On 1/23/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you THINK it might be because of the different > handling and socialization that is accepted in this country, among > enlightened breeders? I think the difference is mainly handling, > socialization, and expectations.
I think it may be the herd environment thing, at least in part. Because there is a BLM wild mustang adoption center near here and as a result a lot of wild mustangs are adopted in this area and they are just a HUGE problem to break and train. Just HUGE. and my Jaspar came to me from a wild herd type environment where he had lived in a bachelor herd all his life, only contact with humans was when feed was poured and hay dropped off. Didnt have his feet done, was rounded up through a chute into a stock corral for worming and shots. there were no cars in sight or hearing. So he would jump 6 ft sideways if he saw a coke can or plastic bag on the trail. I know now if he had been older it would have been better. But you cant take a horse right out of a wild herd and expect it to be like a domestic reared horse any more than you can take a 8 week old timberwolf out of the woods and expect it to be as cuddly and docile as a 10 week old poodle thats been playing in the floor with the family kids... Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
