stall mats

This message is from: Mary & Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We have a friend that got us a few decent sized leftover rubber mats (yes, the same exact kind) from a restaurant when they went out of business. Also, an employee of Detroit Edison that we know furnished his entire standardbred r

Re: why so quiet?

This message is from: Mary & Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Because: there are slivers to get! and toes to break! and ankles to twist! and clothes to rip! and fingers to hammer! and hair to wash out of your eyes! and bug bites to scratch! in other words. It's spring! A bad seas

accident at trainer's

This message is from: Mary & Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At least when I had my bad fall five years ago (busted nose, black eye, slight concussion) my lesson-giver didn't get all macho and tell me to get back on.. She told me to go drive home, have a hot bath and a bott

chain of behaviors

This message is from: Mary & Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My other clicker friend (who introduced me to it) has these things to say: I thought the questions were most legitimate and have heard them before: Is the dog/horse paying attention because he loves me and wants to be good, or

clicker training/"kindness"/dog bite

This message is from: Mary & Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> First, clicker training is what you do in the beginning of training. Trainers that don't do it because you 'can't take a clicker into the ring' have totally missed the point. It just simply marks a behavior in

dog/horse trainers come to the rescue!

This message is from: Mary & Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don't worry Brigid- You have fellow dog trainers on the list that are in support of your dog training background notions about horse training. They are well founded and true! I have known many dog experienced people (who ar

historical reasons to not eat horses

This message is from: Mary & Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Desmond Morris's book (he is the curator of the London Zoo) 'Horsewatching' explains this (pagan reasons of course!) amongst many other things, such as what are horse brasses for and what is a night mare. Mary

intro and stuff

This message is from: Mary & Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all I am afraid it is all my fault that my fellow artist friend did the fjord painting! I put her up to it after telling her how fantastic all the fjordie people have been to me in my search for the right horse! She is gatherin