On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:29:57 -0700, you wrote:
i think that many ponies are mishandled that way, icelandic or not.
it's a real problem, esp. for those who end up as kids' mounts.
The rescue I´m getting next week has been used for 7 years in a riding
school just as a kid´s pony (and lots of
The rescue I'm getting next week has been used for 7 years in a riding
school just as a kid´s pony (and lots of different kids at that). He´s
pushy, bargy and nips...
That's not a breed trait, nor is it a pony-versus-horse thing. It's a matter
of expectations, training, management and
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:42:49 -0500, you wrote:
That's not a breed trait, nor is it a pony-versus-horse thing.
I wasn´t implying it was - merely a comment.
Mic
Mic (Michelle) Rushen
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Solva
I wasn´t implying it was - merely a comment.
Ok...gee, then what are we coming too, Mic? I thought surely you were arguing
this time.
Karen Thomas
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On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:45:05 -0500, you wrote:
Ok...gee, then what are we coming too, Mic? I thought surely you were arguing
this time.
I must be getting old
; )
Mic
Mic (Michelle) Rushen
Ok...gee, then what are we coming too, Mic? I thought surely you were
arguing this time.
I must be getting old
maybe we need some pony blood hormones. if I could get some of that
from nasi i wouldnt give a rats a** about anything and I would be
happy as a clam.
Janice
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yipie tie
A little brain damage works well too, Janice. Our adopted daughter Brenda,
who had TB meningitis in her native Mexico, is the most contented person
I've ever known.
Nancy
people use QHs with TB lines for speed events. barrels, racing etc.
Janice-
Also, the QH sport horses commonly are appendix-registered QH, meaning that
they have TB blood within a given percentage range. By sport horse I mean
the ones used for competitive dressage, jumping, hunters
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:05:56 -0600, you wrote:
i wouldnt give a rats a** about anything and I would be
happy as a clam.
I have a big dental appointment tomorrow morning and I´m a wimp - I´m
sat looking at a large valium tablet. Don´t expect any arguments from
me for the next 24 hours or so
I have a big dental appointment tomorrow morning and I´m a wimp - I´m sat
looking at a large valium tablet. Don´t expect any arguments from me for
the next 24 hours or so about anything at all. If Karen says black is
white I shall probably agree!
Oh man, what an opportunity...and I'm
sat looking at a large valium tablet. Don´t expect any arguments from
me for the next 24 hours or so about anything at all. If Karen says
black is white I shall probably agree!
oh now is the TIME to say all those things to Mic we have been always
wanting to say but were afraid to :) Like
Oh man, what an opportunity...and I'm drawing a blank. Janice, I need help!
I noticed she never responds to any of my Tom Jones jokes so I think
that is her weak spot, we should go for it like rabid terriers.
Janice
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yipie tie yie yo
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:25:38 -0600, you wrote:
Like ask her has she ever seen
Tom Jones around town.
Well, now you should mention it yes.
Mic
Mic (Michelle) Rushen
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Solva Icelandic
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:44:17 -0600, you wrote:
OH MY GOD. Get OUT!! Did you TALK to him?? What was he doing at the
time? were his pants tight??!
To be honest I didn´t notice - he doesn´t do it for me at all! Sorry!
Mic
Mic (Michelle) Rushen
On 11/26/07, Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:44:17 -0600, you wrote:
OH MY GOD. Get OUT!! Did you TALK to him?? What was he doing at the
time? were his pants tight??!
To be honest I didn´t notice - he doesn´t do it for me at all! Sorry!
Mic
he doesnt do
I've said this before, but I'll say it again. I think that, as a breed,
Icelandic's are a pretty unique breed and they are very special to me.
However, I can't think of any single trait where I think they are sooo
terribly different from other breed horses. Instead, I see that they have -
in
I think sometime Icelandics are mis-handled by your average trainer because
they think of them as ponies. They feel they can skip steps, let them sit,
miss valuable training time and quickly make up lost time by
bullying/forcing them into compliance.
Then the novice owner gets them home and
I think sometime Icelandics are mis-handled by your average trainer
because they think of them as ponies. They feel they can skip steps, let
them sit, miss valuable training time and quickly make up lost time by
bullying/forcing them into compliance.
I don't want to make excuses by talking
On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 04:51:00PM -0500, Karen Thomas wrote:
I think sometime Icelandics are mis-handled by your average trainer
because they think of them as ponies. They feel they can skip steps, let
them sit, miss valuable training time and quickly make up lost time by
bullying/forcing
i think that many ponies are mishandled that way, icelandic or not.
it's a real problem, esp. for those who end up as kids' mounts.
Exactly Vicka! Too many of your typical trainers just bully ponies rather
than train them. No doubt the reason so many ponies have reputations for bad
attitudes,
In a message dated 11/25/2007 1:20:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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Different in a different way. My two Icelandic horses I have owned have been
different from other horses in that they accept what you do to them as a
matter of fact. Try to train an appaloosa for
Sylvia,
You and I have had exactly the same experience. I confess I only know a
handful of Icelandics and one of our two is only 3/4, but I have had 44
years with other breeds and none of them were as easy as these three
Icelandics I know.
Hunter, a particularly reactive horse, knocked me down
My Willie for instance. I decided to try a blanket one
day and he just stood there and let me put it on him Same
with the circingle and then the saddle. Anyone else
have a horse this easy or is it just mine?
Willie's an easy horse.
Charm will be fairly easy, tho maybe not as easy as
I've been listening to this discussion with interest. Most of my
experience has been with ponies. As a child I had a silver dapple
welsh pony that always seemed to be 10 steps ahead of me if I let her.
Her brain was engaged at ALL times. She taught me a lot. .
Peppy (a miniature) is probably
The breed I mostly had over the years was a QH and they don't break as
easily as you would think.
When I broke my back and went out and bought Sina, I had a ready-to-start
four-year-old QH gelding here. Had I known how easy he was going to be, I'm
sure I would have never gone looking for an
On Nov 25, 2007 5:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I cannot remember one of the horses that I have ground broke stand
for the saddle and just accept the girth as the Icelandic's do. I have been
amazed that they just let you dress them and go about with this stuff on as
if
it was there
We owned several registered QH's horses over the years. The first filly I
ever started was a quarter horse. I knew absolutely nothing, made some huge
stupid mistakes and was riding her away from the barn by herself in a bosal
after only two rides in a corral.When I think back about her, she
There are a few bloodlines of Fjords that are more energetic, and I think
some people are breeding more for that now that they're jumping, doing
eventing and dressage. The more we move away from the original use of a
breed, the more diverse the personalities seem to get. Like the person who
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