RobinRTrueJoy
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I am shaking in my shoes. Do you all remember the story about my tiny nearly 28" bay pinto mare Teacup, who defended another mare from being brutally attacked by a young stallion?
Well!! Usually my babies are kept in the barn yard area, where the fence is all pvc but has 3 close together rails near the bottom and two more above that. Little foals can not get out and nothing can get in.
Only one other time in 23 years have we ever had a stray dog in the area(that I know of)
This am, I let all the mares and my only 2005 colt out to graze in the front where there is my new 3 rail PVC fence. I just came home from the hairdresser and went to check on the horses. Most of the mares were standing very close together in a far corner of the field. They were all really sweaty and breathing hard. At the other end of the field, my homozygous pinto mare, Misty, was racing back and forth, all sweaty and upset. She is the dam of the colt.
There was a large mutt trapping the 3 month old colt in the corner. It was obvious that this dog wanted to hurt the colt. Teacup was standing in front of the colt gaurding him. Everytime the dog would make a move, Teacup would move right along with him, keeping him away from the colt. She kept trying to chase the dog away! The colt was terrified and hiding in the corner, trapped there. The colt was soaked with sweat.
I tried to make a lot of noise but the dog wouldn't run. He was so focused on the colt! I ran to the barn and got a rake and was able to chase the dog away. Teacup was soaked and exhausted and so was the little colt. NO blood anywhere, no one seemed actually injured, all just shook up. I called animal control and I hope they find that dog!
My tiny Teacup is a hero again!!! I think without her, my colt would have been severely injured or maybe killed. What a good girl!!! She is the tiniest mare I have not quite 28". Normally she is shy, almost a little skiddish, and sadly not accepted well by the other mares, but she really came through again!!! God bless my brave little Teacup!
Well!! Usually my babies are kept in the barn yard area, where the fence is all pvc but has 3 close together rails near the bottom and two more above that. Little foals can not get out and nothing can get in.
Only one other time in 23 years have we ever had a stray dog in the area(that I know of)
This am, I let all the mares and my only 2005 colt out to graze in the front where there is my new 3 rail PVC fence. I just came home from the hairdresser and went to check on the horses. Most of the mares were standing very close together in a far corner of the field. They were all really sweaty and breathing hard. At the other end of the field, my homozygous pinto mare, Misty, was racing back and forth, all sweaty and upset. She is the dam of the colt.
There was a large mutt trapping the 3 month old colt in the corner. It was obvious that this dog wanted to hurt the colt. Teacup was standing in front of the colt gaurding him. Everytime the dog would make a move, Teacup would move right along with him, keeping him away from the colt. She kept trying to chase the dog away! The colt was terrified and hiding in the corner, trapped there. The colt was soaked with sweat.
I tried to make a lot of noise but the dog wouldn't run. He was so focused on the colt! I ran to the barn and got a rake and was able to chase the dog away. Teacup was soaked and exhausted and so was the little colt. NO blood anywhere, no one seemed actually injured, all just shook up. I called animal control and I hope they find that dog!
My tiny Teacup is a hero again!!! I think without her, my colt would have been severely injured or maybe killed. What a good girl!!! She is the tiniest mare I have not quite 28". Normally she is shy, almost a little skiddish, and sadly not accepted well by the other mares, but she really came through again!!! God bless my brave little Teacup!