One of the most exciting things for animals in the barn are the newcomers. Sometimes, it gets boring spending a lot of time with the same people/animals for a long period of time, hence, most of the time, these animals are very appreciative of newcomers. There are also cases when newcomers are not appreciated at all simply for the fact that animals within the same barn have already established their friendships and they are not looking for new ones.
Some of them even get really jealous when their barn friends get along really well with the newcomers. I remember one video when a third horse came in the barn and entered between the existing friendship of two other horses and every time the newcomer and one of these horses had some tender moments together, the jealousy on the other horse’s face was real.
After all, they do not think the same way as humans and it is easier for them to express their feelings. I like to compare them to young kids who are jealous of other kids who are grabbing the attention of everyone. It’s very similar if you think about it. Now let’s see how this first meeting between two horses and a baby goat went. The first who went closer to the baby goat was the oldest among the two horses and you can tell that everything went well.
He was really excited about the arrival of his new friend. As the baby goat bleats, the dark horse leans over and sniffs at his tiny head. The two of them seem to get along pretty well and it seems like the beginning of a beautiful friendship that will last for a long period of time, however, when it is the miniature horse’s turn, things did not go as expected. The baby goat steps forward, trying to say hello to the miniature horse, but the baby goat is not having it.
He jolts back, and after a second or two, he flips out and runs away in the other direction. Although the horses have polar opposite reactions to the newly adopted goat, we hope that their next encounter goes swimmingly. The only thing that goes into my mind by watching this is the fact that the horse’s opinion on baby goat was not influenced by one another at all. After all, that is the most beautiful part about horses, how different they are in personalities.