This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 11/7/01 10:55:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> About every > other horse took maybe a step and a half at best, and then came to an > abrupt > head jerking stop, as they ended up stepping on their own tails! Poor > horses, they probably forgot what a tail was,or if they even remembered > having one as they are so used to having them stuffed into tail bags & > what-not, all in the name of horsey fashion. > > ...Yet another case of the "My Pretty Pony" syndrome carried to the > extreme... > OK, and now I *promise* to get of of the subject! > kmac > Ah, the refreshing voice in the wilderness. I'm in an email group of "regular" horsepeople. And some of them are just tail crazy. The horse's tail NEVER gets out of a bag or braid except for a show. And that just seems pointless to me. I dunno. I like seeing the ponies running with their tails swinging, blowing. Bags look (and probably feel) stupid. On the same email list, a woman just yesterday said something that miffed me. She's looking at a Halflinger. Says she likes her friend's fjords (her friend bought them from a mutual friend) as far as personality, trail manners, etc., but she wants a performance horse and said that fjords CANNOT canter! I sucked in my breath, held it to the count of ten, and then gently mentioned that a good fjord can indeed canter. Yes, the draftier types may find it a bit more work, but that fjords CAN do it all. That being said, I wished her well with her half-halflinger. Pamela
