Calm down Renee! We all know that you had no intention of upsettng anyone, plus we also all know how brilliantly Angel and now her little filly have been/are now being cared for, loved and looked after.
I will openly admit that in seeing the videos, I also wanted to scream "mind that fence" at the screen, but I also realised that, due to the weather circumstances, the best possible was being done to give the little one a chance to stetch her legs, plus in an earlier post the correct fencing to the enlosure that they will use was mentioned. Hopefully the weather will improve and they can move into the 'safe' area very soon.
There is one thing to remember - foals dont 'focus' easily for the first couple of weeks or so, they go by scent. They can 'see' moving 'targets' but then can get confused when the 'targets' dont smell like their Mommas. This is why they need to bond closely with their dams during those important moments from birth (and why when everything is normal with a mare and foal, we leave them alone to get 'connected') and for the first few weeks. The amount of times I have been leading a mare and young foal from the stable to the field, to have the foal stop and look lost when Momma had only got three or four strides ahead. This can acually be quite dangerous as the 'lost' foal can suddenly take off looking for its Mommas scent, and if you follow with the mare, the foal often runs further away as all it 'sees' is a looming shape approaching before you get close enough for the scent to make contact. We usually quickly turn the mare round before the foal moves and get her to walk once again close to the foal (between us and the foal obviously) to 'pick it up' via her scent and to get it to re-attach before moving on to the field.
You are lucky in some respects that you have a very friendly foal, but be careful that she doesn't attach herself more to you than to Angel - when Angel calls to her at this stage, she should leave whatever she is doing and run to Momma, and she needs to learn this lesson if only for the fact that it is Mommas duty to keep her safe, and Angel will call to her in the future if she sees her approaching anything/anyone/any animal that she thinks is unsafe - baby needs to respond immediately at least for the first few weeks of her life until her eyesight is fully adjusted. Your little one could (and I only say could!) do a 'run into the fence' stint when you put her and Angel out in their new paddock - she may try to follow you as you leave and, in 'focusing' on your moving figure, she may not 'see' the fence and may crash into it.
I'm typing this in a bit of a rush so hopefully some of it makes sense. But please believe me when I say that no-one is trying to critisize you, we are simply and sincerely offering suggestions and experiences from our own years of breeding and foal handling. You are all doing an amazing job with Angel, you dedicated so much time to her on the run up to her foaling and were there for her and baby at the time when she needed your help. No-one could have done more in my opinion.
Keep those pictures (an videos where poss) coming - just love seeing that cheeky little madam that seems to have suddenly turned up on your doorstep!!
