This message is from: misha nogha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To Annelli, I was told that stallions that didn't place in the top six
because they didn't pass muster, or good horses that might have passed
muster but who have the same bloodlines as one who already has were
slaugthered in Norway, 'the mother country of the breed', because Norway
felt it didn't have enough room to have geldings. You all can correct me if
I am wrong, but I was told that the killing vans are at the evaluation
waiting for the almost good enoughs. I guess if I was at an Norwegian
evaluation and saw that, I would find it heartbreaking, loving horses as I
do, but I guess both my Nordic and Indian ancestors ate horses, so who am I
to comment? On training issues, I think it's great to use trainers, but I
also think it's really cool to get some training yourself. I haven't tried
the clicker training yet, but it sounds good. I do love the Parelli
training and it makes life so much easier for me. Especially in regards to
Fjords giving you personal space, not pulling on the lead, and giving you
respect as an alpha horse of the herd. I like to handle my own horses. The
thing about learning this training yourself is, you can have horses trained
to the max in the saddle and they can still have very bad ground manners.
OR, the horse might respect your trainer, but still try and clean your
clock if you don't get its respect. For the person who stuck in there with
Tor, good for you. It's true, sometimes the smartest horses are the most
stubborn, but if you can get in tune with that horse, you have a great
partner. Misha
