> When I first got involved with Icelandics I was told by numerous people, > including Dr. Isenbugel who was the head vet at the Zurich Zoo and one of > the first to have Icelandics in Switzerland, that Icelandics would pant when > they were hot and so their respiration would be inverted. At that time, > inverted respiration was considered a big problem. > > I am pretty sure that John Parke has said not true but that is what we > were told. The belief was that Icelandic had narrower windpipes to warm the > air going into their lungs. Now I really don't know what is true because it > is no colder in Iceland than in lots of places in the world. Didn't we hear > that about Fjords or something? > > I have experienced panting in Icelandics but their recovery was fast but > it was mostly in context of heat – especially if they were hairy.
Reason i am interested, the lady I bought nasi from told me that and I never thought it was bad that he panted. But now I have Tivar and I am riding an icelandic and the first time I rode him I was alarmed by his panting and immediately bought some heavy duty clippers so he won't be overheated. But last time I rode him he panted some and he is clipped and we did not ride hard or for a long time, so now I think he is just outa condition or he is just having to adjust to this climate. I am in florida but in north fla close to alabama and it gets really cold here but lately has been unusually warm. Now I notice he is shedding!! No mistake! So I think his body thinks it is spring because he came here and since I know horses shed according to light not temperature, conditions must be such that it triggered him physically to think it is spring. I wish someone could find out for sure about the panting! Thats why I was hoping the person who posted would tell us where she read that so I could look it up. Janice > -- > yipie tie yie yo > "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] The video every Icelandic Horse owner should have: http://IceHorses.net/video.html [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses [] IceHorses ToolBar http://iceryder.ourtoolbar.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
