Re: RC: Re: Breeds

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hey Rhonda
There are PLENTY of us who still think disposition is the PRIMARY
thing---- something that without a good one--- you don't go any farther-
no matter how pretty or athletic the horse. Before I discovered that Hal
was having an allergic reaction to molasses, I set up an appointment to
geld him--- thought he'd had a major personality change when he charged
my son. The vet thought I was crazy--- he was such an outstanding
stallion. When I discovered that we'd run out of rolled oats and my help
was feeding him 16 lbs of SWEET FEED/DAY I immediately took him off the
sugar and within a day he was back to his old, kind self. He was a day
short of gelding!!! THAT"S how strongly I feel about disposition and I
know there are other Arabian breeders who feel just as strongly.
Where you find those that don't, you are mostly talking about absentee
breeders (no hands on) and the wonderful world of halter which has been
so abused in the past. Things are changing I hear. We can only hope.
Bette, whose stallion roams in her back yard, wondering over to the 3
year old colts to nuzzle and to visit over the fence with the mares. It
CAN be done!

RhndLev@cs.com wrote:
> 
> You've been lucky, Pat.  My first Arabs were well-bred on paper anyway, had
> good conformation, but were not at all NICE.  I spent hundreds of hours with
> the first taming her and teaching her manners, watching John Lyons and Pat
> Parelli videos and trying those techniques on her, etc, etc.  After three
> years, I could easily handle her in situations she was used to, but EVERY new
> situation or thing required starting all over with the entire de-spooking
> process.  [Her full sister was the same way.]  Then one day, when I thought I
> had the horse thoroughly de-spooked, she charged my children with her teeth
> bared and ears laid back.  My children were standing at the fence line
> feeding the other horses grass and doing nothing threatening.  I paid
> $6500.00 for the mare and sold her after she charged my kids for $500.00 and
> still feel like I ripped the person off.  The person I sold her to, BTW, says
> that Dancer is the best behaved Arabian that she has ever dealt with.
> 
> On the other hand, I agreed to give a retirement home to a Raseyn
> granddaughter and have never regretted it.  She is great with my kids and a
> wonderful friend.  My Padron Psyche daughter has a wonderful disposition and
> is very mellow.  I'm leasing a line-bred Gulastra mare and while she is a
> little hot, she doesn't have a mean bone in her body.  A good horse is a good
> horse.  The problem I've run into with the Arabians is that too few breeders
> now think that disposition matters and/or certain halter trainers are
> encouraging psychotic behavior in the horses.
> 
> Rhonda and Special
> 
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Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of 16.2hh TLA Halynov
(yes, REALLY!)
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com