This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 5/10/2004 7:07:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Because the Fjord has been touted as born broke - some people believe this - and don't take the time to really train them. There are an inordinate amount of appeared trained Fjord horses out there - because of their inherent stoic nature
Well said, Pat. I don't know how many times I've explained that getting away with something and training are not the same! You'd be amazed how many people claim a horse is saddle trained because someone sat on its back once, or cart trained because it was hitched up once and nothing went wrong. Yikes! One of my barn mates recently purchased a 3 year old draft cross, untrained. The first day home she saddled the filly and lunged her. Next day, she rode her at the walk, and the following day, at the trot. A few days later she took the horse out for a trail ride including cantering. It doesn't surprise me that a draft would take all this in stride, especially one still in shock from being relocated, but it does leave me wondering when the manure's going to hit the fan :-/ / )_~ /L/L Brigid Wasson SF Bay Area, CA www.Brigid.Clickryder.com
