>  JP>+>     I notice more and more X is taking over as BOSS HORSE .... he
 >  JP>+> really IS starting to look Regal and Elegant!!
 > I find it fascinating to watch the heirachy forming and
 > reforming,
 > and it's especially fast to develop with mares. One of our
 > mares
 > was poorly this summer - nothing serious, just off form.
 > She dropped
 > down to bottom of the pecking order, always being chased
 > away from her
 > feed. Recently started feeling fit again, and she's
 > steadily working
 > her way back up.
    They ARE interesting to observe, aren't they??  The pony, Tuffy, used to 
be
at the bottom of the list ...... however, since we got SEDONA, Tuffy isn't 
he
last in line anymore -- SEDONA is. AND, she doesn't seem to mind being there
..... Tuffy, on the other hand, has perked up, and as little as HE is, he
"rules" his place in the herd  (before it didn't seem to matter to him 
hat
place he was in).
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