>>> I am just a bit unclear. Did he observe that once the horses were fed hay they just stopped moving the formed their food hierarchies? I wonder how large the space was.
I never really bought his cause and effect either, Robyn. I'm not sure I have the book they are talking about, but I have one or two others. Just because you put a horse in a very unnatural situation (like a feed lot or similar, or keep a horse stalled all the time) doesn't mean that a more typical biggish pasture situation is bad - otherwise I think I'd see a lot more horses with bad feet. I know a good many horses here who are barefoot, have been barefoot for years, and they owners didn't really do anything special to make them move - they just to if they have the room. NC is not exactly a prime area for barefoot either, not if you believe his dry foot philosophy - but silly us, we still have a lot of happy, barefoot horses here, even some old ones, even in our notorious mud. Karen Thomas, NC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.8/621 - Release Date: 1/9/2007 1:37 PM "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] The video every Icelandic Horse owner should have: http://IceHorses.net/video.html [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses [] IceHorses ToolBar http://iceryder.ourtoolbar.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
