One of our daughters traveled to
Australia in the 1980s. She came home with the information that EVERY
snake in Australia is poisonous. Your mare is very smart to spook at
snakes, a whole lot more informed than a gelding of mine who was bitten on the
pastern by a rattlesnake here and has never been the same since. Before
that snake bite he was on his way to being an excellent endurance
horse.
Barbara
Who met you, Jay, at a "Ridecamp"
breakfast at last year's AERC convention
That's hilarious! I have a
mare who thinks EVERY stick on the ground is a snake... year round! It's
particularly hilarious when I'm not riding her! hahaa
But
really, she is so spooked at sticks that one time I actually got nauseous
riding her... she was shying and baulking and going sideways so often I got
seasick! We have one training trail that travels through a large area of
eucalyptus trees (known for their shedding behaviour), and every piece of
bark, branch, etc, is a potential horse-eating snake that is sure aiming at
her legs.... it makes for an interesting ride.
