Thank you for your great comments!
For Dr Sales (December 2006)
Thank you again, my horse is doing well and back to normal. I have been riding him with no problems and he has a slight indentation where he was cut open to drain. I have told all my friends about your web site. Thank you ALL
For Lisa Ross Williams (December 2006)
Thank you Lisa ...well what can I say, Rush is becoming a beautiful well mannered foal. It helps that her mum is so laid back, everyday we spend time with her training her and playing too. She loves her deflated footballs and also drinks from the hose. Winter has just hit here and we had our first frost, day before yesterday. She was surprised and wasn’t really sure if she could walk on it!!! The nipping has stopped but a new habit has arisen. The scratch my bum game for people that don’t know what she’s doing think she is being rude but she simply wants her bum scratched and will stand for at least an hour having it done. What a joy she is to have around and even now when you call her she will whinny back in her squeaky voice. She has refreshed our herd no end and given use a new prospective as we tend to only have troubled horses no one else wants. But, my mother and I have devoted our lives to accepting what we cannot change and working around it.
Thanks again for your help and I now have your link as another favorite on my computer. No doubt I will be in contact again soon as our herd never seems to stop growing.
For Janelle Nelson (December 2006) Thanks for the Great Reply! I think the point for me is to make sure I give the release before she tries to pull away. I will certain read the book. I have already read True Unity by Tom Dorrance. Thanks again and Merry Christmas. Tell Karen Scholl that her hula-hoop simulation on the bubble of comfort was brilliant. Her DVDÂfs have really plugged some holes in my Parelli Studies. God Bless you guys.
Debbie
For Lisa Ross Williams (December 2006)
Thank you Lisa ...well what can I say, Rush is becoming a beautiful well mannered foal. It helps that her mum is so laid back, everyday we spend time with her training her and playing too. She loves her deflated footballs and also drinks from the hose. Winter has just hit here and we had our first frost, day before yesterday. She was surprised and wasn’t really sure if she could walk on it!!! The nipping has stopped but a new habit has arisen. The scratch my bum game for people that don’t know what she’s doing think she is being rude but she simply wants her bum scratched and will stand for at least an hour having it done. What a joy she is to have around and even now when you call her she will whinny back in her squeaky voice. She has refreshed our herd no end and given use a new prospective as we tend to only have troubled horses no one else wants. But, my mother and I have devoted our lives to accepting what we cannot change and working around it.
Thanks again for your help and I now have your link as another favorite on my computer. No doubt I will be in contact again soon as our herd never seems to stop growing.
Hello Dr. Sales, (March 2007)
Thank you for taking the time to respond. I understand your position. I also called the Poison Control center and they said the same thing about the plants having an unpalatable taste.
Thank you again. Debby
For Allen & Sue (March 2007)
Hello and thank you for your reply. I will check out the pages you mentioned. J Marie
Sara, (March 2007)
Thank you for your reply.
Well, I now own the most beautiful horse ever to walk on the planet (I attached a word doc with pictures of him, yes, I am very proud of him!!)... I am willing to take my time and allow him as much time as he needs. As soon as we purchased him we had the farm turn him out, I explained that I want him to 'Be a horse'. He gets turned out everyday for a couple of hours and loves it. Since the first turnout there has not been any heat, swelling or lameness to this horse at all, he has more personality now and trots, canters and runs around like a horse should. Since he is in Orlando Florida and I live 2 hours north I only get to see him on the weekends, however, the amazing thing is every time I go to see him I rub and feel the scar tissue (front right leg below the knee)... it has actually softened up a bit, nothing major yet but it's a start. When I rub the scar tissue he loves it, he will relax and start the licking thing (I know, a very technical term I used there.). Everyone at the farm loves him and is amazed at how wonderful he is doing.
Defender is only 4 years old (I'm almost 35), we will have the rest of our lives together and I will do anything I need to for this horse. I found him online about a year ago and fell in love instantly and when I was able to see him in person last April for the first time all I could do was cry and hug him. I swear I fell harder for him than I did for my husband - HA! One day we will be World Champions together.
I am seriously looking into going to school for Equine Massage Therapy; do you have any advice or suggestions?
Thank you again for your advice.
Dee
Hello Janelle, (March 2007)
And thank you very much for your reply (just pasted a bit to help you remember who I am) I've bought a couple of the Ray Hunt books and have really enjoyed them and have also taken things out of them and used them. Currently am working my way through the last Tom Dorrance book that was written just before he passed away. Lots of interesting things in there too! I will try the ideas you have put forward to help Piper and I, they make a lot of sense! I do know that Piper has been territorial when other people have come near us, i.e.. Into my horse yard to visit and Piper will then start nipping at ME, doesn't bother the other person, just me. And of course that's not allowed behavior!!!! He also will try to bite me when we do halter or showmanship classes. Okay, I'm mean; I started carrying a pin in my hand and let him "run" into it when he tried to nip me. Will probably have to do it a few times this year again to remind him, but it worked well. Piper has a lot of personality, has since the second he was born. Feisty was the word I used when he was born; pain in the butt is some of the words I've used in the past couple of years. I’ve started clicker work with him and my other two guys (coming 3 yr old, have had since he was 4 months old and a coming year old that I bought last year as a 3 month old) All of them are Appaloosa's and all three share a common great grandsire, Go Bay Go (Appaloosa) who was a son of the Quarter Horse, Go Man Go. The other two boys have that special attitude also, just not as pronounced as Piper. My theory is it comes from Go Man Go. Anyhow, thank you again for your answer and if you happen to think of anything else, I'd be happy to hear it!
Sincerely Janie (jmarie)
Hello Mark, (March 2007)
Thanks for the emailing me back. Well I finally had a break through a little after I emailed you, and finally got my horse on the same page I am.
Well since you emailed me about training the horse to drive on the ground I would like for you to explain how to start with her. See I would like to get harness, exc. and train her to pull a cart, or maybe even plow up my garden. It is just something I always wanted to do. I got some old plows that my grandpa use to use, but he is no longer alive to show me how to use them. Well I can figure out how to use them, but I need you to tell me the basics of how to start a horse to ground drive it u could. Well hope to hear from you soon, and thanks for all your help.
Thanks, Brandon
Mills Farm NC
