My youngster Charlie shares with my retired horse Mattie. They are very fond of each other but Charlie hassles Mattie mercilessly to play. When Mattie is sound I don't mind it, but he is injured at present and it doesn't help his leg to have to kick Charlie every 5 minutes. Charlie is very dominant and likes to get what he wants.
There is a new livery in the next door field to mine. She has 2 mares in one section, who disdain Charlie utterly. In the other section she has a gelding who is not old (he's about 11) but is semi-retired because of stiff hocks caused by over-jumping. His name is Tonto - he's a lovely skewbald show cob type. Apparently his recent career has been as nanny horse to a youngster herd and he is lonely in his section on his own, so I've been asked if he and Charlie could run together during the day.
I think this would be great for Charlie, particularly if Tonto would give him a bit of discipline, though I suspect that Tonto is a very easy going chap. But I know that is isn't all necessarily sweetness and light with horses sharing.
What do you all think? How would you proceed?
There is a new livery in the next door field to mine. She has 2 mares in one section, who disdain Charlie utterly. In the other section she has a gelding who is not old (he's about 11) but is semi-retired because of stiff hocks caused by over-jumping. His name is Tonto - he's a lovely skewbald show cob type. Apparently his recent career has been as nanny horse to a youngster herd and he is lonely in his section on his own, so I've been asked if he and Charlie could run together during the day.
I think this would be great for Charlie, particularly if Tonto would give him a bit of discipline, though I suspect that Tonto is a very easy going chap. But I know that is isn't all necessarily sweetness and light with horses sharing.
What do you all think? How would you proceed?