My new 9 year old

Question
My new 9 year old mare is coming tomorrow, she is very close to a horsy friend at the last place and i am scared that she would loose her sweetness when they separate, what can i do to prevent this from happening. also her name is very hard to pronounce and i can never get it rite, can i changed it or keep trying to pronounce it rite.

Answer
You can call a horse what you want or change it name, I call horses that I don't know their name boy or girl and they don't mind.

If you keep the horse alone it will be very lonely and will change behavior and may develop issues. A horse needs another horse to feel safe, to sleep, to feel secure and without being able to relax or feel safe the horse will change and not for the better.