Patricia Probert Gott

Horse Tails by Appaloosa Duke Patricia Probert Gott

Appaloosa Duke is a horse story about bullying. Duke tells of his own life having to deal with stress and sadness at being bullied and teased from the time he was a foal in Idaho to being trained as a trail horse at a dude ranch in Wapiti Valley, Wyoming. Other horses could never see beyond his unusual dotted/spotted coat pattern and treated him harshly. Duke befriends a gimpy, arthritic horse named Boots and helps save his life and that of another old horse by standing up to a bear in their defense. Will the other herd horses scoff at his actions and consider him foolhardy? Or will he finally be recognized and respected for the fine, courageous horse that he always was?