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At 11:37 AM 06/10/2000 EDT, you wrote:
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I suspect (don't know) imprinting is overrated. {flame suit thoroughly in
place]. I read a study where people were asked at the end of 6 months to
guess which of 12 foals had been imprinted and which had not (they'd all
been handled daily). Nobody could tell.
Gail-Dorine in Las Cruces
Gail, I question that study as being conclusive.. maybe the key to their
finding was the 6 month age factor, it seems to me that any of them go
through a kind of offish spell for a while early on but once they're past
that phase I believe there is a marked difference in a horse that's been
handled considerably. Of course I realize too it would depend on the
individual horse as some are more personable than others. I wonder too how
many they studied? Do you recall the resource for that theory?
Why aren't we outside riding! It's raining here but I'll bet you've got
sunshine (too much sunshine maybe? =)) Ruthie
