Summer goes fast in Alberta. Seems the snow is barely gone before the grasses along the ditches are heading out. The countryside changes from greens to golds and yellows and hints of red. The days shorten even more rapidly than they lengthened or so it seems.
Before you know it, it’s weaning time.
At first it is all very exciting to be back in the paddocks you were born in and racing around with Mom and mates.
Then Mom is gone and you are left with old George and your buddy Hawk. George waits patiently while his newest charges figure out that looking for Mom is a waste of time. He soon lures them over to the nice hay and bed that have been set up and gets them learning about “life after Mom”.
Marco got busy figuring out what it was he was good at.
Slope sliding…
Racing in the snow…
Stopping…
A few dressage moves…
He made some mistakes…
For which he appeared to almost lose his head…
But soon he learned how to get along in the herd and join in the dance.
Not everyone has the opportunity to watch baby horses grow up. Only the very luckiest. When you spend lots of time out watching this process, they get into your heart. They become your friends.
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