Re: Re: It's an Arabian question

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

Re: copying each other...I find it hilarious how ours will do
that...sometimes one will start blowing their nose, another picks it up and
even if we do it to get them going, they start a pattern and will keep it
up until we put a stop to it.  If one poops, each one will poop at the same
time or one after the other.  Sheesh!!


Maggie Mieske
Mieske's Silver Lining
10601 S. Richards Rd.
McBain, Michigan 49657
http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
mmieske@netonecom.net

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> From: marilyn wiese <mwiese@earthling.net>
> To: Reid, Susan <Reid@convergent.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:  Re: It's an Arabian question
> Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 8:07 PM
> 
> > My question is about horses stretching.  My Arab mares, mother and
> > daughter stretch themselves out like human runners....They both stretch
> out both back legs straight out and drop their butts down and then they
> stretch out their front end.  I don't think they're in any
> > pain......My grade gelding never does this. Anyone else's horse do
this?
> 
> I got my 2 geldings when they were 24 and 12 months of age.  That was
almost
> 3 years ago.  They have always stretched like this, they really seem to
be
> doing all the stretches that a cat will and can do.   They are extremely
> flexible dudes and can actually stand on 3 legs holding one back leg in
the
> air and use their teeth to get an itch between their back legs, all the
> while with me on their back  :)    When I had QHs in my younger days....I
> never saw them do the things these Arabian guys do.  They also copy each
> other.....if one rolls the other rolls, if one stretches the other one
> stretches, if one lays down the other one lays down (and they take lots
of
> naps between their very active play times on 5 acres).
> 
> mar and khal and scout in san angelo tx
> 
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