>>>> Yes, I read it--I totally enjoyed it too! I think I'd like to visit Iceland. V
Reading the books about horses in Iceland has the opposite effect on me. When we first got the horses, Cary and I put Iceland on list of places we'd like to go, but it's not on the list anymore. Christine's book didn't give me that feeling as strongly as did the first one I read, "A Good Horse Has No Color." That also is a very well-written book and pretty accurate the best I can tell - at least I've never heard anyone dispute its accuracy, and the book has been discussed on these lists several times. I just can't stand to read about the way horses are viewed in Iceland, and from what I've seen in on that blog site that has the video links, it doesn't look like so much has really changed. The blog site actually seems rather starkly shocking to me in what it reveals. I know it's their culture. I know it's not up to me to tell them how to live. But it is my right not to go see it if the prevailing way they treat horses offends my principles. I can't stand the thought of foals spending their first winters in crowded tie-stalls, unable to get exercise. I don't support the tack they use. I don't like the "leave 'em alone until they're four" mentality. I don't like the riding style that prevails. I don't like that the training there seems so macho. I just don't think I want to see it up close - the horsemanship that is. If we ever go to Iceland, we'll go to see the geography. It looks like a spectacularly beautiful country, and that I think I could really appreciate. Karen Thomas, NC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.30/674 - Release Date: 2/7/2007 3:33 PM
