Oh, do I believe this now. One of my
early foals was totally scared of his own shadow. It didn’t help
that everytime he panicked about something and ran to his dam, she’d bite
or kick him away, so he learned to run to me. His barn name was Chief,
but what a wimpy chief he was. You could walk up and pat his rump and he’d
jump 5 feet away and tremble. He is 10 now and under his dam, he’s
the dominant horse in the herd, prefers to lead the charge down the trail and
is in every way a Chief now. Chief’s brothers are named Scout &
General. Scout started out just as spooky, but, while he’s not a
dominate in the herd, he definitely prefers to be out in front checking things
out.
On the flip side, back in 99, I had
a colt that was an orange half-arab that I named Red Wolf in Comanche.
Big mistake, if you really think about the characteristics of a wolf. He’s
skittish, spooky, sneaky, aggressive and can be downright mean to his
herdmates. By the time Wolf’s sister had arrived, I had started to
realize how much a name influenced the personality of the horse. This
filly was a DIVA that we named Angel and as a youngster, she was more like
Angelus! Anything we did, like try to halter her, was met with a rear and
“you want me to do WHAT???” attitude. Everything met with
this reaction – vet, farrier, even walking out to hand her a
carrot. She was extremely frustrating to work
with. As she neared 3 years old, she began to change. We moved
slower with her, letting her sniff everything and come to terms with what we
wanted to do and she started accepting all without a fuss. I sold her
this year and every report I’ve gotten from her new owner is that she is
just the perfect angel and a very sweet and willing horse.
So, be careful what you name these guys –
it might come back and bite you in the heiney! I’m so hoping I didn’t
make a mistake listening to a friend and giving Chief’s little sister the
barn name of Spice!
Rae
Tall C Arabians - Central
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrea Brand <andreab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:45:33 +0200
Subject: [RC] Help with naming new colt
Something a bit more fun. I am a soon to be proud
owner of a little colt. We're at this stage not sure if he'll stay
chestnut but he's absolutely beautiful. His dad is a pure Crabbet called
Lardoss and his mom a lovely Arab mare called Shatzi. He'll probably turn
out to be quite big, his dad stands at a solid 16h.
So, I need a true Arabian name with a good
meaning. I do believe the name in the end influences the personality of
the horse. Any suggestions?
