Re: bringing up baby

[Ruth Bourgeois <ruthb@tdsi.net>]

Zebella wrote:
> 
> Another helpful thing is if you can find a safely fenced pasture that is
> on a busy street, with a few old timers or mom there.  Gets them over
> the traffic boogers pretty quickly.

That's a great idea, but I have a problem now that I'm not sure how to
deal with. I live at the edge of town, and have my horses here where I
live. They are great in traffic, used to cars, trucks, etc. But now,
with the latest snowfall, there's some guys that take great pleasure in
racing down my road on their snowmobiles. They go so fast, and these
things are so noisy, after dark, there's this big roaring sound, a
flashing of lights, as they zip past. My normally calm, quiet horses get
so upset from this, now they're starting to spook even at car lights
that flash off the side of their shed after dark. And the only traffic
problem I have in the summer is motorcycles when they go by real fast. I
figure the horses will get used to these things sooner or later, but in
the meantime, it seems that they're even more on edge and spookier than
they've ever been. I know the snowmobilers are going a lot faster than
the speed limit for residential streets here in town, but they come and
go so fast that I've never seen them get caught. 
Not sure if there's any solution to this problem... though if the sun
stays out long enough and it warms up some more, that will certainly
help!
Ruth