I walked into the paddock without anything in my hands and saw Teddy right up the other end of the paddock near the back fence. I decided that I would just leave him be and walk over to a tree stump near the front gate. Walking along, looking at the ground, I hear the thunder of hooves! I look up to find Teddy bolting up to me. I'm surprised but I just lean up against the stump and he comes to a screeching halt about 3 metres from me then starts prancing back and forth with his tail up in the air. I just lent back and enjoyed the display saying to him, "So who's a bloody show pony today then!" He eventually stopped some distance away and decided to eat grass - just like I wasn't there. He continued to eat and drifted a few more metres away. I watch him for a while then went for a stroll to the back of the paddock.
On my way back, for some reason Shapelle and Mercedes (our very shy cows) decided that they too wanted to hang out with me and started running to me mooing from across the paddock. I'd never seen them behave like this! Even when you have an apple for them they gingerly walk over to you to get it. But when they reached me this time they put their very wet noses on my hands to say hello. Teddy saw this and decided that he now wanted my attention as well so came straight over looking for pats. He even warned the cows to back off.
Whoever think that animals, particularly horses, dont get jealous, are kidding themselves!
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