Very interesting... Shucks, there goes another perfectly wonderful theory... Anyone care to listen to all my child rearing theories? My son's are now 38 and 31 and they grew up and prospered inspite of all my wonderful theories... My advice to my two darling daughters (in-law) ? Ignore anything I tell you and don't become married to your own theories either... <grin> Keith Yutzy <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Not necessarily. My mare Squeak rules the herd, but she always "follows" the other mare in the pair, whether it is Bella or Janey. She doesn't necessarily back off from pulling, but if the other pony wants to be more forward, she lets them do the majority of the work. Linda ---------- Linda & Keith Yutzy Lone Star Dartmoors www.lonestardartmoors.com On Dec 14, 2004, at 6:19 PM, Beverly Means wrote: > ...and you don't think it has something to do with the herd dominance > thing, that makes one hold back ? > > I'm really trying to understand the dynamics of this... > > Beverly _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.shtml ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.shtml `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````