Thursday, February 11, 2010

[haflingerfriends] A new spin on the word Team.

My mares have been together since foals born on the breeder's farm 18 years ago. They are trained to drive, they often walk step for step in the pasture as they graze, they share each bucket and snack. While it does make it difficult to do one on one work, it pays off in the harness. Marje-D (aka Missy) is the alpha of the team, mildly pushing to say I get to check it out first, but you can have some too.

Today I saw a new twist to the word team. As the snow has gotten so deep, I had my husband put the round bale just over the fence. It rolled a little closer than I wanted to the shed. I didn't think the girls could reach it when locked in. I was partly right. Moyra-D could not reach as she is just a little shorter and has a shorter stockier neck, but Missy could. Missy would stretch her neck over the gate as far as she could and grab a bite. Then she would bring the bite inside and share with her team-mate who wasn't able to reach her own.

If only everyone took such care to ensure that others around them had a share too, think of how great the world would be.

Stacey

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