On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 06:00:49PM -0600, Janice McDonald wrote: > > *shrug* i have the only icey within spitting distance, and although he > > *will* run like crazy on the rare occasions i allow it, he's certainly > > not tied up to or held onto, and he doesn't wear anything more exciting > > than a french-link snaffle. perhaps in other places it is different.
> But gosh Vicka, as caring horse people shouldn't we strive to make a > positive change for all icelandic horses? i say this only because we > are on an icelandic list. personally I am trying to do what I can to > make the world a better place for all horses, in my small way, working > around my belief system, ideology etc. i completely agree with that. in fact i think that focussing "good horsemanship" on a particular breed, esp. a rare one, is not the best use of our efforts in this direction. the thing i'm proudest of in terms of promoting "good horsemanship" this year is in getting one of my students to move his lease-horse from a curb bit with a cricket to a d-ring rubber snaffle, and that wouldn't have happened if i had let it slide because the horse is a quarter horse and not an icelandic. so anyway i don't think we disagree all that much :) > And I am forgiving you for the fur coat jibe. You fur coat jibe is > only serving to make me a better person. *grin* actually there's a used-clothing store near me that's having their end of winter clearance, and i intend to shop for my own fur coat there (i already own two, but they are heirlooms made by my grandmother when she was a furrier, and i can't bring myself to wear them at the barn -- i'm looking for one without the family baggage). so it was at least a friendly, admiring jibe, and i hope you can take it that way. i'm glad to hear it's making you a better person, in any case :) --vicka
