[IceHorses] Re: biting oh man!

2008-07-13 Thread Susan Coombes
> then she noticed him more and more aggressive when she would be > between him and the mare, he would lunge to keep her away from the > mare. So today I got a call... Vicki is out of the hospital and had > to have emergency reconstructive surgery because he bit the front of > her face almost of

RE: [IceHorses] Re: Biting/Karen

2007-03-17 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> This particular mare tried to kick her 1 time and did bite her once in her hand !(she was going to halter the mare) I was very surprised, until I saw her approach my very sensitive gelding in the stall ,she walked into the stall as "Hulk Hogan" Magni quickly turnaround, she damp her hand in th

RE: [IceHorses] Re: Biting

2007-03-14 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> but I do have been bitten. (twice since 1993) But only from youngsters that I´m starting to handle (untouched 4-5 yo) I have never been bitten of an trained horse of mine or others. Do you think that's because of your expectations, Malin? That you don't expect your horses to bite, and they u

Re: [IceHorses] Re: Biting

2007-03-14 Thread Ingvar Ragnarsson
as I have been with all kinds of breeds,but know only with Icelandic´s here in Iceland (as we don´t have another breed). I think it´s more uncommon that Icelandic´s bite´s vs other breeds (trotters seems to be more bity & kicki or to say ot more behavior problems but that can be because the

[IceHorses] Re: Biting

2007-03-14 Thread kim morton
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> So what are you saying? Have any of your horses ever bitten? > Icelandics? > > Read my post again. I read it just fine the first time, that's why I asked whether any of your horses had EVER bitten people. It wa

RE: [IceHorses] Re: Biting

2007-03-14 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> So what are you saying? Have any of your horses ever bitten? Icelandics? Read my post again. In that post, I said: "I won't go so far as to say they NEVER did or NEVER will, but they know it's not tolerated, and that we're in a zero-tolerance, no-bite zone." You said, "Some Icelandic's bite"

[IceHorses] Re: Biting

2007-03-14 Thread kim morton
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> You know, some Icelandics bite, I've been bitten by a mare, my Snorri > bit me when he first came to me. > > I took the c/t out of this subject line, because I agree, this is an issue > on its own. > > Kim, I re