>>>>Q. Do they eat a lot? >>>>A. They eat almost nothing, very easy keepers.
>>NOOOOO!! Don't say that or you'll end up with two starving rescue horse situations! I think it's ok to say that they are easy-keepers, IF you add "for the most part" or "many are". I honestly have never seen so many of any breed who are such easy keepers, but we've had a couple who needed extra. The truth is there are no easy and quick answers to any of the common questions, but I thought Janice's list was very good. And, regarding the starving horse situations, I seriously doubt that the woman who had Svertla and Stali would have treated them any differently no matter what any one had told her. A person who lets a horse starve has to have a mental condition, be exceptionally mean or generally have a loose screw. I don't think situations like that occur because of generalizations sellers or promoters make. Any normal person could see that Stali and Svertla were starving, but apparently their previous owner wasn't normal. BTW, Svertla did quite well today with the piece of leather. She's certainly not very scared or spooky either, despite having lived that horrible life for four years. I took a couple of pictures of her with the leather on her back, but they didn't come out so great. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] "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/
