Begum
Baba named her Begum, which means "lady" in Urdu. Begum was not at all ladylike but she made up for it with her good nature and all the mandali loved her very much. She would accompany Baba and the women mandali on their walks. Often when Baba was sitting in the drawing room with Mani reading, Begum would climb up the stairs and walk in, and of course Baba would feed her her favorite treat, carrots. During the one day Baba had stepped out of the New Life and into the Old Life, he was sitting in a room full of people, but that didn't faze Begum one bit. She went straight to Baba for her prasad, and Padri captured the scene on camera.

Sheba
Sheba was a gift from Baba to Mehera. She was acquired as a young filly. Mehera named her Sheba because of her queenly nature. She was a mix of English and Arabian and was a beautiful rich chestnut color. Not only did she act like a queen but she was treated like a queen in the ways Mehera took care of her. Each day Mehera changed the hay that she slept in. Sheba was allowed to run free around the compound. Mehera even taught Sheba to kiss, and there is a wonderful photo of Sheba giving Baba a kiss. In fact, they exchanged kisses every afternoon over the balcony in Satara when Baba fed her carrots.

The first day Sheba was eating her grass from the trough, Peter walked right into it from the verandah and wanted to imitate Sheba. Baba was very concerned about the amount of grass Peter was trying to eat. That first day was the only time he did it!

A horse trainer once discovered that Sheba ran as fast as a race horse but when Baba was asked by the horse trainer if Sheba could be entered in the races, Baba quickly said, "No." But after Sheba was given to a horse training school years later, her speed was again discovered and when she was entered in a horse race she was so fast that the other horses were allowed to start ahead of her. Still, Sheba won the race!

Sufi
When Mehera was only 11 years old, one of her classmates convinced her to go visit the Perfect Master Hazrat Babajan who always sat beneath a Neem Tree right near Mehera's school. Mehera's friend told her that Babajan would give her anything she asked for. Mehera had always loved horses and when it came to Mehera's turn to ask Babajan for something, all she could think of was a horse. Babajan nodded and said, "Yes, and he will be so beautiful that all the world will admire him." Only three months later Mehera was surprised to find her mother had bought her a horse. It was all white with one blue eye and one black eye and was very spirited. Mehera loved spirited horses. Sufi was the first animal brought to Meherabad. Baba once mounted Sufi and thus fulfilled the ancient Hindu scripture depicting the Avatar of this age riding a white horse.