This weekend, I re-routed cross-fencing to allow the girls access to what I call their "playground", the upper paddock where they like to go for a romp. The lower paddock is where I feed them, keep manure cleaned, and have a grassy area for a few hours a week grazing.
I had Bella in the upper paddock, mainly because the way it is set up with fencing and gates, its easily accessible, but also 3-4x the size of the lower paddock with the barn, and it has a run-in shed (which she won't use anyway, neither did Leroy).
I moved electric fencing, making her a small-ish paddock still around the gate and run-in, but freeing up the gate separating the paddocks, allowing the girls access to the upper paddock and their playground, with just one strand of electric fence between Bella and the rest of them.
I opened the gate, and of course they all ran like demons up the hill. Bella excitedly came right over to the fenceline to say hello! As they ran around like idiots, bucking, piaffing, sliding stops, pirouettes, airs above the ground with the obligatory farting, Bella managed a trot UP the steep hill and over the rubble, I was quite happy to see her comfortable over that! She watched them awhile, munched hay, watched some more, and was just totally nonchalant about the entire thing. No stressing, no worrying, no hiding. She and Whinney hung out for awhile, looking at each other and pretending to graze on nothing. Jen came over and gave her a couple of her nasty faces ,but Bella ignored them and just looked at her, which caused Jen to perk up her ears and just look at her, lol!
She did really well, I was so pleased!!!!
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