Re: Re: Re: Re: Darolyn & Barefootin'

["Terry W" <blazingsaddles@rraz.net>]

Title: Re: Darolyn & Barefootin'

Heidi,

 

Sorry if I seemed to have been "off topic" to you, but mustanging was brought up as well as a mention on them having draft blood in them,  as far as the Nevada mustangs that were mentioned.  I believe the mustangs were exhausted and dehydrated to be captured/roped,  and not with sored hooves but possible lamed by broken bones.  I think I should be allowed to state that opinion just as you have yours.  In regards to the "draft breed" comment of Nevada mustangs which related to "soft" hooves,  I have not known there to be draft blood in these horses and checked with a friend at a Nevada wild horse sanctuary,  here is her statement back to me on that (my advance apology if it is not exactly relative to this topic as well):

 

"The only HMA that reportedly may have "draft" that I know is around the Little Owyhee HMA.  However, we rescued a black paint filly from Little Owyhee HMA whose blood typing came back as definitely "Old Spanish Blood" per Dr. Cothran.  And she was not large, but hunky. 

 

I must believe that it is still the old mentality that America's wild horses are feral and let out by the ranchers, etc., instead of the reality that they were here when the west was settled.  The settlers captured the wild horses.  Those that they could use, they did.  Those that they could not, were re-freed. 

 

It is interesting to listen to horse people when they see a wild horse.  In that horses they see characteristics of specific man-made breeds but what they are actually seeing is the horse from which man-made breeds evolved and not vice versa."

 

What about burros hooves?  They never wear shoes,  have you ever seen a sore burro?  I live in the Arizona desert near wild burros and I also own a mustang.

 

Please don't take offense to this post or belittle me for posting.

 

Terry

----- Original Message -----

From: Heidi Smith

To: Terry W ; ridecamp@endurance.net

Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 8:25 AM

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Darolyn & Barefootin'

Fresh mounts or no, Terry, and regardless of what they did after they got close enough to rope them, the point (relative to this topic) is that it didn't take long to get them sore, with no shoes on.

 

Heidi

----- Original Message -----

From: Terry W

To: ridecamp@endurance.net

Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 11:38 PM

Subject: RC: Re: Re: Re: Darolyn & Barefootin'

They also used to rope them with tires tied to the ends of the ropes to drag around til they were exhausted.  They no doubt changed to fresh horses too while hazing.  I don't know that it had as much to do with soring their hooves as just plain exhausting them.

Terry