Cocoa

Meet Cocoa

Cocoa is looking for a new home as a non-ridden companion. She is a sweet and friendly mare who has been successfully rehomed in the past so would make an excellent companion. Although she has only been turned out with mares, she may be able to live with a well-behaved gelding. Cocoa would need to have restricted grazing as she is prone to weight gain and could be stabled part-time in a quiet environment if this was in a routine. Cocoa loves to interact with people and is good to handle but, she does get worried about seeing the vet for injections. We know that continued positive reinforcement techniques have helped with this and so a rehomer who could work with Cocoa, in readiness for these tasks, would be ideal. She has had her legs clipped previously to help with itchiness but, if these are well managed they would just need monitoring. Cocoa is excellent to groom and handle and loves a good scratch. Cocoa could learn to be left for short periods by her companion on a quiet yard and with a rehomer who would be happy to slowly introduce this.

Important stuff

Cocoa can never be ridden or driven.

All equines in our centres are regularly assessed by a team of experts including a vet, physiotherapist and farrier, and these assessments have found that Cocoa is not suitable to be worked.

History

Cocoa arrived at Glenda Spooner Farm in February 2016 as part of a large prosecution case. She was being kept in unsuitable conditions, was terribly underweight and found it very difficult to walk properly, because of the poor condition of her feet. She was successfully rehomed for several years and only returned when the rehomer's circumstances changed.

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