Re: [RC] lions and bears and palm leaf's oh my!!!! - Barbara McCrary
My husband and I used to patrol the beach on a central
coast CA marine reserve where there are Elephant Seals. My normally
unflappable Arab gelding saw a large brown log on the beach, and it wasn't a big
deal until the large log reared up, did its signature honking sound, and
undulated its way into the surf. My horse was never the same again, and
even spooked at large rocks on desert rides.
We once rode two horses into the high Sierras for a few
days campout in a big meadow. On our way out, we encountered a mama bear
with cubs. She sent the cubs scurrying up a pine tree and she walked
across the trail in front of us. My horse had never seen a bear before,
but it didn't seem to bother him at all.
Subject: [RC] lions and bears and palm
leaf's oh my!!!!
When I was 12 I was riding
home alone along the Alaska highway which was deserted ( and runs
through the middle of nowhere, which is where we lived :-)) when my pony and I
came across a grizzly bear and her two cubs, I don't think I breathed or had a
heartbeat for the few minutes it took to get by her , however I seemed to be
the only creature of the bunch worried about anything as my pony walked
by the bear family totally unconcerned & mama bear watched us
quietly. Kat's comments re: what
horses are afraid of had me laughing as it brought back a similar point my 15
yr old had last winter , we were lucky enough to be able to spend the winter
in Florida this year, we rode by a pond with an alligator in it.cool! We had
never seen one outside of a zoo so spent a few minutes sitting on the horses
quietly watching it,( horse were not worried about the 6ft long swimming
carnivore) about an hour later my mare dumped me when she spooked at a
dead palm tree branch!!!!!!
