Sunday August 30th, 2009

Sassie

After clearing it with Jai, I turned Wonder out today with my mare, Sassie. It went perfectly. Nothing happened...there were no fireworks, no gallops, no squeals. It was as if they had already worked out the kinks through their many discussions over the fence. They casually grazed together, shared piles of hay and hung out with the goaties. I watched every moment I could, realizing that was as close as I would get to seeing Sassie with a foal of her own. I am biased, but it was beautiful to see them together. There is a very small stream (if you can even call it that) that runs along the middle of my pasture and when Sassie had enough of Wonder, she simply hopped over it to the other side. Wonder was not quite brave enough to follow, although I suspect it won't take him long to figure it out. He would simply graze across from her until she joined him again. Although excluded from the "meet and greet," Fling (my other mare) received lawn privileges and was content to mow the lawn for me all day long. While Sassie has a difficult time holding weight, Fling seems to attach every blade she eats to her very round belly and has no qualms letting you know she is a girl with an appetite. Her attitude seems to be "who cares about foals when you can have grass?". Everyone, it seems, had a great day.