Mama horse meets her 1-year-old baby for the first time

[red dog 1]

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[hlthe2b]

1. Nice.. but the mare looked at the woman as though she KNEW that the colt (?) was going to be

taken back away from her soon. (and I suspect she was right). That reintroduction should have been immediately followed by time outside the stable together--albeit supervised. I'm sure the mare is well-trained, but I've seen situations like that cause them to lash out or even try to bolt. I hope that woman knows better. Lately, I don't know that the majority of people have any common sense in these situations involving animals. sigh...

[efhmc]

2. Why was it a year before she met her colt. Who and how was it feed?

[hlthe2b]

3. I went through the feed thinking it would have been addressed--it was not.

I would wonder if the foal was born with a serious issue, the mare had no milk, the mare, herself was too sick to care for it, or one or the other was displaced, stolen... whatever. Normal weaning is about six months-- so something clearly happened. However, the fact that the foal was not with the mare or taken away, yet both clearly remember the other a year later means that reintroduction had to be more than a mere rubbing of faces and a sniff or two. One need not anthropomorphize much to know that abruptly removing the young one again would lead to some (understandable) problem reaction/behavior.

I think the person making that video should have added some context.

[efhmc]

4. A complete back story would be good. Thank you for your response.