All’s well here at the equine honeymoon hotel!

Yesterday M came to take Don Pecos and bring a mare for Major to breed. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, Major is a stud, and he hasn’t bred any mares for over a year, so what’s the point in keeping him intact? He’d be much happier a gelding if he was not used for breeding. On the other hand, he is difficult to deal with when mares are around. He and Pecos did well together, being just two blokes, and he was so much kinder. He didn’t bite, and he was very agreeable. He would do his dozing in the cross ties as we doted over his mane, tail and coat. It was fun to be with him.

So yesterday Lady arrived, and apparently she is a problem breeder, so we plan to keep her around for a couple of months to ensure that she settles. M didn’t even know if/when she was in estrus. Well, I can tell you that she is definitely in estrus. What luck to bring her at that time. Major is acting very stud-like, and covered her yesterday when they were hardly even out of the barn. He covered her at least three times yesterday, and when I let them out this morning, another two times before they even got down to the bottom of the pasture to eat grass.

The poor guy hasn’t had any for a year, so I guess that’s understandable.

We’ll see how long the bliss continues. With any luck she’ll settle on the first estrus, and we’ll have fewer hormones around this place.