On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 08:07:20PM -0500, Karen Thomas wrote: > >>> so maybe it means, expect the critter to be extra smart, have some extra > gaits, be unlikely to need grain, and to prefer lots and lots of turnout to > a 20-hour-stalled-a-day boarding barn? > > And what horse DOESN'T prefer 24x7 turnout, if they are used to it? Even > including the "gaits", what you just wrote also describes my TWH mare. > That's simply "horse culture."
i tend to agree with you, since we have all sorts of breeds at our barn and they mostly run around like crazy in the snow. but royal and rio (a paint and a qh) definitely spend more time in the run-in and less time PLAYING LIKE CRAZY in a serious storm than stjarni. drives stjarni wild; he stands in front of them and shakes his head and WANTS them to come out and play with him, and they look at him like they think he's nuts.... (well, of course he may *be* nuts ;) --vicka
