Meet Our Residents

Each member of our herd has a story--and personality--as unique as they are beloved. Read the bios below to learn about them!

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Athena

Athena is the queen bee at Havenwood. After spending her life as a workhorse, an injury to her hind leg led to a chronic condition. She was sent to an auction, where her previous owners found her. She now enjoys life as one of our resident pasture puffs, enjoying what quiet she can get between Gary and Tikka’s bouts of roughhousing.

Gary

Gary is the silliest of gooses on the farm. Gary’s owners rescued him from unsafe conditions and have boarded him at Havenwood since our early days on the farm. His appaloosa coloring causes his coat to change from grey to brown depending on the season, earning him the title of “magical color-changing horse.” Despite his silliness, Gary is a very smart horse. His owner has taught him several tricks, most notably to smile for treats.

Tika

Tika, short for Ohitika (Oh-hee-tee-kah), was adopted from Gentle Giants, a draft horse rescue based in Howard County, Maryland, some years ago. Tika and Gary like to fight over Athena’s attention while she ignores them. Despite being skittish around new people, Tikka is as curious as he is clever.

Beatrice

Beatrice, our newest arrival with miniature ponies Paul and Ray, is our beloved donkey. Aloof she may seem, she actually loves people! Beatrice enjoys a good groom, almost as much as she loves the limited pasture time she shares with the miniature ponies. She never fails to remind us about mealtime with a lengthy bray.

Paul and Ray

Paul and Ray are our littlest hooved friends. In pony fashion, they are stubborn and food-motivated, losing interest in people if they lack food, brushes, or time to give them attention. Ray, nicknamed Ray-Ray, is the sweeter of the two, with his buddy Paul being a bit of a bully. Ray and Paul are both trained to pull carts with people!

Norman

Norman is named after City Slickers’ own Norman the cow; our resident Walking Dead fans also call him Norman Rheedus. Despite being the bigger of our two babies, he is happy to follow after his sister Marigold. Norman loves head scratches, treats, and quality time with his humans. Just like his sister, he loves playing. Both of our mini cows love exploring new grazing areas when we take them for walks on their halters.

Marigold

If Norman is Pinky, Marigold is The Brain. Ever demanding of attention and treats, Marigold gets herself and her brother into all sorts of trouble, wiggling into off-limits areas of their field and demanding lots of attention. When they were still bottle fed, Marigold was usually the one you could hear mooing for food from across the property!

Eros

Eros and were the first cattle to arrive at Havenwood, coming as a bonded pair of bulls. You won’t see one without the other nearby! Eros came to us missing a horn but none the wiser. What he lacks in pointy bits, he makes up for in size. Usually too busy grazing to notice Min’s antics, he still benefits from his brother’s escapes into adjacent grazing areas. Both of our bulls love summertime baths!

Min

Minotaur, nicknamed “Min”, is our resident escape artist. His curiosity usually lands him outside of his field, playing and grazing until he realizes Eros did not follow him. Unlike Eros, Min loves to play, but he sometimes forgets that he’s a lot bigger than us! He likes his people, though, so he always backs off when he remembers his horns. Min is always happy to supervise the barn chores he can see.

Bobby

Bobby has settled nicely into her life as a part-time barn cat, warming up to people slowly but surely. Although she is not outside as much as Bruiser, she loves her concrete time on the porch, soaking up the sun. Of our three cats, Bobby is the most skittish—she prefers to be talked to from afar, way out of reach.

Bruiser

Bruiser, like Bobby, was supposed to be a full-time barn cat. Instead, he spends most of his time sleeping in the sunroom attached to the house. Bruiser loves following people across the driveway, usually splitting off to hunt anything but the mice he’s supposed to go after. You can sometimes find him napping in the flower beds near the house, ready to pounce on a passing human.