[IceHorses] was training with treats - a tribute to good Arabs

2008-03-13 Thread Karen Thomas
You've obviously never owned a good Arab. :) Too funny. I ride in the land of the good Arab. They're not only smart, they're another breed of people pleasers. I've only owned the one, my daughter's Thunder, and pre-Sina, he was the smartest horse I'd ever met. When we were totally

Re: [IceHorses] was training with treats - a tribute to good Arabs

2008-03-13 Thread Janice McDonald
i think all in all, as a majority, most arabs and paso finos are very very high strung. smart, yes, but squirrely. Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.

Re: [IceHorses] was training with treats - a tribute to good Arabs

2008-03-13 Thread Karen Thomas
i think all in all, as a majority, most arabs and paso finos are very very high strung. smart, yes, but squirrely. Not since his first year here would I consider Thunder either high strung or squirrely. He's actually pretty mellow and laid back - but with energy to go. Seriously, you

Re: [IceHorses] was training with treats - a tribute to good Arabs

2008-03-13 Thread Laree Shulman
I'm not a Arab person I guess, but I sure see why some people are. Karen, what you have to understand is that if you were an Arab person you would have liked Thunder the way he was when he first came to you. I had a wonderful, smart, sensible, beautiful Arab gelding and I was floored whne I

Re: [IceHorses] was training with treats - a tribute to good Arabs

2008-03-13 Thread Janice McDonald
I know some sweet pasos and some sweet arabs, but overall, generally, when trail riding, oh my gosh, i just move to the side when they blow through :) I know this one arab, oh my gosh, she is so prescious. She got a crush on jaspar one time and would practically knock other horses out of the way

Re: [IceHorses] was training with treats - a tribute to good Arabs

2008-03-13 Thread Karen Thomas
is there any breed everyone would agree is high strung? How about saddlebreds? To me they are firebreathing hyped. Define high strung. I'm serious. Karen Thomas, NC

Re: [IceHorses] was training with treats - a tribute to good Arabs

2008-03-13 Thread Janice McDonald
here is a high strung horse video someone posted to gaitedhorse recently. When I saw it I thought how beautiful, just drop dead beautiful. But I would only ride him if I was wanting to kill myself and have my family still collect the insurance as an accident :)

Re: [IceHorses] was training with treats - a tribute to good Arabs

2008-03-13 Thread Laree Shulman
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here is a high strung horse video Janice - what makes you think he's high strung. He may be but there is nothing in that video that I haven't seen in my own pasture(not counting the awful man-made hish action and tail

Re: [IceHorses] was training with treats - a tribute to good Arabs

2008-03-13 Thread Karen Thomas
is there any breed everyone would agree is high strung? How about saddlebreds? To me they are firebreathing hyped. Well, first of all, the show saddlebreds are usually kept in tiny dark stalls, so they will appear exactly like you say when they see the light of day in the show ring...