how quickly do mares forget there foals

Depends on the mare, they are all different. But some walk away quite easily, and others call especially if they are in earshot. But they normally settle down in a few days. Doing ours tomorrow but we take the mare away, and the foals have palled up with aunties nicely already, so not normally to traumatic for foals or us.
 
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Depends on the mare, they are all different. But some walk away quite easily, and others call especially if they are in earshot. But they normally settle down in a few days. Doing ours tomorrow but we take the mare away, and the foals have palled up with aunties nicely already, so not normally to traumatic for foals or us.

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well i have a yard over the road who will take mare for a few weeks - she did not make a fuss last year and the foal can go out with other 1yo/2yo so should be fine !!

What i want to know is in 3 weeks if i bring the mare back obviously put them in seperate fields will they know or is it best for me to find a place for my foal to go to for a month or so ??? x
 
My mare was away from her foal for 2 months last year but on meeting up again let him suckle and bring her back into milk. Only after going away to stud and getting in foal again did she tell him no.
 
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My mare was away from her foal for 2 months last year but on meeting up again let him suckle and bring her back into milk. Only after going away to stud and getting in foal again did she tell him no.

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I was not planning to put them back in the field together x
 
In my experience they will never forget each other. My mare and her mother were re-united a few months ago after being apart for 10 years and they remembered each other instantly, it was incredible. "Granny" was whickering away like they do when they first give birth, it was so touching. They have been inseperable ever since. We now have 3 generations together, granny at 30, my mare at sixteen and her foal of 4 1/2 months. They are a very happy family. Very sadly it wont be forever as my mare developed foaling laminitis and has managed to keep going for this long but she's far from stable and has some bad days when we think it's time to let her go and then she bounces back. Granny was brought in to nanny the foal and she's doing a great job and is loving every second of it. Sorry, that was a bit long winded!!!
 
I sent my foal away, and she was gone for about 3 months. Shes back out with her mother now, and they are buddies, but not best of friends. They scrap every few days, then make up by grooming.

They definatly recognise each other as when they are close, they are very close.
 
Since weaning my mare and her filly have been back together and are inseperable. They still share feed buckets, groom each other and are normally within a couple of feet of each other in the field.
 
Mine are all very attached to all their foals, certainly my mares do not forget and even as weaned yearlings and older they will call out if I take them to shows and are really pleased to see them home again with a big greeting and a good sniff all over!

My older mare is currently in with her daughter and young grandaughter who she would have loved to have pinched. She was stood at the fence offering to help her daughter as the foal was born.

If you wean young at around 6 months then you will probably have to leave them well apart for longer as they could well try and get back together again. I wean alongside their mothers at an older age and after about a month or so they are back in the same field. But I would not risk this other than in the adjacent field where they can touch each other.
 
mine were seperated for 3 months i put them back together,and the 1st thing my filly done was looking for the milk bar..mare was not happy and not at all intrested in her! and still isnt though is a fantastic mother when they are born?
 
They never completely forget. Emerald was reunited with her son Jasper after a break of years, but they rebonded immediately and more recently she has been away from Onyx for months, but immediately recognised his call when they saw each other and are now turned out together again.
 
really i am shocked as my other mare has no clue and is stabled next to her son who is now 4yo !! she is out with her daughter and i would say baby follows mum around but they are not really friends !!
 
I dont think Josie has ever really let Den go. She whickers to him across the yard when she sees him. He does the sniffy sniffy thing when she walks past.

When we're riding together, and he's being a wally, she tells him off and bites his bum.

Good ole Mum x x
 
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