This message is from: "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Marsha Jo--what a great description of other people's Fjord reactions! And I love that your horse frisks hikers looking for apples and carrots! That is so apt, and so hysterical and so Fjord-esque! I know what you mean about non-Fjord friends seeming a little mystified when my Fjord gets all the attention and their gorgeous What Ever horses gets ignored! I have actually become embarassed by it .... the reason why this is so ironic for me is because when I went for my first ride with the "gaited ladies" I chose to take my Fjord instead of my TWH. My husband was actually nervous for me, He feared that tthe ladies would think I was on some fat ugly trotting pony, and be ostracized for it. He begged me to reconsider and take my TWH instead. But took my Fjord, and she was a huge hit! Now my hubby doesn't get nervous when I take my Fjord because he has seen people go ga-ga over her. I think he thought that her feelings would be hurt if they had a negative response. But Splendora is very confident and wouldn't care either way! Jen
On 6/24/08, Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Years ago, we used to ride our two Fjords on trails near our place in > California, going out with a neighbor who had an endurance-bred Arab > mare. . However, I did find that I had to > keep a little tension on the outside rein, as Sleepy sometimes would > try to frisk backpacks for apples or carrots.... > > Our neighbor was somewhere between bemused and mystified by the > hikers' response. She saw our Fjords with eyes calibrated to her > Arab, her daughter's TB, their Anglo-Arab, etc. And, she had ridden > with us enough to know that our boys were slow (especially on hot > days), opinionated (at rest stops, Rom often suggested turning around > and going home), etc. Urban hikers, however, saw "teddy-ponies". ;-) > > Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! > 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
