Re: [pyrnet] Training?/Horses, dogs

["GW Gibbs" <gwgibbs@multipro.com>]

Hey there...

Now I am curious...how many folks on this site also have horses, and what
kind???   I live in Cookeville, TN and raise Andalusians for the sport of
dressage.   My husbands shows Paso Finos.   I also help out with pyr rescue
in my area and have two of my own.   People laugh about my attraction to big
white dogs and big white horses.   I find that my pyrs are clueless about
horses in that they will chase the horses when I am lunging them...THAT only
happened once and the dogs were then secured everytime I worked a horse.
The last rescue I picked up from the shelter would not lead and I found
myself using the techniques that I use on horses to get him loaded.   It
worked...light pressure, release, light pressure, release.

I really enjoy this site as I have not been a pyr person for all that long
and the helpful tips have made my life and their's much happier I'm sure.
As mentioned by others, working with abused horses is a challenge but also
very rewarding.   My husband and I bought a Paso mare from our trainer.   He
had found her in Florida where he witnessed the barn help trying to catch
her for a vet check to see if she was in foal.   When they couldn't get
close to her, they ran her around to a person with a shovel who hit her in
the head and knocked her to her knees, then they got a leadline on her.
The vet palpated her and she was not in foal....duh...who would be with
treatment like that!!!!  The frustrated owner turned to my trainer and said,
I can't get this mare in foal and today I would give her away if I could.
The trainer loaded her up and took her home.  He worked with her
everyday...this horse could not have her halter removed because you could
not touch her face.   She literally almost ran you over in the stall to get
away from you and snorted when you got close to her.   She had incredible
Colombian bloodlines and moved like a freight train.   After a year, she was
in foal and delivered a colt.  She is now living in Minnesota and is the
queen of the barn...loves attention, stands for the farrier, and yes, you
can touch her face to place a halter.  How forgiving these creatures
are...both equine and canine, inspite of what perils they endure at the
hands of sick humans!!!!       PAM

----- Original Message -----
From: Sariena <s.foley@sympatico.ca>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 8:45 AM
Subject: RE: [pyrnet] Training?/Horses, dogs


> Forty????? That's the oldest horse I've ever heard of! Most horses (even
> well looked after one's) are lucky to live to 25. Some do live to 30,
mostly
> ponies. but forty...WOW.
> But that would explain not having any teeth. Horses teeth wear down as
they
> age from eating. To where the are completely flat. This is why most horses
> don't live that long, as they can no longer chew food, hence the weight
> loss.
> I had an aged mare, who we had to feed a prepared mash to, as her teeth
were
> worn down do to age. I rescued her from a meat sale. She made a great
> companion for my other two horses. She died happy and loved, at roughly
> 20-25 years. Without teeth, its nearly impossible to tell the age of a
> horse.
> I commend your sister for giving a geriatric animal a second chance, its
not
> an easy or inexpensive task to care for the aged, as they need so much
extra
> care.
> Sariena
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org [mailto:owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org]On
> Behalf Of Sue Magasich
> Sent: 16-Nov-01 09:12
> To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> Subject: RE: [pyrnet] Training?/Horses, dogs
>
>
> I have such tremendous respect for those who can deal with
> rescue horses.  My sister brought home an old mare (the vet
> said she was the oldest horse he ever saw- his guess was
> around 40).  The horse was about half the weight she should
> have been.  Has no teeth, could barely walk and was very
> mistrustful of anyone.
>
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