Look how round these horses stay despite having only pasture, no hay. They spend what looks to us like 24 hours a day grazing. Soon they'll be in stalls and winter paddocks so we're really enjoying Horse TV while we can.
These photos were taken in between May and yesterday, in reverse order. I don't know where that big chestnut mare went, but now we have a Fresian and a big bay.
My favorite is the black Shetland Shiela. She's the one with summer itch so bad she rolls and rubs her belly on the grass about every 15 minutes every day. She is so flexible from all her scratching she's almost unreal in her twists and leaps. I feel so bad for her, I want to buy her and try to fix her but I don't think I would be able to.
Today I heard mare-in-heat squealing and was surprised cuz the geldings live far from the girls. Then I saw the most amazing thing on Horse TV: Shiela and the Icelandic were fighting! Except for Shiela it was a game, but for the Icelandic it was something serious, I think. Have you ever seen mares drop to the ground and bite at each other's forelegs? That is normally stud behavior, isn't it? I couldn't believe it.
Shiela was running laps around the orange horse, a tiny whirlwind, and the orange horse was kicking out viciously and somehow either Shiela was able to avoid getting hit, or just didn't care.
She kept running laps around her and the other two mares were frozen in place, staring, also watching Horse TV! The bay was totally intrigued and wanted in on it.
The squealing was from the Iclandic and coincided with each vicious kick. Shiela was not letting that stop her, she was having a blast.
I'd never seen anything like it and wish I had my camera with me. The bay finally couldn't stand it any longer and stepped in between the two of them, I think she wanted to play too. But they just ignored her. Finally the Icelandic took off and Shiela finally let her go.
Baasha was watching the whole thing from his pasture.
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8 comments:
Now that is a TV show I could watch for hours! Interesting story at the end...just when you think you have seen it all....don't ya just wonder what Baasha was thinking watch that!! Have a wonderful weekend!
awww... they are adorable.
We have horse TV too, so I totally understand. It is very entertaining to watch horses in pasture. Better than a fish tank, for sure!
The icelandic and the pony are cute. How interesting that they got in such a tiff.
What fun to get to watch!
My neighbor just brought his four horses down from Idaho. They treat me like I'm Human TV - they usually wake up and watch me when I'm outside feeding or mucking or whatever. :)
Horse TV is great. No commercial interruptions and the re-runs never get old. Nice view you have.
Sounds like pretty normal play LOL
My Brother in law and his wife, have a boarding barn and a lot of their own critters. At one time they had a mini mare and her foal and a baby llama that had been orphaned.
You should have seen that mini baby and that llama play and wrestle and bite each other!!!! OH boy! It was so hilarious to watch! The mini would bite the llamas front legs and he would knee down so that the mini couldnt, (they were both males) They should have sent video of them into Funniest home videos!! I think they would have won!!! LOL
LOL. I've always said that about my aquariums...I call them Fish TV. Critters are much more entertaining than what's on the actual TV!
Friesian?? Pictures please??
I used to call watching our chickens Chick TV. They were so much fun to watch. :D
What a funny thing to witness. I thought the circling and leg biting was a stud behavior too. Chrome and Led Zeppelin do it all the time and they are both studs. Very interesting.
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