Well that is a great trait to have, one of the hardest to deal with at a CTR, the herd instinct.
I’ve figured out that Harley doesn’t care about strange horse passing and leaving him, but If I ride with someone, like I did at this one, he does get a bit herd bound. But seems OK once his buddy is out of sight. I just don’t ride often enough with others to work with him letting the other horse leave him. Riding by yourself, IMO, doesn’t really help the problem. You have to ride with other horses, and let them leave, and come back, and leave again.
Becky
Bay will go if he’s the one leaving... but if someone else leaves and we’re staying behind, he’d be on the muscle about it. Not at home, necessarily, he doesn’t care if they’re out of sight at home. But on trail or at a trailhead.
That’s pretty normal, and would be a tough test :~)