Mylo Dilemma

[Cortez]

Excellent news. I have always had an older “nanny” horse in with weanlings and yearlings, it helps to prevent a “Lord of the Flies” type situation developing and let’s a natural herd order establish itself.

 

[Mrs Jingle]

Perfect update, so glad the natural hierarchy has worked itself out now with the help of wise little mare.

 

[Tarragon]

Can we have a photo of the lovely Sugar?

 

[Ambers Echo]

Perfect update, so glad the natural hierarchy has worked itself out now with the help of wise little mare.

Yes it is interesting that she has taken the boys down a peg or three. They have been with adults since weaning until they moved in with Mylo and have always been pretty well mannered and polite. I guess that is because they were lower in the pecking order? I had read youngstock can go together, so thought a pair of 2-year olds and a 10 month old would be ok. But they immediately started behaving like 'too cool for school' adolsecents, not deigning to be nice to a little guy! But Sugar has brought them back down to size.

Here she is wandering over to say hello to me, after telling Cass to back off.

Then a pic of Felix snapping away and approaching tentatively, Mylo sensibly staying out the way, and Cass being a bit bold. You can just see a bit of leg to tell where she is! She is behind them all.

 

[Ambers Echo]

Still happy with the herd. Mylo is indeed more playful so he plays with Cass. Felix prefers grass! But at feed time Felix and Mylo share a bucket, while Cass occasionally still challenged Sugar but gets nowhere.

 

[SEL]

Herd dynamics are fascinating! When Baby Cob came here just shy of his 4th birthday we had all the baby mouthing and he was nibbling the microcob's poo as well. She was 10 at the time and has had foals so although she's 13h she takes zero nonsense from young geldings. Just a look or a flick of her head does the trick.

Size isn't everything!!

I bet you're sleeping easier at night with that sorted.