On 7/30/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>You need to expose yourself to Icelandic mares. > > I think Icelandics are generally quiet in herds, but some can do injury to > newcomers! >
I have known some cool mares, but I have never been around one that was bland and sweet as a gelding can be :) I'm sure they exist haha. But I feel like mares are like female dogs... in my years of dog ownership I have found that males are doofus and happy and loving while females are smart and clever. I prefer female dogs. I have had male dogs and have one now and he is so sweet and funny but all my female dogs are just off the chart smart. and I have never seen a "shut down" mare. I have seen mares that were so dang mean they were literally night-mares and I have seen some so tolerant of a horrible life it was just heartbreaking. but i havent seen any that just stood blank like living death the way some mistreated geldings do. but usually when a mare gets too mean to ride they turn her into a brood mare, maybe thats why you dont see so many that are destroyed spirits. but altho i have seen mares I admire, I have never "connected" instantly with one whereas I have many times with geldings and studs. I have seen a glimmer in there with shut down geldings and somehow connected, but most mares will just stand firm and wait til you go away instead of responding to any attempts at connection. it could be cool to connect that way with a mare tho, because like some people are "hard to get" it can be very meaningful to crack thru a little barrier... anyway. just mare musings :) i think a mare around here would bring poor ol gallant boy back to life and then oh lord what would I do with a ranting stallion around :) The last month or so, even tho he is still a bag of bones, he has started acting more frisky and cocky. He won't let me lead him in from pasture anymore. He sees me coming and gallops in himself thankyou, goes straight to his feed bucket like "i dont need no woman telling me what to do" :) lord, he'll probably live forever now. he eats like a horse. or three horses, just to maintain his trim 300 pounds underweightedness.. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
