Howdy Jean!
14 Dec 97 06:11, Jean Prophet wrote to Simon Avery:
 >> I find it fascinating to watch the heirachy forming and
 >> and it's especially fast to develop with mares. One of our
 JP>     They ARE interesting to observe, aren't they??  The pony, Tuffy,
 JP> used to be at the bottom of the list ...... however, since we got
 JP> SEDONA, Tuffy isn't the last in line anymore -- SEDONA is. AND, she
 JP> doesn't seem to mind being there
Funny that. Some horses are born at the bottom end and never try to
move. 
 JP> ..... Tuffy, on the other hand, has perked up, and as little as HE is,
 JP> he "rules" his place in the herd  (before it didn't seem to matter
 JP> to him what place he was in).
:) We've got a miniature shetland, Peter Pan. He was cut late, so is
still a bit of a 'little man'. If you put him in a field of mares,
even if they're 15h+, he's strutting about rounding them all up. 
Great fun to watch.
Simon
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