--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "linder_cella" <linder_cella@...> wrote:
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> HI all -
>
> I have a question I'm interested in gathering opinions on -
>
> My haffie - Cinderella - is by herself in her pasture. She has other horses all around her - but no one actually WITH her - I am with her each day - several times throughout the day - and she often 'visits' with the other horses on our way too and from the barn to her pasture in the morning and at night.
>
> She doesn't SEEM to mind nor does she seem to be lonely - in fact when she sees my truck sometimes she runs from the back of her pasture to the barn - and it appears she's either trying to race me or simply anxious to see me - I'M her 'herd'...(?)!
>
> We have several different pastures - youngsters on one side - old mares on the other - front / back / side so it's not like she can't SEE any other horses.
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> She very willingly goes away from the horses when I ride her (YEA!) - no co-dependant bones in HER body...
>
> Thoughts, opinions? Am I doing anything BAD by not having another horse IN her pasture? (She doesn't get along with most of them - she's alpha (except for ME - she KNOWS I'M BOSS MARE) and she doesn't question it...
>
> Thanks -
>
> Barbara - KY
>
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