On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:15:37 -0400, you wrote: >I'd say for a horse just taken from the wild nine weeks ago
He looks really nice. The area he came from has a lot of people, right? I wonder if it works with him like it does with our youngsters. An Icelandic friend sends his young horses up to us to grow up, and they are always completely unhandled apart from the very, very basics. They don't lead, some are virtually untouchable loose in the field. However, after a summer out on the moor (which has lots of people walking dogs etc) they all seem to be much more friendly. In fact when we first started doing this I would spend several weeks working with them before putting them out, but now I put them out, then do the work at the end of the summer when they come home, and it's much easier. I think they see people around them and realise they are not next in line for the main course at dinner... ; ) Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
