RE: [RC] The Old Way (was: Spanish Mustangs) - Terry Banister
Ummm, how about dealing with the behavior issue (marble in uterus, Regumate, better training to control her behavior, etc.), instead of breeding or killing the animal?! No one was even condsidering killing the horse.
And horses are not being killed humanely anymore, and the urbanization of America is not going to let things go back to the old days of a humane local slaughterhouse in every town, or even in every state. We cannot go backward. T
> From: katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] The Old Way (was: Spanish Mustangs) > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:44:52 -0800 > > Terry Bannister said: > > > Just this weekend, a very knowledgable equestrian > > friend made the comment that a particular squealey, > > kicky mare we ride with should be bred, and that > > would take care of her behavior issues. In the old > > days, that may have been the simple solution. TIMES > > HAVE CHANGED, and this very experienced trainer/ > > equestrian is still thinking the old way! > > Actually, the concept of breeding an unpleasant, squealy, kicky mare to > improve her behaviour issues is actually a very new way of thinking. In > the old days, useless, unmanageable, ill-tempered or unwanted horses > were just shot and eaten (or fed to the dogs). > > The concept "Oh no, we cannot just kill the low quality ones, we should > breed them instead," is a the new one. > > Indeed, times have changed, and breeding useless horses instead of just > killing them is one of those changes. > > kat > Orange County, Calif. > :) > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
