Ridecamp: RE: [RC] de spooking horses:

> I still say that a couple of fully-loaded camels coming around the
> corner at dusk is one of the all-time greats. Not only are they no known
> shape in the universe, they smell terrible and make weird sounds. I've
> always been able to count on the fact that if I take a new horse out on
> the trails in the countryside, I will run into this and have to convince
> the new guy to just move off the trail a little to let them pass. Once
> they've gotten used to the country nonsense, I NEVER see them. Just the
> breaks.
>
> Shall I send a couple over?
>
> Maryanne Stroud Gabbani

We have the smaller camelids here -- llamas, used by hikers and 
packers.  I've got a couple and when I brought them home most of the 
horses acted like Alien had landed!  The llamas still mostly get 
first dibs on the hay that is put out (there seems to be some subtle 
intimidation at work) but at least I am largely confident that if we 
meet a llama on the trail the spooking won't be too bad.
--
Lynn Kinsky     Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky


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