Re: RC: Handling Pastured Horses

[Leigh331@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/22/99 1:33:05 PM EST, guest@endurance.net writes:

> 
>  Please offer some suggestions, especially those of you who maintain >  
"herds" and must catch a lowly ranked horse and leave the bully in>  the 
field.>  Thank you... Terry (and Chrissy, the lowly mare)
>  
The answer here is not simple.  YOU need to be the boss.  I maintain 25 
horses in pasture 24/7.  One large pasture has a fairly stable group of 13 
horses.  All these horses know that I am boss and I can do what ever I wish.  
You need to work with this gelding to get his respect and obedience.  It's 
easier said than done, but that's the real problem.  He is boss right now, 
not you.
Leigh


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