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My childhood mare was a Morgan who single-footed.  There were times when we 
would leave the house and start out on the road, and she would be limping. 
So I would turn around and head back to the house, and she would go into her 
single-foot and be perfectly sound.  After awhile, I got wise to her and 
realized she was putting on an act to get out of work.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "indiancp" <indiancp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:22 PM
Subject: [RC] true story Sorting by colors and/or behavior


> twenty years ago a good friend was looking for a tb to train as a field 
> and show hunter.  she didn't have much money to spend but had several of 
> us (friends) watching out for her.  i happened to be at a sale where a 
> bunch of tb's came in.  they all had something, bowed tendons, etc.  there 
> was one lovely dark bay gelding that really caught my eye.  he had an 
> osselet (sp). the guy that brought him in swore to me that he was now 
> sound.  we trotted him out and he was and didn't seem to be tranqed.  i 
> called my friend and told her about him and told her he APPEARED sound but 
> we'd have no guarantee.  she said if i could get him for x dollars do it.
> i did.  took him to my barn and the next morning she came to meet her new 
> horse.  i had turned him out and he was looking and feeling good.  we got 
> him, saddled him and she mounted.  that poooor horse was so lame he could 
> hardly go.  she got off and we were both sick.  turned him back out and 
> again he appeared fine.  next day we tried him again and again he was soo 
> lame but as soon as he was released he was all over the place.  it hit me 
> and i told her let's try again and this time don't get off, keep riding.
> she did and soon i guess he got tired of limping on one leg so he switched 
> to the other!!  she kept riding and finally he decided it was too much to 
> keep limping and VIOLA SOUND!!!  she hunted him (kensington)  and showed 
> him for many years and he was a good one and never lame again.  that 
> sucker never knew he almost limped his way right into a dog food can!!  i 
> think that he learned if he was lame he didn't work when he really was 
> lame and kept that in his mind.  lol no telling how often it had worked 
> for him. sure not saying work lame horses but in this case he didn't 
> realize that you can't be lame one min. and bouncing off the sky 
> completely sound the next.
>
> patty in georgia
>
> Man does not have the only memory,
> The animals remember,
> The earth remembers,
> The stones remember,
> If you know how to listen, they will tell you many things.
>
> Claude Kuwanijuma - Hopi Spiritual leader.
>
> .
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Diane Trefethen" <tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:30 PM
> Subject: [RC] Sorting by colors and/or behavior
>
>
> >  my personal favorite, "He isn't lame.  He does that all the time just to 
> > get out of work."
> >
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