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Re: [RC] strange dogs - not running - Tiffany D'Virgilioon 6/16/03 8:50 PM, GarnerT at GarnerT@xxxxxxx wrote: These dogs totally ignored their owners and terrorized my young horse and that is unacceptable. It may be unacceptable, but there is no way you can prevent that from happening. Somewhere you are going to encounter stray dogs, and your safety is compromised if you can't get this horse used to this. One big problem like this can be a really big deal for some people, a horse that runs off, even once in a while, scares most people to death. I remember this amazing gelding that came through the AHRN. I test rode him, and in the arena he was a dream. I wanted him, but I had just found my mare, and wouldn't trade her ever. Anyway, I found out he ran off when a certain thing happened on trail, and he was sold many times because of it until he was finally given to us. His adopter also wound up giving him away because he did it to her too. If your horse sees dogs all the time, I wonder why he got so frightened. Most horses that are housed with dogs get pretty used to them being around and get naturally desensitized. I guess I would walk a horse like this around on a lead until he could deal with loose dogs. Walk him through a neighborhood with a lot of dogs or even have a friend take their dog with you on the walk to ensure the horse gets used to it without hurting you or having the risk of being dumped. Good luck, I don't think anyone meant to be condescending, just concerned about you getting hurt and offering their best solution. Tiffany =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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