Re: RC: zebras

[Kit <missdusty@yahoo.com>]

Um, haven't actually seen one ... but another list I'm on
(A TWH breeders list) was talking about the difficulties of
training a Zony ... A Zebra/Pony cross ... I guess the two
stubborn breeds don't mix well for training purpose :)

--- sweety@nni.com wrote:
> This is a good question - I've been seeing a few farms
> breeding zorses
> {zebra-horse cross] and some of them look really
> neat....had toyed with the
> idea myself, but am afraid that the quality of zebra
> available may inhibit
> the quality of the offspring...I know they tend towards
> being small and are
> challenging to train...I'm not sure I want to throw my
> money away on a
> novelty quite yet - but wouldn't it be *neat* to have
> racing stripes?
> 
> The offspring I've seen tend to look mulish {of course}
> but with
> stripes...most were smaller than your average mule
> though, too. I understand
> the zebras themselves average 12 hh or so, which seems to
> make actually
> riding them rather difficult unless one is very small.
> 
> I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has any
> experience with zebras or
> the zorse cross. My personal opinion is it will remain a
> novelty due to the
> temperment issues - but who knows - I've been wrong
> before!
> 
> At 06:14 PM 7/1/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >There was a zebra in the Lancaster Farming newspaper ads
> last fall.   Does
> >anyone know if the "open to any type of horse or mule"
> include zebras?  I
> >guess that would be stretching the rule a bit?  Also if
> I were a vet, I
> >might not want to attempt to take its temperature
> without a discussion with
> >its owner; they are known to be good-aim kickers.

===
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