Thank you for the wise advice. In my very first post I asked about putting our gentle, sweet 15.1hh mare together with our soon to be new mini and most discouraged it.
Now I understand why. Yesterday our mare had had enough of this gelding that kept pinning his ears at her and turned tail and kicked him with both hind feet - WOW! I never in a million years would have expected this of her - ever!! She is so quiet and mild mannered, I am shocked, but now I know and I am so glad that I didn't learn this by having her turn on a mini. The gelding is fine (as is my daughter who was riding the gelding and her friend who was riding the mare at the time).
So, my mini is not home yet, but I have already learned a valuable lesson here!
BIG thanks!!
Julie
Now I understand why. Yesterday our mare had had enough of this gelding that kept pinning his ears at her and turned tail and kicked him with both hind feet - WOW! I never in a million years would have expected this of her - ever!! She is so quiet and mild mannered, I am shocked, but now I know and I am so glad that I didn't learn this by having her turn on a mini. The gelding is fine (as is my daughter who was riding the gelding and her friend who was riding the mare at the time).
So, my mini is not home yet, but I have already learned a valuable lesson here!
BIG thanks!!
Julie