10/31/2024
Yearlings learning their place, a video essay😂:
Dawn is so valuable to my program for so many reasons, and this is just one of them. Her and Sugar are will soon be cohabitating a pen, so I figured I would introduce them in a neutral space to avoid any territorial feelings. Sugar is a feisty, yearling mare who loves to push all other horses around. The first time she was out with Bear, a gelding, she swiftly put him in his place with a big kick to the shoulder. Sugar tries to intimidate and push Dawn around multiple times. But all she gets in return are pinned ears and small nips. Dawn could easily hurt Sugar with a big kick, but instead, she is very motherly in her approach to teaching this young horse manners. By the end, all it takes is a flick of her tail for Dawn to communicate that Sugar is encroaching too close to her personal bubble. I’m very grateful to have such a wonderful mare to teach my other ladies how to behave.💛🤍💛🤍
