Socrete (Sox) came to live with Bonnie Blue on April 5, 2013. He comes to us from the good folks at Trail End Horse Haven here in the Hattiesburg, Mississippi area. They work with the Hub City Humane Society to rescue horses in south Mississippi. He had entered the rescue program after he was found abandon and left to die in a cemetery in George County MS about seven weeks earlier. One of the volunteers had provided him a good foster home and brought him back from the edge of starvation. So when he arrived here, he was thin (estimated weight of 665 lbs.) and scruffy but on the way to recovery.

Socrete (3-4 white feet) and Bonnie Blue (in stall) 4/5/13

Sox on April 6, 2013

For the first two weeks after his arrival here, we feed him three times a day. In the mornings and afternoons he received two (2) pounds of alfalfa hay and two (2) pounds of Safe Choice horse feed. At noon he got one (1) lb. of alfalfa and one (1) lb. of feed. He had access to all of the hay and fresh grass he wanted. After the two weeks we dropped the noon feeding and have continued the morning and afternoon regiment. He has responded well to the feeding and grooming he receives every day. He has consistently gained weight and his old winter coat has shed out and he is slick and shinny with a dark summer coat. Today, May 9, 2013, his estimated weight is 732 lbs. George Lupper, the farrier, said be is a "Seal Bay" with three white stocking feet and a small white footie sock on the fourth foot. He is a gelding and about 9 years old. and 14 hands tall.  He and Bonnie are similar in the size of their frames but Sox still needs to gain another 100 pounds or more to catch up with her.

     Sox on May 9, 2013

When Socrete arrived, Bonnie Blue quickly established herself as the dominate. Poor old Sox looks like what the heck has happen to me now. But his anxiety quickly passed and he adapted to being here helped by lots love and attention from us and Vernell Falgout his trainer. Also,he got some relief from Bonnie once she established her dominate position.

Bonnie Blue and Sox are now the best of buddies and keep one another in sight at all times. If they get separated they start calling back and forth and become very restless. So for now,they hang out together, train together, pasture together and some time even stand together in the same stall to eat hay. Bonnie is so pleased to have her own horse pal. We are also very pleased to have Sox with us. They are both a delight.

Bonnie Blue and Sox hanging out in the paddock 5/9/13