Re: Horse Whispers-or Horsefeathers?

1999-02-13 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---Bushnell's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ruthie, I have also read Monte's book. Have not read the magazine article defaming him, but I imagine it is like most other things. There is more that one way to do a thing. If you are succ

Re: Yippee! Alaskan Cold "snap" breaks!

1999-02-13 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/13/99 21:18:08 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Tomorrow it is supposed to get as warm as + 10 or even warmer! (just love thos Plus signs!) Maybe I'll get the snow blower out and clear some trails and clean out th

Yippee! Alaskan Cold "snap" breaks!

1999-02-13 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The temperature here in Fairbanks reached the Zero mark for the first time in three weeks today, after the 3rd longest cold snap on record! It would have broken the record if it hadn't warmed up to -19 degrees the last two days. It was -41 Deg

Re: Horse Whispers-or Horsefeathers?

1999-02-13 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/13/99 15:41:14 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I read Monty's book The Man Who Listens to Horses and thought it was a pretty good book - an interesting biography. I also read the article in Horse & Rider and was r

More Monty Roberts

1999-02-13 Thread Jon A. Ofjord
This message is from: "Jon A. Ofjord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I guess I have to go with the pro-Monty bunch. I read his book and also found it quite fascinating. Especially his description of watching wild horses using the language of "Equus" among themselves. I have used his methods on my horses a

Re: Horse Whispers-or Horsefeathers?

1999-02-13 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You are quite right Steve, when it can be done that way. I was referring to the filmed story of his attempt to "break" a wild horse out on the prairie. It was tedious to me and dangerous work and the horse really was not tamed as I recall. J

Re: Horse Whispers-or Horsefeathers?

1999-02-13 Thread Steven A White
This message is from: Steven A White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jean, I think the point was why use cruelty when you can just as easily get good results with kindness. Many horses have been injured and killed when they were force broken. I have seen in person Monty Roberts start a green horse that was

Re: Horse Whispers-or Horsefeathers?

1999-02-13 Thread Kate MacGillivray
This message is from: "Kate MacGillivray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I read Monty's book The Man Who Listens to Horses and thought it was a pretty good book - an interesting biography. I also read the article in Horse & Rider and was rather surprised at how it shot down just about every aspect of his bio

Re: Old Heralds

1999-02-13 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That looks like a collection fo barbed wire!! Jean -Original Message- From: Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: FjordHorse-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Old Heralds >This message is fro

Re: Horse Whispers-or Horsefeathers?

1999-02-13 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well I for one thought his way of handling wild horses was an attempt to prove himself right and his father wrong. nothing wrong with that. The movie showing him working with a wild horse over a period of days made me wonder if the old cowbo

Horse Whispers-or Horsefeathers?

1999-02-13 Thread Bushnell's
This message is from: "Bushnell's" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just read a feature piece in the February issue of "Horse and Rider" entitled "Horse Whispers-or Horsefeathers?" in which Monty Robert's best seller, "The Man Who Listens to Horses" is maligned. A cowboy hero "bites the dust," as many of hi

Re: fjordhorse-digest V98 #352

1999-02-13 Thread Joel a harman
This message is from: Joel a harman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The get from Trygve (Grabbson x Ljosa) have been lighter in the front end from him but the mares were lighter in the front end. They do have lots of feather but not the heavy ankles & cannon bone like Trygve. different subject DVMs please

Re: Old Heralds

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