| Title: | Equine Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151 |
| Moderator: | MTADMS::COBURN IO |
| Created: | Tue Feb 11 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2080 |
| Total number of notes: | 22383 |
I recently noticed while my four year old Mare Tammy was grazing
that she was making these up and down motions with her head. This
always occurs when Spirit (her one month old Filly) is at her side.
First I grabbed her to check for possible ticks in her ears or maybe
grain stuck in her teeth.
I have only noticed these mannerisms displayed when someone is
present in the pasture with her. It is not being done in the stall
or when the two are alone outside.
Has any ever experience this "behavior" before ?? or is this
something I'm going a little over board about. What ever the reason
her "displays" seem very "human" to me.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 86.1 | "if I could talk to the animals..." | TOMB::BEAUDET | Tom Beaudet | Wed May 14 1986 09:35 | 14 |
She's probablt "talking" to the foal saying that your OK.
I've had mare make sounds and motions when they were with their
foals too. One used to nicker to the foal every time my wife went
into the stall but not when I went in. She also put on a beautiful
display of "teaching" the foal about the electric fence when they
were turned out for the first time. She walled the entire paddock
with herself between the fence and the foal and "talked" to it the
entire way.
Keep watching and listening - you'll learn how to talk to the animals!
/tb/
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