This is a nice little vid that a horse owner over on YouTube took of adding a new horse to the herd. When we added thoroughbred Shilo to our then herd of three, which consisted of an Arabian mare, and Andalusian mare, and an elderly POA gelding, we were not prepared for the sparks that flew! We introduced the thoroughbred to our friendly and easy-going Andalusian, who had lived by herself for so many years before I bought her that she loves everyone. That one was easy. Then we introduced the beautiful thoroughbred mare to our old POA gelding. He arched his neck and made throaty huffa huffa sounds, very happy to meet her. I think it was love at first sight, because over the year we had her, they became fast friends.

Then we unleashed my husband's Polish Arabian mare. She flew at the poor new horse like an attack dog. Ears pinned, hindquarters churning, tail flying, sparks shooting out of her eyeballs. I never thought I'd describe an Arabian horse as a pit bull. But that's exactly what the hot blooded girl transformed into.

After that, we became smarter about the introductions and kept the new horse separate on the other side of the fence for at least a week or two, so the first meeting in the pasture wasn't quite so dramatic.