Re: [pyrnet] Training?/Horses, dogs

[Shannon Russell <smrussel@neoucom.edu>]

Pam,

Just an aside... My family (Howards and Maynards) are from the Cookeville and
Livingston area.  I think they populated the entire area!!  When we go for
family reunions and such it seems as if there are hundreds of people!!

Anyway I just wanted to say that the people that I've met from this area are the
most helpful and kindest people I've ever met!  I now live in the Cleveland area
(recently moved here from LA) and when I was younger and visiting in Tennessee
it amazed me that everyone always would stop and say hello.  People would
purposely stop visitors and ask how they were and if they were enjoying their
visit!  I doesn't suprise me that you have not only helped with pyr rescue but
also with horse rescue.  The people from this area are not only kind but
genuinely caring for other "beings" (be it human or animal) without asking for
anything in return.  This is a rare type of person in the world today...

Bye!
Shannon (the human) Levi & Ali (the hyper pyrs) Boots & Misty (grumpy cats) and
Gus and Fred (the dizzy turtles)

GW Gibbs wrote:

> 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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