--- Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree with that. Proper handling is what I want in my
foalshowever if I had a choice to purchase a 5 year old with
improper handling, or one with very little to no handling, I
would
pick the later..at least I do not have to start off
--- Kim Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I find that if I politely and
softly push her head away from me, she stops. I let my horses come
close to me and there are some rules, no biting, no kicking, even
at
other horses when I am around, no pushing. They can be taught to
follow the
especially people who do not know a lot about horses, even some who do,
will treat foals almost like a big dog, forgetting that those foals will get
a lot bigger and stronger, very fast, and what you could do safely at 2
months old, you can not do at a year old..
How much does a
On 9/1/07, Robyn Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Janice,
Any horse that won't be fly sprayed at ten years is a
horse that has gaps in ground training and some necessary handling was
skipped..
If you don't have flies and other biting bugs where you live then there may
not be a need for a
honestly, in the end, the overimprinted horse and the horse never
handled have about an equal amount of problems/issues. I say that,
Judy says that, nobody listens. They just want to stick their horses
in a field and leave them alone so they will be like feral cats
instead of home raised
--- Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
especially people who do not know a lot about horses, even
some who do,
will treat foals almost like a big dog, forgetting that those foals
will get
a lot bigger and stronger, very fast, and what you could do safely
at 2
months old, you can not
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:30:19 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
.however if I had a choice to purchase a 5 year old with
improper handling, or one with very little to no handling, I would
pick the later..at least I do not have to start off with
correcting bad habits.
Me too. It's easier to start with a
--- Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's easier to start with a clean slate than a horse
that someone else has already messed up.
And that is exactly why I bought babies! Then I know
they have been handled correctly, and if I make a
mistake, it is on me.
Susan in NV
Nevermore Ranch
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:35:11 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
And that is exactly why I bought babies! Then I know
they have been handled correctly, and if I make a
mistake, it is on me.
That's a good idea, but having seen how much people can mess up babies
even before they are weaned (Oh it's just
Maybe there is no such as thing as over handling foals. Could it
boil down to correct handling or incorrect handling?
Amen!
Karen Thomas, NC
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Me too. It's easier to start with a clean slate than a horse that
someone else has already messed up.
There are infinitely many combinations in the middle though, and when we are
talking to intelligent, caring horsesmen, there's no reason to limit the
discussions to either extreme - as I think
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's a good idea, but having seen how much people can mess up
babies
even before they are weaned (Oh it's just soo cute when he
nibbles/kicks/rears up and puts his feet on my shoulders - yuck)
it's
not
On 9/1/07, Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's a good idea, but having seen how much people can mess up babies
even before they are weaned (Oh it's just soo cute when he
nibbles/kicks/rears up and puts his feet on my shoulders - yuck) it's
not infallible.
Mic
yes and like
I have my A number one guy, my main horse jas, he was not taken from a
pasture til he was three and then abused for 30 days, dragged behind a
tractor, lashed in the face for spooking, beaten for being afraid.
Then I have my stonewall, orphaned foal, taken into the livingroom to
be bottle fed on
Hi Janice,
Any horse that won't be fly sprayed at ten years is a
horse that has gaps in ground training and some necessary handling was
skipped..
If you don't have flies and other biting bugs where you live then there may
not be a need for a horse to be fly sprayed. Just different perspective
On 9/1/07, Kim Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's a good idea, but having seen how much people can mess up
babies
even before they are weaned (Oh it's just soo cute when he
nibbles/kicks/rears up and puts
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Robyn Schulze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HEY JUDY! Can you re-post that photo of the moron w/ the colt,
who's
allowing said colt to not only have its front feet on the juy's
shoulders, but is also biting the guy in the neck at the same time?
I saw that,
On 9/1/07, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
but i cannot for the life of me comprehend how this
horse got to be ten years old and dances like a nut when you try to
fly spray him. Any horse that won't be fly sprayed at ten years is a
horse that has gaps in ground training and some
On 9/1/07, Robyn Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Janice,
Any horse that won't be fly sprayed at ten years is a
horse that has gaps in ground training and some necessary handling was
skipped..
If you don't have flies and other biting bugs where you live then there may
not be a need for a
This is a perfect example of why not to over handle foals in my
opinion..
Maybe there is no such as thing as over handling foals.
Could it boil down to correct handling or incorrect handling?
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:40:28 -0700, you wrote:
Could it boil down to correct handling or incorrect handling?
YES!
Mic
Mic (Michelle) Rushen
---
Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet
Could it boil down to correct handling or incorrect handling?
YES!
That's reasonable.
I don't think we want to give the public the impression that it's wrong to
handle foals or that they should be left alone.
For two reasons, it would be bad: for the humans and for the horse as it
would
--- Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could it boil down to correct handling or incorrect handling?
YES!
That's reasonable.
I don't think we want to give the public the impression that it's
wrong to
handle foals or that they should be left alone.
For two reasons, it
I agree with that. Proper handling is what I want in my
foalshowever if I had a choice to purchase a 5 year old with
improper handling, or one with very little to no handling, I would
pick the later..at least I do not have to start off with
correcting bad habits.
Correct.
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