Then there are the donkeys that turn the waterwheels in the
countryside. They are hitched to a pole that they pull in circles and the
donkeys wear cone-shaped (think Madonna) blindfolds. Those Dangerous Donkeys
are another thing altogether. Even my donkey-savvy horses are startled the
first time they see one. LOL
Maryanne Cairo
On Jan 18, 2005,
at 8:49 AM, Dyane Smith wrote:
Same with the sight of llamas.
My theory is that they think those animals might have once been horses, but
something went terribly wrong.
Dyane -----
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Barbara
McCrary To:
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Sent:
Monday, January 17, 2005 7:44 PM Subject:
Re: [RC] Horse Eyesight
Another
thing that seems to alarm some horses is burros (donkeys). Don't ask
me why, but I've seen horses absolutely freak out over them.
Barbara -----
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Ranelle Rubin
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'Dyane Smith' ; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent:
Monday, January 17, 2005 1:55 PM Subject:
RE: [RC] Horse Eyesight
That
is the same reaction we get when we take the horses into the back
country..two things that seem to take time to adjust to..hikers with huge
backpacks, and mtn bikers who carry their bikes overhead through the
creeks...
Monsters
to be sure!
Ranelle
What
we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere
aspiration, by changing the frame of mind, for the moment realizes itself.
Anna
Jameson
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On Behalf Of Dyane Smith Sent:
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[RC] Horse Eyesight
On
Monday, January 17, 2005 12:50 PM, Nancy Mitts wrote: Subject:
RE: [RC] [RC] Being the herd
leader
We had a broodmare that was
next to impossible to catch, and wore a halter for quite a long time.
(PLEASE, no halter horror stories--i know the risks.) When the time came
it was no longer necessary, we took it off. The horses who had never
seen her without it snorted and blew and pranced around, even her own baby.
It was funny watching them get "aquainted" all over again. The mare's
sister, who had seen her without it in the past, did a double take, but
figured it out quickly. I would love to really read a horses mind without
imposing our human "take" on things.
Okay, I'm inspired
to tell my horse reaction story:
I was riding with
some friends on the trail around the golf course in Griffith Park one
afternoon. We met up with a group of boy scouts all trotting along
with their arms over each others' shoulders in rows some five or six
across. My horse stopped, snorted and kept moving his head up and
down, trying to focus on what that odd monster could be. I asked the
boys to please stop and wait until the horses passed because they were
afraid. The boys then broke ranks and all went running, jumping and
generally whooping it up in all directions. My horse instantly
relaxed, as if he were saying to himself, "Oh,
boys."
As
Nancy said, it would be so fun to know what they're
thinking.
