Personality doesn't know size!
The pony is currently number ~two~. She has a strong personality, and Cyn just feels so new she's easy to bully.
Cyn is really strong about food though.... Too strong. She won't back off when walking out with feed buckets. The pecking order gets a little messed up because Bay and the pony just go stand at their buckets and wait so she's free to get in our faces. We're workin' on that by carrying a bat out with us this morning!
Otherwise she has a super sweet temperament though. My friend Bob came to look yesterday, so we brought her out and we sat and talked and talked and she was happy to stand quiet and be talked about for an hour. ecurbh is really bonding with her, and she's easy to like. ecurbh was starting to get a little mad at my ole bully Bay for picking on her. I hope that behavior is over now.
We fix the feed buckets in the evening at the end of the day by puting them on the ground by the pasture and letting the horses eat and then graze awhile. I have them both where I can lead them out of the barn and hold the feed bucket in my left hand. Took a little longer with Okie caz he was "hungry" but they walk out and stand til I set it down:')
She sounds like a super sweet horse!