Will a mare and yearling remember each other?

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Question is in the title really. I own a 9 year old mare who had a foal 14 months ago. They were separated when he was about 8 months old. The yearling is now coming to me on loan for a year as he is a little much for his owners to handle. Will they remember each other and can i keep them in the same paddock? (He is gelded)

Any advice appreciated xx
 
Yes.
Weve had this twice for different reasons, one tried to mount his dam even though he was gelded and another is now completely inseparable again, so needs re weening.

Come to think of it, however, weve had dam and fillies out together no problem :/ So hmmm... not much help!
 
I put my yearling back with her mother in February.

Weaning was done in October and the mare left the premises, returning 7 weeks later and was turned out with another old mare for the winter months.

The foal spent the winter with an old pony mare.

I put all four horses together and the 3 old mares bossed the youngster about and taught her plenty of manners. The dam did remember the foal but did not make any attempt to mother her, if anything she was the most bossy towards the foal. When it was obvious there were no problems I split them up into pairs and that included mother and daughter together.

I don't keep mine in herds, I keep them in 2's and swop the pairs a lot. I cannot bear clingy horses and find not letting them get besotted with another is the best way to avoid it.
 
Thats really interesting. My mare is the sweetest mare you will ever meet with people, but she is a bossy boots in the field! He will be out next to others during the day and then with my mare at night. I too, dont want him clinging to her. Hes only with me until hes ready to be broken as hes a bit much for his owners. He is currently turned out 24/7 and only gets handled a couple of times a week. I just hope it doesnt cause any trouble :O)
 
Yes they do. My mare has a new foal at foot, but is still very interested in last year's foal and always calls to him if she spots him being led past her field.
 
Another yes, my mare recognised her yearling (18 month) colt (gelded) after over a year of separation, and still lets him get away with far more than any other horse would dare to!!!
 
Probably, Emerald and her first foal recognised each other even though they were both adults and had been separated for years before being put back together. With her second there had been a complete break of 3 months for weaning but it was as though they had never been apart. With the third, mare and filly apart for about a year and didn't appear to recognise each other at all when put back together, although Emerald is bossing her about which is unusual behaviour for her so somewhere deep in her subconscious it is possible she knows she can
 
My filly had been away for weaning and when she came back I reintroduced her to her mum who was instantly mean to her. I put them both out with the rest of the herd where mum was the boss. Mum protected her and though the others could tell her off she was always the second one to get the hay when it was put out for them so it distorted where she was in the group. I never had problems separating them and neither even lifted their head when the other went out of the field. The only time I did have difficulty was 9 years later when they ended up on a livery yard where they were kept as a pair rather than in a group and the one left alone hated it. They lived together until mum died.
 
Not sure if PF recognised LC when they were reunited after a year or so apart; she ignored him scrupulously, but then he WAS incredibly annoying as a foal and she was very relieved when I weaned him. They are now best friends though, and he's the only one she'll allow to share her feed.
 
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