Post by Scout on Dec 22, 2011 13:24:32 GMT -6
Herd 1:
Lead Stallion: See below
Lead Mare: See below
Second horse: Second in command. Is usually given duties that the lead is too busy for. Is in charge while the lead is away. Is not necessarily next in line for the throne.
Lead Warrior: must be a horse with excellent strategy skills because they plan battles. They do not decide when to go to battle and rarely see battle. They usually only plan it. Typically a horse who has been a warrior their whole life.
Medicine Horse: Must be an intelligent horse with an excellent knowledge of plants and herbs. They heal those who are sick and injured and typically held with high regard in the herd.
Warriors: Common warriors who are at the disposal of the Lead warrior. Their lives depend on the strategies of the lead. Often punished severely when they do not obey orders from the lead warrior.
Assistant Medicine Horse: Medicine horse's apprentice. They are learning about herbs and plants to heal horses. It is up to the medicine horse and the lead to decide whether they want an Assistant Medicine horse or not.
Commons: All the other horses with no title. Can be male or female.
Please fill out this form when creating a herd. Replace "herd 1" with the name of your herd and then delete descriptions of the positions filled and replace the descriptions with the name of the horse who is filling it. You must fill this out along with the land claim form when creating a herd.
Herd Dynamics:Within a herd there is typically a lead stallion and a lead mare. It is their role to keep the herd safe and moving. With the lead mare at the front of the herd, and the stallion pushing from behind, they lead the community to food and water. The lead mare would be doing the locating of the destination and the stallion would be making sure that none of the members fall behind and to make sure the herd does not get attacked from behind.
Stallion's role:The stallion also has a second role of resolving any conflicts between other horses.In certain situations the stallion chooses to intervene, but in others he does not. For minor disputes, if he considers that it is in the best interests of the horses concerned to fight it out alone in order to learn a particular lesson, he will let a conflict go ahead, all the while keeping a watchful eye on the proceedings. If, however, the fight is more serious, puts the herd in danger, or threatens his position as lead stallion, he will intervene by displaying aggressive body language. In most cases, this means lowering his neck and flattening his ears towards the other horse, often with a short charge. If this is not enough, he will display all of this behavior with a bite or kick at the end. As soon as his point is made and the lesson is learned, the stallion goes back to whatever he was doing before.The stallion served two purposes in the herd: to protect his mares and to repopulate the herd.
Lead mare:Her job is to lead the herd to the best grasslands and good water holes, and to keep a watchful eye open for mountain lions and other predators. She is fed best and gets food first.The lead mare held the highest position in the herd. Her place was one of intelligence, strength, dominance and control. The lead mare was the one that would alert the herd of danger, lead them in travels, and keep the pack members in their respective places. She had a zero-tolerance policy and did not allow any members of the herd to threaten her position.
Foaling Time:The annual birth of foals is an important part of herd life. A pregnant mare will usually move away from the herd to have her foal with the stallion in position on the edge of the herd, giving her some space yet remaining close enough to protect her if necessary. herd dynamics mare and foal The herd dynamics are set up to ensure the safety of the foal - the herd's future. Within hours of the birth, the foal is up on his feet suckling from his mother. There is an incredibly strong bond between the mare and the foal; the foal doesn’t leave his mother’s side until confident enough to explore the environment. The mare makes sure that her foal keeps moving so that he develops good muscle strength and keeps safe from predators. The stallion also takes a proactive role in the foal’s up-bringing by playing and teaching the foal about herd etiquette.
All positions that are bolded are ACTUAL descriptions of the positions in the herd. Everything that is not bolded are things that I made up to make herds more interesting to be in and to give the chance to more than two horses to have a position in the herd XD.
Stallions/ Colts are allowed to join herds just like mares but, the lead stallion or mare (whomever shows up to the character's joining thread) must decide if the horse is allowed to join or not. This is true for both males and females.
NOTE:
Lead Stallion: See below
Lead Mare: See below
Second horse: Second in command. Is usually given duties that the lead is too busy for. Is in charge while the lead is away. Is not necessarily next in line for the throne.
Lead Warrior: must be a horse with excellent strategy skills because they plan battles. They do not decide when to go to battle and rarely see battle. They usually only plan it. Typically a horse who has been a warrior their whole life.
Medicine Horse: Must be an intelligent horse with an excellent knowledge of plants and herbs. They heal those who are sick and injured and typically held with high regard in the herd.
Warriors: Common warriors who are at the disposal of the Lead warrior. Their lives depend on the strategies of the lead. Often punished severely when they do not obey orders from the lead warrior.
Assistant Medicine Horse: Medicine horse's apprentice. They are learning about herbs and plants to heal horses. It is up to the medicine horse and the lead to decide whether they want an Assistant Medicine horse or not.
Commons: All the other horses with no title. Can be male or female.
Please fill out this form when creating a herd. Replace "herd 1" with the name of your herd and then delete descriptions of the positions filled and replace the descriptions with the name of the horse who is filling it. You must fill this out along with the land claim form when creating a herd.
Herd Dynamics:Within a herd there is typically a lead stallion and a lead mare. It is their role to keep the herd safe and moving. With the lead mare at the front of the herd, and the stallion pushing from behind, they lead the community to food and water. The lead mare would be doing the locating of the destination and the stallion would be making sure that none of the members fall behind and to make sure the herd does not get attacked from behind.
Stallion's role:The stallion also has a second role of resolving any conflicts between other horses.In certain situations the stallion chooses to intervene, but in others he does not. For minor disputes, if he considers that it is in the best interests of the horses concerned to fight it out alone in order to learn a particular lesson, he will let a conflict go ahead, all the while keeping a watchful eye on the proceedings. If, however, the fight is more serious, puts the herd in danger, or threatens his position as lead stallion, he will intervene by displaying aggressive body language. In most cases, this means lowering his neck and flattening his ears towards the other horse, often with a short charge. If this is not enough, he will display all of this behavior with a bite or kick at the end. As soon as his point is made and the lesson is learned, the stallion goes back to whatever he was doing before.The stallion served two purposes in the herd: to protect his mares and to repopulate the herd.
Lead mare:Her job is to lead the herd to the best grasslands and good water holes, and to keep a watchful eye open for mountain lions and other predators. She is fed best and gets food first.The lead mare held the highest position in the herd. Her place was one of intelligence, strength, dominance and control. The lead mare was the one that would alert the herd of danger, lead them in travels, and keep the pack members in their respective places. She had a zero-tolerance policy and did not allow any members of the herd to threaten her position.
Foaling Time:The annual birth of foals is an important part of herd life. A pregnant mare will usually move away from the herd to have her foal with the stallion in position on the edge of the herd, giving her some space yet remaining close enough to protect her if necessary. herd dynamics mare and foal The herd dynamics are set up to ensure the safety of the foal - the herd's future. Within hours of the birth, the foal is up on his feet suckling from his mother. There is an incredibly strong bond between the mare and the foal; the foal doesn’t leave his mother’s side until confident enough to explore the environment. The mare makes sure that her foal keeps moving so that he develops good muscle strength and keeps safe from predators. The stallion also takes a proactive role in the foal’s up-bringing by playing and teaching the foal about herd etiquette.
All positions that are bolded are ACTUAL descriptions of the positions in the herd. Everything that is not bolded are things that I made up to make herds more interesting to be in and to give the chance to more than two horses to have a position in the herd XD.
Stallions/ Colts are allowed to join herds just like mares but, the lead stallion or mare (whomever shows up to the character's joining thread) must decide if the horse is allowed to join or not. This is true for both males and females.
NOTE:
- Horses like to have a leader
- Some horses are passive and don’t want to move any further up the pecking order, and so accept a leader willingly. Others can be more assertive and will try to catch you off guard in order to move up the pecking order and become leader
- Horses are habitual and enjoy routine
- Horses with very strong bonds often physically position themselves in each other’s “heart areas”. The “heart area” is the part of the body running from the head to just behind the shoulder. This area seems to be an acceptable area to communicate from
- Horses are social, they enjoy interacting with others, and have a natural instinct to keep moving forward
