[IceHorses] Re: How to Pick your Future Horse
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Raven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very interesting article Foal tests may define future champion horses http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2007/01/021.shtml I have found this to be true, some horses are just a certain way, scared or calm, and I have seen it in them when they are young. It can be modified somewhat, but some are definitely easier than others. Some are naturally more people oriented, some are naturally not so afraid of things like tarps or trailer loading, some learn to lead more easily than others. I'm comparing some in my mind that have a parent in common, were born in the same place, with the same exact handlers, they have some similarities, but I can also see inherent differences. I am sure full brothers and sisters can come out totally different. Kim
Re: [IceHorses] Re: How to Pick your Future Horse
On 2/8/07, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2007/01/021.shtml Interesting. I read it and was thinking I am not so sure it would work for icelandics! nasi would not react to any of that stuff as a weanling. He was happy go lucky guy and still is! My husband took him for a walk the other day and crossing a little rural wooden bridge with a low rail, Nasi approached the rail and looked over into the deep flowing creek and my husband said Whattaya think Nos-man, wanna go for a swim? and he said Nasi took a step forward and pawed at the railing like I swear to God, he thought about jumping in! Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
[IceHorses] Re: How to Pick your Future Horse
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting. I read it and was thinking I am not so sure it would work for icelandics! nasi would not react to any of that stuff as a weanling. He was happy go lucky guy and still is! I think there must be differences among Icelandics, I think Snorri is different than Dari was. Snorri is slightly more cautious, he will snort a little before approaching something he isn't sure about, he still does not want a tarp anywhere near him (spring will probably be a good time to just put one out in the pasture so he can see what the others do with it), Dari was never like this, he was always more like you describe Nasi, very bold, not afraid. It's not that Snorri is a giant chicken, but he is a little more reactive, I am thinking maybe a little more forward also. When I saw Snorri at about 8 months, he wasn't that friendly with people, not necessarily really afraid, he just preferred his filly companion (maybe it was the fact that he had just been gelded:) ) Dari on the other hand, he was about 7 months old when I met him, unhandled, he was out on a mountain side with a herd of probably 100 horses at least, and he met me at the gate, he was one of the first and only to actually come up and let me touch him, he initiated it, he was curious and wanted to see what the long orange things in our hands were (carrots), other babies were shy and kept their distance. I think different people might do better with different horse personalities too. Kim
