In my NOCO community, cars have to stop all the time, even on wide 4-lane boulevards, to wait for the geese or the ducks with chicks to cross the road. Even when I'm in a hurry, that brings me much pleasure! And, I won't say here what I would do if I saw anyone fail to stop for them.. Fortunately they always do.

I was ready to make a stink in this thread

It could be venison.

...and as much as I HATE to spoil a joke, deer don't breast feed. They have udders. Mammals like primates have mammary glands in their breasts, but ruminants like deer and cattle have mammary glands in their udders.
Nice pic, though!

We had to do it on the BART train once. A teen-aged boy saw my Wife's breast and looked away shocked. Hopefully he was not traumatized.

Reminds me of a Dylan line: You’re an idiot babe, it’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

(Actually, the woman was too well-spoken for this not to be a gag on her part. Again, you couldn’t be this stupid.)

I do worry that the doe is so unconcerned about the cars, though.

That said, those fawns have chosen an udderly bad location to nurse.

One of my mares had a two month old colt - old enough I didn't think it'd be a problem riding the mare while the foal ran around the pasture. The mare was fine but then the colt decided it was brunch time. I was cantering the mare across the field when the colt ran right in front of mom the same way he did when they were just messing around in the pasture. He skidded to a stop in front of the mare, knocking her front legs out from under her. I rolled off over her shoulder without damage. By the time I got up, the mare was standing, the colt nursing happily. After that I stopped riding my broodmares when they had foals at side.

That same mare had plenty of foals and they all matured early - started eating grain early and grew fast. She got tired of those big foals stealing her feed so we had to separate them at feeding time so she wouldn't bite her own babies. The clincher was when we were picking her up from getting bred to an outside stallion. While we were getting set to load her and the foal (a different one) in the trailer he ran up to nurse. The mare decided she was done with letting him suckle and broadsided him, both back hooves into his ribcage.Fortunately he was tough and suffered no damage, but as soon as we got him and his dam home, we weaned him!

I ask because most of the time those who ride western do not call it cantering.

I preferred English and rode mostly dressage until I had to stop riding. Horses I bred and raised did everything from working cow horse, Western Pleasure, halter, dressage, and three day eventing. Pretty good since I raised foundation bred Quarter Horses!

Now I am retired from it - still have some of my old broodmares and just gave my last foal to a young woman who is starting him Hunt Seat but will probably move on to eventing.

that could jump when I got into an accident that disabled me from doing either. I always found dressage more challenging. I had always wanted to go into three day eventing but that ended. I rode both my horse an Arabian/appaloosa and my trainers horse an Arabian/Tennessee Walker. My balance is shot so doing anything other than just sitting on a horse for a trail ride is not possible.

Smooth gaits and not as tall as Tennessee Walkers. Of course, the seat and riding style is totally different for each of those breeds. I'd take a Walker over a Paso any day - better dispositions.

Mostly I concentrated on breeding and riding took second place in my life though I still tried to keep it up. That is until one of my colts reared and snatched my shoulder which led to it being completely rebuilt. My surgeon told me no more baby horse wrestling so breeding slowed down since there was no one else to do the imprinting and ground training.

Since 2001 I've had a lot of major operations and physically I simply cannot handle the horses anymore.

My trainers horse had such a smooth gate that rising trots and gate change was sometimes hard to do. My life with horses was limited to me owning one and showing my trainers horse. I tried to show my own horse but I hated having a red ribbon in her tail as it was embarrassing. I will admit she was a bitch and if you knew how to ride she would push every button to test you. She was great with people who had no clue.

My experience with Pasos is that their personalities are a lot like Arabians and Thoroughbreds - a little volatile and unpredictable. Tennessee Walkers tend to be steadier and less tempermental, a lot like Quarter Horses. Warmbloods are steady but tend to be pushy (I think) because they get so big so early in life.

I showed both mares and my stallions since I was breeding and needed to promote my horses. If I'd just been interested in showing and/or riding a gelding would have been the best choice - no hormones to worry about.

My trainer had two Appaloosa/Thoroughbreds who were really sweet.

The breed that I have come in contact with that I thought had the worst temperament was the Hackney pony.

He never got over 13'3" - cute little red dun with a wonderful personality. He lived to be nearly thirty years old and never lived outside the same few blocks of town where he was born!

My third horse was an Appaloosa - great personalty, too. 15'3" when I bought him at two and 16'3" when I sold him about three years later. He knew nothing when I bought him but was easy to train. The only time he blew up was when a dog bite him on the nose. All he did then was try to strike at the dog with his front feet.

After that it was Quarter Horses all the way.

Her younger one could had been an excellent jumper but she was a dedicated western rider ( damn, I would have liked to have tried a round with him. )

All of the Appaloosas that I have met have been really sweet. Well OK, my horse was not sweet but I admit I have always blamed her Arabian half on that.

If I had ever gotten my dream horse it would had been a bay gelding Hanoverian.

When I had my horse or was riding my trainers horse most of the people in my area had Quarter horses that were big and heavy in the front and it was not until I saw my friends Morgan/Quarter that I began to see even the purebreds that had conformations that could safely be used as jumpers.

Her older Morgan/Quarter looked more like a big heavy Quarter than Morgan and he was a sweetie. Her younger one looked more Morgan and was sweet also.