it is very bad to not quarantine, but no one is more guilty of that than me! I brought a horse incubating rabies home and put it right in with all my horses cause I couldnt bear the thought of him feeling alone... then with Tivar, I thought, well, no way does he have anything after living with karen, and again, i just hated him being alone so I quarantined him like half a nite then in morning put him in with nasi. In my limited experience I have been very very surprised how icelandics seem to not want to cause trouble when put in a new situation. they will fight back when attacked, and have little aggravated skirmishes, but I can put Tivar and Nasi in with anybody and they mind their own business. In fact. of all my horses they are the only ones i could put in with Gallant Boy or Curly Ray without worrying they will hurt GB cause he is old and fragile, or hurt Curls cause he is so small and likes to pick fights. Janice
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