Interesting event tonight! We have a youngster mare at the barn who has been starting push boundaries more. She pushed through a gate and double barreled one of the staff yesterday coming in for dinner because she didn’t want to wait for another horse to go in first. I normally do a few morning shifts a week, but as a one off, tonight was on dinner duty. Glad for the heads up at least. Mare is very clingy and is a space invader so I went in with the plan I was going to keep her out of my space until I decided to approach her to bring her in.
She is out with a very mild mannered mare and my very mild mannered fjord. When I got after her with a lead rope, she bucked in my direction and my very mild mannered fjord CHARGED while getting between us both with the meanest look on his face! She gave me my space after that! Seemed to be a very deliberate “don’t mess with my mom” move