Amber
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Hey guys, I have some questions, my mare just had her very first foal, we are just shy of being two days, she has been stalled and handled daily up until she foaled. She has been GREAT, very tolerable of my self and the rest of my family, well tonight she got aggressive and double barrel kicked 2x. At a bag of shavings I was carrying in....she was NOT comfortable with the shavings bag, she focused in on it, I let her smell it ect. She didn't care and turned and double barreled it. I'm BRAND new at having a foal this is almost my first. Am I over stressing her by touching the foal and going in and out of the stall (I go in to clean and fill water and touch the baby for socializing and reassure her with some attention too, this is the first time I've had her act that way, the kicks were no warning. They were straight up threat. Do I back off and give her her space for a while? Keep the in and out of the stall to a minimum or do I correct her as I normally would any other day or any other horse?