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Re: [RC] Understanding the horse partnership - Dodie SableI'm no expert, but what I do know about Zebras is that their herd heirarchy is actaully like antelope, goats, etc where a herd consists of several breeding males who are also the main defensive troops. In a horse herd, flight overrules fight. In a Zebra herd, fight overrules flight. Has something to do witht he type of predators found in Africa (I don't remember the exact nature). And I have read in several articles that Zebras are difficult to train because their nature is fight first, ask questions later. They are also closer to the feral nature (like a bobcat versus a house cat) which gives them deeper instincts to overcome in the training process. This is because they were never domesticated and so the survival insticts were not bred out of them through selective breeding. (like wild horses, who are actually domestic horses gone back to nature) Personally, I wouldn't
want a Zebra - they're nasty tempered and mean, they're pretty ugly and probably require a lot of specialized care I don't know about. BUT! I would accept that challenge, too (grin). And I see Zorse's for sale all over the internet, and some of these people have Zebra studs...I'll email several of them to find out their experiences with training a Zebra. Dodie Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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