House horse

Rowan is a lot like a dog. She sleeps next to her owners' bed, she weighs about a hundred pounds and she takes baths in the bathtub. She rides in the back of an SUV, and she even has a doggy door. But Rowan is not a dog. Rowan is a horse. Mike and Jodi Thorn of Belgrade prefer horses to dogs, and Jodi grew up training them in Minnesota. But now, living on an acre of land, their options and their stables are limited. Enter Rowan, a tan 30-inch miniature horse whose long tail brushes the floor as she clops across the kitchen. She joined the Thorn family in 2008 and is like a little sister to...