A Pasture of…..Order?

My Black Beauty has been called an 'easy keeper' a horse term for those who, basically, have an eating disorder.  She can pack on the weight just looking at food, not to mention her ability to consume feed at a rapid rate, to her its all about quantity. Grass is off her list of things to eat, it's too rich for her metabolism. Her hay not only has to be weighed, but soaked as well. The soaking expels the sugars.

She's anything but an 'easy keeper.'

She's also the polar opposite of the husbands horse who eats like a gentleman, able to graze on pasture grass,  and as for his hay, soaking is not required.

With this being said, the horses have to be fed separately.

The husbands horse knows exactly where he needs to be and exactly where she needs to be.

When we come out with the hay the husbands horse will run in to his area circle around and wait to be fed. As for my beauty, she will sometimes go into her area….sometimes.

Sometimes, she'll change things up and choose to eat on his side.

This attitude of hers really bothers him. He tries to chase her out, or trot into her space showing her where she needs to be.

It's funny to watch. She'll just stand there while he's strutting and tossing his head saying, 'come on girl, get with the program. Get out of my area.'

She'll lay her ears back and hold her ground. He gets so frustrated with her. He'll buck and snort while going back and forth trying his best to convince her she needs to go to her own side.

Finally he looks at me as if to say, 'you're not helping, whats with you girls anyway?'

 Knowing the outcome, I already put his hay in her trough then motioned for him to head over there, it was obvious who was calling the shots. My black beauty was not budging.

He eventually gave up and went into the other lot but before he started eating, he let out a loud snort.

He made sure we knew we were messing with his system and he was not at all pleased.