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Re: [RC] Horse Eyesight/Dangerous Donkeys - Maryanne Gabbani

I swear that Egypt would come to a screaming halt without donkeys. My favourites are the donkeys that I see hauling an empty cart home from the market with their human fast asleep. You sure can't do that with a car.

Maryanne

On Jan 20, 2005, at 7:01 PM, Karla Watson wrote:

Ah, poor donkeys. They are worked so hard in so many countries. My donkeys live a life of leisure and are spoiled rotten.?
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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.
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Dyane
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara McCrary
To: Ranelle Rubin ; 'Dyane Smith' ; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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.
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Barbara
----- Original Message -----
From: Ranelle Rubin
To: '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...
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Monsters to be sure!
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Ranelle
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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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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dyane Smith
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 1:41 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Horse Eyesight

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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.

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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."

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As Nancy said, it would be so fun to know what they're thinking.

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Dyane Smith

N. N. CA


Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
miloflamingo.blogspot.com
http://www.alsorat.com

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
miloflamingo.blogspot.com
http://www.alsorat.com

Replies
RE: [RC] Horse Eyesight, Ranelle Rubin
Re: [RC] Horse Eyesight, Barbara McCrary
Re: [RC] Horse Eyesight, Dyane Smith
Re: [RC] Horse Eyesight, Maryanne Gabbani
Re: [RC] Horse Eyesight, Karla Watson