Today, Olive and I went to the pasture to see Ed. Olive has no fear of the horses, and they like her too. They have been Olive’s friend since early April.
Olive
The four horses in the field have always been sweet to dogs. They sometimes take Olive’s ball away to make sure it’s not an apple. Olive wanders amongst them as easy as a 6 hand high mare.
Today, there was a new palomino in the pasture (which is about 5 acres wide). She kept herself apart from the rest of the herd. I’m sure Ed chased her for most of the day.
After a round of apples, I saved a chunk for the palomino. As I approached her, Olive did too. The mare turned on Olive and pinned her ears, snaking her head. Olive started to run away to avoid those hooves.
Bailey, Ed’s good friend, ran up to Olive and stood between her and the mare. Ed flanked her on the other side and Mick stood behind her. Buddy ran up to the new horse and kicked at her. The palomino turned tail and ran.
Bailey reached down and sniffed Olive to make sure she was okay. Olive skipped up to me, perfectly fine, not even worried, and certainly not surprised that her friends came to her rescue. Our herd followed us to the gate.
Olive will not be playing in the pasture until we can be reassured that the palomino is okay with dogs. That mare probably had a really hard day.
And people say that animals aren’t capable of such things .tsk tsk tsk. Love this story!
What a great story! Olive has some true friends.
Aw! Horses are the best!
wow, that’s so cool. Poor palomino.