My mare was reunited with her daughter after a year and it was such an emotional reunion - to go back to the beginning- I bought the mom and six months later I was contacted by a lady who owned her before the person I bought her off - she had bred a foal who was 2 now and asked me if I would be interested in buying her, which I did.
On the day she was due to arrive I decided to let them get to know each other over the fence (the mom and 2 other horses which make up my little herd. )the three of them stood a the gate waiting all day until she arrived at 3.30pm, they wouldnt go off and graze they just stood all day - which was strange behaviour in itself - when she arrived the other 2 where very interested and introduced themselved but her mum was besides herself, she is normally a very alloof horse but I had to let her in with her girl I thought she would knock the fence down - she groomed her from top to tail and made very gentle carressing gestures with her head and neck and basically has not let her out of her sight since, if she strays too far away from her she calls her back and her baby always comes running, they have a very strong bond which is a joy to watch and really educational because I am seeing all kinds of body language between them I havn't seen before .
I tell as many people as i can about them because we need to be more mindful than we are about the devastation we can cause tearing families apart - well thats the way I see it