Though this can be a challenging world, there is a way we can rise to meet those challenges.

All we need are friends.

Finding your tribe is already difficult in itself and it’s even more difficult when you’re born different than the others around you.

You don’t get to run with them the same way, play with them the same way, or hang out with them as often.

But despite that, some of us find that strength to continue building bridges. And with that work, their whole world opens up.

Teddy is a dwarf horse.

His kind is also often referred to as miniature horses.

These horses usually stand three feet tall and were bred for European royalties back in the 1600s.

However, as much as people enjoyed having them as pets, miniature horses also experience difficulties.

Making friends is hard to do.

For one, these horses find it difficult to have other horse friends.

Maybe because they look strange to other animals. They also have different builds, which means different routines.

Teddy came to the R&R Ranch Miniature Horse Sanctuary through Eleanor.

Eleanor is Teddy’s mother. She was rescued far into her life, about 19 years old to be exact.

She was already carrying Teddy with her when she joined the ranch.

She gave birth to Teddy, who ranch members described as the smallest horse they’d seen, when she was 20 years old.

Eleanor was a very protective parent.

Maybe from her personal experience or her instinct of protecting something perceived as fragile, she hovered around Teddy.

She didn’t make things easy.

She stood between the other horses and the young calf, always ready to defend him at the first sense of danger.

Because of this, the other ranch animals are averse to Teddy.

The poor miniature horse felt more isolated than ever.

He would run around the enclosure, expecting other horses to join him in having fun.

But when they saw him playing by himself, the sanctuary staff knew that he was a loner.

They said Eleanor, even with the best of intentions, has set up Teddy “for having a very solitary life.”

But some goofy furballs changed everything.

Thanks to the ranch’s other furball staff members, the farm dogs, specifically, he slowly learned how to socialize.

At first, none of the dwarf horses refused to play with Teddy. But after interacting with the ranch dogs, Teddy slowly figured out how to play.

The dogs are even bigger than Teddy, but still a lot smaller than the other horses on the ranch.

The dogs were so eager to play with him and at that point, Teddy didn’t feel very alone anymore.

Soon, the horses began accepting him.

From a life of solitude, Teddy slowly began to learn how to be a miniature horse as he interacted with the others.

“Before we knew it, they were all playing together.” The staff members said. And because of that, Teddy has developed what they call as the “biggest case of FOMO.”

They said that if there’s an event and Teddy doesn’t have any part in it, then he doesn’t like it.

Fortunately, through efforts of easing him into the herd, he’s always a part of the show.

See how this loner mini-horse made friends with the help of some dogs in the video below!

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Source: YouTube – The Dodo, Town and Country, Tiktok – @randrranchminis