Sometimes saying goodbye is harder than leaving. Koda has been Sarge’s companion ever since he came to the Dorset Equine Rescue last August. The two were inseparable, they played together, ran together, grazed together. As Sarge was loaded onto the trailer that took him to Blue Star Equiculture, Koda stood and watched and neighed and whinnied and called out to him, the two called out to one another again and again.

I do not know what they were saying to one another, no one does. If felt to me like goodbye. Other horses are on their way to be with Koda, he will not be alone, and Sarge has already found a new pal at Blue Star and been accepted by the other horses. But I was touched watching Koda and listening to him, I felt his sorrow and loss.