A week after being retired from the calèche industry, some of the horses that were brought to a Quebec rescue farm are doing quite well.

The two Percherons — Maximus, a 25 year-old, and Frederick, 10 — were brought to A Horse Tale Rescue in Vaudreuil since Montreal’s ban on calèches came into effect on Jan. 1 of this year.

The former owner brought them to the farm where they can live out the rest of their days with other horses.

“Things are picking up, things are doing well,” executive director Mike Grenier told Global News.

He stressed that the challenge in bringing new animals into a herd is making sure they fit in.

“They want to be integrated into the rest of the herd, but we’re not gonna put them in because, you know, there could be confrontation,” he explained.

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