Re: [IceHorses] It's Not Pretty

2007-02-06 Thread Judy Ryder
> Charm looks like she's doing really well. That's basically how we > started training Gusti with ground driving, we just took him walking > like that everywhere. It's fun to shape the young horse and expose them to different things. She's funny, as she likes to go out, and then does a few sto

RE: [IceHorses] It's Not Pretty

2007-02-06 Thread Karen Thomas
Kind of a violent reaction to company isn't it? Maybe there is a reason she's living alone. I'd tend to think the opposite - that she reacts so strongly because she lives alone. A lot of mares (at least non-Icelandics) will strike and squeal at any new horse, but they rarely do it o

Re: [IceHorses] It's Not Pretty

2007-02-06 Thread Virginia Tupper
On 2/5/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://iceryder.net/charmgrounddrive.html Looks like she's saying 'stop nibbling my grass'. V

Re: [IceHorses] It's Not Pretty

2007-02-06 Thread Wanda Lauscher
Charm looks like she's doing really well. That's basically how we started training Gusti with ground driving, we just took him walking like that everywhere. > With Charm, she squealed, jumped and turned, and stomped the ground. I was > set to take a picture of them greeting each other, and in re

Re: [IceHorses] It's Not Pretty

2007-02-05 Thread Judy Ryder
> 86 degreessigh. I'm almost missing southern CA today. Charm is so > cute! >> She's really cute! Thanks! At the far end of the road, is an Arabian mare who lives alone. Occasionally we'll walk down there to say hello. I think Charm has only seen her maybe once before; mostly Cookie ha

Re: [IceHorses] It's Not Pretty

2007-02-05 Thread pippa258
Judy Ryder wrote: > It's 86 degrees today, and Charm was sweating like crazy, just standing > around. 86 degreessigh. I'm almost missing southern CA today. Charm is so cute! Trish

Re: [IceHorses] It's Not Pretty

2007-02-05 Thread Janice McDonald
> So... she got a little more of a clip, a little above her legs, back to the > belly, in front of the back legs. You can see where she had been sweating; > she was sopping wet! I was actually thinking of clipping Tivar everywhere but the very top. But then we have these freezing nites! Janic