On Dec 2, 2007 11:19 AM, susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>makes me wonder if it is primitive trail sense..<< > > Tivar (what does his name mean, anyway?) sounds like > the kind of horse you can trust your life to. Aren't > you lucky!!! I think Andi will be that way. > Yesterday, on our solo ride (we did 5 miles yesterday) > I rode him up on a "berm road" that was raised above > the desert floor. He was looking off on each side and > really seemed to enjoy the different road. I think he > thinks the jeep trails are boring - he always wants to > go "off-roading". > > Susan in NV > Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/
my friend ruth is always talking about "primitive trail sense" and I think that is what you are describing! One sign is smelling the trail when unsure or to make a decision. they can smell how deep mud is! i am convinced of that from jaspar's decisions thru the years.Tivar means "mountain spirit" but when i googled it i got some info about Tolkien basing his "Lord of the RIngs" middle earth beings on "The Tivar" which also tranlates to "glorious beings", plural, something in their mythology, beautiful spirits that live in the center of the earth. Having said that I feel quite certain several icelandic people will swarm out of lurkdom to tell me it means "bucking a-hole" haha. i love that thing judy posted about leslie desmond saying how it never fails that a horse on the trail arriving at the peak of a hill will stop and gaze out across his surroundings like he is sinking it all in. thats the way Tivar was at the sinkhole overlook. i know its very stupid to base generalizations on the actions of two horses, but teev and nasi are my only horses that seem quite oblivious of extreme heights. nasi acts like he would happily jump over the guardrail of a bridge i take him too all the time whereas Jaspar acts leery of looking over the railing as we cross. my friend ruth also says trail rides are as much for the horse's pleasure as it is for us. we rode with a group of people one time which included a woman who was the worst whiner i have ever seen. if we went above a dogwalk she would yell for us to slow down that her horse, was 'beating her to death" but if we went at a dog walk she would whine that her horse was jigging and beating her to death. i would want to scream "get a new horse" and be so aggravated, but one day she yelled "slow DOWN my horse is beating me to death" and Ruth yelled back over her shoulder "nope. this ride's as much for my horse as it is for me." and we just kept on. I have not ridden with that woman since and now ruth has moved away. i sure miss her. janice -- yipie tie yie yo
