This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Karen Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was kind of disappointed because my fjord seemed so aloof. He was > perfectly willing to let me feed him and do things with him, but > didn't seem to want or need my company. [...] in the last week he > seems to have "thawed" [...] > > I bought this guy at auction. The lady selling him said she'd had > him since Feb and only picked him up to resell. [...] I figure > I'm either his third or fourth owner in his four years. [...] So, > maybe he is just reserved about bonding with humans?
My old Nansy mare was a little bit that way---it was nearly 6 months after I got her (at age 17) before she warmed up to me. Oh, she was polite enough, and reasonably obedient, just not particularly friendly. I was only her second owner, but she had been shuttled back and forth to breeders, taken on trail rides, leased out as a pack horse, used in "petting zoo" (expo) situations, etc. My theory was that she'd been moved around so much that she had learned not to "invest" much in relationships, until she was sure that they'd last. Anyway, glad to hear that your guy has come around! Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon
