Champy and Morris

13/06/2025

For those non horsey people following here have you ever seen a horse visit the dentist? I’ll post videos in story.
All horses needed some work done but all were so well behaved.

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28/05/2025

When you need to be matchy matchy with your bestie. Who wore it better?

27/05/2025

I got asked again recently how Champy and Morris became friends and how did Morris first go horse riding? This story has been told many times over the years but here it is again - the short version.

I adopted Morris from a cat shelter and when I got him home I let him out onto my front verandah, it just so happened that Champy often hung around the verandah too. Morris was quite intimidated the first time he saw Champy, he’d never met a horse before and Champy being extra friendly decided soon as he saw Morris that they were going to be best friends. He walked straight over to Morris and stuck his head across the verandah as Morris started taking a few steps back, Morris wasn’t so sure of this friendship idea.
Each day I sat with Morris on the verandah and Champy would make a bee line over to say hello to him, he would try to groom him, play with his tail and just gaze at him. Slowly over a few days Morris got his confidence up, he realised Champy was always being friendly and on day three Morris just decided to jump on his back. He didn’t even hesitate, he just jumped straight on. Champy barely even blinked like it was the most normal thing. I was the only one shocked at the time, I hadn’t even ridden Champy at this point as he was still quite young.
I never captured it on video because it was the last thing I was expecting. I also thought I’d probably never see it again, I had no idea this was the beginning of such a strong friendship.

Soon after I got a video of the pair hanging out together and Morris leaping onto his friend and put the video on YouTube for a few friends to see, that video went viral and I started getting messages from newspapers and magazines to feature them. Over the years they’ve been featured on TV, newspapers, magazines and lots of digital content. If you do a google search for Champy and Morris you’ll find this story and much more info. National Geographic did a feature about 8 years ago that’s been shown all around the world that goes into detail about their first meeting and their friendship. It was after that I decided to create their social media accounts for you all to enjoy and spread a little bit more joy in the world.

26/05/2025

I’d like to gauge the interest for a zoom support group for pet loss that I’m thinking of running. Grieving over a pet can often be an isolating experience and I’d love to create a safe space where we can connect as a community to support each other through this process. I’ve been contemplating it for a while because every one of my pets that I’ve lots over the years I’ve basically had to go through the grief process alone.
This will be a peer-led support group meaning I’m not a qualified grief councellor but I have lived experience of losing cats, dogs, birds and horses. I’ve also suffered with chronic illness for decades and with that often comes degrees of social isolation and of course the stress of the illness itself - pets can often be our lifeline for anyone but especially losing a pet when trying to cope with chronic illness or a disability adds another layer to the complexity of grief.
When I lost Baldy a few years back was when I first had the idea because not only was I grieving alone but I was trying to find info online about pet loss and there was very little information.
The loss of your pet doesn’t have to be recent to join you might be grieving a pet from years ago or have a pet who’s terminal or ageing and going through anticipatory grief. Many people have shared photos and stories here over the years when they’ve lost a pet and I think this group could also be a beautiful way to honour them.

If enough interest I might start with a weekly group that runs for about 1 hour and is by donation to cover the cost of the zoom subscription and anything else will go directly to looking after my animals. We have people here in all different time zones from all around the world - if you’re interested pls drop a comment with your time zone. If there’s a lot of interest I might run a few sessions a week for different time zones.

Pic of beautiful Baldy who I will always miss.

16/05/2025

I was really enjoying the blue sky today and I’m sure the horses were too, we’ve had so much rain of late while the rest of the country is in drought we are getting slammed. Every other horse person I know in this region is having problems with muddy paddocks and lame horses. Coco and Dusty have been lame this week but are recovering well so far. We’ve had 3 really wet years in a row and it’s forecast for another wet winter :( The weather patterns here seem to be getting more extreme. What’s the weather doing in your part of the country or world? For those that don’t know we are in northern NSW Australia.

11/05/2025

One of the first ever videos I took of Morris jumping onto Champy over 10 years ago. Watch the video through to see the sweet grooming session.

07/05/2025

Kitty cat smooches are the best 😻

29/04/2025

When you’ve got your own personal lookout cat…..

19/04/2025

Happy Easter everyone! Champy is the Easter bunny 🐰 and Morris is the Easter unicorn 🦄 he had a chicken 🐣 outfit but I couldn’t find it and had to dress him as the unicorn 🦄 I think he looked cuter like this anyway 😻

Please drop some pics in the comments of your Easter pets 🙂

17/04/2025

Dusty says hello and would like to know where everyone is from please share your country in the comments.

17/04/2025

Bored Panda just reposted an old feature about Champy and Morris - it says they’ve been friends for 7 years actually it’s been about 12 now.
True friendship lasts forever.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=972520838430512&id=100070178151064

"My cat and horse have been best friends for the last 7 years, here are 22 pics of them" (link in the comments)

09/04/2025

A beautiful moment of deep connection, I love the softness Champy has dropping his head to be closer to Morris. So simple but pure love and friendship.

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