I guess.

The white one was much nicer, I think she was the mummy horse. She was so pretty, but I don’t think she understood me either when I talked to her.

Since there was so much grass around, I thought I would have a go eating some. I closed my eyes and gave it a go.

Ugh! A mouth-full here and there is ok, but no way could I eat this stuff all day!

Just as we were about to leave, I thought I heard one of the horsies call out to me. I didn’t think they could talk to us! I trotted over to investigate…

I listened closely…

Well I’m not repeating that!

I’ve come to the conclusion that horses are dogs are really quite different. I’m not exactly sure how people can mistake us for horsies – but I guess I’m going to take it as a compliment in future – they are very handsome animals!