When Tenor arrived there was heated exchange between Sonny and Tenor. Fancy also played a big role in the domination battle. Tenor has ended up with a few teeth marks on his back, I believe most are from Fancy. Sonny is so powerful, he snarls and runs at the new horse and instantly wins. The horses tell me where they are in the domination determination by the stalls they inhabit at feed time. Sonny is always #1. Fancy has been #2 as was she was at morning’s feed time.
The situation changed at afternoon feed time. Tenor took #2 stall and after a few seconds, Fancy went into #3 stall. Stall#1 gets fed first as it’s nearest to the feed room. Stalls are “free choice” for the horses.
Fancy has never lasted this long being dominate with any horse except for young horses and she tied for dominance with her beloved mule, “Mulie”, ar her boarding stable.
This was a big day; the day Fancy became #3. Herd life is like that, but she will try every day to win back #2.
HOLD ON! This morning Fancy is back in stall#2. My my!