This message is from: "Barbara Manning Grimm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A couple of recent posts have mentioned knee-biting games: I just assumed the knee-biting behavior was a common Fjord thing, but maybe not. We noticed it the most one winter when a sudden early deep snow kept our Fjords in a turn-out about 100 by 100 feet for quite awhile. They got their exercise and alleviated boredom by playing fight games. The games were always at the same time three times a day (there might have been overnight games we did not see). The games were carefully choregraphed and the same time after time. One horse would chase another around the perimeter of the pen. At a certain corner the leader would whirl and rear up. They would play fight on their hind legs and then chase to another point and repeat it. The game came to an end when one would bite the knees of the other until the loser went down to his knees. The games were gentle with no injuries from teeth or hooves. Each horse seemed to win about an equal number of times. The object seemed to be the game itself, not domination. Garry and Barb Grimm Penticton, BC
