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[RC] Chicken Chase, Part Two (long) - Vallonelee

HA!  I ride in Arizona and sometimes we come across wild burros.  My horse, Bravo, never gave them a second look.  Then one day when we rounded a corner in some hills on BLM land and there were some burros lying in the sun snoozing.  When they heard us coming they jumped to their feet and took off trotting.   I know Bravo thought the "boulders" had come to life.  To this day he still gives larger boulders a wide berth and keeps a wary eye on them in case they decide to give chase.  :)

Lee
That which you have will one day fade into dust,
but that which you do for others will live on.
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No, he probably thinks the rock was an elephant seal!  Many years ago, I
introduced one of my favorite horses, not usually a spooker, to the fine art
of beach patrol for the state park system.  When he saw his first elephant
seal in a small sandy cove, he thought it was a large benign log.  Then the
large log reared up, did his typical toot-toot sound, and scared the living
daylights out of my horse.  Thereafter, all large rocks on the desert were
suspect.  This horse never forgot, as long as he lived.

Barbara McCrary

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From: "April Johnson" <ridecamp_mail@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <JANUSTUDIO@xxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Chicken Chase, Part Two (long)



It definitely could be that! He's usually scared of big rocks (not sure,
maybe in a past life he was beat by a giant with big rocks), so it didn't
really occur to me that it was the horse in the rock that concerned him
until after he'd already agreed that the rock was no big deal and then
spooked at the sketching. I got to admire the sketching while trying to
get
him to accept it though. I thought it was cool! Wish I'd thought to take a
picture while I was there!

April
Nashville, TN

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From: <JANUSTUDIO@xxxxxx>

In a message dated 4/14/03 3:03:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ridecamp_mail@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< Guess he didn't like the sketching!
 Finally, though, he did sniff the front of the rock, so I turned him back
to
 the camp. >>

Could it be that the etching in the rock was so life like that Tanna
couldn't
figure out why or how a horse could be in a rock? <g>



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