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At 11:00 AM 7/13/2004, Dot Wiggins wrote:
> The horse that refuses to respect the other's space is either not very 
> smart,  OR MORE LIKELY,  is challenging for leadership status.

Or, as possibly in this case, the horse is simply bored to death, full of 
energy, and is acting out.  I've seen my horses bump into the "wrong" herd 
member when turned loose - full of energy and rarin' to go, that horse 
might buck, throw some fake kicks at the lead mare, huff and 
puff,  just  "acting out" with no intentions of challenge or anything other 
than just living.  Don't recall any of the other herd members getting 
particularly upset about it.  Most often they just see it as an invitation 
to have fun.

While that isn't the same as spooking, it's still an example of doing what 
looks like the wrong thing, but isn't, because intent counts.


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           Quemado NM USA


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