>>> Sounds like a challenge.
I post some videos of his first expedition outside the stall (and outside the horse trailer) since he was captured for treatment at the vet clinic. Then you can see if you'd still call it a challenge. :) He's a VERY smart boy. >>>Do you plan to ride him eventually? I'll probably ride him eventually, but I don't have any shortage of riding horses at the moment, so there's no rush. The others that have been domesticated are being ridden, and are doing great. These are technically mustangs, but they have grown up so close to people that they are used to a lot of things. They've probably seen more bikes, strollers, kites, jet skis, four-wheelers and other beach paraphernalia than any of my horses have. Plus, they are used to wildlife, like deer, foxes, osprey, hawks, even wild boar. There was an adopted Banker mare at the boarding facility who is ridden regularly, and she was an absolute doll - very sweet and gentle in an almost Icelandic way. >>>Will he be gelded? To early to say. I'm not going to keep him intact lightly, but there is so little of this DNA left, that I'll give him a good chance to see what he is. Bart has been particularly picked to remain a stallion if at all possible. They have to guard this tiny gene pool. I don't HAVE to promise to keep him intact indefinitely if it doesn't work out though. >>> Will you put him in with your other horses? We'll have to see how it goes - obviously not with the Icelandic mares as long as he's a stallion. Right now, he's living in a stall, and his next-door neighbor is a pretty little Arab mare. It's the amazing thing about horses who've lived in herds. His attitude is "Mare? I've seen plenty of mares before. No big deal." They aren't any real novelty to him. In the past, there have never been walls to keep him from mares - just jealous boyfriends, and that apparently works better than walls. Melnir was able to live with geldings when he was a stallion. Karen Thomas, NC
