In a more polished moment she looks rather delicate, nonetheless, she can be a real wack job. Not only does she take after her independent mother but she […]
Behavior / Foal
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Hiding in Plain Sight
In an open meadow, with no place to hide, one does the best one can.
Foal / Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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Fleet of Foot
Are they wild? No, but they live as if they were wild. That Herd horses are free range horses. They are privately owned and lightly managed. The horses […]
Behavior / Foal / Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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Meeting the Day
It is common for the foals, from their first day, to traverse all of the rolling countryside where That Herd roams, even steep ascents and descents. This duo […]
Behavior / Foal / Mare and Foal Images
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Impatient Circles
After a morning of labor and birth, this mother needs to lie down and pass the placenta. Freed from her internal burden of several months and the […]
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Periscope Moment
I cannot seem to put into words how beautiful these little moments are. His journey has begun.
Foal / Mare and Foal Images
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Rough Morning
He has arrived safe and sound, but whoa, was he ever pooped from his journey. A bit of a slow start, but he is doing fine.
Mare and Foal Images
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Jim Blossom
Like a lucky omen, this filly has lifted our spirits and excitement for what is to come. True to That Herd form, she has already crammed a lot […]
Behavior / Landscape / Mares
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Graceful Success, Luck, and Barely Skimming By
Every mother, no matter what species, no matter maiden or veteran, has the burden and gift of either extreme fierceness in the face of dreadful odds or crushing […]
Behavior / Herd Life Images / Mares / Older Horse Images
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Gift Horse
This gelding thinks his been gifted a band of mares for his very own. Sadly, these beauties are heavy in foal and this is as close as he […]
Landscape / Mare and Foal Images / Uncategorized
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In Admiration
A mare who is no longer with us and her first foal. She gave us many memorable moments.
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Ecotherapy
Sorry to disappoint you but this is an image of a newborn colt from last year. The first 2022 foal of That Herd has not arrived yet. Shrouded […]
Behavior / Older Horse Images / Stallion
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Boyish Today
I’ve been putting some thought into aggression verses violence in wild animals. Looking at horses in particular, there is limited research available on violence in feral, free-range, and […]
Landscape / Older Horse Images
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Watching Me Like TV
There is a foal portrait on the Home page of this blog. I call him the whiskers foal. Well, the big horse in this image is the whiskers […]
Behavior / Landscape / Older Horse Images
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Cantering Out of the Sky
” … and suppose that a wild little Horse of Magic came cantering out of the sky, … ” –Walter De La Mare
Behavior / Older Horse Images / Weanling and Yearling
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Cactus Garden
I think they would rather run me over than the cactus if it came to that.
Behavior / Older Horse Images / Weanling and Yearling
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On Your Toes
When the young horses come in with open expressions of interest, you know you have to be on your toes. I don’t mean that in a bad way, […]
Behavior / Foal
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With Her Explorer Hat On
“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by […]
Behavior / Foal / Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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Quite Capable
Wild horses and domestic horses are genetically the same. Roaming freely, living in herd groups, and foraging for feed and water are all actions natural to horses. The […]
Older Horse Images
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Such Terrain
“Getting dirty is the whole point. If you’re getting dirty, that means that you have traveled to where there is no pavement. When you sojourn into such terrain, […]