This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear mary, do you mind telling me who this "other" no-name trainer is? send me a private email and i'll keep it hush-hush. please? denise, in moke. hill, northern calif. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 10:36 AM Subject: Re: fjords...mule-like??
> This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --- Denise Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: "Denise Delgado" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > while at the horse expo > > the other day in > > sacramento, i ran into a trainer. we got to talking > > and he said he had > > worked with two fjords in the past. he said his > > perception of them is that > > they have a mule-like temperment. he said they are > > very stubborn and > > implied they are basically harder to deal with than > > a regular horse. i know > > mule-people would take this statement as a > > compliment. but i don't think he > > meant it that way. what do you all think? > > Denise, > > The man who started our three-year-old Fjords under > saddle for us trains horses for a living. I guess > that makes him a horse trainer - he also trains/owns > mules. When he told us that our Fjords were > mule-like, he meant it as a compliment/statement of > fact. What he meant by it was that Fjords DO react to > some training methods differently from, say, a paint > or quarter horse. Fjords are not as "flight" oriented > as other breeds. They tend to trot off a ways, stop, > turn around and look at you and 'think it over'. They > also like to have time to think about a new maneuver - > hence they seem to respond more slowly. There are > some Fjords who - once they get something down > pat(like roundpenning) - are most insulted by what > they consider 'mindless repetition' - "O.K., boss, I > get it. Now can we go on to something else before I > die of boredom?!" Another thing that Fjords do which > is 'mule-like' is LEAN on you/try to push you around > with their shoulder. If you use commonly accepted > 'mule methods' to conteract this, it works like a > charm. I know, I've tried it. > > So yes, Fjords are mule-like in my opinion. But in > the good ways. They only appear 'stubborn' to someone > who isn't smart enough to figure out what they are > doing and modify their methods to fit them. Buck > Brannaman was not smart enough to figure this out - > and nearly ruined one of my Fjords for me. This other > trainer - who is not a 'big name' trainer, and > certainly does not charge what Branaman does - stayed > up nights trying to figure out what was going on with > the Fjords, figured it out, and turned out great > horses for us. Need I say more? > > Mary > > > > > > > ===== > Mary Thurman > Raintree Farms > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > http://photos.yahoo.com >
